Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "", composed by Michael Mell, with lyrics by Rudolf Leve, and performed by the band Mess, consisting of Fritz (real name Michael Scheickl) and Elisabeth 'Lizzi' Engstler. The Austrian participating broadcaster (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
National final (ORF) held the national final at the ORF-Zentrum in Vienna, hosted by . The winning song was chosen by 290 people who voted by telephone.
+ Final – 25 March 1982 Artist Song Points Place 1 Mainstreet "Marionettentheater" 196 12 2 Lizzy Engstler "Du" 534 4 3 Wallner and Licha "Tagebücher" 421 9 4 Mainstreet "Pop-Musik" 514 5 5 Sheila Edwards "Bitte, vergiss mich" 197 11 6 Mess "Sonntag" 1,655 1 7 Rusty and Jay "Sing ganz einfach ein Lied" 743 3 8 Mainstreet "Ja ja, oui oui, yes yes, sì sì" 209 10 9 Windecker and Wessler "Zeit" 436 8 10 Fritz "Träumen" 507 6 11 Aniko Benkö, Lia Burger and Helmut Arent "Marionetten" 460 7 12 Mainstreet "Rock 'n' Roll Revival" 798 2
At Eurovision On the evening of the final Mess performed 10th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" placing Austria 9th of the 18 entries. The Austrian jury awarded its 12 points to the .
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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