Austria was represented by Westend, with the song "Hurricane", at the

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, which took place in

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on 23 April. Westend was the winner of the Austrian national final for the contest, held on 17 March. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster

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Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the ORF TV Studios in

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, hosted by Brigitte Xander. The winning song was chosen by 328 people aged between 16 and 60. Waterloo represented Austria in alongside Robinson.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Westend performed 18th in the running order, following

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and preceding

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. At the close of voting "Hurricane" placing Austria 9th of the 20 entries. The Austrian jury awarded its 12 points to the runner-up,

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from

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Voting

References

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