won it three times
Austria at Eurovision
Austria first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 and has entered 58 contests. It has won three times: in 1966, 2014 and 2025. The contest has been held there three times, most recently in Vienna in 2026.
- 58
- contests
- 3
- wins
- 3
- hosted
- first song
- 1957
- contests
- 58
- wins
- 3 — 1966, 2014, 2025
- last place
- 7 — 1957, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991
- nul points
- 1962, 1988, 1991, 2015
- in the final
- 11 of 18 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- German (39), English (20), Spanish (1), French (1), Italian (1)
- hosted
- Vienna 1967, Vienna 2015, Vienna 2026
- not in the line-up
- 1969, 1970, 1973–1975, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2008–2010
The three wins
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1966, Luxembourg City “Merci, Chérie”
Udo Jürgens · 31 points
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2014, Copenhagen “Rise Like a Phoenix”
Conchita Wurst · 290 points
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2025, Basel “Wasted Love”
JJ · 436 points
Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.
Every song
All 59 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Vienna | Cosmó | “Tanzschein” German | 24th of 25 | 6 |
| 2025 Basel | JJ | “Wasted Love” English | winner! | 436 |
| 2024 Malmö | Kaleen | “We Will Rave” English | 24th of 26 | 24 |
| 2023 Liverpool | Teya and Salena | “Who the Hell Is Edgar?” English, Italian | 15th of 26 | 120 |
| 2022 Turin | Lumix Pia Maria | “Halo” English | Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 17) | 42 |
| 2021 Rotterdam | Vincent Bueno | “Amen” English | Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 17) | 66 |
| 2020 Rotterdam | Vincent Bueno | “Alive” English | Contest cancelled | — |
| 2019 Tel Aviv | Paenda | “Limits” English | Out in semi-final 2 (17th of 18) | 21 |
| 2018 Lisbon | Cesár Sampson | “Nobody but You” English | 3rd of 26 | 342 |
| 2017 Kyiv | Nathan Trent | “Running on Air” English | 16th of 26 | 93 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Zoë | “Loin d'ici” French | 13th of 26 | 151 |
| 2015 Vienna | The Makemakes | “I Am Yours” English | 26th of 27 | 0 |
| 2014 Copenhagen | Conchita Wurst | “Rise Like a Phoenix” English | winner! | 290 |
| 2013 Malmö | Natália Kelly | “Shine” English | Out in semi-final 1 (14th of 16) | 27 |
| 2012 Baku | Trackshittaz | “Woki mit deim Popo” German | Out in semi-final 1 (18th of 18) | 8 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Nadine Beiler | “The Secret is Love” English | 18th of 25 | 64 |
| 2007 Helsinki | Eric Papilaya | “Get a Life – Get Alive” English | Out in the semi-final (27th of 28) | 4 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Global.Kryner | “Y así” English, Spanish | Out in the semi-final (21st of 25) | 30 |
| 2004 Istanbul | Tie Break | “Du bist” German | 21st of 24 | 9 |
| 2003 Riga | Alf Poier | “Weil der Mensch zählt” German | 6th of 26 | 101 |
| 2002 Tallinn | Manuel Ortega | “Say a Word” English | 18th of 24 | 26 |
| 2000 Stockholm | The Rounder Girls | “All to You” English | 14th of 24 | 34 |
| 1999 Jerusalem | Bobbie Singer | “Reflection” English | 10th of 23 | 65 |
| 1997 Dublin | Bettina Soriat | “One Step” German | 21st of 25 | 12 |
| 1996 Oslo | George Nussbaumer | “Weil's dr guat got” German | 10th of 23 | 68 |
| 1995 Dublin | Stella Jones | “Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt” German | 13th of 23 | 67 |
| 1994 Dublin | Petra Frey | “Für den Frieden der Welt” German | 17th of 25 | 19 |
| 1993 Millstreet | Tony Wegas | “Maria Magdalena” German | 14th of 25 | 32 |
| 1992 Malmö | Tony Wegas | “Zusammen geh'n” German | 10th of 23 | 63 |
| 1991 Rome | Thomas Forstner | “Venedig im Regen” German | 22nd of 22 | 0 |
| 1990 Zagreb | Simone | “Keine Mauern mehr” German | 10th of 22 | 58 |
| 1989 Lausanne | Thomas Forstner | “Nur ein Lied” German | 5th of 22 | 97 |
| 1988 Dublin | Wilfried | “Lisa Mona Lisa” German | 21st of 21 | 0 |
| 1987 Brussels | Gary Lux | “Nur noch Gefühl” German | 20th of 22 | 8 |
| 1986 Bergen | Timna Brauer | “Die Zeit ist einsam” German | 18th of 20 | 12 |
| 1985 Gothenburg | Gary Lux | “Kinder dieser Welt” German | 8th of 19 | 60 |
| 1984 Luxembourg City | Anita | “Einfach weg” German | 19th of 19 | 5 |
| 1983 Munich | Westend | “Hurricane” German | 9th of 20 | 53 |
| 1982 Harrogate | Mess | “Sonntag” German | 9th of 18 | 57 |
| 1981 Dublin | Marty Brem | “Wenn du da bist” German | 17th of 20 | 20 |
| 1980 The Hague | Blue Danube | “Du bist Musik” German | 8th of 19 | 64 |
| 1979 Jerusalem | Christina Simon | “Heute in Jerusalem” German | 18th of 19 | 5 |
| 1978 Paris | Springtime | “Mrs. Caroline Robinson” German | 15th of 20 | 14 |
| 1977 London | Schmetterlinge | “Boom Boom Boomerang” German, English | 17th of 18 | 11 |
| 1976 The Hague | Waterloo and Robinson | “My Little World” English | 5th of 18 | 80 |
| 1972 Edinburgh | The Milestones | “Falter im Wind” German | 5th of 18 | 100 |
| 1971 Dublin | Marianne Mendt | “Musik” German | 16th of 18 | 66 |
| 1968 London | Karel Gott | “Tausend Fenster” German | 13th of 17 | 2 |
| 1967 Vienna | Peter Horton | “Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt” German | 14th of 17 | 2 |
| 1966 Luxembourg City | Udo Jürgens | “Merci, Chérie” German | winner! | 31 |
| 1965 Naples | Udo Jürgens | “Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen” German | 4th of 18 | 16 |
| 1964 Copenhagen | Udo Jürgens | “Warum nur, warum?” German | 6th of 16 | 11 |
| 1963 London | Carmela Corren | “Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder” German, English | 7th of 16 | 16 |
| 1962 Luxembourg City | Eleonore Schwarz | “Nur in der Wiener Luft” German | 13th of 16 | 0 |
| 1961 Cannes | Jimmy Makulis | “Sehnsucht” German | 15th of 16 | 1 |
| 1960 London | Harry Winter | “Du hast mich so fasziniert” German | 7th of 13 | 6 |
| 1959 Cannes | Ferry Graf | “Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien” German | 9th of 11 | 4 |
