Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Austria in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Participating broadcasterÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Country Austria
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 5 December 2017
Song: 9 March 2018
Competing entry
Song"Nobody but You"
ArtistCesár Sampson
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (4th, 231 points)
Final result3rd, 342 points
Participation chronology
◄2017 2018 2019►

Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Nobody but You" written by Cesár Sampson, Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Persson and Johan Alkenäs. On 5 December 2017, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that they had internally selected Cesár Sampson to compete at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal, while "Nobody but You" was presented to the public on 9 March 2018.

Austria was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2018. Performing during the show in position 13, "Nobody but You" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. It was later revealed that Austria placed fourth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 231 points. In the final, Austria performed in position 5 and placed third out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 342 points.