Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 explained

Year:1993
Broadcaster:German: [[ORF (broadcaster)|Österreichischer Rundfunk]]|i=no (ORF)
Country:Austria
Preselection:Artist: Internal selection
Song: National final
Preselection Date:30 March 1993
Entrant:Tony Wegas
Song:Maria Magdalena
Final Result:14th, 32 points

Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Maria Magdalena", composed by Christian Kolonovits and Johann Bertl, with lyrics by Thomas Spitzer, and performed by Tony Wegas. The Austrian participating broadcaster German: [[ORF (broadcaster)|Österreichischer Rundfunk]]|i=no (ORF), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) internally selected Tony Wegas, who had represented, as its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993.

National final

ORF held a national final to select the competing song at Eurovision, with seven songs, all sung by Wegas, presented. In February 1993 the seven songs were played on the radio, with the public invited to vote for their favourite entry by postcard voting. On 30 March 1993, a television programme, held at the ORF TV studios in Vienna and hosted by Andreas Steppan and Michael Niavarani, was shown by ORF with pre-recorded videos of the seven entries, afterwards the results of the voting were announced. 15,245 postcards were received by ORF for the contest with the winning song, "Maria Magdalena", receiving 6,170 postcards in total.

Final – 30 March 1993
DrawSongVotesPlace
1"Einfach so"17752
2"Nie wieder"5514
3"Maria Magdalena"6,1701
4"Mitten in der Nacht"9753
5"Es wird alles gut"1556
6"La luna"2285
7"Tief in mir"1457

At Eurovision

Wegas performed 10th on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 32 points, placing 14th in a field of 25.[1]

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Millstreet 1993 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417180232/https://eurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993/final . 17 April 2021 . live .
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417195642/https://eurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993/final/results/austria . 17 April 2021 . live .