"Nur noch Gefühl" 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 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in Brussels, Belgium after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now"...

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Gary Lux

Gary Lux

Gerhard "Gary" Lux is an Austrian singer, most famous for having represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest on six occasions. He was born in Ontario Canada but returned to live in Austria with his parents as a young boy. He is married to Marianne and has 2 sons, Benny and Dennis...

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The song was performed third on the night (following Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

's Lazy Bums with "Shir Habatlanim

Shir Habatlanim

"Shir Habatlanim" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987. It was performed in Hebrew by the comedic duo Datner & Kushnir and came 8th, scoring 73 points...

" and preceding Iceland

Iceland

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's Halla Margrét with "Hægt Og Hljótt

Hægt og hljótt

"Hægt og hljótt" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, performed in Icelandic by Halla Margrét Árnadóttir....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 8 points, placing 20th in a field of 22.

The song is a ballad, in which Lux sings to his lover that "only feelings exist" between them.

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...

 in the 1988 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca...

 by Wilfried performing "Lisa Mona Lisa

Lisa Mona Lisa

"Lisa Mona Lisa" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in German by Wilfried.The song was performed twelfth on the night, following Germany's Maxi & Chris Garden with "Lied für einen Freund" and preceding Denmark's Kirsten & Søren with "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?"...

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