| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |  Austria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 19 December 2016 Song: 28 February 2017 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Nathan Trent | |||
| Selected song | "Running on Air" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (7th, 147 points) | |||
| Final result | 16th, 93 points | |||
| Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Running on Air" written by Nathan Trent and Bernhard Penzias. The song was performed by Nathan Trent. On 19 December 2016, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that they had internally selected Nathan Trent to compete at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine, while "Running on Air" was presented to the public on 28 February 2017.
Austria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 2, "Running on Air" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Austria placed seventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 147 points. In the final, Austria performed in position 4 and placed sixteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 93 points.