escYOUnited
Administrator
- Joined
- September 28, 2009
- Posts
- 1,355
Austria AUSTRIA 2022 - LUM!X & Pia Maria - Halo
- Thread starter escYOUnited
- Start date
- Watchers 40
aef
Well-known member
- Joined
- April 24, 2015
- Posts
- 4,320
Was this the song they submitted?
MopManMoss
Veteran
- Joined
- April 1, 2021
- Posts
- 4,540
they must have very sharp teeth
Ezio
Veteran
i just came home from the bath house and watched Czechia. They nailed their staging. Ffs. I love Halo more but they did a better job.
not interested in the rest of the show, gonna skip Saturday as well. Spain is not gonna win, Poland neither, so I have no stakes there
not interested in the rest of the show, gonna skip Saturday as well. Spain is not gonna win, Poland neither, so I have no stakes there
Ezio
Veteran
Jupiter the bitch is now in Aries. So upbeat and fast paced music is more liked now, sentimental stuff less
Franzilein
Well-known member
- Joined
- March 5, 2015
- Posts
- 1,367
What the hell... how can you not send them D: Oh Österreich... nächstes Jahr dann, ja?
Lindon
Well-known member
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Posts
- 2,861
I've no idea how they sound live under stress. We shouldn't focus on the song so much. Hey ho let's go.
Last edited:
Franzilein
Well-known member
- Joined
- March 5, 2015
- Posts
- 1,367
They've been around since the early 00's, I think they know how to handle stress. And I've seen them live once, they are a m a z i n g! Didn't know they had been in contention for Austria this year, what a missed chance, reminds me of our situation in Germany. We can join hands I guess
sigi
Well-known member
- Joined
- October 2, 2009
- Posts
- 2,618
That was my clear favorite from the internal selection.
Lindon
Well-known member
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Posts
- 2,861
"The disappointment is of course great, after all we didn't make it to the final for the third time in a row. We simply have to analyze how it is possible that a song that has been extremely successful on YouTube, Spotify and Co still doesn't get enough votes to make it to the final," says HOD Stefan Zechner, who has been responsible since 2011.
"In Austria the Song Contest is still belittled a bit, even if the musical quality has improved significantly".
He cannot say how things will continue in concrete terms, "especially since we have a new program director in Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz. We will consider together how to approach the Song Contest. The question is, what needs to be changed, what new approaches can be made".
When asked if he thought it would make sense to connect the ESC candidates with a format like "Starmania", Zechner says: "That's one of the many options. But it's possible that someone wins "Starmania" who doesn't actually would be good for the Song Contest. If you make your own preliminary decision, on the other hand, you have the problem that you have to find artists who are willing to face a competition. And many established musicians don't want that." A rough decision on how to proceed should be made in June, "because if a new system is to be implemented, we have to prepare for it over the summer."
"In Austria the Song Contest is still belittled a bit, even if the musical quality has improved significantly".
He cannot say how things will continue in concrete terms, "especially since we have a new program director in Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz. We will consider together how to approach the Song Contest. The question is, what needs to be changed, what new approaches can be made".
When asked if he thought it would make sense to connect the ESC candidates with a format like "Starmania", Zechner says: "That's one of the many options. But it's possible that someone wins "Starmania" who doesn't actually would be good for the Song Contest. If you make your own preliminary decision, on the other hand, you have the problem that you have to find artists who are willing to face a competition. And many established musicians don't want that." A rough decision on how to proceed should be made in June, "because if a new system is to be implemented, we have to prepare for it over the summer."
aef
Well-known member
- Joined
- April 24, 2015
- Posts
- 4,320
Haha I also got behind them during the past days, was Melancholy Angel also the song they submitted? If they only submitted too late maybe they are a serious option for next year.
I think ORF will try something completely different again anyway. We were only really successful with out of the box acts like Conchita and Alf Poier in the past 20 years. Cesar Sampson was the only one who succeeded with a "normal" entry.
aef
Well-known member
- Joined
- April 24, 2015
- Posts
- 4,320
Okay it's a real pity then because this song would probably do really well at Eurovision - let's hope, maybe they will apply again
Lindon
Well-known member
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Posts
- 2,861
I will probably skip Saturday as well for the first time in many years. In the end of the 90s and early 00s I also stopped watching the contest for a few years. Diese Jahre sind mein schwarzes ESC-Loch.
Franzilein
Well-known member
- Joined
- March 5, 2015
- Posts
- 1,367
They would have joined France, Italy, Finland, The Netherlands as my overall favourites this year
Yes, it is metal, but Melancholy Angel is also very melodic and more accessible for a brighter audience –very Blind Channel-esque. Really hope they will try again next year.Ezio
Veteran
i have seen all ESC since 1990, with the exception of 2009. ORF only broadcasted the voting live and the show afterwards. Honestly, skipping Eurovision is something that already crossed my mind 2019 and 2021. The show has become so generic and the wheel of Eurovision is spinning faster and faster and I feel like my lifetime is running out.
seeing Austria not in the final for 5 years at least, is awful. I wonder how many times I will see them until I die and how many times will they be really successful. Maybe once Or twice…