PETRA FREY, who represented AUSTRIA at the 1994 Eurovision song contest with Fur den frieden der welt is the 4 artist in our project where we look at Eurovision artists covering well-known NON EUROVISION songs. Petra covered It never rains in Southern California of Albert Hammond as FLIEG MIT MIR NACH KALIFORNIEN.
PETRA FREY, who represented AUSTRIA at the 1994 Eurovision song contest with a fantastic song Fur den frieden der welt, is having a birthday today. This song is ESC Covers number 1 ranked song for 1994 and of all the Austrian entries. She also recorded fantastic duets with several artists, and we feature INNO DÁMORE with Andreas.
PETRA FREY, who represented AUSTRIA at the 1994 Eurovision song contest recently released a new song and video. The song is called 7 SEELEN.
ESC Covers have been informed that Austrian TV will broadcast THREE shows next week
Tuesday 14 April 2020
Thursday 16 April 2020
Saturday 18 April 2020
All three shows will start 20h15 CET and will be hosted by ANDI KNOLL.
There will be a jury of 10 people – all of them singers who have represented Austria at Eurovision.
01 – WATERLOO who with Robinson performed in 1976 the song MY LITTLE WORLD
02 – SIMONE who performed in 1990 the song KEINE MAUERN MEHR (No more walls)
03 – PETRA FREY who performed in 1994 the song FUR DEN FRIEDEN DER WELT (For the peace of the world)
04 – MANUEL ORTEGA who performed in 2002 the song SAY A WORD
05 – ALF POIER who performed in 2003 the song WEIL DER MENSCH ZAHLT (Because people count)
06 – ERIC PAPILAYA who performed in 2007 the song GET A LIVFE – GET ALIVE
07 – NADINE BEILER who performed in 2011 the song THE SECRET IS LOVE
08 – CONCHITA who performed in 2014 the song RISE LIKE A PHOENIX
09 – ZOE who performed in 2016 the song LOIN DÍCI
10 – CESAR SAMPSON who performed in 2018 the song NOBODY BUT YOU
PETRA FREY (who represented Austria at the 1994 Eurovision song contest) teamed up with TOM MARKS and they covered the 2010 Eurovision entry from DENMARK, IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS in German as ICH GEB UNS NICHT AUF.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcoANhet8i0
In the next few days AUSTRIA will announce who will represent them at the 2019 Eurovision song contest. Almost a year ago, SIMONE AND CHARLY BRUNNER (one of the Brunner and Brunner brothers) released a song called NACHTSCHWARMER. Simone represented Austria at the 1990 Eurovision song contest and Charly was one of the composers of the 1994 Eurovision entry for Austria sung by Petra Frey. Such a duet would really be a good choice for Austria but in recent years they have moved away from picking German songs.
Song 56 in our list of 100 Ralph Siegel songs bring us to THIS NIGHT SHOULD NEVER END from Petra Frey who was an entry in the Austrian selection one year. Tobi Jooste of South Africa covered it in Afrikaans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqfCZsmDDec
Petra Frey who represented Austria at the 1994 Eurovision song contest covered the 1990 winner INSIEME : 1992 from Italy.
The Brunner brothers Karl and Johann together with Alfons Weindorf wrote the 1994 Eurovision entry for Austria FUR DEN FRIEDEN DER WELT sung by Petra Frey, The Brunner brothers released many songs over the years and this song DU BIST LEBEN FUR MICH they brought out in 1996, again using Alfons to write the melody and they provided the lyrics.
The highest position for an Austrian song
15 – Fur den frieden der welt – Petra Frey (Austria 1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpIYux7iLg0