Austria
Eurovision debut: 1957
Total appearances to date: 58
Best finish: Two time winners - 1966 (Udo Jurgens, 'Merci, Cherie'), 2014 (Conchita Wurst, 'Rise Like a Phoenix')
2023 performance: 15th of 26 with 'Who The Hell Is Edgar' by Teya and Salena
Official broadcaster: ORF
2024 selection process: Internal selection
Artist: Kaleen, a 29-year-old pop singer and former ballet dancer
Song: 'We Will Rave'
Songwriter(s): Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy 'Joker' Thornfeldt, Julie Aagaard, Thomas Stengaard
Language: English
Sounds Like: Every mid-noughties banger you know and love
Official music video
Lyrics
Ice running through my veins
You just did it again
Go cause I can't be your friend
I'm cold but this is not the end
So I go go go
Where the broken hearted go
No one knows a thing about my haunted soul
I go oh oh
Wanna dance it off alone
I won't let it show
They will never know
When the darkness hits and we can't be saved
We rum de dum dum da – We Will Rave
When our hearts are burning we feel no pain
We rum de dum dum da – We Will Rave
I see only silhouettes
I just wanna forget
About everything we said
And the demons in my head
So I go go go
Where the broken hearted go
No one knows a thing about my haunted soul
I go oh oh
Wanna dance it off alone
I won't let it show
They will never know
When the darkness hits and we can't be saved
We rum de dum dum da – We Will Rave
When our hearts are burning we feel no pain
We rum de dum dum da – We Will Rave
Performance schedule: Austria will perform sixth in the second semi-final on Thursday, May 9
Bookmaker odds: 100/1
Neil Wilkes
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