Tony Wegas

Anton Hans Sarközi, known under his stage name Tony Wegas (born 3 May 1965 in Oberschützen), is an Austrian singer and television actor.

Biography

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, he finished in 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 fourteenth in Millstreet.

After his Song Contest appearance, he became a regular cast member in the ORF show Tohuwabohu. In 1993 he appeared in the Austrian set comedy series Hochwürden erbt das Paradies.

In the following years Wegas had major problems with alcohol and other drugs and in 1997, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison. In 1999 he published a book about his life, rise and fall, Nüchtern betrachtet (Viewed soberly).

Discography Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected details and peak chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions AUT Feuerwerk / Durada Dschal Released: August 1994 Label: EMI Austria GesmbH (830147 2) Formats: CD, CS 33 ... Für Dich Released: July 1995 Label: EMI Austria (7243 8 34112 2 1) Formats: CD, CS 33

Compilations + List of compilations, with selected details Title Details The Very Best of Tony Wegas Released: December 2004 Label: 7243 5 63482 2 6 Formats: CD

Charted singles +List of singles as lead artist, with selected peak chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AUT "Zusammen geh'n" 1992 9 "Maria Magdalena" 1993 33