Who the Hell Is Edgar?

"Who the Hell Is Edgar?" is a song by Austrian singers Teya and Salena, released on 8 March 2023.[1] The song is set to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after it was internally selected by ORF, the Austrian broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest.[2][3]

"Who the Hell Is Edgar?"
The official cover for "Who the Hell Is Edgar?"
Single by Teya & Salena
LanguageEnglish
Released8 March 2023
Length2:39
LabelWarner Music Germany
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ronald Janeček
  • Pele Loriano
Music video
"Who the Hell Is Edgar?" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
  • Teodora Špirić
  • Selina-Maria Edbauer
  • Ronald Janeček
  • Pele Loriano
Lyricist(s)
  • Teodora Špirić
  • Selina-Maria Edbauer
  • Ronald Janeček
  • Pele Loriano
Entry chronology
◄ "Halo" (2022)

Eurovision Song Contest
Main article: Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Internal selection

On 31 January 2023, ORF announced during the radio show Ö3-Wecker, aired on Ö3, that they had internally selected Teya and Salena to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with a song written by the singers themselves at a songwriting camp in the Czech Republic.[2]

On 7 March, both artists announced that the title of their entry was "Who the Hell Is Edgar?", a reference to American writer and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe.[4]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Austria has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 11 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[5]

References
  1. Adams, William Lee (8 March 2023). ""Who the Hell is Edgar?" Austria's Teya & Salena reveal Eurovision 2023 song". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 8 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Ude, Christian (31 January 2023). "Song Contest: Geheimnis gelüftet: Ex-Starmaniacs singen für Österreich". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. Arth, Rick (31 January 2023). "Teya & Salena will sing for Austria at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 8 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Österreich fragt beim Song Contest: Who the hell is Edgar?". oe3.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. Groot, Evert (31 January 2023). "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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