eurovision 1983
Westend
Westend represented Austria at Eurovision 1983 in Munich with “Hurricane”, finishing 9th of 20.
Austria
1983
- contest
- 1983
- best result
- 9th, 1983
- sang for
- Austria
Biography
Westend is an Austrian group: Gary Lux, Patricia Tandien, Hans Christian Wagner, Peter Vieweger and Bernhard Rabitsch. “Hurricane” finished joint ninth in Munich in 1983. Gary Lux went on to sing for Austria under Lux’s own name in 1985 and 1987.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (French), “Westend (groupe)”.
At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1983 Munich
“Hurricane”
9th of 20 Finished 9th of 20, with 53 points.
- Sung in
- German
- Written by
- Heli Deinboek, Heinz Nessizius, Peter Vieweger
- Conductor
- Richard Oesterreicher
- Running order
- 18th of 20
- Won that year
- Luxembourg: Corinne Hermès, “Si la vie est cadeau”
The story of Eurovision 1983: Lost in three languages, and a winner the hall walked out on
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