Eurovision Song Contest 1985
30th Eurovision Song Contest | |
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date | May 4th 1985 |
Host country | Sweden |
venue | Scandinavium , Gothenburg |
Broadcasting television station | |
Moderation | Lill Lindfors |
Pause filler | Guitars Unlimited with Swedish evergreens |
participating countries | 19th |
winner | Norway |
Returning participants | Greece , Israel |
Withdrawn participants | Yugoslavia , Netherlands |
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 1984 • ESC 1986 ► |
The 30th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 4th 1985 in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg . Israel and Greece participated again. Yugoslavia and the Netherlands canceled their participation, so only 19 nations were at the start. For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Netherlands decided not to participate. One song in Dutch was performed anyway. The Belgian contribution Laat me nu gaan by Linda Lepomme was written in Dutch.
particularities
For Germany, the Wind group took part with the title For Everyone , which came in 2nd. Children of the world, the Austrian song by Gary Lux took 8th place, Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini took 12th place in Switzerland with piano, piano .
For Luxemburg Margo , Franck Olivier , Diane Solomon , Ireen Sheer , Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts competed with the song Children, Kinder, Enfants by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Opinion , which was only thirteenth. It was the Grand Duchy's only German-language ESC contribution to date. Al Bano and Romina Power represented Italy before; with Magic, oh Magic , the well-known Italian duo took 7th place.
Norway , which had previously been notorious for its chronically poor track record , won a sensational victory. The members of the winning duo Bobbysocks - Hanne Krogh and Elisabeth Andreasson - were represented both before and after as soloists and in various formations at the competition.
One moment of this Eurovision Song Contest was particularly remembered. When presenter Lill Lindfors came back on stage after the break, she seemed to stagger, lost the bottom of her dress and stood there in panties. A murmur went through the hall. She just smiled and undid a few ribbons on her shoulders and let loose pieces of fabric down so that she was back on stage in an evening dress. Then she said coolly: "Just a little something to wake you up a little, because now it's about the points ..."
The Scandinavium in Gothenburg held 12,000 spectators - never before have so many spectators attended the competition as this year.
Attendees
For the first time in the history of the competition, the Netherlands voluntarily canceled its participation, as the day of the event coincided with the National Doden Herdenking. In the further course of the competition's history, this only occurred again in 1991 . Yugoslavia had already selected a duet for the competition, but then withdrew because the day of the competition coincided with the fifth anniversary of Tito's death . In contrast, Greece and Israel participated again, so that the number of participating countries remained the same as in the previous year.
Recurring performers
Various performers returned to the competition in 1985:
country | Interpreter | Previous year of participation | Previous placement |
This year's placement |
---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark | Hot eyes | 1984 | 4. (of 19) | 11. (−7) |
Israel | Izhar Cohen | 1978 (winner) | 1. (of 20) | 5. (−4) |
Italy | Al Bano & Romina Power | 1976 | 7. (of 18) | 7. (± 0) |
Luxembourg | Ireen Sheer | 1978 (for Germany ) | 6. (of 20) | 13. (−6) |
Norway | Hanne Krogh (member of the Bobbysocks ) | 1971 | 17. (of 18) | 1. (+16) |
Elisabeth Andreassen (member of the Bobbysocks ) | 1982 (for Sweden as a member of the Chips ) | 8. (of 18) | 1. (+7) | |
Austria | Gary Lux | 1983 (as a member of Westend ) | 9. (of 20) | 8. (+1) |
Sweden | Kikki Danielsson | 1982 (as a member of the Chips ) | 8. (of 18) | 3. (+5) |
Switzerland | Pino Gasparini | 1977 (as a member of the Pepe Lienhard Band ) | 6. (of 18) | 12. (−6) |
Mariella Farré | 1983 | 15th (of 20) | 12. (−3) | |
Cyprus | Lia Vissi | 1979 (as backing singer of Elpida for Greece ) | 8. (of 19) | 17. (−9) |
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 | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
Points |
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1. | 13 | Norway | Bobbysocks |
La det swing M / T: Rolf Løvland |
Norwegian | Let it swing | 123 |
2. | 10 | BR Germany | wind |
For all M: Hanne Haller ; T: Bernd Opinion |
German | - | 105 |
3. | 16 | Sweden | Kikki Danielsson |
Bra vibrationer M: Lasse Holm; T: Ingela 'Pling' Forsman |
Swedish | Good vibrations (analogously: a pleasant tingling sensation) | 103 |
4th | 14th | United Kingdom | Vikki |
Love Is… M / T: James Kaleth, Vikki Watson |
English | Love is … | 100 |
5. | 11 | Israel |
Izhar Cohen יזהר כהן |
Olé, olé (עולה, עולה) M: Kobi Oshrat; T: Hamutal Ben Ze'ev |
Hebrew | (Here as an encouraging shout) | 93 |
6th | 1 | Ireland | Maria Christian |
