World Song Contest

In the previous editions of the World Song Contest, a few points made the difference for the victory. For once, history didn't repeat itself in WSC .29. This edition started in July 2007 with 52 participants, 4 of them directly qualified for the final. All the others had to go through the semi finals to have a chance to win the title.

If English is one of the most common languages in the World Song Contest, you can still hear a lot of different languages. Andorra's come back was the occasion to judge a song in Catalan for the first time since March 2005. Languages never seemed to be an obstacle to the victory. Among the winners, you can find songs performed in Greek, Russian, Hebrew, French, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Turkish, Spanish, Arabic, and... even in a imaginary language and a song without language at all. Unfortunately for Andorra, this time, the victory went to an English song, the 13th English winner (including the WSC .11 winner, which was a mix of French and English).

So history didn't repeat itself this time. In WSC .28, Belgium took the victory for one point... this time 49 points separated the winner and the runner-up. If Italy took an early lead during the live coverage, Monaco, Spain, Austria and France were never far behind. Austria took the advantage when the song received four 12 points in a row. This resulted in a decisive lead, that Austria kept until the end of the voting. Steal Away My Autumn, performed by Agnes Milewski, received a total of 178 points. A record ! If Austria was sure of this victory long before the end, things were different for the second place as we had to wait for the last vote to be know the results. Monaco finally took the second position. This was the 4th top 3 position in a row for Monaco (two times runner up and two times third). Spain took the 3rd position, followed by France (4th) and Italy (5th).

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THE WINNER

Country: Austria
Artist(s): Agnès Milewski 
Song: Steal Away My Autumn

Agnès Milewski (born July 30, 1983 in Knurów, Poland) is an Austrian singer-songwriter who writes and sings in English with an endearing German accent. She moved from Poland to Austria with her parents at the age of four, and studied piano and classical guitar as a child. Agnès cites Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Björk and Jorane as influences. Her lyrics are intelligent and poetic, her melodies progressive yet accessible. Her self-released debut EP, Chasing the Wind is in limited supply, sold only by Agnès at her live performances or through her website to European residents. She has released two full lenght albums so far, Pretty Boys and Ugly Girls (2007) and Learn to Swim (2009).