Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

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 Portuguese national final for the contest, held on 17 March. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster ORF.

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)17 March 1983
Selected entrantWestend
Selected song"Hurricane"
Finals performance
Final result9th, 53 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the ORF TV Studios in Vienna, hosted by Brigitte Xander. The winning song was chosen by 328 people aged between 16 and 60.[1] Waterloo represented Austria in ESC 1976 in The Hague, Netherlands.

Final – 17 March 1983
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Wallner & 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 E & G & 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 & 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. 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.[2]

Points awarded to Austria
Points awarded to Austria
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Austria
12 points Israel
10 points United Kingdom
8 points Sweden
7 points Germany
6 points  Switzerland
5 points Luxembourg
4 points Netherlands
3 points Norway
2 points Finland
1 point Yugoslavia

See also

References
  1. ESC National Finals database 1983
  2. ESC History - Austria 1983
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