The Makemakes

The Makemakes
The Makemakes at Eurovision 2015
Background information
Origin	Austria
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	2012–present
Website	www.themakemakes.com
Members	Dominic "Dodo" Muhrer Markus Christ Florian Meindl

The Makemakes are an Austrian pop rock band, comprising Dominic "Dodo" Muhrer (born 28 November 1989), Markus Christ (born 16 February 1991) and Florian Meindl (born 7 August 1990). They represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I Am Yours".

On 15 June 2012 The Makemakes released their debut single "The Lovercall". The song peaked at number 6 on the Austrian Singles Chart. On 15 April 2014 they released the single "Million Euro Smile". The song peaked at number 2 on the Austrian Singles Chart.

On 13 March 2015 The Makemakes were chosen to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I Am Yours". The song was selected through a national final organised by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). Austria was automatically qualified to compete in the finals on 23 May 2015 due to its win the previous year. They tied with Germany for last place with a score of zero, becoming the first representatives of a host nation to fail to score a single point, since 1957. However, the band took their Eurovision loss in good spirits, making the repeated joke "We are the zeroes of our time!" (in reference to a lyric from the winning song, "Heroes"). The band released their debut studio album The Makemakes on 12 May 2015.