Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "", composed by Alfons Weindorf, with lyrics by Karl Brunner and Johann Brunner, and performed by Petra Frey. The Austrian participating broadcaster (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
National final (ORF) held the national final on 8 March 1994 at the Nachtwerk Nightclub in Vienna, hosted by Alfons Haider. The winner was chosen by the votes of 9 regional juries.
+ Final – 8 March 1994 Artist Song Points Place 1 Three Girl Madhouse "Solitaire" 49 2 2 Simone "Radio" 32 4 3 Petra Frey "Für den Frieden der Welt" 57 1 4Carl Peyer"Du und i" 33 3 5 Jane Palmer "Flieg' heute Nacht" 20 5 6 Etta Scollo "Amico Pierre" 8 7 7 Alex "Highway" 13 6 8 Marc Berry "Swingin' Out" 4 8
+ Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Solitaire" 6 8 3 3 3 8 4 8 6 49 2 "Radio" 3 1 6 6 6 3 3 4 32 3 "Für den Frieden der Welt" 8 3 8 8 4 4 8 6 8 57 4 "Du und i" 4 6 4 4 2 2 6 4 1 33 5 "Flieg' heute Nacht" 4 1 2 8 3 1 1 20 6 "Amico Pierre" 1 2 1 2 2 8 7 "Highway" 2 2 6 1 2 13 8 "Swingin' Out" 1 3 4
At Eurovision
On the night of the final, Frey perfromed 20th in the running order, following Greece and preceding Spain. At the close of the voting, "" had received 19 points, placing Austria 17th of the 25 entries. The Austrian jury awarded its 12 points to Poland.
The contest was broadcast on ORF 1, with commentary by Ernst Grissemann.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Austria Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Austria Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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