Eurovision Song Contest - Who sings for Austria? (2015)

Eurovision Song Contest - Who sings for Austria?
Preliminary decision data
country	Austria
place	ORF studios, Vienna
date	March 13, 2015
Time	8:15 pm ( CET )
Number of participants	16
Preliminary rounds	3
poll	Preliminary round & final: jury voting Final: televoting
Pause filler	Conchita Wurst
Moderation
Mirjam Weichselbraun

Under the title Eurovision Song Contest - Who sings for Austria? the selection of the Austrian contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 (ESC) took place. In a multi-stage selection process, six candidates were selected, from which the television audience and a jury made the final choice in the final live show on March 13, 2015. The programs were moderated by Mirjam Weichselbraun , who is also part of the moderation team for the ESC on May 23rd in Vienna .

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The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) returned, after various competitions in previous years ( Austria at the Euro Vision Song Contest ), for the ESC in 2015 back to a public competition back under the name Euro Vision Song Contest - Who sings for Austria? took place. Sixteen artists presented themselves to an expert jury in the first broadcast, who then decided on six performers who were to convince the audience of themselves in the next two broadcasts. The artists were supported by music professionals, with whom they wrote their song, among other things. The participants were looked after by musician Anna F. , rapper Nazar and the band The BossHoss .

The first three programs were recorded in December 2014, before the last program was broadcast live on March 13, 2015. In this, the winner (and his song) was determined 50% by jury evaluation and 50% by tele-voting. All four programs were moderated by Mirjam Weichselbraun , and they have been broadcast on ORF eins since February 20th . On December 2, 2014, the ORF presented the 16 candidates for the national preliminary decision. On the same day, the recordings of the preliminary decision began.

broadcast	Send date	Channel	Candidates	spectator	Market share
The audition	Friday February 20, 2015, 8:15 p.m.		16	0.391 million	15%
The top six	Friday, February 27, 2015, 8:15 p.m.		06th	0.371 million	13%
The songs	Friday March 6, 2015, 8:15 p.m.			0.375 million	14%
The live final	Fri. March 13, 2015, 8:15 p.m. Fri. March 13, 2015, 9:55 p.m. (The decision)			0.445 million 0.596 million	17% 26%

The audition

The following 16 artists appeared in the first broadcast on February 20, 2015. At the end of the program, the experts decided on six participants who would progress to the next round.

space	Start number	Interpreter	song
1-6	14th	Celina Ann	I Never Loved a Man (Original Artist : Aretha Franklin )
	04th	DAWA	On the run
	11	folkshilfe	Since a poa Tog
	16	Johann Sebastian Bass	Heart of Stone
	01	The Makemakes	Million euro smile
	05	Zoe	Adieu
7-16	2	Clara flower	Love & Starve
	10	Kathi Kallauch	Life is too short
	12	Command elephant	My design for life
	08th	Lemo	So easy
	09	Mizgebonez	Marmot / Fitness Training (Medley)
	06th	Renato Unterberg	Love
	03	Royal combo	Ram pam pam
	07th	The Su'sis	This and That
	13	tandem	show it to me
	15th	where / men	Happy (Original artist : Pharrell Williams )

Candidate qualified for the top six .

The top six

The six candidates in the final selection in March 2015

Celina Ann

DAWA

folkshilfe

Johann Sebastian Bass

The Makemakes

Zoe

In the second broadcast on February 27, 2015, the remaining six candidates will present a cover song first and then a surprise appearance in the second round. After the performances, the audience was able to award 1-12 points. At the end of the program, the three candidates with the most votes were chosen. The result should serve as an initial trend and had no direct influence on the further course of the program.

Start number	Interpreter	Cover	Surprise appearance
2/1	Celina Ann	Empire State of Mind (Original artist: Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys )	Roxanne (Original artist: The Police )
3/3	DAWA	Bitter Sweet Symphony (Original Artist: The Verve )	saloon
4/2	folkshilfe	Medley from: Danza Kuduro (original artist : Don Omar feat. Lucenzo ) Let's Get Loud (original artist: Jennifer Lopez ) Hangover (original artist : Taio Cruz feat. Flo Rida ) Just the Way You Are (original artist : Bruno Mars ) Monsta (original artist : Culcha Candela ) Sexy and I Know It (Original Artist : LMFAO ) Firework (Original Artist: Katy Perry )	Loss to help
6/4	Johann Sebastian Bass	Stronger (Original Artist : Kanye West )	Marmalade Skies
1/6	The Makemakes	I Shot the Sheriff (Original interpreter: Bob Marley and The Wailers )	Bluehead
5/5	Zoe	Something (Original Artist: The Beatles )	On my own

 Candidate received the most votes from the audience.

The songs

In the third broadcast on March 6, 2015, the candidates composed two songs each in collaboration with composers Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry. They received support from producers Lukas Hillebrand and Wolfgang Schlögl . After the presentation of the two songs, the coaches decided on a song that the candidates will present in the live final on March 13, 2015. The following twelve songs were introduced.

Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)
First try
1	The Makemakes	Big Bang M / T: Jimmy Harry, Breana Kennedy, Danielle Brisebois , Tony Kanal
2	Celina Ann	When I Fall M / T: Ian Dench, Sharon Vaughn, Celina Ann Seilinger
3	DAWA	If You Return M / T: John Dawa , Laura Pudelek , Oama Richson , Barbara Wiesinger
4th	folkshilfe	Ned au M / T: Florian Ritt , Mathias Kaineder , Gabriel Haider
5	Johann Sebastian Bass	Monsters M / T: Johann Domenicus Bass , Johann Martinus Bass , Johann Davidus Bass , Wolfgang Schlögl
6th	Zoe	My Heart Still Beats M / T: Zoë Straub , Christof Straub
Second round
1	DAWA	Feel Alive M / T: John Dawa , Barbara Wiesinger , Laura Pudelek , Oama Richson , Jimmy Harry, Patrick Pulsinger
2	Johann Sebastian Bass	Absolutio M / T: Johann Domenicus Bass , Johann Martinus Bass , Johann Davidus Bass , Wolfgang Schlögl
3	Celina Ann	Utopia M / T: Ian Dench, Sharon Vaughn, Celina Ann Seilinger
4th	The Makemakes	I Am Yours M / T: Jimmy Harry, Dominic Muhrer , Paul Estrela, Florian Meindl , Markus Christ
5	Zoe	Quel Filou M / T: Zoë Straub , Christof Straub
6th	folkshilfe	Who You Are M / T: Julie Frost , Vlado Dzihan, Florian Ritt , Mathias Kaineder , Gabriel Haider

 Song qualified for the finals.

The live final

The Makemakes with last year's winner Conchita Wurst and ORF television director Kathrin Zechner after the final

On March 13th the final of the preliminary decision took place, in which the six candidates presented their songs and faced a jury and the televoting. The winner (The Makemakes) was determined in two rounds: First, ten international juries ( Latvia , France , Australia , the Netherlands , Spain , Israel , United Kingdom , Germany , Slovenia and Italy ) voted on the six titles. An overall rating was drawn up from the combined results. The juries together made up 50 percent of the overall rating. The other 50 percent were based on the result of a telephone and SMS voting. The two songs with the most points competed again in a final round, with only one further telephone / SMS voting being used. Due to the higher number of points from the telephone voting, DAWA moved into the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	language	song	Translation (unofficial)	jury		Audience votes (televoting & SMS)		total
						be right	Points	be right	Points
1.	6th	The Makemakes	English	I Am Yours M / T: Jimmy Harry, Dominic Muhrer , Paul Estrela, Florian Meindl , Markus Christ	I am yours	107	12	51.15%	12	24
2.	3	DAWA	English	Feel Alive M / T: John Dawa , Barbara Wiesinger , Laura Pudelek , Oama Richson , Jimmy Harry, Patrick Pulsinger	Feel alive	079	8th	14.35%	10	18th
3.	2	Zoe	English, French	Quel Filou M / T: Zoë Straub , Christof Straub	What a Filou	103	10	11.32%	8th	18th
4th	1	folkshilfe	English, German (dialect)	Who You Are M / T: Julie Frost , Vlado Dzihan, Florian Ritt , Mathias Kaineder , Gabriel Haider	Who are you	067	7th	11.31%	7th	14th
5.	5	Johann Sebastian Bass	English with Latin title	Absolutio M / T: Johann Domenicus Bass , Johann Martinus Bass , Johann Davidus Bass , Wolfgang Schlögl	absolution	064	6th	08.92%	6th	12
6th	4th	Celina Ann	English	Utopia M / T: Ian Dench, Sharon Vaughn, Celina Ann Seilinger	Utopia	060	5	02.94%	5	10

 Candidate has qualified for the superfinal.

Jury voting

Start number	song	LV	FR	AU	NL	IT	IL	UK	DE	SI	IT	total	Points
1	Who You Are	6th	5	6th	5	6th	6th	12	8th	6th	7th	067	7th
2	Quel filou	12	10	7th	12	10	12	8th	10	12	10	103	10
3	Feel Alive	10	8th	10	8th	7th	8th	6th	7th	7th	8th	079	8th
4th	Utopia	5	7th	5	6th	8th	7th	7th	5	5	5	060	5
5	Absolutio	8th	6th	8th	7th	5	5	5	6th	8th	6th	064	6th
6th	I am yours	7th	12	12	10	12	10	10	12	10	12	107	12
Jury points speaker
- Anete Liepina - Valentin Gambino - Simone van Oostwaard - Janine Wassink - Laura Salmón - Zvia Dem - Diane Naar - Moritz Münkner - Mirijam Ogris - Alexandra Mahlknecht

Super finals

space	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes (in percent)
1.	The Makemakes	I Am Yours M / T: Jimmy Harry, Dominic Muhrer , Paul Estrela, Florian Meindl , Markus Christ	78%
2.	DAWA	Feel Alive M / T: John Dawa , Barbara Wiesinger , Laura Pudelek , Oama Richson , Jimmy Harry, Patrick Pulsinger	22%

Web links

Commons : Austria at the Song Contest 2015  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mirjam Weichselbraun moderates the shows for the ESC preliminary decision , vienna.at, October 28, 2014.
2. ↑ derStandard.at - Song Contest: ORF presents 16 candidates for Austria's contribution , Der Standard, December 2, 2014, accessed on December 2, 2014.
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10. ↑ 16 get into the ring, from December 2, 2014