In Austrian media, it has been stated that broadcaster ORF plans to only broadcast the voting of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest live. The presentation of the songs would be shown right after the voting sequence. As announced earlier, again there are no plans to broadcast the two semi finals.
The final decision if the entire contest will be broadcast live or if ORF will only tune in at 23:00 CET before the voting starts, has not been taken yet. Austria withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest in in 2006 and again in 2008 and 2009 after a short comeback in 2007. Having debuted in 1957, the country took the victory only once in 1966 and has finished outside the top four ever since.