| 1958 Hilversum | Liane Augustin | “Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe” German | 5th of 10 | 8 |
| 1957 Frankfurt | Bob Martin | “Wohin, kleines Pony?” German | 10th of 10 | 3 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The five acts Austria has sent to more than one contest.
- Udo Jürgens 1964, 1965, 1966
- Gary Lux 1985, 1987
- Thomas Forstner 1989, 1991
- Tony Wegas 1992, 1993
- Vincent Bueno 2020 (cancelled), 2021
Hosting
The three contests held in Austria.
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in Austria, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2026
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 (final) Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz
- 2025
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 (final) Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz
- 2024
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 (final) Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz
- 2023
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 (final) Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz
- 2022
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 (final) Kurdwin Ayub, Florian Alexander, Hannes Duscher and Roland Gratzer
- 2021
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- 2019
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- 2018
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- 2017
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- 2016
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- 2015
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- 2014
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- 2013
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- 2012
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- ORF eins (final) Stermann and Grissemann and Lukas Plöchl
- 2011
- ORF eins Andi Knoll
- Hitradio Ö3 Martin Blumenau
- Hitradio Ö3 (final) Benny Hörtnagl
- 2009
- ORF 1 Benny Hörtnagl
- 2008
- ORF 1 (final) Andi Knoll
- 2007
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- 2006
- ORF 1 (final) Andi Knoll
- 2005
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- 2004
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- 2003
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- 2002
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 2001
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 2000
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 1999
- ORF 1 Andi Knoll
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 1998
- ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 1997
- ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 1996
- ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 1995
- ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann
- FM4 Stermann & Grissemann
- 1994
- ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1993
- ORF 1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1992
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1991
- FS1
- 1990
- FS1 Barbara Stöckl
- 1989
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1988
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1987
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1986
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1985
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1984
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1983
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1982
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1981
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1980
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1979
- FS1 Max Schautzer
- 1978
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1977
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1976
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1975
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1974
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1973
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1972
- FS2 Ernst Grissemann
- 1971
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1970
- FS1 Ernst Grissemann
- 1969
- FS1
- 1968
- FS1
- 1967
- FS1 Emil Kollpacher
- 1966
- ORF Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach
- 1965
- ORF
- 1964
- ORF
- 1963
- ORF Hanns Joachim Friedrichs
- 1962
- ORF
- 1961
- ORF
- 1960
- ORF
- 1959
- ORF
- 1958
- Österreichisches Fernsehen
- 1957
- ORF
- 1956
- ORF
In our contest stories
Lines about Austria from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1956 Fourteen songs
Austria and Denmark are believed to have wanted in and missed the deadline.
- 1957 Ten countries
Austria and Denmark, who had missed the deadline the year before, made it this time, and the United Kingdom entered for the first time.
- 1957 The result
Austria, on its debut, was last with three.
- 1961 The result
Austria and Belgium shared last place with one vote each, and Lale Andersen came thirteenth.
- 1961 What the song was about
In 1961 it could not have been sung any other way: sex between men was still a crime in almost half the countries competing that night, West Germany, Austria, Spain and the United Kingdom among them.
- 1962 Nul points
Four countries scored nothing: Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain.
- 1966 The result
Austria won for the first time.
- 1967
Austria staged its first contest in a palace.
- 1984 The result
Austria came last with five points.
- 1988 What it meant
Austria, at the other end, finished last without a point.
- 1991 The bottom of the board
Austria's Thomas Forstner had been fifth two years earlier.
- 2014
Austria had won the contest once, in 1966.
- 2014 Conchita
Austria's singer was Conchita Wurst, and a good deal of the week's talk was about her beard.
- 2015 Nul points, twice
Austria, a year after winning, did not receive a single point in its own arena.
- 2025 The result
Austria won for the third time.
- 2026 The result
Austria, the reigning champion, finished twenty-fourth with six points.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Austria was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.