The race to find Kaleen’s successor is on as Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung is reporting that there are seven acts in the running to represent Austria at Eurovision 2025 in Basel.
The Austrian hopefuls
The discussion of who’ll represent the country at Eurovision comes nearly six months on from the announcement that ORF was considering another internal selection to pick its Eurovision entrant. The names that Kleine Zeitung has floated include:
- Dominic Muhrer
- Johannes Pietsch
- Kayla Krystin
- Nnoa
- Philip Piller
Of those on this list the most notable for Eurovision fans will be that of Dominic Muhrer who is the lead of Austria’s 2015 Eurovision entrant The Makemakes; who infamously became the only ever host entry to come last with zero points. It was further noted that Philip Piller is apparently in the running with two separate entries.
It should be noted that none of these names are officially confirmed by ORF as being in the running to go to Eurovision, nor are the final two known.
Austria’s Eurovision Journey
In 1957, Austria made their debut into the Eurovision Song Contest, where Bob Martin represented the landlocked nation with the song “Wohin, kleines Pony?”. At the close of voting, it managed to place 10th overall. Since their debut, Austria has participated 56 times (being in the final 49 times), and have won the competition on two occasions in 1966 and 2014.
For 2024, Kaleen was internally selected to represent Austria with their song “We Will Rave”. In Malmö, Kaleen qualified for the final, where she went on to finish in 24th place with 24 points. Of these, 5 points came from the televote and another 19 came from the juries.
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News Source: Kleine Zeitung
Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming / EBU
Rory Gannon 
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