Waterloo and Robinson is an
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n band, consisting of
Johann Kreuzmayr ("Waterloo") and
Josef Krassnitzer ("Robinson"). The duo are most famous for representing
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1976
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In (band), Teach-In. Organised by the Euro ...
, performing the song
My Little World, where they recorded a 5th-place finish with 80 points. This song was also the first time that Austria had performed entirely in
English
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at the Contest.
The duo entered the preselection to represent Austria at the
2004 contest, losing out to
boyband
A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance a ...
Tie Break. This caused some controversy when Waterloo and Robinson protested that Tie Break's song ("
Du bist") was longer than the 3 minutes allowed under Contest rules - clocking in at between 3:09 and 3:11 depending on the stereo used. The duo were quoted as saying "If skiers battle over the tenth part of a second, we must be allowed to go to court because of a time exceeding of 5%" as well as filing a legal challenge to Tie Break's performanc
This challenge was not upheld.
Discography
Albums
* 1974 – Sing my song
* 1975 - Please love me
* 1975 - Unsere Lieder
* 1976 - Songs
* 1976 - Clap your hands
* 1976 - The best of Waterloo & Robinson 1971 - 1976 (Double-LP)
* 1977 - Hollywood - The best of Waterloo & Robinson (just in Germany)
* 1977 - Successen (just in Netherlands)
* 1977 - Beautiful time
* 1977 - The Original
* 1977 - Weihnachten mit Waterloo & Robinson (Maxisingle)
* 1978 - Wild, wild land
* 1980 - Brand new start
* 1980 - Ich denke oft an...
* 1981 - Spiegelbilder
* 1982 - Unsere schönsten Lieder
* 1982 - Ihre 16 größten Erfolge
* 1988 - Poptakes
* 1992 - Weihnachten mit Waterloo & Robinson
* 1994 - Powertime
* 1995 - Private Collection
* 1998 – Master Series
* 1999 - Hollywood 2000
* 2002 - Marianne
Singles
* 1971 - Du kannst sehen
* 1972 - Sag´ woher wehst du Wind
* 1972 - Lili's Haus
* 1973 - Mamy & Dad
* 1973 - Sailor
* 1973 - Waterloo & Robinson Song
* 1974 - Baby Blue
* 1974 - Hollywood
* 1974 - Das war Hollywood von gestern
* 1974 - Midnight movie (just in Great Britain)
* 1975 - Old times again
* 1975 - Straßen der Nacht
* 1975 - Walk away
* 1975 - Geh zu ihr
* 1976 - My little world
* 1976 - Meine kleine Welt
* 1976 - Danke schön!
* 1976 - Sunday 16
* 1976 - My, my, my
* 1976 - Du bist frei
* 1977 - Hide away
* 1977 - Stille Nacht
* 1977 - Cadillac Cafe
* 1978 - Unser kleines Team
* 1978 - Im Garten Eden
* 1978 - Himmel, Donner, Arm und Zwirn
* 1978 - Chocolata
* 1978 - Bye, bye, bye little butterfly
* 1979 - Do you remember Marianne
* 1979 - Ich denk´ noch oft an Marianne
* 1979 - Sally, they're selling the army
* 1980 - Du, die verkaufen die Army
* 1980 - Eleonora
* 1981 - Frühstück in Berlin
* 1992 - Barcelona
* 1996 - Crema
* 1997 - Write on
* 1998 - Willkommen Österreich
* 2000 - 2gether we r strong (Waterloo & Robinson feat. Panah)
* 2000 - In der schönen Weihnachtszeit (Waterloo & Robinson & Kindergarten Walding)
* 2002 - Na Naa.Nanana Live is life
* 2003 - Marilyn
* 2004 - You can change the world
External links
www.waterloo.at
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Austrian pop music groups
Australian musical duos
Eurovision Song Contest entrants