Austria have confirmed to ESC Today that the 5 songs in their national final will be presented on the 14th January!

 

ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster has confirmed to esctoday.com that the 5 candidates competing at the 2013 Austrian national final will officially present their songs on Monday 14 January.

 

Yela, Natalia Kelly, The Bandaloop, Elija and Falco Luneau will all be performing their potential entries at the Saturn Tower, Donau City in Vienna next Monday. The 2013 Austrian national final is scheduled to take place in Vienna on 15 February.

 

The 5 acts that will fight for the golden ticket to Malmö:

 

YELA - THE SOUL SURPRISE

The 31-year-old Daniela Bauer alias Yela was born in Vienna and lives in New York. The talented musician was awarded a scholarship at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied voice and music therapy. It was followed by numerous international performances - including the multiple Grammy nominee Musiq Soulchild. Yela is an all-rounder with a great voice who writes and composes her own songs.

 

FALCO LUNEAU - THE BOUNDLESS SINGER-SONGWRITER

The 28-year old singer is from Vorarlberg and currently lives in the Netherlands. Falco Luneau known in Austria as the candidate of the third Star Mania season. His biggest musical success was in the Netherlands where he won a competition with his first single, which stormed the charts. In collaboration with hit producer Tony Cornelissen (Cascada) his last single, No one's fool, reached the top and charted high at Dutch radio stations.

 

THE BANDALOOP - THE HIP ELECTRIC POPPER

Barca Baxant (34), Justin Case (32) and Mike Lightning (27) are The Bandaloop. They have been together since 2010, performing together and showcasing their electro music. Their unique overall concept is marked by high artistic standards combined with avant-garde style and excellent stage presence.

 

NATÁLIA KELLY - THE INTERNATIONAL R & B AND POP VOICE

The 18-year-old student from Lower Austria, was born in the United States. Despite her youth Natália Kelly has already experienced competing in a musical show, she competed in the musical talent show Prima La Musica where she came 3rd. Natália Kelly showcases her powerful and distinctive R & B voice.

 

ELIJAH - THE SELF-MADE ROCKER

The 21-year-old all-rounder artist was born in Graz and lives in Vienna. Elijah was awarded the 2009 Austrian Newcomer Award. In 2012 he released his first album Beautiful, but incomplete. His single Out of use, reached the rotation of Hit Radio Ö3. Elijah musical talent is showcased with a distinctive voice and self-composed songs.

 

http://www.esctoday.com/41298/austrian-can...-on-14-january/

Edited February 15, 201312 yr by Ryan.

Interesting. None of those sound AWFUL, which is good.

I know we've all been about Iceland today but the 5 Austrian songs have been uploaded here

 

EDIT: Make that 4 out of 5. The second song doesn't seem to be working.

Edited January 14, 201312 yr by LexC

Even more Radio 2 friendly than Dansk Melodi Grand Prix! Back To Fantasy is marginally my favourite.

Somebody break it down for me, because I can't currently listen. Is there anything in there as MAX as Woki mit deim Popo?

This is currently happening :P

So happy Natalia won, another fantastic entry!!! :wub:

Oh that's really good! A third Austrian consecutive great entry, I shamefully really liked Woki Mit Deim Popo and I loved The Secret Is Love :wub:

Oh a song called "Shine" never lets us down. Love the vibe, sounds like it'll grow too.

Not bad I suppose. Although 'not bad' does put it as about the fith best Austrian entry ever!

Eurovision sure loves it's "Shine" songs.

 

Nice enough, nothing special though.

Eurovision sure loves it's "Shine" songs.

 

Nice enough, nothing special though.

 

OOPS

Just been watching live the "Meet the Artist" webchat that eurovision.tv have been doing with Natália and I have to say how brilliant it was! She has a fantastic personality and everything she said was very interesting! Also I love that she is exactly the same age as me and that the first Eurovision she said she remembers watching was 2002, which is also the same as me! I really really hope she qualifies and does very well in the final, she really deserves too! :wub:

 

Also, she mentioned that her album is now on iTunes so I'm definitely going to listen to the previews now!