Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcasterÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)15 March 1990
Selected artist(s)Simone Stelzer
Selected song"Keine Mauern mehr"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Marc Berry
  • Nanna Berry
  • Mario Botazzi
Finals performance
Final result10th, 58 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Keine Mauern mehr", composed by Marc Berry and Nanna Berry, with lyrics by Mario Botazzi, and performed by Simone Stelzer. The Austrian participating broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) held the national final on 15 March 1990 at Studio Z1 of the ORF-Zentrum in Vienna, hosted by Lizzi Engstler, who represented Austria in 1982 as part of the duo, Mess.

The winner was decided through a mixture of televoting (50%) and an expert jury (50%). The winner of the final was Duett with the song "Das Beste", however they were disqualified after it was revealed they had competed with the same song in the 1988 German national final. The winner was then declared as Simone Stelzer with the song "Keine Mauern mehr".

Final – 15 March 1990
Draw Artist Song Percentage Place
1 Alex "Freiheit" 16.3% 7
2 Gruppe Papageno "Papagena" 25.4% 3
3 Stefanie Pascal "Mit dir geh'n" 12.3% 9
4 Nika "Ein kleiner Stern" 16.4% 6
5 Eugene Price "Tausend Feuer sind in mir" 16.7% 5
6 Waterloo "So ein wunderschönes Leben" 23.8% 4
7 Erwin Bros "Für Kinder sieht das anders aus" 12.7% 8
8 Duett "Das Beste" 39.3% 1
9 Roxy "Sandy" 9.9% 10
10 Simone Stelzer "Keine Mauern mehr" 27.6% 2

At Eurovision

Stelzer performed 20th on the night of the contest, following Italy and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting she had received 58 points, placing 10th of 22 countries competing.[1]

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.