ORF has announced this morning that Nathan Trent has been internally selected to represent Austria at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv.
Nathan Trent has been selected to represent Austria at the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contets in Kyiv, Ukraine. Nathan was invited to submit a song into ORF for next years contest and has convinced the broadcaster that he is the right singer for next Mays contest. He is a singer songwriter focused on Pop and R’n’B.
He started writing his first songs when he was only eleven years old. After spending more than a decade acquiring new skills, he finally could concentrate on putting his songwriting to the next level. Years of experience with various music programs contributed to the development of producing and finding his personal style and the ability to fully express himself as an artist. Today he writes, composes, arranges and produces his own music.
In June 2016 Nathan released his debut single “Like It Is“. Shortly after the song was released Eberhard Forcher got in touch with him and ask him to be one of the contestants in the Austrian internal preliminaries. After the challenging last few months of decision-making, the ORF Team has now made official that Nathan is going to sing for his country. Nathan said regarding the news that:
My goal is to enjoy this journey and represent Austria in the best possible way
Source: ORF
[tw-accordion class=””] [tw-accordion-section title=”Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest”] Austria debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957, Bob Martin represented the country on their debut, but finished in last place scoring just 3 points. The country has gone on to finish last in the contest on 8 occasions. Austria has won the contest on two occasions, the first being in 1966 when Udo Jürgen performed “Merci, Cherie”. It was 48 years later than Austria won again when Conchita Wurst performed “Rise Like a Phoenix” scoring a total of 290 points.[/tw-accordion-section] [/tw-accordion]
Therefore, Nathan officially gets a chance to meet his Ukrainian fans! 😀
I wish that Austria did not come to the final.