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"Venedig im regen" - Thomas Forstner
"Venice in the rain, let us just dream tonight, Venice in the rain, just dreaming until the end of the night"
The Austrian Final was held in Studio Z1 at the ORF-Zentrum in Vienna on March 16th, hosted by Andreas Steppan & Nicole Fendesack. The winner was chosen by televoting (50%) and an "expert" jury (50%), both of whom had Thomas Forstner as their favourite.
| 1 | Zurück zu dir | Back to you | Alex | 8th |
| 2 | Nur vom frieden zu reden | Just talking about peace | Erwin Bros | 4th |
| 3 | Gebt den kindern dieser welt... | Give the children of the world... | Natascha | 10th |
| 4 | 1001 | 1001 | Three Girl Madhouse | 9th |
| 5 | Land in sicht | Land in sight | Anita | 7th |
| 6 | Spürst du... | Do you feel... | Fresh | 6th |
| 7 | Wunder dieser welt | Miracles of the world | Tony Wegas | 2nd |
| 8 | Feuer | Fire | Curt Strohm | 5th |
| 9 | Du und ich | You and I | Alex & Elisa | 3rd |
| 10 | Venedig im regen | Venice in the rain | Thomas Forstner | 1st |
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Thomas Forstner previously represented Austria in 1989. At the ESC he came 22nd. Erwin Bros represented Austria in ESC 1978 (in the group 'Springtime'). One of the members of 'Three Girl Madhouse' was Bettina Soriat who would represent Austria in ESC 1997. Anita represented Austria in ESC 1984. Amongst the backing singers for Fresh & Tony Wegas was Marc Berry who represented Austria in ESC 1980 as a member of the group 'Blue Danube'.