"Maria Magdalena" 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 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

, performed in German

German language

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 by Tony Wegas

Tony Wegas

Tony Wegas is an Austrian singer and television actor.Wegas participated in "Ein Lied für Rom", the Austrian heat of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991 with the song "Wunder dieser Welt". The song was placed second but Wegas was invited to represent Austria in 1992...

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The song was performed tenth on the night (following Iceland

Iceland

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's Inga with "Þá veistu svarið

Þá veistu svarið

Þá veistu svarið was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Icelandic by Inga....

" and preceding Portugal

Portugal

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's Anabela

Anabela

Anabela Braz Pires is a Portuguese singer and musical theatre actress, best known in Portugal by her first name, Anabela....

 with "A cidade (até ser dia)

A Cidade (Até Ser Dia)

"A cidade " was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Portuguese by Anabela....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing 14th in a field of 25.

The song is about the Biblical character Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...

, and Wegas asks her to "give me your power", before explaining that she has played a greater role in mythology and history than others had suspected.

The song 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...

 at the 1994 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1994

The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...

 by Petra Frey

Petra Frey

Petra Frey is an Austrian singer, born on 27 June 1978 in Wattens. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:Frey released her debut album, Bloss Träume im Kopf in 1993...

 singing Für den Frieden der Welt

Für Den Frieden Der Welt

"Für den Frieden der Welt" was the Austrian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in German by Petra Frey....

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