The Makemakes | |
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 The Makemakes at Eurovision 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Austria |
| Genres | Pop rock |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Members | Dominic "Dodo" Muhrer Markus Christ Florian Meindl |
| Website | www.themakemakes.com |
The Makemakes are an Austrian pop rock band, comprising Dominic "Dodo" Muhrer, Markus Christ and Florian Meindl. They represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I Am Yours". [1]
On 15 June 2012, The Makemakes released their debut single "The Lovercall". [2] The song peaked at number 6 on the Austrian Singles Chart. On 15 April 2014, they released the single "Million Euro Smile". [3] The song peaked at number 2 on the Austrian Singles Chart.
On 13 March 2015, The Makemakes were chosen to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I Am Yours". The song was selected through a national final organised by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). Austria was automatically qualified to compete in the finals on 23 May 2015, due to its win the previous year. They tied with Germany for last place with a score of zero, becoming the first representatives of a host nation to fail to score a single point, since 1957. However, the band took their Eurovision loss in good spirits, making the repeated joke "We are the zeroes of our time!" (in reference to a lyric from the winning song, "Heroes"). [4] The band released their debut studio album The Makemakes on 12 May 2015.
In March 2018, The Makemakes released a new single "Keep On Moving" in Austria. [5] In January 2019, the band released the single "Freedom" in Austria. [6] In July 2019, the band released the single "The Beach". [7] The song peaked at number 21 on the Scottish Singles Chart and number 60 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| AUT [8] | ICE | SCO [9] | UK Down. [10] | |||
| "The Lovercall" | 2012 | 6 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Million Euro Smile" | 2014 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| "I Am Yours" | 2015 | 2 | 35 | — | — | The Makemakes |
| "Keep On Moving" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Freedom" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Beach" | — | — | 21 | 60 | ||
| "Heyo" | — | — | 22 | 67 | ||
| "Vivo per lei" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Acqua santa" (with Flÿing D) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Big Bang" | 2015 | The Makemakes |
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The Makemakes is the debut studio album by Austrian pop rock band The Makemakes. It was released in Austria on 13 May 2015, through Almost Perfecto Records. The album peaked at number 20 on the Austrian Albums Chart. The album includes the single "I Am Yours".
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