The videoclips of the 5 competing entries at the forthcoming Austrian Eurovision national final have been released.  The 2013 Austrian national final is scheduled to be held at the ORF Studios in Vienna on 15 February.

ORF, the national Austrian broadcaster has informed esctoday.com that a special club gig is scheduled to be held next Monday 11 February in a bar in Vienna, where the potential Austrian candidates will get to meet and greet the Austian press and  perform their entries live. Only 4 out of the 5 hopefuls will be attending the event as Falco Luneau will not be able to grace the occassion as he is in Belgium. Each candidate will sing a total of 3 songs each including their respective potential Eurovision entry at the gig.

The videoclips of the 2013 Austrian national final candidates:

Yela- Feel like home

Falco Luneau- Rise above the night

Elija- Give me a sign

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N1-LGK3zDM&noredirect=1

Natalia Kelly- Shine

The Bandaloop- Back to fantasy 

Austria debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 and has won the event in 1966 with Udo Jurgen’s Merci, Chérie.Stay tuned to esctoday.com for more information regarding the 2013 Austrian national final and the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.