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Petra Frey
Petra Frey (born 27 June 1978, in Wattens), is an Austrian singer. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Frey released her debut album, ''Bloß Träume im Kopf'' in 1993. Petra represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with the song " Für den Frieden der Welt" ''(For the peace of the world)'', which came 17th in the international final. She also came second in the Austrian national final in 2003 with the song ''This Night Should Never End''. In 2007, after a few years break, Petra returned to the schlager scene with her new album ''Göttlich weiblich'', her first on the ''DA Records'' label. Petra attempted to represent Austria at Eurovision again in 2011, with ''Send a Little Smile'', but she failed to qualify from the Internet semi final stage. Since September 2014 she is jury member at the talent-show Die große Chance ''Die große Chance'' ("The Big Chance") is an Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wattens
Wattens is a market town of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is chiefly known as home of the Swarovski crystal glass company. Geography Wattens is located in the Lower Inn Valley of North Tyrol, about east of Innsbruck. The municipal area stretches from the southern shore of the Inn River into the Wattental side valley, leading to the Wattentaler Lizum head within the Tux Alps range. It has access to the Inn Valley Autobahn (A 12) and is served by ÖBB trains at Fritzens-Wattens station on the Lower Inn Valley Railway line. History Archaeological settlement traces date back to the La Tène era; the name Wattens was first mentioned as ''Vuattanes'' in a 930 deed, when the area was part of the German stem duchy of Bavaria. The region was held by the Counts of Tyrol from the 12th century onwards and acquired by the Austrian House of Habsburg in 1363. In 1559 a paper mill was established at Wattens, the first in the Austrian lands. The local economy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria In The Eurovision Song Contest
Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 54 times since its debut in . The country has won twice, in and , and such it holds the record for the longest gap between consecutive wins — 48 years. The contest is broadcast in Austria by ORF. Vienna was the host city on both of the occasions that the contest was held in Austria, in and . Having finished sixth at the contest and fourth in , Udo Jürgens won at his third attempt in with the song "". This was Austria's only top three result of the 20th century. Austria won again in , with Conchita Wurst and "Rise Like a Phoenix". Austria has finished last in the contest final seven times (1957, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1984, 1988 and 1991) and finished last in the semifinal in 2012. Cesár Sampson achieved Austria's eighth top five result and second-best result of the 21st century at the contest, finishing third with the song " Nobody but You". History Austria finished last at its first attempt in the contest in 1957, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest Entrants Of 1994
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest Entrants For Austria
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Austrian Women Singers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1978 Births
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Stella Jones (artist)
Stella Jones may refer to: * Stella Jones ''(Emmerdale)'', character in TV-series ''Emmerdale'' * Stella Jones (singer), singer who represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 54 times since its debut in . The country has won twice, in and , and such it holds the record for the longest gap between consecutive wins — 48 years. The contest is broadcast in Austri ... * Stella Jones (writer), New Zealand playwright {{hndis, Jones, Stella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Wegas
Anton Hans Sarközi as Tony Wegas (born 3 May 1965 in Oberschützen) is an Austrian singer and television actor. Biography Wegas participated in "Ein Lied für Rom", the Austrian heat of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991 with the song "Wunder dieser Welt". The song was placed second but Wegas was invited to represent Austria in 1992. He performed "Zusammen geh'n" in Malmö and despite being one of the favourites to win, could only manage tenth place. Austrian television decided to give him another chance in 1993 and he performed all of the songs in the national selection contest, "Veni Vidi Wegas". The winning song, " Maria Magdalena" came a disappointing fourteenth in Millstreet. In 1993 he appeared in the Austrian set comedy series ''Hochwürden erbt das Paradies Hochwürden erbt das Paradies is a 1993 German comedy television film A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrians
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Die Große Chance
''Die große Chance'' ("The Big Chance") is an Austrian talent television show, originally aired between 1980 and 1990, then revived in 2011. Background ''Die große Chance'' was originally broadcast by the Österreichischen Rundfunk (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) showing on prime time between 1980 and 1990. Peter Rapp hosted the show from 1980 to 1988. Thomas Klock took over in 1988 and Elisabeth Engstler in 1989 and 1990. The programme was discontinued in 1991. 2011-present: Revival ''Die große Chance'' was revived as a competitive talent show starting 2011. It was broadcast on Austrian television ORF eins. The first season broadcast between 9 September and 11 November 2011 was won by singer Christine Hödl in 2011, with Valerian Kapeller as runner-up and Magic Acrobatics third. It was hosted by Andi Knoll. Notably, the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest eventual winner, Conchita Wurst, came sixth in the 2011 series. The second season broadcast from 7 September to 2 Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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