Austria: Teya and Salena selected for Eurovision 2023

• Austria has decided internally to select the female duo Teya & Salena to fly the Austrian flag at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool this May. 

  One more country in the list of the Eurovision 2023 hopeful has been determined as Austria announced Teya & Salena as the nation's representative in Liverpool for the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

   

   

   

  Talking about Austria's choice for this year's contest the Austrian national broadcaster ORF, stated:

  "TEYA & SALENA, a power duo that has no equal! They are the first-ever female duo to compete for Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest, and they will be putting their talent to work in Liverpool in May. Twenty-two year old Viennese TEYA and twenty-four year old SALENA from Styria met each other two years ago, when they participated in the ORF casting show “Starmania 21”. 

  We will be able to listen the song on 8th March.

   

  A few words for Teya & Selena

  TEYA started to love music since she was twelve. Adele and Amy Winehouse are two of the idols she adores. She taught herself how to sing, participipated in musicals, and had her first experiences on stage as a saxophone player. At 17 she began writing songs. In 2020, she competed in both national shows for Austria’s and Serbia’s participation to the Eurovision Song Contest.

  SALENA began to sing at the age of seven, and she learnt to play the quitar on her own. She performed at school events, weddings and christenings with a band and by herself. In 2017, she made until the third round of “The Voice of Germany”. In 2019 she tried to get into the Song Contest as an Austrian entry and since 2020  she has been the voice of Hitradio Ö3 station.

   

  Austria in Eurovision

  Austria debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 and has won the competition twice with Udo Jurgens in Eurovision 1966 and the song Merci, Chérie   and  Conchita Wurst and her entry Rise Like a Phoenix in Eurovision 2014. Tbne country's last highest results came in 2018when  Austria selected Cesar Sampson via an internal selection and represented the country with his entry Nobody but you. The Austrian act achieved a honorable 3rd placing in the Grand Final by winning  the jury voting winning the jury voting.

  Vincent Bueno was selected internally to represent the country at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam witht the song “Alive” but as the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, missed the joy to perform in Rotterdam. However ORF selected Vincent internally for Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, where he performed the song "Amen" in the second semi final show in which he was placed 12th with 66 points failing to qualify to the Grand final despite he's impressive vocally performance on stage. 

  Last year DJ LUM!X & Pia Maria were internally selected to defend the Austrian colors in Turin singing 'Halo' who despite their energetic performance didn't make it to the Grand final. 

  News Source: ESCToday

  Image: ORF

   

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Melina F.
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