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Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)17 March 1983
Selected entrantWestend
Selected song"Hurricane"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Peter Vieweger
  • Heli Deinboek
  • Heinz Nessizius
Finals performance
Final result9th, 53 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1982 • 1983 • 1984►

Austria was represented by Westend, with the song "Hurricane", at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Munich on 23 April. Westend was the winner of the Austrian national final for the contest, held on 17 March. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster ORF.

Before Eurovision

Aus zwölf wird eins

Aus zwölf wird eins ("From twelve to one") was the national final that selected Austria's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983.[1] It took place on 17 March 1983 at 20:15 CET (19:15 UTC) and was broadcast on FS2.[1] The final was held at the ORF TV Studios in Vienna, hosted by Brigitte Xander [de]. The winning song was chosen by 328 people aged between 16 and 60.[2] Waterloo represented Austria in 1976 alongside Robinson.

Final – 17 March 1983
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Wallner and Licha "Bleib doch hier" 461 8
2 Johannes Raimann "Summa is" 193 12
3 Andreas Wörz "Musik Musik" 252 10
4 Patrick Nes "Ein Wort von dir" 625 5
5 Westend "Hurricane" 1,238 1
6 G & E & ETW "Hallo Welt" 572 6
7 The Hornettes "Hello Mr. Radio" 817 3
8 Gary Lux "Bleib wie du bist" 647 4
9 Ines Reiger and Do-Re-Mi "Träume sind unser Leben" 559 7
10 Manuela Leeb "Du bist mein Talisman" 408 9
11 The Duncan Sisters "Heute nacht wird gelacht" 234 11
12 Waterloo "Freiheit" 1,216 2

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Westend performed 18th in the running order, following Portugal and preceding Belgium.[3] At the close of voting "Hurricane" placing Austria 9th of the 20 entries. The Austrian jury awarded its 12 points to the runner-up, Ofra Haza from Israel.[4]

Voting

References

  1. ^ a b "Fernsehen und Hörfunk". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 17 March 1983. p. 20. ISSN 0174-4917. OCLC 183207780.
  2. ^ ESC National Finals database 1983
  3. ^ "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ ESC History - Austria 1983
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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