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| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |  Austria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 5 December 2017 Song: 9 March 2018 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Cesár Sampson | |||
| Selected song | "Nobody but You" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 231 points) | |||
| Final result | 3rd, 342 points | |||
| Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Nobody but You" written by Cesár Sampson, Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Persson and Johan Alkenäs. On 5 December 2017, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that they had internally selected Cesár Sampson to compete at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal, while "Nobody but You" was presented to the public on 9 March 2018.
Austria was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2018. Performing during the show in position 13, "Nobody but You" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. It was later revealed that Austria placed fourth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 231 points. In the final, Austria performed in position 5 and placed third out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 342 points.