Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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Austria was represented by Tie Break and the song "Du Bist". The Austrian National Final 'song.null.vier' was held on March 5 2004, hosted by Boris Uran and Oliver Auspitz with the winner being chosen by televoting. One wildcard was reserved for a newcomer, while the other nine contenders were established Austrian acts, supplied by the country's record companies. The winner of the competition was the boy-band Tie-Break who sang the German song "Du Bist". Waterloo & Robinson already represented Austria back in 1976 where they ended up in 5th position with a song called 'My little world'. Tie Break consists of Stefan di Bernardo, Tommy Pegram, and Thomas Elzenbaumer.

At Eurovision, the band had a very subtle performance with simple choreography. The stood in a circle at the beginning of the song and then remained linear in the rest of the movements. The song failed to leave a lasting impression, which is understandable because of its early draw. The typical boy band ballad gained only 9 points, which placed them 21st out of 24 performers.

Final - March 5

№	Song	Singer	Points	Place
1	Shine on	Zabine	5%	7th
2	Millionaire	Daniel Djuric	8%	6th
3	My Istanbul	Mizan	1%	10th
4	Good 2 see U	Rob Davis	8%	5th
5	You can change the world	Waterloo & Robinson	21%	2nd
6	Rich white man	5 in Love	10%	4th
7	Hold me	Elnaz	3%	8th
8	Link love	Ide	10%	3rd
9	Du bist	Tie Break	32%	1st
10	Sexuality	André Leherb	2%	9th

Individual Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Albania - Andorra - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - Cyprus - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Latvia - Lithuania - Republic of Macedonia - Malta - Monaco - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Serbia and Montenegro - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom Note: Countries in italics are semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.