Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
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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 Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.
AustriaSong: National final
| Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) | |||
| Country | Austria | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: National final | |||
| Selection date | 30 March 1993 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Maria Magdalena" | |||
| Artist | Tony Wegas | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 14th, 32 points | |||
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Before Eurovision
Internal selection
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) internally selected Tony Wegas, who had represented Austria in 1992, 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.[citation needed]
| R/O | Song | Place |
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| 1 | "Einfach so" | 2 |
| 2 | "Nie wieder" | 4 |
| 3 | "Maria Magdalena" | 1 |
| 4 | "Mitten in der Nacht" | 3 |
| 5 | "Es wird alles gut" | 6 |
| 6 | "La luna" | 5 |
| 7 | "Tief in mir" | 7 |
At Eurovision
Wegas performed 10th on the night of the contest, following Iceland and preceding Portugal. At the close of the voting the song had received 32 points, placing 14th in a field of 25.[1]
Voting
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