United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest have won by one point. In the end Ireland received the top marks and won by 23 points. Despite only finishing eighth in the 1996 contest, Gina G went on to huge success with her entry "Ooh Ah Just a Little Bit", which became only the second non-winning UK entry to top the UK Singles chart. It also reached the US top 20 and received a Grammy nomination. The UK's fifth victory finally came in 1997, when Katrina and the Waves, famous for their 1980s hit "Walking on Sunshine", comfortably won the contest with the song "Love, Shine a Light".
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.