Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Keine Mauern mehr", composed by Marc Berry and Nanna Berry, with lyrics by Mario Botazzi, and performed by Simone Stelzer. The Austrian participating broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) held the national final on 15 March 1990 at Studio Z1 of the ORF-Zentrum in Vienna, hosted by Lizzi Engstler, who represented. The winner was decided through a mixture of televoting (50%) and an expert jury (50%). The winner of the final was Duett with the song "Das Beste", however they were disqualified after it was revealed they had competed with the same song in the. The winner was then declared as Simone Stelzer with the song "Keine Mauern mehr".

At Eurovision

Stelzer performed 20th on the night of the contest, following and preceding. At the close of the voting she had received 58 points, placing 10th of 22 countries competing.

Voting

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