Austria Needs You 2018

Austria will participate in the Europavision Song Contest 2018. The Austrian broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk, will organise the national final Austria Needs You 2018 in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2018 contest in Odessa, Ukraine

Austria will have to go through the semi finals to determine the top 10 of each semi final and whether they will qualify.

Austria Needs You 2018
Austria Needs You 2018 was the national final organised by Österreichischer Rundfunk to select Austria's entry for the Europavision Song Contest 2018. The competition consisted of ten shows, that aired in February-April 2018 on Österreichischer Rundfunk and other worldwide stations which was hosted by César Sampson. The shows were produced in Vienna at the arena, Allianz Stadion.

Format
The format of the competition consisted of ten shows: two semi-finals, on 4-11 February 2018 and eight rounds on 17 February 2018-TBD April 2018. The results are determined by all countries having the ability to give 12, 8, 5, 3, 1 and 0 points to the six entries in the semi finals. Then a country will get to decide the bottom two of the rounds and then a poll opens to determine the favourite and eliminated. The top 5 will qualify to the rounds!

Competing entries

 * Winner
 * Second place
 * Third place
 * Eliminated in Rounds
 * Eliminated in Semi Finals

Semi-final 1
The first semi final was aired on 4 February 2018. The top 5 will be in the go to the rounds.

Semi-final 2
The second semi final was aired on 11 February 2018. The top 5 will be in the go to the rounds.

Round 1
🇧🇬 Bulgaria will have the ability to vote for their favourites. The bottom two will be in a poll to determine the safe and eliminated!

Round 2
🇳🇱 Netherlands will have the ability to vote for their favourites. The bottom two will be in a poll to determine the safe and eliminated!