Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "", composed by Brigitte Seuberth, with lyrics by Walter Müller, and performed by Anita. The Austrian participating broadcaster (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
National final (ORF) held the national final on 22 March 1984 at its television studios in Vienna, hosted by Vera Russwurm. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 250 viewers who voted by telephone.
+ Final – 22 March 1984 Artist Song Points Place 1Sandra Wells"Hier ist mein Lied"3698 2Martha Butbul"He du" 3529 3The Kids"Schatten der Vergangenheit"5175 4Andy Marek"Top Secret"5166 5Anita"Einfach weg"1,4041 6By Chance"Vogel im Wind"4697 7Birgit"Ich bin Frau"27010 8Ruth Hale"Ich steh' unter Strom"13012 9Andreas Wörz"Singen is Gold"8723 10Peter Jug"Saison"5674 11Gitti and Gary"Kumm hoit mi"9312 12Helmut Rudolfs"Erste Liebe"20411
At Eurovision On the night of the final Anita performed thirteenth in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 5 points, placing Austria 19th (last) of the 19 entries. The Austrian jury awarded its 12 points to .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Austria Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Austria Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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