"Hurricane" was the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Eurovision Song Contest 1983

The Eurovision Song Contest 1983, the 28th in the series, was held in Munich, then West Germany, on 23 April 1983. The presenter was Marlene Charell. Corinne Hermes was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "Si la vie est cadeau". This was Luxembourg's fifth victory in the contest which...

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Westend

Westend (band)

Westend was an Austrian band of the '80s. It participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performing the entry Hurricane. The band consisted of Gary Lux, Hans Christian Wagner, Bernhard Rabitsch, Peter Vieweger and Patricia Tandien. In that contest the band ended in 9th place and received 53...

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The song was performed eighteenth on the night, following Portugal

Portugal

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's Armando Gama

Armando Gama

Armando António Capelo Diniz da Gama is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and baritone opera singer, whose physical trademark for decades has been his shoulder-length jet black hair....

 with "Esta balada que te dou

Esta Balada Que Te Dou

"Esta balada que te dou" was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Portuguese by Armando Gama.The song, as the title suggests, is a piano-driven ballad...

" and preceding Belgium

Belgium

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's Pas de Deux

Pas de Deux (band)

Pas de Deux were a Belgian band, best known for their participation in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, and the controversy surrounding their selection as that year's Belgian representatives...

 with "Rendez-vous

Rendez-Vous (song)

"Rendez-vous" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Dutch by Pas de Deux.The song was performed nineteenth on the night...

". At the close of voting, it had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20 entries.

The song is an up-tempo number, in which the band sings about being without the object of their affections and likens this condition to being in a hurricane.

It was succeeded as Austrian representative

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria has appeared frequently at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has won once, in 1966, with the song "Merci Chérie".In recent years, Austria's entries have tended towards the humorous, in contrast with the dance-pop achieving success. 2003 saw comedian and personality Alf Poier perform...

 in the 1984 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1984

The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 5 May 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter was Désirée Nosbusch. Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for this show back then...

 by Anita

Anita (singer)

Anita is an Austrian singer, best known for her participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest.- Eurovision Song Contest :...

 singing "Einfach weg

Einfach Weg

"Einfach Weg" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in German by Anita....

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