Tony Wegas

• Name — Tony Wegas • Birth Name — Anton Hans Sarközi • Born — 3 May 1965 • Birthplace — Oberschützen, Austria • Occupation — Singer, actor • Years Active — 1990–present

• Illustration — Wegas with entrepreneur Richard Lugner in May 2006 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).

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

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

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