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"Weil der Mensch zählt" - Alf Poier
"Little rabbits have short little noses and little kittens have soft little paws"
The Austrian Final was held on March 14th at the ORF TV Studios in Vienna, hosted by Gabriela Dorschner & Gerry Friedle (aka DJ Ötzi). The winner was chosen by SMS voting and televoting, with the votes being split between male and female votes.
| 1 | Girls of summer | Girls of summer | Substitute | 3 |
10th |
| 2 | Frei sein | Be free | Kostrouch | 4 |
9th |
| 3 | Separate ways | Separate ways | Xtraordinary | 9 |
6th= |
| 4 | We will survive | We will survive | Eyeland | 5 |
8th |
| 5 | Don't wanna be | Don't wanna be | Patricia | 9 |
6th= |
| 6 | Weil der Mensch zählt | Because people count | Alf Poier | 20 | 1st |
| 7 | This night should never end | This night should never end | Petra Frey | 18 | 2nd |
| 8 | All fingers and thumbs | All fingers and thumbs | J.O.B. | 16 |
3rd |
| 9 | Dreaming of you | Dreaming of you | Sabine Neibersch | 13 | 4th= |
| 10 | Daydream | Daydream | Aalysha | 13 |
4th= |
Alf Poier came 6th at the ESC. Petra Frey represented Austria in ESC 1994. Three of the other songs had previous Austrian ESC entrants amongst their backing singers - Stella Jones (ESC 1995) for the group Substitute, Bettina Soriat (ESC 1997) for Sabine Neibersch and Gary Lux (ESC 1983, 1985 & 1987) for the group J.O.B.