Austria's Got Talent VI

Austria's Got Talent VI is the sixth edition of the Austrian music competition as well as the Austrian national selection for International Music Festival 37. The shows are taking place in the TipsArena Linz, which is located in located in Linz, Austria and are hosted by Austrian alumni Conchita Wurst. The results show will also include playback of the previous edition interval acts, which were unable to broadcast due to technical issues.
== Presenters ==
Unlike previous editions of the competition, ORF did not open submissions for hosts. ORF later stated on their Twitter account, "We have already chosen a host who approached us a few months ago. More information will be revealed in due course." On 1 December 2016, after months of rumors, ORF finally confirmed that Austrian alumni Conchita Wurst would return as the host for the event.
== Location ==
Prior to the official announcement, several reports claimed that "the event will take place in Vienna again, where it all started," however this was later denied by ORF. On 24 September 2016, ORF announced that the show would take place in the the TipsArena Linz; the hometown of previous winner SEM. The venue, which can hold more than 6,000 people, was opened in 1974.
== Format ==
ORF officially opened the submission period to participate on 22 September 2016, which closed on 29 September. On 9 October 2016, it was also announced that foreign acts could become permanent, however the broadcaster later announced that they ultimately decided against it. On 13 January 2017, ORF announced that the top three qualifiers of the final would join a mystery wildcard entry in the super-final the next day.
=== Change of voting system ===
On 11 October 2016, ORF announced that the voting system would be completely revamped in an attempt to receive more votes for the show. The new system, which is used in most International Music Festival national selections, would ask viewers to vote for their (maximum) five favorite songs out of the 10, and only voting for one would also be possible to ensure it would place well. As usual, the top 2-4 acts would qualify to a Super Final depending on how close the votes are.
=== Returning artists incident ===
On 21 October 2016, ORF teased on their official Twitter account in a response to a user that another act would be returning to the competition. This caused lots of controversy across towards many fans, stating that "doesn't give new acts as high of a chance to compete as returnees." ORF responded saying "We always welcome new acts to the competition, but we also like to give second chances to other acts. It is also important to note that ratings play a big part in the competition, which are always increased by returning acts. Nonetheless, the majority of the competition is consisted of new acts and will never consist of more returnees than new acts." filous also later withdrew from the competition, who was thought to have withdrawn due to pressure from "participating in many previous editions," however he was replaced by previous AGT competitor and host ZOË.
=== Elimination ===
In countdown to the super-final, ORF decided to reveal results of safe acts daily until the super-final took place and the top three acts were revealed. Inspired by other X Factor competitions, this special elimination system did not change the results in any way whatsoever.
 Daily results per contestant
Contestant 	Day 1 	Day 2 	Day 3 	Day 4 	 	
ZOË 	1st 	1st 	1st 	Winner 32.3% 	 	
AVEC 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	Runner-up 25.8% 	 	
Ramona Rotstich 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Third place 22.6% 	 	
Beatrice Egli 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Fourth place 19.4%	 	
Sara Koell 	4th 14.8% 	4th 16.7% 	4th 20.0% 	Eliminated(day 3) 	Eliminated(day 3)	Eliminated(day 3)
M.P. ft. Mavi Phoenix	5th 9.8% 	5th 11.1% 	5th 13.3% 	Eliminated(day 3) 	Eliminated(day 3)	Eliminated(day 3)
MÖWE & Daniel Nitt 	6th 8.2% 	6th 9.3% 	Eliminated(day 2) 	Eliminated(day 2) 	Eliminated(day 2)	
Harfonie 	7th 6.6% 	7th 7.4% 	Eliminated(day 2) 	Eliminated(day 2) 	Eliminated(day 2)	
Russkaja 	8th 4.9% 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1)	
Laura Kamhuber 	9th 4.9% 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1)	
Lindo 	10th 1.6% 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1) 	Eliminated(day 1)	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eliminated 	Lindo 	Harfonie 	M.P. ft. Mavi Phoenix	Super-final 	 	
Eliminated 	Russkaja 	MÖWE & Daniel Nitt'	Sara Koell 	Super-final 	 	
Eliminated 	Laura Kamhuber	colspan="2" 	 	Super-final 	 	
Voting based on 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Super-final 	 	
== Artist announcements ==
After 3 November 2016, half of the entries were revealed (if including filous). These also include and , whom will return to the competition after both last competing in the fourth edition. On 21 October 2016, ORF also teased of another act returning to the competition. filous had to pull out of the competition due to being busy at the time of the competition.
The second half of the announcements, which was been speculated to be "the strong half," began on 11 November. ZOË, whose last and only competing edition was the first, was announced as the seventh act; she also hosted the fifth edition. On 20 November 2016, Ramona Rotstich was also announced as the eighth act; she competed in the third and fourth edition and placed fifth and third respectively.
# 	Date 	Date	Artist(s) 	Song 	Nationality	Nationality
‒ 	October 	9 	& ft. 	"Emelie" 	AT 	SE
1 	October 	10 	 	"You Make Me Crazy" 	AT 	rowspan="2"
2 	October 	11 	Sara Koell	"Closer to the Sun" 	AT 	
3 	October 	12 	 	"Fliegen" (Fly) 	AT 	CH
4 	October 	13 	 	"Butterflies" 	AT 	
5 	November	11 	 	"Energia" (Energy) 	AT 	RU
6 	November	12 	 	"Stay Tonight" 	AT 	rowspan="3"
7 	November	19 	 	"La nuit des merveilles"(The night of wonders)	AT 	
8 	November	20 	 	"Unsichtbar" 	AT 	
9 	November	25 	& 	"Lovers Friends" 	AT 	DE
10	November	26 	ft. 	"Little by Little" 	AT 	rowspan="2"
11	January 	14 	 	"Bones" 	AT 	
== Results ==
=== Final ===
Draw	Artist	Language 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	English 	"Butterflies" 	7 	28
02 	 	English 	"You Make Me Crazy" 	10 	6
03 	 	English, German, Russian	"Energia" 	8 	22
04 	 	English 	"Stay Tonight" 	9 	22
05 	& 	English 	"Lovers Friends" 	6 	36
06 	 	German 	"Fliegen" 	2 	64
07 	 	German 	"Unsichtbar" 	3 	64
08 	 	French 	"La nuit des merveilles"	1 	85
09 	ft. 	English 	"Little by Little" 	5 	42
10 	 	English 	"Closer to the Sun" 	4 	64
=== Super-final ===
Draw	Artist	Language	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	German 	"Fliegen" 	4 	84
02 	 	English 	"Bones" 	2 	111
03 	 	German 	"Unsichtbar" 	3 	98
04 	 	French 	"La nuit des merveilles"	1 	139
== Broadcast and votes ==
Show 	Date 	Viewers	Votes
Final 	18 December 2016	TBA 	TBA
Super-final	14 January 2017 	TBA 	TBA
Results 	January 2017 	TBA 	—
Average 	Average 	TBA 	TBA
== See also ==
* Austria's Got Talent
* International Music Festival
* Austria
== External links ==