Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Y así" written by Christof Spörk and Edi Köhldorfer. The song was performed by the group Global Kryner. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) organised the national final Song.Null.Fünf in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Five artists and ten songs competed in a televised show where a public vote consisting of regional televoting and mobile phone voting exclusively selected "Y así" performed by Global Kryner as the winner.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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| Country | Austria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Song.Null.Fünf | |||
| Selection date(s) | 25 February 2005 | |||
| Selected entrant | Global Kryner | |||
| Selected song | "Y así" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (21st) | |||
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Austria competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Y así" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Austria placed twenty-first out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 30 points.