Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |
 Austria
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Artist: 19 December 2016 Song: 28 February 2017 |
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| Selected entrant | Nathan Trent | |||
| Selected song | "Running on Air" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Nathan Trent | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | 7th, 147 points | |||
| Final result | 16th, 93 points | |||
| Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Running on Air" performed and written by Nathan Trent. On 19 December 2016, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that Nathan Trent had been internally selected to compete at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine. The song that Trent will compete with, "Running on Air", was also internally selected and was presented to the public on 28 February 2017.
Austria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 2, "Running on Air" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May.
Prior to the 2017 contest, Austria had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-nine times since its first entry in 1957. The nation had won the contest on two occasions: in 1966 with the song "Merci, Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens and in 2014 with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" performed by Conchita Wurst. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Austria had featured in five finals. Austria's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on eight occasions, most recently in the 2012. Austria has also received nul points on four occasions; in 1962, 1988, 1991 and 2015.
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