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Austria In The Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 with the song "The Secret Is Love" written by Thomas Rabitsch and Nadine Beiler. The song was performed by Nadine Beiler. In July 2010, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a three-year absence following their withdrawal in 2008. ORF organised the national final ''Düsseldorf - wir kommen!'' in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. Thirty songs competed in an online voting round titled ''Guten Morgen Düsseldorf'', of which ten were selected to proceed to the national final. The ten songs competed in a televised show where two rounds of public voting selected the winner. The first round selected the top three entries to proceed to the second round, during which "The Secret Is Love" performed by Nadine Beiler was selected as the winner after gaining 46.73% of the votes. Austria was dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Beiler
Nadine Beiler (born 27 May 1990) is an Austrian R&B and pop singer, who won the third season of the Austrian casting show '' Starmania'' in 2007. On 16 February 2007, she released her first single, " Alles was du willst". Currently, Beiler is a professional singer and songwriter based in both Vienna and Tyrol, where she lives in Innsbruck. Beiler represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with her entry "The Secret Is Love" and came 18th. Starmania Pre-final casting In the summer of 2006, Beiler attended the first round of castings for the Austrian television show '' Starmania'' in the casting event in Tyrol. The quality of her singing was both well received by the jury in the first and second round. In the third pre-final round, she gained a ticket for the main show alongside the female candidate she was competing with. Only 16 years old, she was the youngest of the finalists who made through to the final 18. Songs performed in ''Starmania'' In the show, Beiler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORF Eins
ORF 1 (''ORF eins'') is an Austrian public television channel owned by ORF. It was the first television channel in Austria, started in 1955. ORF 1 is one of four public TV channels in Austria. It is funded by a mixture of advertising revenue and television licence fees: as such, unlike the German TV stations (which are generally available free-to-air), ORF 1 and its sister channels are encrypted over satellite. Programming ORF 1 mainly shows films, TV series and sporting events; this is in contrast to ORF 2, which focuses more on news, documentaries and cultural programming. As the target audience of ORF 1 is younger than that of ORF 2, ORF's children's output, ''okidoki'', is broadcast on ORF 1 every morning. Popular sporting events, such as skiing, Formula One and association football are also usually shown on ORF 1. ORF has exclusive rights to many sports; for example, it holds the rights to Formula One until 2020. In addition to the regular commentary, some sporting event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sumner
Joseph Sumner (born 23 November 1976) is an English singer-songwriter and bassist for the rock band Fiction Plane, and co-founder of the company Vyclone, which made an app for recording video from multiple angles. Personal life Joe Sumner is the son of the musician Sting and Northern Irish actress Frances Tomelty. He is the brother of Fuschia Katherine ("Kate") and half-brother of musician Eliot Sumner and actress Mickey Sumner, who are children of Sting and actress Trudie Styler. He married Kate Finnerty Sumner on 4 December 2011. He has three daughters and one son. Career Music Sumner learned to play guitar and drums when he was a teenager, and was inspired to write songs when he heard Nirvana's album ''Nevermind''. He formed a band with a school friend, bassist Dan Brown, which eventually became Fiction Plane when it was joined by British guitarist Seton Daunt. Fiction Plane recorded its first album, ''Everything Will Never Be OK'' (2003), without a full-time drummer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Le Play
Julian Heidrich (born 27 June 1991), better known as simply Julian Le Play, is an Austrian singer-songwriter and radio presenter. He is best known for his 2014 single "Mein Anker" peaking at number 6 on the Austrian Singles Chart. So far he has released three studio albums, ''Soweit Sonar'' in 2012, ''Melodrom'' in 2014 and ''Zugvögel'' in 2016. Career 2010–12: ''Soweit Sonar'' On 3 December 2010 he released his debut single " Australian Gate" under his birth name Julian Heidrich. The song peaked at number 26 on the Austrian Singles Chart. On 20 April 2012 he released the singles " Mr. Spielberg" and "4 gewinnt" under the name Julian Le Play. " Mr. Spielberg" peaked at number 29 on the Austrian Singles Chart. On 14 September 2012 he released the single " Philosoph". The song peaked at number 26 on the Austrian Singles Chart. He released his debut studio album ''Soweit Sonar'' on 28 September 2012, peaking to number 5 on the Austrian Albums Chart. "Land in Sicht" was released as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Sahin-Scholl
Freddy Sahin-Scholl (born 21 December 1953 in Heilbronn as Freddy Scholl) is a German singer and composer. Life and career Freddy Sahin-Scholl is the son of a Turkish German mother and an African-American soldier. He was raised by a foster mother in Wüstenrot who recognized his musical talent. He worked as an anesthesia assistant. Sahin-Scholl lives and works in Karlsruhe. At the age of forty he discovered that, despite his lack of vocal training, he is able to quickly change his voice from baritone to soprano. On the 19 December 2010, he won the season 4 of ''Das Supertalent'' and 100,000€. He was in the running to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following the country's victory at the with the song "Satellite" by Lena. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union .... Awards #1980: Award Baden-Württemberg (Category Cabar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excuse Me Moses
