"Du bist" was the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...

, performed in German

German language

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 by Tie Break

Tie Break (Austrian band)

Tie Break is an Austrian boyband.They won the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song Du Bist. They beat Waterloo & Robinson who represented Austria in the past. The win was controversial, as Waterloo & Robinson protested that Du Bist was longer than the 3 minutes...

. It was the only song in the Austrian semi-finals of this year to be sung in German

German language

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As Alf Poier

Alf Poier

Alf Poier is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian.Born in Judenburg in Styria, he started doing cabaret in 1995 in Graz, and has won several prizes for his work, including the Salzburger Stier in 1998, the Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis, Prix Phanteon and RTL Comedy Award in 2000 and the Austrian...

 had pre-qualified Austria for the final, the song was performed second on the night (following Spain

Spain

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's Ramón

Ramón (singer)

Ramón del Castillo Palop is a Spanish solo singer best known for representing the state at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul.Ramon was born on May 3, 1985 in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, the youngest of three boys. He was selected to represent Spain at the Eurovision in 2004 after...

 with "Para llenarme de ti

Para llenarme de ti

"Para llenarme de ti" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in Spanish by Ramón....

" and preceding Norway

Norway

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's Knut Anders Sørum

Knut Anders Sørum

Knut Anders Sørum is a Norwegian singer from Østre Toten. He won the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection in 2004, the so-called Melodi Grand Prix, and thus represented Norway at Eurovision 2004 in Istanbul with the pop-ballad "High", written by two Swedish composers...

 with "High"). At the close of voting, it had received 9 points, placing 21st in a field of 24 and forcing Austria to qualify from the semi-final at their next appearance.

The song proved slightly controversial before the Contest, with former entrants Waterloo & Robinson

Waterloo & Robinson

Waterloo & Robinson is an Austrian band, consisting of Johann Kreuzmayr and Josef Krassnitzer . The duo are most famous for representing Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performing the song My Little World, where they recorded a 5th-place finish with 80 points...

 (the band which finished second in Austria's qualification system) protesting as the song was longer than the legal 3 minutes (the CD version is clocked at between 3:09 and 3:11, depending on the player). The protest was not upheld, and Tie Break represented Austria http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/2575.

The song itself is a boy band

Boy band

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 ballad, with the singers describing the various qualities of their lovers.Although the song did not do well in the final it peaked at #44 on the Austrian Singles Chart and it remained there for ten weeks.

It was succeeded as Austrian representative

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria has appeared frequently at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has won once, in 1966, with the song "Merci Chérie".In recent years, Austria's entries have tended towards the humorous, in contrast with the dance-pop achieving success. 2003 saw comedian and personality Alf Poier perform...

 at the 2005 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...

 by Global Kryner

Global Kryner

Global Kryner is a six-piece Austrian folk group, consisting of clarinet player Christof Spörk, bass trombonist, tenor and yodeller Sebastian Fuchsberger, guitarist Edi Koehldorfer, trumpet player Karl Rossmann, accordion player Anton Sauprügl, and jazz vocalist Sabine Stieger...

 with "Y así

Y Así

"Y así" was the Austrian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English and Spanish by Global Kryner.The song was performed first in the semi-final, preceding by Lithuania's Laura & The Lovers with "Little by Little"...

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Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	44