Österreicher Präsentation für Jerusalem

Österreicher Präsentation für Jerusalem (English: Austrian Presentation for Jerusalem) will be the show presenting the Austrian entry for International Music Festival 35. The show will take place in a to-be-determined day in July 2016 and will be hosted in the Wiener Stadthalle, located in Vienna, Austria. 
It was revealed on 30 May 2016 that this edition of the show would likely have a vote to decide which of two songs would represent Austria in the International Music Festival 35. On 22 June 2016, it was reported that ORF had selected an artist, and the auditions had started to shortlist potential entries. It was confirmed on 10 July 2016 that Darius & Finlay were the chosen artists, and that a jury panel would likely shortlist.
== Presenters ==
On 1 June 2016, ORF officially opened submissions for any native residents interested in presenting the show. Early claims included SEM, Katrin Lampe, Silvia Schneider and Petra Frey as interested presenters. However, on 16 July 2016, it was officially confirmed that Austrian television presenter Alice Tumler would host the competition.
== Location ==
After two editions of Vienna being the host city, ORF officially announced on 24 March 2016 that the Wiener Stadthalle would be the home of Österreicher Präsentation for a long time. The venue will host the show following it's three previous successful editions.
== Qualification round ==
=== Phase 1: Auditions ===
All of Darius & Finlay's singles auditioned, with 16 of 26 proceeding to the second phase.
No.	Featuring 	Song 	Judge	Result
1 	Nicco 	"Destination" 	✔ 	In
2 	Carlprit & Nicco 	"Do It All Night" 	✔ 	In
3 	Nicco 	"Rock to the Beat" 	– 	Out
4 	Shaun Baker 	"Show Me 10 (Explode 3)"	– 	Out
5 	Nicco 	"Hold On" 	✔ 	In
6 	Nicco 	"Till Morning" 	✔ 	In
7 	Tibration 	"She's a freak" 	✔ 	In
8 	Daz 	"Here Comes the Night" 	– 	Out
9 	Tony T 	"Phenomenon" 	– 	Out
10 	Nicco 	"Get Up" 	✔ 	In
11 	Emanuel 	"Enjoy Your Life" 	✔ 	In
12 	Ceresia & Ron Carroll	"Bang Bang (Explode)" 	✔ 	In
13 	Mr. Shammi 	"Summer Is Here" 	– 	Out
14 	Lulu 	"Tonight" 	✔ 	In
15 	Jai Matt & Nicco 	"Get Away" 	– 	Out
16 	TK Tycoon 	"How I Roll" 	– 	Out
17 	Marwill 	"Dance" 	✔ 	In
18 	Jen 	"I Am Not a Millionaire"	✔ 	In
19 	Mr. Shammi 	"Misfit" 	– 	Out
20 	 	"And I" 	– 	Out
21 	 	"Tropicali" 	✔ 	In
22 	Nicco 	"Firestarter" 	✔ 	In
23 	Tom Borijn 	"San Francisco" 	✔ 	In
24 	Aili Teigmo 	"World's Crashing Down" 	✔ 	In
25 	Shaun Baker 	"Generation Fascination"	– 	Out
26 	Tom Mountain 	"Ubap" 	✔ 	In
=== Phase 2: Duels ===
The qualifying songs from the previous round competed, with 10 of 16 proceeding to the last phase.
Note: After the duels took place, Nicco chose "Till Morning" as his competing song after being asked to select one, to give all the artists a fair chance.
No. 	Featuring artist(s) 	Song 	Result
1 	Nicco 	"Destination" 	In
1 	Carlprit & Nicco 	"Do It All Night" 	Out
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2 	Nicco 	"Hold On" 	Out
2 	Nicco 	"Till Morning" 	In
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3 	Tibration 	"She's a freak" 	In
3 	Nicco 	"Get Up" 	Out
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4 	Emanuel 	"Enjoy Your Life" 	Out
4 	Ceresia & Ron Carroll	"Bang Bang (Explode)" 	In
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5 	Lulu 	"Tonight" 	In
5 	Marwill 	"Dance" 	Out
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6 	Jen 	"I Am Not a Millionaire"	Wildcard
6 	N/A 	"Tropicali" 	In
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7 	Nicco 	"Firestarter" 	Wildcard
7 	Tom Borijn 	"San Francisco" 	In
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8 	Aili Teigmo 	"World's Crashing Down" 	In
8 	Tom Mountain 	"Ubap" 	Out
=== Phase 3: Semi-final ===
The qualifying songs from the previous round competed, 4 of 10 songs proceeding to the actual competition. Several international juries were also responsible of whittling down the songs.Note: Nicco's 3 entries were shortlisted to one in order to give all artists a fair chance in the competition.
No.	Featuring artist(s) 	Song
1 	Nicco 	"Till Morning"
2 	Tibration 	"She's a Freak"
3 	Ceresia & Ron Carroll	"Bang Bang (Explode)"
4 	Lulu 	"Tonight"
5 	Jen 	"I Am Not a Millionaire"
6 	N/A 	"Tropicali"
7 	Tom Borijn 	"San Francisco"
8 	Aili Teigmo 	"World's Crashing Down"
== Results ==
=== Final ===
Draw	Featuring artist(s) 	Song 	Votes	Votes	Place	Points
Draw	Featuring artist(s) 	Song 	 	 	Place	Points
1 	Lulu 	"Tonight" 	14 	— 	6 	14
2 	Nicco 	"Till Morning" 	14 	— 	5 	14
3 	Jen 	"I Am Not a Millionaire"	16 	25 	2 	41
4 	N/A 	"Tropicali" 	14 	10 	4 	24
5 	Aili Teigmo 	"World's Crashing Down" 	23 	45 	1 	68
6 	Ceresia & Ron Carroll	"Bang Bang (Explode)" 	19 	20 	3 	39
== Voting ==
The international juries decided who would win the contest. They voted by awarding the songs 12, 10, 8 6, 4, and 2 to decide who would fly the Austrian flag in International Music Festival 35.
=== Voters ===
Final 	Final	Final
Countries	 	5
=== 12 points ===
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to the songs:
N.	Song	Nation(s) giving 12 points
0 	 	
=== Voting grid ===
Song 	Song	Results	Results	Results	Results	Results	Results	Results	Results	Results	Results
Song 	Song	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tonight 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Till Morning 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
I Am Not a Millionaire	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tropicali 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
World's Crashing Down 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bang Bang (Explode) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== See also ==
* Austria
* International Music Festival 35
== External links ==
* Official thread
* Recap
* Results