Tonight (Friday 12th February 2016), the Austrian National Broadcaster, ORF, held their National Final to choose the 2016 Austrian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Wer singt für Österreich? was hosted by Andi Knoll and Alice Tumler and saw 10 acts compete in the competition. The contest consisted of 2 rounds. In the first, scores from a public vote were combined with those of 3 judges, plus an additional press vote to choose the top 2 acts. These two chosen acts were Zoë, with her song “Loin d’ici”, and Elly V, with her song “I’ll Be Around (Bounce)”
After these two contestants went head to head in a speed vote with the winner chosen by public vote only. Austria decided their winner would be Zoë, a 19-year old singer/songwriter from Vienna. She is no stranger to Eurovision fans, having entered her song “Quel filou” in the Austrian selection for 2015 where she finished third.
Zoë will be hoping her French language entry “Loin d-‘ici” will repeat the success of Austria’s latest winner, Conchita in 2014.
Good Luck in Stockholm Zoë
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PngYUBK9enU
Very interesting for AUSTRIA to pick a NON ENGLISH and NON HOME LANGUAGE song. I hope she may do a Swedish version of the song for her promo CD for Stockholm?
It also shows people should try again in the national selections – having come 3rd last year now this year she is the winner. It shows by doing it again, you now are more familiar with the whole selection and also the public who are voting (or the judges) know you better. Conchita did the same
Well Conchita was CHOOSEN and did not compete in a 2nd show ….
Yes Conchita was chosen but she probably would not have chosen if she did not appear the first time and did well