ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster has confirmed that Austria will compete at the forthcoming 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.
Hence Austria joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the upcoming Eurovision edition. ORF will be releasing further details on the mechanism it will use to select the 2022 Austrian Eurovision act and entry in due course.
Austria in Eurovision
Austria debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 and has won the competition twice with Udo Jurgens (1966) and Conchita Wurst (2014). The country has participated 52 times in the contest and hosted the event twice in its majestic capital Vienna (1967, 2015).
In 2021 Vincent Bueno represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam with his entry ‘Amen‘.
Source: ESCToday
Cover Photo: Thomas Hanses/EBU
