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wegas with entrepreneur richard lugner in may 2006 oberschützen , austria 3 may 1965 wegas.jpg tony wegas
 tony wegas singer actor
tony wegas

anton hans sarközi as tony wegas -lrb- born 3 may 1965 in oberschützen -rrb- is an austrian singer and television actor .
wegas participated in `` ein lied für rom '' , the austrian heat of the eurovision song contest in 1991 with the song `` wunder dieser welt '' .
the song was placed second but wegas was invited to represent austria in 1992 .
he performed `` zusammen geh ` n '' in malmö and despite being one of the favourites to win , could only manage tenth place .
austrian television decided to give him another chance in 1993 and he performed all of the songs in the national selection contest , `` veni vidi wegas '' .
the winning song , `` maria magdalena '' came a disappointing fourteenth in millstreet .
in 1993 he appeared in the austrian set comedy series `` hochwürden erbt das paradies '' .
in the following years tony had major problems with alcohol and drugs .
in 2000 he wrote a book about his addiction .
