The Austrian act and song was chosen on 20th February through the national final "Vienna Calling". A winner was declared after adding equally weighted jury and public scores. Representing Austria on home turf is Cosmó with "Tanzschein" (Dancing Licence)
Cosmó is wearing a Gina G-esque sequin top, dark trousers and a blue star around his eye. With him is a guitarist dressed in a suit and 3 dancers wearing elaborate animal helmets. There is a lot of movement between the five of them culminating in catchy armography during the chorus. The lyrics use animals as metaphors to describe the type of people at a club and the narrator's wish that you go to a club to dance. The staging is initially plain but the use of flashing panels in the chorus creates a highlight when coupled with the choreography. Later, the animal motifs appear and pink smoke ejects from the stage. The song is sung, sometimes rap/spoken, and Cosmó utilises a range of vocal tones, especially in the lower register, which is rather unexpected. I am unsure if we have seen or heard anything quite like this at Eurovision before however the rap and its tone is reminiscent of Falco.
The audience's' reaction is toned down in the production but in the reprise they are seen joining in with the dance routine. This is has bags of potential; the staging has an interesting identity but needs to be made bigger, more cohesive, slicker. Maybe extra 'dancers' on the backdrop (like Who the hell is Edgar?) could make a bigger impression. The outfits also need refining but if Cosmó can nail the vocal this really will be a fun and oddball host entry.
ARTIST - Cosmó
SONG – Tanzschein
WRITING/PRODUCTION CREDITS – Benjamin Gedeon, Elias Stejskal, Ella Stern
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