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Austria in Stockholm would like to score more points than in Vienna and so the selection procedure has been adjusted. 37 candidates fights now on facebook to get a ticket for the Austrian final on 12th February 2016.

The national heat Wer singt für Österreich? arrives this year in the hands of musician and producer Eberhard Forcher. He selects nine of the ten candidates in the final in February. The tenth candidate is via facebook.

After all, 37 candidates have signed up to chance at the wild card. These are they in alphabetical order:

Bubbles – Taboo
AzRaH – The One
Busy Bazaar – Never Alone
Celina Ann – Life Is On Your Side
Christine Strasser – I Saw The Light
Conny Conrad – we are we ll be.
Coperniquo – Turn Your Back
Cornerstone – Whatever
Cosima Turgel – Here I Am
David Siedl feat. Shaye & MC Vio – Wah Wah Whine
Y.e. – Kiss
Earased – Better Now
Esteban’s – Portrait
Gerry + Me-Schön Karan gahlot
Jake Rathburn – No Other Love
Kevin Etheridge – Palm trees On Your Mind
Kevin Sundl – Magnetized
Laura Kamhuber – Stay tonight
Leinöl – Dinanderie
Leo Aberer – Menage a trois
MANI – I Just Wanna Dance With You
Mary Broadcast – Not In My Name
Merlin Miller – Moneypoliert
MIBLU – Padme Amidala
Mizgebonez – Nichts Dafür Tun
Natalia Kazaishvili – Our Tune
Ola Egbowon – Addicted
outline – the day
projectm – Say Goodbye
Roxana Razaghi – it’s you
Sara Kenny – Closer To The Sun
Sarah Be – you’ll Need Me
Vergiss Mein Nicht Solarkreis –
Sperenzi – Rocket
Tasha – Not In My Name
The Tract feat. Florian Kresser – One Voice
XDREAM – Gabrielle mir dir

You can listen to the songs via the facebook page of the ÖRF. In January makes the Austrian public broadcasting known which candidates were selected to participate in the facebookstemming that eventually the wild card for February 12, 2016.

This year The Makemakes in Vienna scored no point for the host country. That had never been seen before.