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.
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]
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.
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]