Waterloo & Robinson is an 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 band, consisting of Johann Kreuzmayr ("Waterloo") and Josef Krassnitzer ("Robinson").

The duo are most famous for representing Austria

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...

 in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976

Eurovision Song Contest 1976

The Eurovision Song Contest 1976, the 21st in the series, was held in The Hague, Netherlands, on 3 April 1976. With Corry Brokken as the presenter – the first time a previous winner of the contest had played hostess – the contest was won by Brotherhood of Man, representing the United...

, performing the song My Little World, where they recorded a 5th-place finish with 80 points. This song was also the first time that Austria had performed entirely in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 at the Contest.

More recently, the duo entered preselection to represent Austria at the 2004 Contest

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"...

, losing out to boyband Tie Break

Tie Break

Tie Break may refer to:*A Tiebreaker at an end of a set or game such as tennis etc.*Tie Break -an Austrian boyband*Tie Break - a Polish jazz group...

. This caused some controversy when Waterloo & Robinson protested that Tie Break's song (Du Bist

Du Bist

"Du bist" was the Austrian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in German by Tie Break. It was the only song in the Austrian semi-finals of this year to be sung in German....

) was longer than the 3 minutes allowed under Contest rules - clocking in at between 3:09 and 3:11 depending on the stereo used.

The duo were quoted as saying "If skiers battle over the tenth part of a second, we must be allowed to go to court because of a time exceeding of 5%" as well as filing a legal challenge to Tie Break's performancehttp://www.esctoday.com/news/read/2575. This challenge was not upheld.

Albums

• 1974 – Sing my song
• 1975 - Please love me
• 1975 - Unsere Lieder
• 1976 - Songs
• 1976 - Clap your hands
• 1976 - The best of Waterloo & Robinson 1971 - 1976 (Double-LP)
• 1977 - Hollywood - The best of Waterloo & Robinson (just in Germany)
• 1977 - Successen (just in Netherlands)
• 1977 - Beautiful time
• 1977 - The Original
• 1977 - Weihnachten mit Waterloo & Robinson (Maxisingle)
• 1978 - Wild, wild land
• 1980 - Brand new start
• 1980 - Ich denke oft an...
• 1981 - Spiegelbilder
• 1982 - Unsere schönsten Lieder
• 1982 - Ihre 16 größten Erfolge
• 1988 - Poptakes
• 1992 - Weihnachten mit Waterloo & Robinson
• 1994 - Powertime
• 1995 - Private Collection
• 1998 – Master Series
• 1999 - Hollywood 2000
• 2002 - Marianne

Singles

• 1971 - Du kannst sehen
• 1972 - Sag´ woher wehst du Wind
• 1972 - Lili´s Haus
• 1973 - Mamy & Dad
• 1973 - Sailor
• 1973 - Waterloo & Robinson Song
• 1974 - Baby Blue
• 1974 - Hollywood
• 1974 - Das war Hollywood von gestern
• 1974 - Midnight movie (just in Great Britain)
• 1975 - Old times again
• 1975 - Straßen der Nacht
• 1975 - Walk away
• 1975 - Geh zu ihr
• 1976 - My little world
• 1976 - Meine kleine Welt
• 1976 - Danke schön!
• 1976 - Sunday 16
• 1976 - My, my, my
• 1976 - Du bist frei
• 1977 - Hide away
• 1977 - Stille Nacht
• 1977 - Cadillac Cafe
• 1978 - Unser kleines Team
• 1978 - Im Garten Eden
• 1978 - Himmel, Donner, Arm und Zwirn
• 1978 - Chocolata
• 1978 - Bye, bye, bye little butterfly
• 1979 - Do you remember Marianne
• 1979 - Ich denk´ noch oft an Marianne
• 1979 - Sally, they´re selling the army
• 1980 - Du, die verkaufen die Army
• 1980 - Eleonora
• 1981 - Frühstück in Berlin
• 1992 - Barcelona
• 1996 - Crema
• 1997 - Write on
• 1998 - Willkommen Österreich
• 2000 - 2gether we r strong (Waterloo & Robinson feat. Panah)
• 2000 - In der schönen Weihnachtszeit (Waterloo & Robinson & Kindergarten Walding)
• 2002 - Na Naa.Nanana Live is life
• 2003 - Marilyn
• 2004 - You can change the world