On 5 December 2017 , he was announced as the Austrian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 . He sang " Nobody but You " . The song is composed by Sampson himself as well as Boris Milanov and Sebastian Arman , who have been involved in the composition of a number of songs for Bulgaria . He went on to win the jury vote with 271 points , but finished third overall , after taking into account the televoting where he ranked 13th with 71 points , thus preserving him the third overall position , with the public vote favouring Israel as the winner and Cyprus as the runner-up . This was the third highest ranking of all Austrian entries after its two Eurovision winning songs , first in Eurovision 1966 with " Merci , Chérie " by Udo Jürgens and 48 years later in Eurovision 2014 with " Rise like a Phoenix " with Conchita Wurst . In the same year , appeared as a guest star in the Christmas edition of the Spanish TV program '' Operación Triunfo '' Sampson was born in Linz , Austria . His father is a choreographer and pilates master teacher and introduced pilates in the German-speaking countries . Cesár himself became a personal trainer and strength and mobility coach in pilates . His mother was a pianist , singer and songwriter most famous for co-writing and performing the theme song of the popular Austrian TV series '' Inspector Rex '' ( ) . Sampson is also the nephew of Helen " Pepsi " DeMacque from the 1980s duo Pepsi & Shirlie . She also sang as a lead vocalist for Mike Oldfield
Eurovision 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Cesár Sampson