ORF,the national Austrian broadcaster has confirmed to  esctoday.com that it is planning to release the 2014 Austrian entry on 18 March.

The Austrian broadcaster  is planning to schedule a special press conference in the Austrian capital on Tuesday 18 March in order to officially release and present Conchita Wurst‘s Eurovision entry along with its official videoclip. Austrian media and press will be invited to attend the event.

Conchita Wurst will be performing her Eurovision entry live for the very first time on the Austrian version of the popular dance show Strictly Come Dancing aired on ORF1, at a later date.

Conchita will be then heading to Europe in May in order to promote her song, she will be travelling to Madrid at the end of March and to London and Amsterdam in April.

Conchita Wurst was selected via an internal selection by ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster to represent Austria at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The 2014 Austrian entry has also been selected via an internal selection and is set to be released in due course.

Austria will compete in the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest semi-final when Conchita will take the stage on 8 May at the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen. ORF 1 will be airing all 3 – 2014 Eurovision Song Contest shows on 6,8 and 10 May.Stay tuned to esctoday.com for more news on Conchita Wurst, Austria and the 2014 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.