Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Country|  Austria
National selection
Selection process| song://null.zwei
Selection date(s)| 1 March 2002
Selected artist(s)| Manuel Ortega
Selected song| "Say a Word"
Selected songwriter(s)|

* Alexander Kahr
* Robert Pfluger

Finals performance
Final result| 18th, 26 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
| ◄2000 • | 2002 | • 2003►

|
|

Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Say a Word" written by Robert Pfluger and Alexander Kahr. The song was performed by Manuel Ortega. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from 2001 as one of the bottom six countries in the 2000 contest. ORF organised the national final song://null.zwei in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2002 contest in Tallinn, Estonia. Ten songs competed in a televised show where an internet jury panel and a public vote selected "Say a Word" performed by Manuel Ortega as the winner.

Austria competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2002. Performing during the show in position 3, Austria placed eighteenth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 26 points.

## Background

[edit]

Main article: Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2002 contest, Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-eight times since its first entry in 1957.[1] The nation has won the contest on one occasion: in 1966 with the song "Merci, Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens.[2][3] Austria's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on seven occasions, most recently in 1991.[4] Austria has also received nul points on three occasions; in 1962, 1988 and 1991.[5]

The Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. ORF confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest on 1 June 2001.[6] From 1995 to 2000, ORF has held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to represent Austria at the contest. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Austrian entry for the 2002 contest would be selected through a national final. This method had last been used by ORF in 1994.[6][7]

## Before Eurovision

[edit]

### song://null.zwei

[edit]

song://null.zwei (song://zero.two) was the national final that selected Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.[6] The competition took place on 1 March 2002 at the ORF Center in Vienna, hosted by Andi Knoll and broadcast on ORF 1 as well as streamed online via ORF's official website.[8][9] The first part of the national final was watched by 814,000 viewers in Austria with a market share of 31%, while the second part was watched by 913,000 viewers in Austria with a market share of 42%.[10]

#### Format

[edit]

Ten songs competed in the competition where the winner was selected by public voting and an internet jury panel consisting of 2,002 members selected via an online quiz. The jury results created an overall ranking from which points from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) were distributed to the top five entries. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or SMS, each of them which also created an overall ranking and assigned scores from 1 to 5. After the combination of all scores, the entry with the highest number of points was selected as the winner.[8][11]

#### Competing entries

[edit]

Six artists were nominated by record companies, while an additional four acts was chosen through an open submission. For the open submission, ORF invited all interested artists to submit their songs to the broadcaster between 28 August and 30 November 2001.[12] The broadcaster received over 700 submissions at the close of the deadline, which were reviewed by a team of music professionals.[9] The ten artists selected to compete in the national final were revealed on 28 January 2002 at an ORF press conference that was hosted by Andi Knoll.[13]

Artist  | Song  | Songwriter(s)  | Selection

|
|
|

Anik Kadinski  | "Be Somebody, Be Someone"  | Anik Kadinski, Florian Glaszer  | Nominated
Bluatschink  | "Bluama in da Scherba"  | Toni Knittel
Ela  | "Love Can Change Your Heart"  | Gernot Korak, Hubert Weninger  | Open submission
Hartmann  | "Supadupa"  | Alfred Vau, Oliver Vettori
i:levenless7  | "SMS4Love"  | Christine Nachbauer  | Nominated
Kubilay Baş  | "Güle güle"  | Kubilay Baş, Musit Dörtköse  | Open submission
Loud9  | "Won't Forget Tonight"  | Ludwig Coss, Martin Böhm  | Nominated
Manuel Ortega | "Say a Word"  | Robert Pfluger, Alexander Kahr
The Shepherds  | "On a Day in June"  | Gudrun Liemberger, Stefan Angerer  | Open submission
Stermann and Grissemann | "Das schönste Ding der Welt"  | Dir Stermann, Christoph Grissemann, Fritz Ostermayer | Nominated

#### Final

[edit]

