Die Fantastischen Vier, often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop band from Stuttgart. The members are Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke, Thomas Dürr, and Michi Beck. They were, together with Advanced Chemistry, one of the earlier German-language rap groups.
Thomas C. Brezina is an Austrian writer of children's books and TV-Presenter. He is especially known for his series, The Knickerbocker Gang, A Case for You and the Tiger-Team and his stories about the talking bike Tom Turbo, as well as for hosting the children's television series Am Dam Des. He has published over 550 books and his work has been translated into 35 languages.
Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich is an Austrian singer, composer, entertainer, and actor. He is one of the most successful Austropop musicians, and his songs are written in Viennese German. He is very popular in Austria and in Bavaria, but less so in other German-speaking countries and regions. In non-German-speaking countries he is little known. His song from 1990, "I Am from Austria" is still popular in Austria and considered to be the "secret national anthem".
Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 55 times since its debut in 1957. The country has won twice, in 1966 and 2014, 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 1967 and 2015.
ORF 1 is an Austrian public television channel owned by ORF. It was the first television channel in Austria, started in 1955.
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Reflection" written by Dave Moskin. The song was performed by Bobbie Singer. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from 1998 as one of the six countries with the least total average points over the preceding five contests. On 12 February 1999, ORF announced that they had internally selected Bobbie Singer to compete at the 1999 contest in Jerusalem, Israel, while "Reflection" was presented to the public on 25 February 1999 during the ORF programme Vera.
ORF 2 is an Austrian public television channel owned by ORF. It was launched on 11 September 1961 as a technical test programme. Today it is one of the four public TV channels in Austria.
Karl Spiehs was an Austrian film producer. He produced more than 160 films and television shows from 1961 to 2017. He was born in Blindendorf-Dunkelstein, Neunkirchen District, Austria.
Paul Harather is an Austrian film director, producer and screenplay author. He is considered one of the early artists in Austria's new wave film.
SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF in collaboration with the German network ZDF. It is the third spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113, launched in 1978. The show, which debuted on 15 November 2001 in Austria and 7 January 2003 in Germany, is set in the Tyrolean tourist centre of Kitzbühel. The last episode aired on 14 December 2021. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team".
Martina Ebm (born 24 February 1982 in Vienna) is an Austrian actress.
Hannes Rossacher is an Austrian film director and film producer.
Rudi Dolezal is an Austrian film producer and film director best known for his music videos. He has directed and produced videos for artists such as Tom Waits, the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Sandra Cretu and Whitney Houston.
The Austrian Basketball Superliga is the highest tier basketball league in Austria. Established in 2019, it replaced the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (ABL) as the first level competition in the country. The winners of the Superliga are crowned Austrian champions. The competition aimed to start "a new era" in Austrian basketball. In its inaugural season, the competition consisted of ten teams.
Der kleine Song Contest was a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, organised and broadcast by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). It served as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gundula Rapsch was a German actress of stage, screen and television. She began her career at Germany's Munich Kammerspiele and Schauburg as well as at Vienna's Volkstheater and was a member of the ensemble of the Theater in der Josefstadt between 1988 and 1991. Rapsch had roles on the Vienna edition of the ARD crime series Tatort in 1999 and was featured on 69 episodes of the ZDF series Cologne P.D. from 2003 to 2007. She played the primary role of the ORF series OP ruft Dr. Bruckner between 1996 and 2009.
Claudia Plakolm is an Austrian politician of the People's Party (ÖVP) and State Secretary in the federal government of Nehammer. She was sworn in as a member of the National Council on 9 November 2017. Since 15 May 2021 she has been the federal chairman of the Young People's Party (JVP).
Verena Altenberger is an Austrian actress.
Events from the year 2011 in Austria
