Austria AUSTRIA 2017 - Nathan Trent - Running on Air

[Gera11]

I had one too.

Who hadn't with these results 2 I was imagining every scenario possible

 

[Musicosity]

Congrats, a well deserved qualifier. He sold the song very well and I hope on Saturday he can relax a little more to get out the last little bit and make it perfect. The performance really draws you in.

 

[Sammy]

And he made it from spot 2! What a great achievement!

 

[ESCKerli]

I voted so crazy for him, even if I didn't like the song that much. I just love his charisma and he deserves to be in the final. Go Nathan!

 

[JChan]

A really sweet performance, I'm so glad this qualified! Poor Nathan having a heart attack at the end

Forget Nathan, I was going to have a heart attack at the end!

 

[Ezio]

My heart was already broken, and apparently Nathan's too. I will never forget this epic moment. More epic than Conchita being announced last, because it was foreseeable back then, but totally not now.

I am just happy we qualified. I expect a result between 11 and 20 in the Grand Final. But most important thing is that Austria is an established player on the Eurovision map after many years of dire results and demotivation. Our qualification streak is pretty awesome. I don't mind the draw for the Grand Final or a low score, because we are totally no favourites.

 

[Sherlock]

So happy

I did expect Estonia to get through at the last announced qualifier

 

[Chorizo]

Can't await to find out who was 10th in the semi. According to the odds, it might have been Austria.

 

[Marko279]

Singing - good, very clear voice, not blending with music.
Song - nice.
Performance - nice.

 

[PeterLPZ]

It was a great performance and live this song is much better. I´m happy for Austria. Glückwunsch, liebe Nachbarn.

 

[marty]

starting from number 4 is not so good, but i think Nathan can make it to somewhere around place 15

 

[aef]

OMG again such an early draw...

 

[ScarlettGirl]

I still got your back Austria
(Seriously, I think I voted 10 times, so I hope it was worth it. My parents were not happy about me voting so much, haha )

I screamed a little too loud when Norway was announced. Then I became sad, because I was scared we had beaten Nathan. Then Austria was announced, and I scream a bit too loud again...

My dog was so scared and didn´t want to trust me after the semi final ended

 

[greece]

Even though the draw in the final js bad im still extremely happy that austria qualified, it was one of the best performances, so well deserved

 

[BMX]

Beautifully staged, very pleasant song. Im happy for Nathan!

 

[Ezio]

OMG again such an early draw...

I did not expect favourable draws for us from the get-go, because of some political undertones. Austria is not 100% loyal to Kyiv and not 100% illoyal to Moscow and therefore I think we are getting snubbed.

But for me it does not matter and I neither think that ORF or Nathan mind that at all. Once again we proved that we, the former eternal underdog, can handle death spot #2 very well (Alf Poier, Nadine Beier), and our qualification streak continues. And #4 actually is better than #2. We were never in to win it, but ORF got its acts together which is very nice to see. With a better song next year hopefully, we can dream bigger.

 

[Ezio]

The reaction of the queen of youtube, bless her heart

 

[Sammy]

Somehow I have the feeling that Nathan finished better than 10th in the semi.

 

[Ezio]

Somehow I have the feeling that Nathan finished better than 10th in the semi.

He hovered between 7th and 10th place, which were constantly changing. In the press poll he was 2nd and in the combined press and fan vote he was 4th. So it is absolutely possible he had a higher finish than 10th.

Zoe last year was 12th in the odds and finished 2nd in the televote.

 

[nikkisback]

Middle-of-the-road songs, nice staging and cute singers. Germany started it first, then Austria follows.