Excuse Me Moses are an Austrian rock band from Vienna. They competed in the Austrian selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, just narrowly missing out on a spot in the final, after coming 11th in the Online Selection, with the song "Way Out". Band story Funkalicious The band was formed in 2000 under the name Funkalicious. They produced the EP ''Deduction'' in 2002 and released their album ''Perfekta'' in 2004 which shortly appeared at #42 in the Austrian charts. They were unable to reach a broad audience with their funk rock music style. After Gerhard Bergauer had left the band in May 2005, Martin Scheer became drummer. Funkalicious redefined themselves as Excuse Me Moses and emphasized their style on rock music. Excuse Me Moses In 2005, the band took part in the Ö3 Soundcheck band contest arranged by the Austrian radio station Hitradio Ö3. They reached third place. In the course of the promotion of the contest, the band played as a warm-up act at a conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlee
Vera Luttenberger (born January 28, 1993), better known as Charlee, is an Austrian electropop singer. Career At the age of 14, she signed with Universal Music Group, Universal and started working on her debut album, ''This Is Me'', which was produced by Hubert Molander. The first single, "Boy Like You", a song co-written by the American pop singer and songwriter Kesha, was released in August 2010. Charlee participated in the Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Austrian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, where she sang the song "Good to Be Bad" (her second single) and finished in eighth place. Later in 2011, she released her third single, "Obvious (Charlee song), Obvious". On 29 April 2011, Charlee released her debut album, ''This Is Me''. She took part in a German casting show called ''The Voice of Germany'', but was eliminated in the "Battles". On 24 December 2011, Charlee released an EP called ''This Is Now'', which could be downloaded for free on her ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alkbottle
Alkbottle is an Austrian rock, metal and Punk rock band from Vienna, Austria. They have been notable in Austria since 1993. They have had gold records, founded their own label, have their own beer, supported bands like Kiss, Deep Purple, ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. For 51 years, they comprised vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound ... and many more until they decided to go separate ways in 1998. After a long break the band returned in 2006 and released their album "''Hier regiert der Rock 'n' Roll'' in 2008". Albums * No Sleep Till Meidling (1993) * (1994) * (1995) * (1997) * (2008) * (2012) Live * (1996) * (2 CD) (2004) Compilations * The Last of (2 CD) (1999) * (2011) * Lager Export (2014) Singles * (1995) * (1995) * (1997) * 6 Bier (2004) * (2011) DVD * 5 nach XII - Lights Out Over Meidling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tie Break (Austrian Band)
Tie Break may refer to: *A tiebreaker at the end of a set or game such as tennis *Tie Break (Austrian band) Tie Break may refer to: *A tiebreaker at the end of a set or game such as tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player ... -an Austrian boyband * Tie Break (jazz ensemble)- a Polish jazz group {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following the country's victory at the with the song " I Wanna" by Marie N. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), the contest was held at the Skonto Hall on 24 May 2003. The contest was presented by last year's winner Marie N and former contestant Renārs Kaupers. Twenty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-five first set in 1993. It saw the return of , , the , and after having been relegated from competing the previous year. also returned to the contest after being absent the previous year, while participated in the contest for the first time. , , , and were relegated due to their poor results in 2002. The winner was with the song "Everyway That I Can", performed by Sertab Erener who wrote it with Demir Demirkan. This was Turkey's first victory in the contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Poier
Alf Poier (born 22 February 1967 in Judenburg, Styria) is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian. Biography Born in Judenburg in Styria, he started doing cabaret in 1995 in Graz, and has won several prizes for his work, including the in 1998, the , , German Comedy Awards ''(Best Newcomer)'' in 2000, the Austrian in 2002 and the Austrian in 2009. In 2003, Poier participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 and secured 6th place with his entry '' Weil der Mensch zählt'' (Because humans matter). The song, and his stage act, were a parody of the contest's excesses. Although his result was considerably better than most of the pre-contest predictions, Poier spent several hours mischievously telling anyone that would listen that his 'low' placing was an outrage, that Europe had demonstrably shown itself to have no musical taste, and that he wasn't sure if the shame would permit him to return to Austria. This included an appearance on ''Liquid Eurovision'', shown on the UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song "In Your Eyes" by Niamh Kavanagh. It was the first time that any country had hosted the contest two years in a row. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTÉ), the contest was held at the Point Theatre on 30 April 1994. It was presented by Irish television and radio presenters Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. This remains the last time that the contest has not been held in the month of May. Twenty-five countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 1993 edition. A total of seven countries took part in the contest for the first time; Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia. To cope with the increasing number of countries wishing to participate in the contest, the EBU ruled that the seven lowest-placed countries from the prec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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