Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Hurricane", composed by Peter Vieweger, with lyrics by Heli Deinboek and Heinz Nessizius, and performed by Westend. The Austrian participating broadcaster (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
(ORF) held the national final ("From twelve to one") at its television studios in Vienna, hosted by . It took place on 17 March 1983 at 20:15 CET (19:15 UTC) and was broadcast on FS2. The winning song was chosen by 328 people aged between 16 and 60. Waterloo represented alongside Robinson.
+ Final – 17 March 1983 Artist Song Points Place 1Wallner and Licha"Bleib doch hier"4618 2Johannes Raimann"Summa is" 19312 3Andreas Wörz"Musik Musik"25210 4Patrick Nes"Ein Wort von dir"6255 5Westend"Hurricane"1,2381 6G & E & ETW"Hallo Welt"5726 7The Hornettes"Hello Mr. Radio"8173 8Gary Lux"Bleib wie du bist"6474 9Ines Reiger and Do-Re-Mi"Träume sind unser Leben"5597 10Manuela Leeb"Du bist mein Talisman"4089 11The Duncan Sisters"Heute nacht wird gelacht"23411 12Waterloo"Freiheit"1,2162
At Eurovision On the night of the final Westend performed 18th in the running order, following and preceding . 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 .
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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