Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

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Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Country|  Austria
National selection
Selection process| National final
Selection date(s)| 17 March 1983
Selected entrant| Westend
Selected song| "Hurricane"
Selected songwriter(s)|

* Peter Vieweger
* Heli Deinboek
* Heinz Nessizius

Finals performance
Final result| 9th, 53 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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[edit]

### Aus zwölf wird eins[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Points awarded to Austria[5] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |
10 points  |  Turkey
8 points  |
7 points  |
6 points  |  Denmark
5 points  |

* Italy
* Portugal

4 points  |

* Greece
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Yugoslavia

3 points  |

* Belgium
* Cyprus
* United Kingdom

2 points  |  Israel
1 point  |
Points awarded by Austria[5] | Score  | Country

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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

## References[edit]

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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Artists|

* Anita
* Liane Augustin
* Nadine Beiler
* Blue Danube
* Timna Brauer
* Marty Brem
* Vincent Bueno
* Carmela Corren
* Thomas Forstner
* Petra Frey
* Global.Kryner
* Karel Gott
* Ferry Graf
* Peter Horten
* Stella Jones
* Udo Jürgens
* Natália Kelly
* Lumix
* Gary Lux
* The Makemakes
* Jimmy Makulis
* Pia Maria
* Bob Martin
* Marianne Mendt
* Mess
* The Milestones
* George Nussbaumer
* Manuel Ortega
* Paenda
* Eric Papilaya
* Alf Poier
* The Rounder Girls
* Salena
* Cesár Sampson
* Schmetterlinge
* Eleonore Schwarz
* Christina Simon
* Simone
* Bobbie Singer
* Bettina Soriat
* Springtime
* Teya
* Tie Break
* Trackshittaz
* Nathan Trent
* Waterloo and Robinson
* Tony Wegas
* Westend
* Wilfried
* Harry Winter
* Conchita Wurst
* Zoë

Songs|

* ~~"Alive"~~
* "All to You"
* "Amen"
* "Boom Boom Boomerang"
* "Du bist"
* "Du bist Musik"
* "Du hast mich so fasziniert"
* "Einfach weg"
* "Falter im Wind"
* "Für den Frieden der Welt"
* "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe"
* "Get a Life – Get Alive"
* "Halo"
* "Heute in Jerusalem"
* "Hurricane"
* "I Am Yours"
* "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"
* "Keine Mauern mehr"
* "Kinder dieser Welt"
* "Limits"
* "Lisa Mona Lisa"
* "Loin d'ici"
* "Maria Magdalena"
* "Merci, Chérie"
* "Mrs. Caroline Robinson"
* "Musik"
* "My Little World"
* "Nobody but You"
* "Nur ein Lied"
* "Nur in der Wiener Luft"
* "Nur noch Gefühl"
* "One Step"
* "Reflection"
* "Rise Like a Phoenix"
* "Running on Air"
* "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"
* "Say a Word"
* "The Secret Is Love"
* "Sehnsucht"
* "Shine"
* "Sonntag"
* "Tausend Fenster"
* "Venedig im Regen"
* "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"
* "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"
* "Warum nur, warum?"
* "Weil der Mensch zählt"
* "Weil's dr guat got"
* "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"
* "Wenn du da bist"
* "Who the Hell Is Edgar?"
* "Wohin, kleines Pony"
* "Woki mit deim Popo"
* "Y así"
* "Die Zeit ist einsam"
* "Zusammen geh'n"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Austria did not compete

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Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Germany
* Greece
* Finland
* France
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

Artists|

* Çetin Alp
* Remedios Amaya
* Ami Aspelund
* Bernadette
* Guy Bonnet
* Daniel
* Mariella Farré
* Riccardo Fogli
* Armando Gama
* Carola Häggkvist
* Ofra Haza
* Corinne Hermès
* Hoffmann and Hoffmann
* Gry Johansen
* Pas de Deux
* Christie Stasinopoulou
* Stavros and Constantina
* Sweet Dreams
* Jahn Teigen
* Westend

Songs|

* "Do Re Mi"
* "Džuli"
* "Esta balada que te dou"
* "Fantasiaa"
* "Främling"
* "Hi"
* "Hurricane"
* "I agapi akoma zi"
* "I'm Never Giving Up"
* "Io così non ci sto"
* "Kloden drejer"
* "Mou les"
* "Opera"
* "Per Lucia"
* "¿Quién maneja mi barca?"
* "Rendez-vous"
* "Rücksicht"
* "Si la vie est cadeau"
* "Sing Me a Song"
* "Vivre"

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