Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since its debut in . Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) is the Austrian broadcaster. Austria had missed only eleven contests: , , , , , , , , ,  and .

Austria's three victories was achieved with the following songs:
- Udo Jürgens — Merci, Chérie
- Conchita Wurst — Rise Like a Phoenix
- JJ — Wasted Love

## Participation overview

|style="background-color:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|1|First place|
| --- | --- | --- |
|style="background-color:#CCC; text-align:center;"|2|Second place|
|style="background-color:#C96; text-align:center;"|3|Third place|
|style="background-color:#FE8080; text-align:center;"|◁|Last place|
|style="background-color:#A4EAA9; text-align:center;"|**X**|Entry selected but did not compete|
|style="background-color:#DDF; text-align:center;"|**†**|Upcoming event|

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Final|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Semi|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bob Martin|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|10 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|3|rowspan="31" colspan="2"|||||||||
|Liane Augustin|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|8||||||||||
|Ferry Graf|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|4||||||||||
|Harry Winter|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|6||||||||||
|Jimmy Makulis|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|15 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|1||||||||||
|Eleonore Schwarz|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|13 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Carmela Corren|""|German, English|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|16||||||||||
|Udo Jürgens|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|11||||||||||
|Udo Jürgens|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|16||||||||||
|Udo Jürgens|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|31||||||||||
|Peter Horten|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|2||||||||||
|Karel Gott|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|2||||||||||
|Marianne Mendt|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|66||||||||||
|The Milestones|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|100||||||||||
|Waterloo and Robinson|"My Little World"|English|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|80||||||||||
|Schmetterlinge|"Boom Boom Boomerang"|German, English|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|11||||||||||
|Springtime|"Mrs. Caroline Robinson"|German|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|14||||||||||
|Christina Simon|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|18 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|5||||||||||
|Blue Danube|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|64||||||||||
|Marty Brem|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|20||||||||||
|Mess|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|57||||||||||
|Westend|"Hurricane"|German|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|53||||||||||
|Anita|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|19 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|5||||||||||
|Gary Lux|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|60||||||||||
|Timna Brauer|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|12||||||||||
|Gary Lux|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|20|style="text-align:center;"|8||||||||||
|Wilfried|"Lisa Mona Lisa"|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|21 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Thomas Forstner|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|97||||||||||
|Simone|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|58||||||||||
|Thomas Forstner|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|22 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Tony Wegas|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|63||||||||||
|Tony Wegas|"Maria Magdalena"|German|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|32|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Petra Frey|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|19|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|||||||||
|Stella Jones|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|67||||||||||
|George Nussbaumer|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|68|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|80||||||
|Bettina Soriat|"One Step"|German|style="text-align:center;"|21|style="text-align:center;"|12|colspan="2" rowspan="5"|||||||||
|Bobbie Singer|"Reflection"|English|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|65||||||||||
|The Rounder Girls|"All to You"|English|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|34||||||||||
|Manuel Ortega|"Say a Word"|English|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|26||||||||||
|Alf Poier|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|101||||||||||
|Tie Break|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|21|style="text-align:center;"|9|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Global.Kryner|""|English, Spanish|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|21|style="text-align:center;"|30|||||||||
|Eric Papilaya|"Get a Life – Get Alive"|English|style="text-align:center;"|27|style="text-align:center;"|4||||||||||
|Nadine Beiler|"The Secret Is Love"|English|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|64|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|69||||||
|Trackshittaz|""|German|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|18 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|8|||||||||
|Natália Kelly|"Shine"|English|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|27||||||||||
|Conchita Wurst|"Rise Like a Phoenix"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|290|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|169||||||
|The Makemakes|"I Am Yours"|English|style="text-align:center;"|26|style="text-align:center;"|0|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Zoë|""|French|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|151|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|170||||||
|Nathan Trent|"Running on Air"|English|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|93|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|147||||||
|Cesár Sampson|"Nobody but You"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96"|342|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|231||||||
|Paenda|"Limits"|English|colspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|21|||||||||
|Vincent Bueno|"Alive"|English|colspan="4"  **X**|||||||||||||
|Vincent Bueno|"Amen"|English|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|66|||||||||
|Lumix  Pia Maria|"Halo"|English|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|42||||||||||
|Teya and Salena|"Who the Hell Is Edgar?"|English|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|120|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC"|137||||||
|Kaleen|"We Will Rave"|English|style="text-align:center;"|24|style="text-align:center;"|24|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|46||||||
|style="background-color:#FFD700;"|JJ|style="background-color:#FFD700;"|"Wasted Love"|style="background-color:#FFD700;"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|1|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|436|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|104|||
|colspan="5" align="center"|Confirmed intention to participate **†**|colspan="2" align="center"||||||||||||||

## Hostings

Austria has hosted the contest three times, two times in Vienna (, ).

Austria is scheduled to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, and the host city will be announced on 8 August 2025.
|Year|Location|Venue|
| --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|Vienna|Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg|
|Wiener Stadthalle|||
|Vienna|Wiener Stadthalle||

## Infobox (song contest country)

- **name**: Austria
- **contest**: ESC
- **member station**: (ORF)
- **esc apps**: 57 (50 finals)
- **esc best**: 1st: , ,
- **host**: , , __
- **current**: 2025