After having flopped several years in a row, Austria cowardly decided to bid the 
ESC goodbye forever in 2007 because according to them, this was now a totally Eastern-European competition. We obviously all know that Austria just stunk, sadly they weren’t brave enough to admit it. Not admitting to their failures – I guess that’s not a first for Austria… Anyways, when their best buddies in Germany triumphed in Oslo last year, the Austrians thought it would be a shame not to be there when their favorite neighbor was putting on the grand finale. In other words – they’re back and ready to take some sweet revenge. Their comeback will of course be totally overshadowed by Italys return to the ESC – but nevertheless it’s nice to see that Austria has gotten over the embarrassment and it’s good to have the old veteran back. Or did I speak to soon?
After having heard the song I can sadly conclude that their time away from the ESC has not done the Austrians any good. “The Secret is Love” is one big snooze-fest of a song, and Nadine Beiler both looks and sounds like a scared cat. And why have they styled this poor girl as Liza Minnelli? Or perhaps it is a tribute to the late Elizabeth Taylor? Most likely it is just another result of poor Austrian taste, which has once again led them to pick a number that will probably end up in the bottom sludge.
No really, this is not how a comeback should be. Also Austria has not been away long enough for their return to cause any kind of fuzz – most people barely noticed they were gone. I doubt this will qualify for the final, the Austrians will go home empty handed as usual and will probably withdraw from the competition in shame once again. I guess we will have to wait until Switzerland wins before they return to the ESC, and let’s hope that will take a good number of years as the Austrians clearly needs a lot more time to think about how bad they have been.
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