Global Kryner were a six-piece

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n folk group, consisting of clarinet player

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, bass trombonist, tenor and yodeller

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, guitarist Edi Koehldorfer, trumpet player Karl Rossmann, accordion player Anton Sauprügl, and jazz vocalist Sabine Stieger. The group has won numerous awards in Germany and Austria, and represented Austria in the

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2005 Eurovision Song Contest

Global Kryner were the first band to perform in the semi-final of the

2005 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (E ...

, opening the show, but did not receive enough televotes to progress to the final, coming 21st out of 25 countries. Due to this poor result for the band, the Austrian national broadcaster

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announced its withdrawal from the Eurovision Song Contest, releasing a statement describing it as "an absurd competition in which Austrian musical tradition means nothing". However, after a one-year break, Austria returned to the contest in 2007.

Discography

* ''Global Kryner'', April 2004 * ''

Krynology Krynology is the 2005 album by Austrian band Global Kryner. This features the song that the band used to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 (Y Asi) as well as a few well known popular songs covered in an Austrian style. Such ...

'', May 2005 * ''Weg'', January 2008 * ''

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'', January 2009 * ''

Global Kryner versus The Rounder Girls Global means of or referring to a globe and may also refer to: Entertainment * ''Global'' (Paul van Dyk album), 2003 * ''Global'' (Bunji Garlin album), 2007 * ''Global'' (Humanoid album), 1989 * ''Global'' (Todd Rundgren album), 2015 * Bruno ...

'', January 2010

References

External links

* * Austrian folk music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Austria Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2005 Musical groups from Vienna {{Austria-band-stub