Tag Archives: 2015 Wer singt für Österreich?

Zoë has success with her ‘debut’ album in Austria

Zoë - Debut
Zoë – Debut

Zoë Straub competed in the 2015 Austrian Eurovision national final show Wer singt für Österreich. Quel Filou was the song she sang in the final and this became a popular hit with Eurovision fans.

Zoë has recently released her first album entitled Debut in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It is already having considerable success. This week it is number 5 in the Ö3 Austria Charts.

You can see the official video for Mon coeur a trop aimé from Zoë’s Debut album below.

Source: Global Rockstar; facebook/zoemusicofficial; www.esccovers.com

The Makemakes will sing I Am Yours for Austria

The Makemakes {copyright: ORF}
The Makemakes {copyright: ORF}

The host nation Austria have finally decided their entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The Makemakes won the grand final of Wer singt für Österreich over five other contenders.

The six acts and songs were –

  • FolkshilfeWho You Are
  • ZoeQuel Filou
  • DAWA Feel Alive
  • Celina AnnUtopia
  • Johann Sebastian BassAbsolutio
  • The Makemakes I Am Yours 

Conchita Wurst performed her latest single, Unstoppable, in the interval.

After international jury and local televoting the Makemakes and DAWA made it to the superfinal. The Makemakes then won on just televoting.

You can see the Makemakes perform I Am Yours below.

Source: ORF; www.esccovers.com

The six final songs chosen in Austrian selection

ORF logo
ORF logo

Last night the local broadcaster, ORF, staged the penultimate show of the 2015 Wer singt für Österreich? Six acts had already been chosen and now it was time time find the six final songs. Each act performed two songs each. The mentor coaches decided which song would progress to the final.

The six acts and songs for the final to be held on Friday 13 March are –

  • The Makemakes – I Am Yours
  • Celina Ann – Utopia
  • DAWA – Feel Alive
  • FolkshilfeWho You Are
  • Johann Sebastian Bass – Absolutio
  • Zoe – Quel Filou

Source: www.eurovision.tv; ORF; www.esccovers.com