AUSTRIA |
"Maria Magdalena" - Tony Wegas
"Maria Magdalena, you are happiness and sorrow, Maria Magdalena, give me eternity"
The Austrian Final was held on March 30th at the ORF-Zentrum in Vienna, hosted by Andreas Steppan & Michael Niavarani, although the winning song had already been chosen before this. During February the 7 songs were played on the radio, after which the public were invited to vote for their favourite song by postcard. In the TV programme, pre-recorded videos of the 7 songs (all sung by Tony Wegas) were played before annoucing which song had won the postcard vote. From the 15245 postcards submitted, 6170 were for "Maria Magdalena".
1 | Einfach so | Just like that | 2nd |
2 | Nie wieder | Never again | 4th |
3 | Maria Magdalena | Maria Magdalena | 1st |
4 | Mitten in der nacht | In the middle of the night | 3rd |
5 | Es wird alles gut | Everything will be ok | 6th |
6 | La luna | The moon | 5th |
7 | Tief in mir | Deep inside me | 7th |
Tony Wegas previously represented Austria in ESC 1992, as well as coming 2nd in the 1991 Austrian Final. At the ESC he came 14th.