AUSTRIA

"Keine mauern mehr" - Simone

"About the same time last year nobody thought that our move for freedom would jump ahead"

The Austrian final was held on March 15th in Studio Z1 of the ORF-Zentrum in Vienna, hosted by Lizzi Engstler. The winner was chosen by televoting (50%) & an "expert" jury (50%). Duett were subsequently disqualified when it was discovered that they had already taken part in the 1988 German semi-final with "Das beste".

1 Freiheit Freedom Alex

16.3%

7th

2 Papagena Papagena Gruppe Papageno

25.4%

3rd

3 Mit dir geh'n To go with you Stefanie Pascal

12.3%

9th

4 Ein kleiner stern A little star Nika

16.4%

6th

5 Tausend feuer sind in mir A thousand fires are inside me Eugene Price

16.7%

5th

6 So ein wunderschönes leben Such a wonderful life Waterloo

23.8%

4th

7 Für kinder sieht das anders aus To children it looks different Erwin Bros

12.7%

8th

8 Das beste The best Duett

39.3%

1st

9 Sandy Sandy Roxy

9.9%

10th

10 Keine mauern mehr No more walls Simone

27.6%

2nd

Marc Berry Waterloo Erwin Bros Duett

Simone came 10th at the ESC. Amongst Nika & Simone's backing singers was Marc Berry who represented Austria at ESC 1980 as a member of the group 'Blue Danube'. Waterloo represented Austria at ESC 1976. Erwin Bros represented Austria at ESC 1978 in the group 'Springtime'.

CYPRIOT NATIONAL FINAL 1990

1990 NATIONAL FINALS