Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 | ||||
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| Country |  Austria |
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selected entrant | Gary Lux | |||
| Selected song | "Kinder dieser Welt" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 8 points | |||
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Austria was represented by Gary Lux, with the song "Kinder dieser Welt", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster ORF. This was the first Eurovision appearance for Lux that he have represent Austria in ESC as a solo artist. Last he represented Austria in Eurovision was in 1987 Eurovision Song Contest as was this year in Brussels, Belgium with hes song: "Nur noch Gefühl" (Only feelings).
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Lux performed 17th in the running order, following Sweden and Luxembourg. At the close of voting, "Kinder dieser Welt" had received 8 points, placing Austria 8th of the 19. The Austrian jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[1]
