Austria was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Michael Mell, with lyrics by Rudolf Leve, and performed by the band Mess, consisting of Fritz (real name Michael Scheickl) and Elisabeth 'Lizzi' Engstler. The Austrian participating broadcaster (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

(ORF) held the national final at the ORF-Zentrum in

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, hosted by . The winning song was chosen by 290 people who voted by telephone.

At Eurovision

On the evening of the final Mess performed 10th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" placing Austria 9th of the 18 entries. The Austrian jury awarded its 12 points to the .

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

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