Eurovision 2018: Austria

Eurovision 2018: Semi Final One
Austria
Cesár Sampson
“Nobody But You”

Cesár Sampson isn’t unknown in Austria’s domestic music scene. At the age of seventeen he started touring the world as lead singer for some of Austria’s most internationally acclaimed alternative music acts; Kruder & Dorfmeister, Sofa Surfers and Louie Austen. He then moved behind the scenes of the music business as a songwriter, lyricist and vocal producer.

Cesár Sampson and the Eurovision Song Contest have already proven a success story. As a member of Symphonix International he was part of the Vienna-based producers collective that led Bulgaria to their historic fourth and second places in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 and 2017 respectively. In December 2017, Austria’s broadcaster ORF revealed that Cesár would represent the country at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.

The idea and the first demo for Nobody But You came from Cesár Sampson and Sebastian Arman. Cesár said: “Once we had finally found the songs core, and defining theme, the other three members of Symphonix — Joacim Persson, Borislav Milanov and Johan Alkenäs — came in one by one and contributed exactly what they do best.” The result: “A song that on the one hand contains my soul and my story and, on the other, listeners will relate to.”