The televised final took place on 1 March 2002. Ten songs competed and the combination of votes from an internet jury panel and a public vote split between telephone and SMS voting selected "Say a Word" performed by Manuel Ortega as the winner.[14]

Final – 1 March 2002  Draw  | Artist  | Song  | Jury  | Televote  | Total  | Place

|
|
|
|
|
|

Phone  | SMS
1  | The Shepherds  | "On a Day in June"  | —  | —  | —  | 0  | 8
2  | Stermann and Grissemann | "Das schönste Ding der Welt"  | —  | 4  | 5  | 9  | 2
3  | Ela  | "Love Can Change Your Heart"  | 3  | —  | —  | 3  | 6
4  | Hartmann  | "Supadupa"  | —  | —  | —  | 0  | 8
5  | i:levenless7  | "SMS4Love"  | —  | 1  | —  | 1  | 7
6  | Bluatschink  | "Bluama in da Scherba"  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 8  | 3
7  | Manuel Ortega | "Say a Word"  | 1  | 5  | 4  | 10  | 1
8  | Loud9  | "Won't Forget Tonight"  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 8  | 3
9  | Kubilay Baş  | "Güle güle"  | —  | —  | —  | 0  | 8
10  | Anik Kadinski  | "Be Somebody, Be Someone"  | 5  | —  | 1  | 6  | 5

## At Eurovision

[edit]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 2001 contest competed in the final. On 9 November 2001, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Austria was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from the United Kingdom and before the entry from Greece.[15] Austria finished in eighteenth place with 26 points.[16]

The show was broadcast in Austria on ORF eins with commentary by Andi Knoll and via radio on FM4 with commentary by Stermann and Grissemann.[17] The Austrian spokesperson, who announced the Austrian votes during the final, was Dodo Roscic.

### Voting

[edit]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Austria and awarded by Austria in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom in the contest.

Points awarded to Austria[18] | Score  | Country

|

12 points  |  Turkey
10 points  |
8 points  |
7 points  |  Switzerland
6 points  |
5 points  |  Belgium
4 points  |
3 points  |
2 points  |
1 point  |

* Cyprus
* Russia

Points awarded by Austria[18] | Score  | Country

|

12 points  |  United Kingdom
10 points  |  Latvia
8 points  |  Malta
7 points  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points  |  Croatia
5 points  |  Switzerland
4 points  |  Sweden
3 points  |  Estonia
2 points  |  Slovenia
1 point  |  Germany

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1957". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
2. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1966". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
3. ^ "Austria wins Eurovision Song Contest". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
4. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1)". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
5. ^ "History by Country – Austria". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
6. ^ a b c ""song://null.zwei": ORF plant nationale Vorausscheidung für den "Song Contest 2002"". ots.at (in German). 1 June 2001. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
7. ^ Bakker, Sietse (1 June 2001). "Austria announced song.null.zwei". Esctoday. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
8. ^ a b "Song Contest: Vorausscheidung heute live". derstandard.at (in German). 1 March 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
9. ^ a b "SONG CONTEST: Österreich ausscheidet vor". falter.at (in German). 27 February 2002.
10. ^ "Manuel Ortega gewinnt die ORF-Vorausscheidung zum Song Contest 2002". ots.at (in German). 2 March 2002. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
11. ^ "Wie man bei song.null.zwei votet..." fm4v2.orf.at (in German). 1 March 2002.
12. ^ ""song://null.zwei": Österreichs Song für die Eurovision". ORF (in German). 28 August 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
13. ^ "song.null.zwei". fm4v2.orf.at.
14. ^ "AUSTRIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2002".
15. ^ "Rules of Eurovision Song Contest 2002" (PDF). Myledbury. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
16. ^ "Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
17. ^ "Song Contest mit Stermann & Grissemann". wien ORF.at. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
18. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

## External links

[edit]

* Austrian National Final page

* v
* t
* e

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation|

* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1971
* 1972
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1999
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2007
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Artists|

