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.

Final

The national 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.

**17 March 1983**
Draw	Artist	Song	English translation	Points	Place
1	Wallner & Licha	"Bleib doch hier"	"Stay here"	461	8
2	Johannes Raimann	"Summa is"	"It's summer"	193	12
3	Andreas Wörz	"Musik musik"	"Music music"	252	10
4	Patrick Nes	"Ein wort von dir"	"A word from you"	625	5
5	Westend	"Hurricane"	"Hurricane"	1238	1
6	E & G & ETW	"Hallo welt"	"Hello world"	572	6
7	The Hornettes	"Hello Mr Radio"	"Hello Mr Radio"	817	3
8	Gary Lux	"Bleib wie du bist"	"Stay as you are"	647	4
9	Ines Reiger & Do-Re-Mi	"Träume sind unser leben"	"Dreams are our life"	559	7
10	Manuela Leeb	"Du bist mein talisman"	"You are my talisman"	408	9
11	The Duncan Sisters	"Heute nacht wird gelacht"	"We laugh tonight"	234	11
12	Waterloo	"Freiheit"	"Freedom"	1216	2

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 Portuguese jury awarded its 12 points to the winning song from Luxembourg.^[2]

References

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 ~~1969 to 1970~~ 1971 1972 ~~1973 to 1975~~ 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ~~1998~~ 1999 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 2003 2004 2005 ~~2006~~ 2007 ~~2008 to 2010~~ 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1950s	~~1956~~ Bob Martin Liane Augustin Ferry Graf

1960s	Harry Winter Jimmy Makulis Eleonore Schwarz Carmela Corren Udo Jürgens Udo Jürgens Udo Jürgens Peter Horton Karel Gott ~~1969~~

1970s	~~1970~~ Marianne Mendt Milestones ~~1973 to 1975~~ Waterloo & Robinson Schmetterlinge Springtime Christina Simon

1980s	Blue Danube Marty Brem Mess Westend Anita Gary Lux Timna Brauer Gary Lux Wilfried Thomas Forstner

1990s	Simone Thomas Forstner Tony Wegas Tony Wegas Petra Frey Stella Jones George Nussbaumer Bettina Soriat ~~1998~~ Bobbie Singer

2000s	The Rounder Girls ~~2001~~ Manuel Ortega Alf Poier Tie Break Global Kryner ~~2006~~ Eric Papilaya ~~2008 to 2009~~

2010s	~~2010~~ Nadine Beiler Trackshittaz Natália Kelly Conchita Wurst The Makemakes Zoë

Songs

1950s	~~1956~~ "Wohin, kleines Pony?" "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien"

1960s	"Du hast mich so fasziniert" "Sehnsucht" "Nur in der Wiener Luft" "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder" "Warum nur warum?" "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" "Merci, Chérie" "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" "Tausend Fenster" ~~1969~~

1970s	~~1970~~ "Musik" "Falter im Wind" ~~1973 to 1975~~ "My Little World" "Boom Boom Boomerang" "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" "Heute in Jerusalem"

1980s	"Du bist Musik" "Wenn du da bist" "Sonntag (song)" "Hurricane" "Einfach weg" "Kinder dieser Welt" "Die Zeit ist einsam" "Nur noch Gefühl" "Lisa Mona Lisa" "Nur ein Lied"

1990s	"Keine Mauern mehr" "Venedig im Regen" "Zusammen geh'n" "Maria Magdalena" "Für den Frieden der Welt" "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt" "Weil's dr guat got" "One Step" ~~1998~~ "Reflection"

2000s	"All To You" ~~2001~~ "Say a Word" "Weil der Mensch zählt" "Du bist" "Y así" ~~2006~~ "Get a Life - Get Alive" ~~2008 to 2009~~

2010s	~~2010~~ "The Secret Is Love" "Woki mit deim Popo" "Shine" "Rise Like a Phoenix" "I Am Yours" "Loin d'ici"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Austria did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Countries

Final (by final results)	Luxembourg (winner) Israel Sweden Yugoslavia Germany United Kingdom Netherlands France Norway Austria Italy Finland Portugal Greece Switzerland Cyprus Denmark Belgium Turkey Spain

Artists

Final (by final results)	Corinne Hermès Ofra Haza Carola Häggkvist Danijel Hoffmann & Hoffmann Sweet Dreams Bernadette Guy Bonnet Jahn Teigen Westend Riccardo Fogli Ami Aspelund Armando Gama Christie Stasinopoulou Mariella Farré Stavros & Constantina Gry Johansen Pas de Deux Çetin Alp & the Short Waves Remedios Amaya

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Si la vie est cadeau" "Hi" "Främling" "Džuli" "Rücksicht" "I'm Never Giving Up" "Sing Me a Song" "Vivre" "Do Re Mi" "Hurricane" "Per Lucia" "Fantasiaa" "Esta balada que te dou" "Mou Les" "Io così non ci sto" "I Agapi Akoma Zi" "Kloden drejer" "Rendez-vous" "Opera" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?"

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Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Final

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