Austria in EuroMusic Song Contest 8

Austria participated in the 8th edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. It was the second Austrian participation in the contest.

Selection process
For their second edition the Austrian broadcaster, ORF, decided to select their submission internally. They selected the song The secret is love to represend the country in Athens.

At EuroMusic Song Contest
Austria was drawn to perform first, preceding Finland.

Austria had due the bookmakers a good chance to finish by the first ten countries, it was clear that the Austrian act was quite popular in Europe. They received two times the maximum of 12 points from Germany and Switzerland. In total they got 96 points.

The fourth place was their best result so far in the contest.

Voting
The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Austria and awarded by Ausria in the final.