Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Hallelujah" was the first ever hard rock song to win the contest, since Eurovision is normally associated with softer pop music and schlager. This was Finland's first victory in Eurovision after waiting forty-five years. It is also noted that they scored the same amount of points in the semi-final and the grand final. The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens were Greek singer Sakis Rouvas, the Greek representative at Eurovision in 2004 and 2009, and the Greek American television presenter and actress, Maria Menounos. In the semi-final, both the hosts sang Katrina and the Waves' contest-winning "Love Shine
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 a former Eurovision winning song and in the second part the candidate songs that were in contention to represent Austria were performed. In the first part, Yela performed "Love Shine a Light" (1997), Falco Luneau performed "What's Another Year" (1980), The Bandaloop performed "Waterloo" (1974), Natália Kelly performed "Ne partez pas sans moi" (1988), and Elija performed "Euphoria" (2012). When the jury (50%) and public (50%) votes were combined, Natália Kelly emerged as the winner with the song "Shine". Austria was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.