Christina Stürmer is an Austrian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Linz, she rose to fame as the runner-up of the inaugural season of the ORF eins television talent series Starmania. Following her participation, she signed with Universal Music and released her debut single "Ich lebe" which spent nine weeks atop the Austrian Singles Chart. It was followed by the release of her first two albums, Freier Fall (2003) and Soll das wirklich alles sein (2004), both of which debuted atop the Austrian Albums Chart and produced eight top ten hits, including the number-one singles "Mama " and "Vorbei".
Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 56 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 Austrian participant broadcaster in the contest is Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). Vienna was the host city on both of the occasions that the contest was held in Austria, in 1967 and 2015.
Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione, known professionally as Nino de Angelo, is a German singer of Italian descent known for his 1983 chart-topper "Jenseits von Eden", and who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Flieger", written by Dieter Bohlen and Joachim Horn-Bernges.
Ireen Sheer is a German-English singer. She had her first major hit in 1970 with Hey Pleasure Man. She had a top five hit on the German singles chart with "Goodbye Mama" in 1973. She went on to finish fourth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 representing Luxembourg, sixth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 representing Germany, and thirteenth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 representing Luxembourg again.
Schwarz Weiss is a studio album by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer, comprising new interpretations of songs from her first two albums Freier Fall (2003) and Soll das wirklich alles sein? (2004), it was released on 30 May 2005 by Polydor Records, serving as her debut album in Germany and Switzerland.
Lebe lauter is the third studio album by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. It was released by Polydor Records on 15 September 2006 in German-speaking Europe. After the success of her international debut Schwarz Weiss (2005), Stürmer collaborated with producer Thorsten Brötzmann on most songs. Another major success, it became her third album to debut on top of the Austrian Albums Chart and her first to do so in Germany. Lebe lauter was eventually certified 2× Platinum in Austria, and Gold in Switzerland. The songs "Nie genug", "Um bei dir zu sein", and "Ohne Dich" from this album were released as singles.
Wirklich alles! is a live album from Christina Stürmer, released in 2005. It was recorded during a tour in Austria called Wirklich alles! during the fall of 2004, in promotion of her album Soll das wirklich alles sein.
Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and pop singer, who won the third season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On 16 February 2007, she released her first single, "Alles was du willst". Currently, Beiler is a professional singer and songwriter based in both Vienna and Tyrol, where she lives in Innsbruck. Beiler represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with her entry "The Secret Is Love" and came 18th.
"Alles was du willst" is the debut single by Austrian singer Nadine Beiler.
Was wir sind is a song by Austrian recording artists Nadine. It is the second single from her debut album, Komm doch mal rüber. Nadine performed the song on the final of Dancing with the Stars. The single peaked in the Austrian Singles Chart at number 15.
"Ich lebe" is a song by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. It was written by Alexander Kahr, Eva Kraus, Harald Hanisch, and Leopold Zillinger for her debut studio album Freier Fall (2003), while production was helmed by the former. Recorded after her participation in the ORF 1 talent show Starmania, where Stürmer had finished runner-up, it was released by Polydor Records on 24 March 2003 in Austria, where it debuted at number-one on the Austrian Singles Chart and remained atop for another seven weeks.
laut-Los is the first acoustic album by Christina Stürmer. Released on 4 April 2008, it includes five new songs. The song "Fieber" is the official anthem of the Austrian soccer team for the EURO 2008.
"Um bei dir zu sein" is the sixth single from Christina Stürmer's fourth album, Lebe Lauter. The song was first released in Austria with "An Sommertagen," where it reached number one. It was released by itself in Germany and Europe, reaching #39 in Germany and #128 throughout all of Europe. Translated, the song title means, "To Be at Your Side".
"Nie genug" is a song by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. It was written by Thorsten Brötzmann, Alex Geringas, and Ivo Mohring for her third album, Lebe lauter (2006), while production was overseen by the former.
"Mama (Ana Ahabak)" [English: "Mother (I Love You)"] is a song by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. Dealing with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, it was written by Robert Pfluger and Alexander Kahr for her debut studio album Freier Fall (2003), while production was helmed by the latter. Selected as the album's third and final single, the song became Stürmer's second number one hit in Austria, where it was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
"Geh nicht wenn du kommst" is a song by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. It was written by Hannes Strasser and produced by Alexander Kahr for her debut studio album Freier Fall (2003). Released as the album's second single, the song was not as well-received as her previous single, "Ich lebe", but it did reach number five on the Austrian Singles Chart. As with most of Stürmer's previous singles, "Geh nicht wenn du kommst" was later re-recorded for her international debut album, Schwarz Weiss, released in 2005.
German rapper Fler has released 17 studio albums, four mixtapes, one EP, six collaborative albums and 59 singles.
Thomas Rabitsch is an Austrian keyboardist and record producer.
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 with the song "The Secret Is Love" written by Thomas Rabitsch and Nadine Beiler. The song was performed by Nadine Beiler. In July 2010, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a three-year absence following their withdrawal in 2008. ORF organised the national final Düsseldorf - wir kommen! in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. Thirty songs competed in an online voting round titled Guten Morgen Düsseldorf, of which ten were selected to proceed to the national final. The ten songs competed in a televised show where two rounds of public voting selected the winner. The first round selected the top three entries to proceed to the second round, during which "The Secret Is Love" performed by Nadine Beiler was selected as the winner after gaining 46.73% of the votes.
Thomas Neuwirth is an Austrian singer and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst. He came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as Austria's entrant with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". Neuwirth has stated that he is not a trans woman. He is gay, and has also described himself as a drag queen.