* Anita
* Liane Augustin
* Nadine Beiler
* Blue Danube
* Timna Brauer
* Marty Brem
* Vincent Bueno
* Carmela Corren
* Thomas Forstner
* Petra Frey
* Global.Kryner
* Karel Gott
* Ferry Graf
* Peter Horten
* Stella Jones
* Udo Jürgens
* Kaleen
* Natália Kelly
* Lumix
* Gary Lux
* The Makemakes
* Jimmy Makulis
* Pia Maria
* Bob Martin
* Marianne Mendt
* Mess
* The Milestones
* George Nussbaumer
* Manuel Ortega
* Paenda
* Eric Papilaya
* Alf Poier
* The Rounder Girls
* Salena
* Cesár Sampson
* Schmetterlinge
* Eleonore Schwarz
* Christina Simon
* Simone
* Bobbie Singer
* Bettina Soriat
* Springtime
* Teya
* Tie Break
* Trackshittaz
* Nathan Trent
* Waterloo and Robinson
* Tony Wegas
* Westend
* Wilfried
* Harry Winter
* Conchita Wurst
* Zoë

Songs|

* ~~"Alive"~~
* "All to You"
* "Amen"
* "Boom Boom Boomerang"
* "Du bist"
* "Du bist Musik"
* "Du hast mich so fasziniert"
* "Einfach weg"
* "Falter im Wind"
* "Für den Frieden der Welt"
* "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe"
* "Get a Life – Get Alive"
* "Halo"
* "Heute in Jerusalem"
* "Hurricane"
* "I Am Yours"
* "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"
* "Keine Mauern mehr"
* "Kinder dieser Welt"
* "Limits"
* "Lisa Mona Lisa"
* "Loin d'ici"
* "Maria Magdalena"
* "Merci, Chérie"
* "Mrs. Caroline Robinson"
* "Musik"
* "My Little World"
* "Nobody but You"
* "Nur ein Lied"
* "Nur in der Wiener Luft"
* "Nur noch Gefühl"
* "One Step"
* "Reflection"
* "Rise Like a Phoenix"
* "Running on Air"
* "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"
* "Say a Word"
* "The Secret Is Love"
* "Sehnsucht"
* "Shine"
* "Sonntag"
* "Tausend Fenster"
* "Venedig im Regen"
* "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"
* "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"
* "Warum nur, warum?"
* "Weil der Mensch zählt"
* "Weil's dr guat got"
* "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"
* "Wenn du da bist"
* "We Will Rave"
* "Who the Hell Is Edgar?"
* "Wohin, kleines Pony"
* "Woki mit deim Popo"
* "Y así"
* "Die Zeit ist einsam"
* "Zusammen geh'n"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Austria did not compete

* v
* t
* e

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Israel
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Afro-dite
* Aivaras
* Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel
* Buket Bengisu and Group Safir
* Sandrine François
* Jessica Garlick
* Sarit Hadad
* Francine Jordi
* Karolina
* Laura
* Ira Losco
* Maja
* Malene
* Corinna May
* Marie N
* One
* Manuel Ortega
* Vesna Pisarović
* Prime Minister
* Michalis Rakintzis
* Rosa
* Sahlene
* Sergio and the Ladies
* Sestre

Songs|

* "7th Wonder"
* "Addicted to You"
* "Come Back"
* "Dans le jardin de mon âme"
* "Europe's Living a Celebration"
* "Everything I Want"
* "Gimme"
* "Happy You"
* "I Can't Live Without Music"
* "I Wanna"
* "Il faut du temps"
* "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"
* "Light a Candle"
* "Na jastuku za dvoje"
* "Never Let It Go"
* "Northern Girl"
* "Od nas zavisi"
* "Runaway"
* "S.A.G.A.P.O."
* "Samo ljubezen"
* "Say a Word"
* "Sister"
* "Tell Me Who You Are"
* "Tell Me Why"

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template