2023-05-01 19:10:00
The Austropop rockers Wanda and the previous year’s ESC starters LUM!X feat. Pia Maria are the big winners of the 23. Amadeus Austrian Music Awards. Wanda dusted off the awards for album of the year (“Wanda”) and live act of the year at the Volkstheater in Vienna on Friday. LUM!X feat. Pia Maria secured the song of the year with “Halo” and won the Electronic/Dance category. Empty went despite three nominations Look Lu Kovacs and Pizzera & Jaus out of.
Wanda started the evening
At the beginning of the ceremony, Wanda were allowed to show off their skills on the Volkstheaterbühne, thereby creating the saddest moment of the evening. Frontman Marco Michael Wanda remembered keyboarder Christian Hummer, who died last year. “Let’s honor him with applause and commemorate him,” said the singer and sang “Everything has to go on anyway”.
And how it went on for the Viennese band, they picked up two awards in the course of the evening. “We went through every kind of hell you can imagine. Playing live kept us alive,” said Marco Michael Wanda as he accepted the live act of the year award for the band. Earlier, Keke pointed out that among the nominees for this category there were only men. “You can think regarding it,” said the rapper.
© AAMA / Nikolaus Ostermann
Poxrucker Sisters are Songwriters of the Year
The majority of the nominees in the Songwriter:in of the Year category, on the other hand, were female. The Poxrucker Sisters secured the award for “Sie”, with Magdalena, Christina and Stefanie Poxrucker responsible for the text and composition. “It’s regarding women, regarding celebrating and celebrating us,” the Upper Austrian trio had ready as a message.
From time to time, performances by Alle Warning, Yasmo & die Klangkantine, Edmund and the Nockis ensured a great atmosphere. FM4 presenter Nina Hochrainer and Ö3 presenter Philipp Hansa were allowed to enter the stage several times, leading through the evening and getting to work with hazelnut schnapps and ChatGPT wisdom to keep the audience happy.
Rapper RAF Camora was a three-time nominee, turning the nomination into a trophy in the Hip-Hop/Urban category. He already knows what that feels like, having received the award last year. This year, however, he did not collect his award in person. Josh, who scored in the pop/rock category, and Melissa Naschenweng, who once more brought in the Amadeus for pop/folk music, also refrained from physical presence.
Alternative winner: Voodoo Jürgens
In the alternative category, singer-songwriter Voodoo Jürgens prevailed, who was surprised that he now had to give a speech: “Ma kana said that.” He then stayed correspondingly short. The Hard & Heavy award went to the Salzburg death/black metal band Belphegor. A band member accepted the trophy on behalf of the rest of the band with a “Hail Satan!” in contrast to.
The Jazz/World/Blues trophy went to jazz formation Shake Stew, who pointed out that the last time the award was given to an all-instrumental band was in 2003, two decades ago. The fact that it was that time once more was “extremely sensational”. The Best Sound award went to Lemo for “Something in Thirty”.
© AAMA / Clemens Schmiedbauer
The youngest Amadeus winner
The FM4 Award is the only award that is decided solely on the basis of listener votes. The 17-year-old Oskar Haag was most popular with FM4 listeners. He is the youngest Amadeus winner so far and invited to revel with the song “Stargazing”. “I’ve had a long time to think regarding what I’m going to say,” he said, as his award has been known for weeks. He decided on a simple “thank you”, which he addressed to various of his companions.
At the end of the gala, the Viennese jazz guitarist Karl Ratzer was honored for his life’s work. Born in precarious circumstances in 1950 to two concentration camp survivors, he has been one of the world leaders in his genre for decades. In the 1960s he began to shape Austrian rock history with formations such as The Slaves and Gipsy Love before moving to the USA and to jazz. Ratzer came on stage to thunderous applause, where he announced: “I’m flabbergasted. Why me?” He gave thanks not only to God but also to his family and expressed hope that he would now be able to attract more audiences.
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