🇦🇹 Teya and Salena announce end to collaboration

Five months after representing Austria at Eurovision 2023, Teya and Salena have announced they will be ending their collaboration as a duo. Both singers will now go on to solo careers in the wake of their time at the Contest.

Indefinite hiatus

After releasing “Who The Hell is Edgar?” to a wide audience thanks to Eurovision, both Teya and Salena saw a meteoric rise in their careers. To capitalise on this, the pair released a second song in the wake of the Contest titled “Bye Bye Bye”. The pair are now releasing one more song together, named “Ho Ho Ho” – as a Christmas track.

However, the two singers have now announced the track will be the final song the pair will release together. Speaking to The Euro Trip podcast, Teya and Salena confirmed they would pursuing solo careers following the release of the song. Teya admitted that the song’s release coincided with the natural stopping point for the duo. Salena, on the other hand, admitted that both had solo projects they wanted to move forward with.

Speaking on the split, Teya explained:

We talked and even with the distance now, it’s just harder to really sit down and make a big project together. And also, what we figured out is we were very comfortable doing this together because it’s just so easy and it’s so much fun. […] So I think we felt super comfortable in that bubble and I think it would be good for us both.

Teya, Austrian representative for Eurovision 2023

Neither Teya nor Salena ruled out potential collaborations in the future, but agreed they needed to focus on solo work for now. The full explanation for the split is available on The Euro Trip’s newest podcast episode out today.

The story of Teya and Salena in Eurovision

Teya and Salena represented Austria at Eurovision in 2023 in Liverpool with their song “Who The Hell is Edgar?”. After becoming friends on Starmania 21, the pair had tried to represent Austria individually before being put together. They qualified for the Grand Final, where they placed 15th. At the close of voting, they received 104 points from the Jury and 16 points from the televote. 

What do you think of Teya and Salena’s split? Will you be following each of the girls’ solo careers? Who would you like to see follow in their footsteps? As always, let us know what you think by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Bluesky as we cover all things Eurovision!

News Source: The Euro Trip

Photo Credit: EBU / Sarah Louise Bennett