Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
| Eurovision Song Contest 1983 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |
 Austria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 17 March 1983 | |||
| Selected entrant | Westend | |||
| Selected song | "Hurricane" | |||
| 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 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.
| 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]