Eurovision Song Contest 1982

27th Eurovision Song Contest
date	April 24, 1982
Host country	United Kingdom
venue	Harrogate International Center , Harrogate
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Jan Leeming
Pause filler	Pictures from Yorkshire and Haward Castle
participating countries	18th
winner	BR Germany
Withdrawn participants	France , Greece
Voting rule	In each country a jury awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 1981 • ESC 1983 ►

The 27th Eurovision Song Contest , known in Germany under the French name Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson until 2001, took place on April 24, 1982 in the northern English spa town of Harrogate . The evening was hosted by BBC news presenter Jan Leeming .

particularities

Interpreter of the winning title Nicole , in 2008

For the first time in the history of the competition, the German entry, Nicole's A Little Peace , won, and to this day it was the only victory for an interpreter from Germany who also performed his song in German. Nicole won clearly with a gap of 61 points. In the midst of the Falklands War , Spain performed in the United Kingdom, which was at war with Argentina at the time, with a contribution by the interpreter Lucía, inspired by the Argentine tango . This was sensational at the time and was seen as a political statement. Two traditionally strong participating countries were absent: France , which apart from 1974 only did not take part in the competition this year, and Italy . Switzerland came in third with Amour on t'aime by Arlette Zola and Austria was also able to place in the top half with Sonntag from the Duo Mess : 9th place, however, the Finnish contribution, also a wish for peace, had to go home without points.

Melina Mercouri had become Minister of Culture in Greece and ensured that Greece does not take part in such a “terrible” event as the Eurovision Song Contest. Just one year later, she had "revised" this judgment.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1982

Since France and Greece did not take part, the number of participants dropped again to 18. The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Belgium	Stella	1970 (as a member of Hearts of Soul for the Netherlands ), 1977 (as a member of Dream Express )
Norway	Anita Skorgan	1977 , 1979
	Jahn Teigen	1978
Portugal	Fatima Padinha	1978 (as a member of Gemini )
	Teresa Miguel
United Kingdom	Sally Ann triplet	1980 (as a member of Prima Donna )
Cyprus	Anna Vissi	1980 (for Greece )

Voting procedure

In each country there was an eleven-member jury, which initially determined the ten best songs internally. Then the individual juries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
01.	18th	BR Germany	Nicole	A little peace M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	German	-	161
02.	15th	Israel	Avi Toledano אבי טולדנו	Hora (הורה) M: Avi Toledano ; T: Yoram Tahar-Lev	Hebrew	Chorea	100
03.	07th	Switzerland	Arlette Zola	Amour on t'aime M: Alain Morisod; T: Pierre Alain	French	Love we love you	097
04th	11	Belgium	Stella	Si tu aimes ma musique M: Fred Bekky, Rony Brack, Bobott; T: Jo May	French	If you love my music	096
05.	08th	Cyprus	Anna Vissi Άννα Βίσση	Mono i agapi (Μόνο η αγάπη) M / T: Anna Vissi	Greek	Just love	085
06th	02	Luxembourg	Svetlana	Cours après le temps M: Cyril Assous; T: Michel Jouveaux	French	After the passage of time	078
07th	04th	United Kingdom	Bardo	One Step Further M / T: Simon Jefferies	English	One step further	076
08th.	09	Sweden	crisps	Dag efter dag M: Lasse Holm; T: Monica Forsberg	Swedish	day after day	067
09.	10	Austria	Mess	Sunday M: Michael Mell; T: Rudolf Leve	German	-	057
10.	12	Spain	Lucía	El M: Francisco Cepero; T: Ignacio Román	Spanish	He	052
11.	17th	Ireland	The Duskeys	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow M / T: Sally Keating	English	Today here tomorrow there	049
12.	03	Norway	Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan	Goodbye M: Jahn Teigen ; T: Herod Falsk	Norwegian	-	040
13.	01	Portugal	Doce	Bem bom M / T: Pedro Brito, Tozé Brito, António Pinho	Portuguese	(What is meant is the sound when the clock strikes)	032
14th	14th	Yugoslavia	Aska Аска	Halo, halo (Хало, хало) M: Aleksandar Sanja Ilić ; T: Miro Zec	Serbian	Hello Hello	021st
15th	05	Turkey	Neco	Hani? M: Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz; T: Faik Tuğsuz	Turkish	Where?	020th
16.	16	Netherlands	Bill van Dijk	Jij en ik M: Dick Bakker; T: Liselore Gerritsen	Dutch	You and me	008th
17th	13	Denmark	Brixx	Video, video M / T: Jens Brixtofte	Danish	Video, video	005
18th	06th	Finland	Kojo	Nuku pommiin M: Jim Pembroke, Otto Donne; T: Juice Leskinen	Finnish	Sleep to the bomb	000

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	POR	LUX	NOR	GBR	DOOR	FIN	SUI	CYP	SWE	AUT	BEL	ESP	THE	YUG	ISR	NED	IRL	GER
Portugal	032	-	7th		4th	5	2	1		6th						1	4th	2
Luxembourg	078	6th	-	7th	6th	3	7th				2	8th	5	4th		5	7th	10	8th
Norway	040		6th	-					4th	4th	6th	2	2					6th	10
United Kingdom	076	4th	12	6th	-	10	4th	5	3		12		1	2	6th	2	1	7th	1
Turkey	020th		8th	3		-	1	3			3						2
Finland	000						-
Switzerland	097	2	2	4th	12	2		-	6th	2	10	12		7th	10	10	10	8th
Cyprus	085	5	4th	12	3		8th	8th	-		5	3	7th		5	7th	12		6th
Sweden	067	7th	3	8th	5		3	4th		-	8th	5	4th	8th	2		5	3	2
Austria	057				10	7th			7th		-	6th	8th	6th	4th	4th		5
Belgium	096	8th	5	5	2	6th	5	2	8th	7th	4th	-	10	10	7th	6th	3	4th	4th
Spain	052		1			8th	6th	7th	10			4th	-		1	8th			7th
Denmark	005	3								1				-				1
Yugoslavia	021st					4th			1	12		1		3	-
Israel	100	10	10	1	1		12	10	2	10	7th	7th	6th	1	3	-	8th		12
Netherlands	008th									3							-		5
Ireland	049	1		2	7th	1		6th	5	5			3	5	8th	3		-	3
BR Germany	161	12		10	8th	12	10	12	12	8th	1	10	12	12	12	12	6th	12	-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

The Federal Republic of Germany received 12 points nine times, with 18 countries that could each award points to the other countries, Nicole got the highest rating from more than half of the countries. The distribution of the 12 points as maximum scores was as follows:

number	country	received from
9	Germany	Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Cyprus
2	Israel	Germany, Finland
	Switzerland	Belgium, United Kingdom
	United Kingdom	Luxembourg, Austria
	Cyprus	Netherlands, Norway
1	Yugoslavia	Sweden

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ivan Raykoff, Robert Deam Tobin (Ed.): A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest . P. 3
2. ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 , p. 196.