The second in a bumper crop of OGAE national votes this weekend, Austria is next up, with an enthusiastic douze points for Ukrainian representative Verka Serduchka and Dancing Lasha Tumbai.
The Austrian OGAE branch held the vote as part of a major fan event at the Intercity hotel in Vienna, which was also attended by a camera crew from national broadcaster ORF. Footage from the event was compiled to form part of the TV programme "Wie, bitte?" (Pardon?), which perhaps marks the first occasion that an OGAE vote has actually been televised. Following the end of the event at 22:00, fans gathered at Heldenplatz for Eric Papilaya's official sending-off party, from which he continue on with the Get a Life – Get Alive tour.
The Austrian results are as follows:
| 1 | Ukraine – "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" | 130 |
| 2 | Serbia – "Molitva" | 109 |
| 3 | Romania – "Liubi Liubi I Love You" | 84 |
| 4 | Israel – "Push the Button" | 80 |
| 5 | Bulgaria – "Water" | 68 |
| 6 | France – "L'amour à la Française" | 61 |
| 7 | Turkey – "Shake it up shekerim" | 58 |
| 8 | Denmark – "Drama Queen" | 56 |
| 9 | Georgia – "My Story" | 53 |
| 9 | Germany – "Frauen regier'n die Welt" | 53 |
| 11 | Greece – "Yassou Maria" | 45 |
| 12 | Latvia – "Questa notte" | 43 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina – "Rijeka bez imena" | 41 |
| 14 | Switzerland – "Vampires Are Alive" | 32 |
| 15 | Belarus – "Work Your Magic" | 31 |
| 15 | Hungary – "Unsubstantial Blues" | 31 |
| 17 | Moldova – "Fight" | 30 |
| 18 | Russia – "Song # 1" | 29 |
| 19 | Netherlands – "On Top of the World" | 28 |
| 20 | FYR Macedonia – "Mojot svet" | 27 |
| 20 | United Kingdom – "Flying the Flag" | 27 |
| 22 | Austria – "Get a Life – Get Alive" | 26 |
| 23 | Iceland – "Valentine Lost" | 24 |
| 24 | Norway – "Ven a bailar conmigo" | 23 |
| 25 | Ireland – "They Can't Stop the Spring" | 20 |
| 26 | Finland – "Leave Me Alone" | 18 |
| 26 | Malta – "Vertigo" | 18 |
| 28 | Cyprus – "Comme çi, comme ça" | 12 |
| 29 | Andorra – "Salvem al mon" | 11 |
| 29 | Spain – "I love you mi vida" | 11 |
| 29 | Sweden – The Worrying Kind" | 11 |
| 32 | Belgium – "Love Power" | 10 |
| 32 | Portugal – "Dança Conmigo" | 10 |
| 34 | Slovenia – "Cvet z juga" | 9 |
| 35 | Armenia – "Anytime You Need" | 4 |
| 35 | Czech Republic – "Mala dama" | 4 |
| 35 | Poland – "Time to Party" | 4 |
| 38 | Estonia – "Partners in Crime" | 2 |
| 39 | Albania – "Hear My Plea" | 1 |
| 40 | Croatia – "Vjerujem u ljubav" | 0 |
| 40 | Lithuania – "Love or Leave" | 0 |
| 40 | Montenegro – "Hajde kroci" | 0 |
Interestingly, counting the top ten from the Austrian results, no points are given to the overall OGAE leaderboard for four of the current top five countries – Belarus, Switzerland, Slovenia or Greece. Only Serbia manages this feat, with a helpful dix points, helping Moltiva to gain a lead on nearby competitors.
Thanks to our partner site escaustria for making the results available. Email [email protected] for more information on taking part and joining your own local branch of OGAE.