Wait Until the Weekend Comes M / T: Brendan J. Graham |
English | Wait for the weekend to come | 91 |
7th | 12 | Italy | Al Bano and Romina Power |
Magic, oh Magic M: Dario Farina, Michael Hoffmann; T: Cristiano Minellono |
Italian a. | Magical, oh magical | 78 |
8th. | 17th | Austria | Gary Lux |
Children of the World M: Mick Jackson, Geoff Bastow; T: Michael Kunze |
German | - | 60 |
9. | 2 | Finland | Sonja Lumme |
Eläköön elämä M: Petri Laaksonen; T: Veli-Pekka Lehto |
Finnish | Long live life | 58 |
10. | 6th | France | Roger Bens |
Femme dans ses rêves also M / T: Didier Pascalis |
French | Woman in her dreams too | 56 |
11. | 4th | Denmark | Hot eyes |
Sku 'du spørg' fra no'en? M: Søren Bundgaard; T: Keld Heick |
Danish | Basically: What is that of yours? | 41 |
12. | 15th | Switzerland | Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini |
Piano, piano M: Anita Kerr; T: Trudi Müller-Bosshard |
German | Slowly, softly (in the sense of: not so fast) | 39 |
13. | 18th | Luxembourg |
Margo , Franck Olivier , Diane Solomon , Ireen Sheer , Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts |
Children, Children, Enfants M Ralph Siegel ; T: Jean Beriat, Bernd opinion |
French b. | Children, children, children | 37 |
14th | 7th | Turkey | MFÖ |
Didai didai dai M / T: Mazhar Alanson, Özkan Uğur, Fuat Güner |
Turkish | (Made up words as an expression of the good mood of a lover) | 36 |
15th | 5 | Spain | Paloma San Basilio |
The fiesta terminó M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón |
Spanish | The feast is over | 36 |
16. | 19th | Greece |
Takis Biniaris Τάκης Μπινιάρης |
Miazoume (Μοιάζουμε) M: Takis Biniaris; T: Maro Bizani |
Greek | We are similar | 15th |
17th | 3 | Cyprus |
Lia Vissi Λία Βίσση |
To katalava arga (Το κατάλαβα αργά) M / T: Lia Vissi |
Greek | It is too late | 15th |
18th | 9 | Portugal | Adelaide |
Penso em ti, eu be M: Tózé Brito; T: Adelaïde Ferreira, Luis Fernando |
Portuguese | I think about you i know | 9 |
19th | 8th | Belgium | Linda Lepomme |
Laat me nu gaan M: Pieter Verlinden; T: Bert Vivier |
Dutch | Let me go now | 7th |
Scoring
country | Points |
IE |
FI |
CY |
DK |
IT |
FR |
TK |
BE |
PT |
DE |
IL |
IT |
NO |
UK |
CH |
SE |
AT |
LU |
GR |
Voting |
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Ireland | 91 | 1 | 7th | 3 | 4th | 3 | 5 | 8th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7th | 10 | - | - | 16 | |
Finland | 58 | 6th | 6th | - | 6th | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 7th | - | 7th | 2 | 10 | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
Cyprus | 15th | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 8th | 4th | |
Denmark | 41 | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | - | 3 | 1 | 6th | - | 2 | 6th | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 8th | |
Spain | 36 | 2 | 8th | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | 1 | 6th | 8th | |
France | 56 | - | 5 | 4th | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 10 | - | 2 | 4th | 6th | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |
Turkey | 36 | 7th | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 8th | 12 | - | - | - | - | 8th | |
Belgium | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Portugal | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 2 | |
BR Germany | 105 | 4th | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8th | - | 10 | 7th | 7th | - | 8th | 1 | - | 8th | - | 10 | - | 13 | |
Israel | 93 | 8th | - | 5 | 4th | 8th | 12 | - | - | 5 | 7th | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7th | 2 | 7th | 6th | 2 | 15th | |
Italy | 78 | - | 6th | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8th | 2 | 12 | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | 6th | 12 | - | 11 | |
Norway | 123 | 12 | 4th | - | 12 | 1 | 2 | - | 12 | - | 12 | 12 | 6th | 12 | 6th | 12 | 12 | 7th | 1 | 16 | |
United Kingdom | 100 | 5 | 7th | - | 5 | 5 | 6th | 10 | 6th | 6th | 5 | 2 | 8th | 7th | 10 | 4th | 2 | 8th | 4th | 17th | |
Switzerland | 39 | - | 3 | 2 | 6th | - | - | 6th | 5 | 4th | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
Sweden | 103 | 10 | 12 | - | 8th | 2 | 7th | 4th | 7th | - | 8th | 6th | 4th | 12 | 6th | 8th | 4th | 5 | - | 15th | |
Austria | 60 | 3 | - | - | 7th | - | 1 | 4th | - | 10 | 10 | - | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 12 | ||
Luxembourg | 37 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4th | - | - | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4th | - | - | - | 8th | - | 8th | |
Greece | 15th | - | - | 8th | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.
Statistics of the twelve-point allocation
number | country | received from |
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8th | Norway | Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Austria, Sweden, United Kingdom |
3 | Italy | Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain |
2 | Sweden | Finland, Norway |
1 | Germany | Cyprus |
France | Greece | |
Ireland | Italy | |
Israel | France | |
Spain | Turkey | |
Turkey | Switzerland |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . Pp. 221-222.
- ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 220.