Philipp Hansa has been announced by ÖRF as the Austrian spokesperson for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö.
Hitradio Ö3 presenter, Philipp Hansa has been revealed as the Austrian spokesperson for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Philipp has been a presenter at the station since 2012 and has also starred in several independent films. He was the Austrian spokesperson for the 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 contests.
The spokespersons that have been announced for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 so far are:
- Azerbaijan – Aysel Teymurzadeh
- Belgium – Livia Dushkoff
- Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
- Denmark – Stéphanie Surrugue
- France – Natasha St-Pier
- Georgia – Sopho Khalvashi
- Germany – Ina Müller
- Greece – Helena Paparizou
- Italy – Mario Acampa
- Luxembourg – Désirée Nosbusch
- Malta – Matt Blxck
- Netherlands – Nikkie De Jager
- Poland – Viki Gabor
- Slovenia – Lorella Flego
- Spain – Soraya
- Switzerland – Jennifer Bosshard
- Ukraine – Jamala
- United Kingdom – Joanna Lumley
Kaleen will represent Austria at Eurovision this year with the song “We Will Rave”.
Who is Kaleen?
Marie-Sophie Kreissl, known professionally as Kaleen was born on November 12 1994 in Wels, Upper Austria. As a child Kaleen started doing ballet, winning her first Austrian championship title at the age of five.
Kaleen has previously been involved in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2018. She was a stand-in lead artist for the rehearsals of several countries (e. g. Cyprus) and a dancer and choreographer for the interval acts in Lisbon. In 2021, she was the creative director for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Spain and Bulgaria, as well as the creative director for Spain and stage director for the entire production in 2022. Last year, she supported Austria, Armenia, Germany, and Georgia with their stage performances at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.
Image Source: Walter Dunger, Hitradio Ö3
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 the 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 when Austria won again when Conchita Wurst performed “Rise Like a Phoenix”, scoring a total of 290 points.
