Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Austrian participating broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), organised the national final Song.Null.Fünf in order to select its entry for the contest.All applications were reviewed by a team of music professionals who nominated four artists to each submit two songs for the national final.[6] On 20 October 2004, DJ Ötzi revealed that he had initially been selected for the competition but later withdrew after issues with creating his two candidate Eurovision songs.Each of the five artists competed with two songs where public televoting split between Austria's nine regions and mobile phone votes selected "Y así" performed by Global Kryner as the winner."[9] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2004 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 19 May 2005 in order to compete for the final on 21 May 2005; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final.On 22 March 2005, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and Austria was set to open the show and perform in position 1, before the entry from Lithuania.