Für Den Frieden Der Welt
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"Für den Frieden der Welt" (For the peace of the world) 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 representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...

, performed in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Petra Frey
Petra Frey
Petra Frey is an Austrian singer, born on 27 June 1978 in Wattens. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:Frey released her debut album, Bloss Träume im Kopf in 1993...

.

The song was performed twentieth on the night, following Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

's Costas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers with "To Trehandiri
To Trehandiri
"To Trehandiri" was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Greek by Kostas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers, i.e...

" and preceding Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

's Alejandro Abad
Alejandro Abad
Alejandro Antonio García Abad is a Spanish singer-songwriter and music producer, known for participating at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:...

 with "Ella no es ella
Ella no es ella
Ella no es ella was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Spanish by Alejandro Abad....

". At the close of voting, it had received 19 points, placing 17th in a field of 25.

The song is a ballad, in which Frey explains that she is singing in the hope of bringing peace to the world.

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 1995 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 1995 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenter was Mary Kennedy. This contest broke the chain of victories that Ireland enjoyed in 1992, 1993, and 1994...

 by Stella Jones singing "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt
Die Welt Dreht Sich Verkehrt
"Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt" was the Austrian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in German by Stella Jones....

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