| Year: | 1983 |
| Country: | Austria |
| Preselection: | National final |
| Preselection Date: | 17 March 1983 |
| Entrant: | Westend |
| Song: | Hurricane |
| Final Result: | 9th, 53 points |
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.
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. The final was held at the ORF TV Studios in Vienna, hosted by . The winning song was chosen by 328 people aged between 16 and 60.[2] Waterloo represented Austria in alongside Robinson.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wallner and Licha | "Bleib doch hier" | 461 | 8 | |
| 2 | Johannes Raimann | "Summa is" | 193 | 12 | |
| 3 | Andreas Wörz | "Musik Musik" | 252 | 10 | |
| 4 | Patrick Nes | "Ein Wort von dir" | 625 | 5 | |
| 5 | Westend | "Hurricane" | 1,238 | 1 | |
| 6 | G & E & ETW | "Hallo Welt" | 572 | 6 | |
| 7 | The Hornettes | "Hello Mr. Radio" | 817 | 3 | |
| 8 | Gary Lux | "Bleib wie du bist" | 647 | 4 | |
| 9 | Ines Reiger and Do-Re-Mi | "Träume sind unser Leben" | 559 | 7 | |
| 10 | Manuela Leeb | "Du bist mein Talisman" | 408 | 9 | |
| 11 | The Duncan Sisters | "Heute nacht wird gelacht" | 234 | 11 | |
| 12 | Waterloo | "Freiheit" | 1,216 | 2 |
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]