Eberhard Forcher Interview (Austria‘s Eurovision 2022 Scout for ORF)

<p>Austria's Eurovision scout Eberhard Forcher discusses his approach to helping ORF choose its Eurovision artists. Eberhard takes us through the internal selection process for each of the ESC acts he has been involved in choosing in some capacity -- Zoe, Nathan Trent, Cesar Sampson, Paenda, and Vincent Bueno. There's also a lot of tea about choosing an act for Eurovision 2022. UPDATE: Since filming this earlier in November, Eberhard has told us that ORF is likely to make its decision by the end of January, and that the process is now down to just THREE acts. ORF 1 will install a new Programme Director from January 1, 2022, which makes the process slightly more complicated than in the past. </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=50s'>00:50</a> Eberhard on his career as a DJ, musician and producer </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=175s'>02:55</a> His love of Eurovision as a kid...and when Eurovision started to feel boring to him </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=240s'>04:00</a> The songs that re-ignited his Eurovision passion, including "Euphoria" and "Rise Like a Phoenix" <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=340s'>05:40</a> The Eurovision 2015 national final and The Makemakes </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=420s'>07:00</a> The difficulty of scouting for 2016 national final Wer singt für Österreich? </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=470s'>07:50</a> Zoe and "Loin d'ici" + visiting Stockholm for Eurovision 2016 </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=660s'>11:00</a> Nathan Trent and "Running on Air" </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=840s'>14:00</a> Nathan getting zero points at Eurovision 2017 </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=935s'>15:35</a> Cesar Sampson and "Nobody But You" </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyGXTt8lwE&t=970s'>16:10</a> Troubles getting