Eurovision Song Contest 1985

30th Eurovision Song Contest
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Withdrawn participants	Yugoslavia , Netherlands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

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC but not in 1985

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
01.	13	Norway	Bobbysocks	La det swing M / T: Rolf Løvland	Norwegian	Let it swing	123
02.	10	BR Germany	wind	For all M: Hanne Haller ; T: Bernd Opinion	German	-	105
03.	16	Sweden	Kikki Danielsson	Bra vibrationer M: Lasse Holm; T: Ingela 'Pling' Forsman	Swedish	Good vibrations (analogously: a pleasant tingling sensation)	103
04th	14th	United Kingdom	Vikki	Love Is… M / T: James Kaleth, Vikki Watson	English	Love is …	100
05.	11	Israel	Izhar Cohen יזהר כהן	Olé, olé (עולה, עולה) M: Kobi Oshrat; T: Hamutal Ben Ze'ev	Hebrew	(Here as an encouraging shout)	093
06th	01	Ireland	Maria Christian	Wait Until the Weekend Comes M / T: Brendan J. Graham	English	Wait for the weekend to come	091
07th	12	Italy	Al Bano and Romina Power	Magic, oh Magic M: Dario Farina, Michael Hoffmann; T: Cristiano Minellono	Italian a.	Magical, oh magical	078
08th.	17th	Austria	Gary Lux	Children of the World M: Mick Jackson, Geoff Bastow; T: Michael Kunze	German	-	060
09.	02	Finland	Sonja Lumme	Eläköön elämä M: Petri Laaksonen; T: Veli-Pekka Lehto	Finnish	Long live life	058
10.	06th	France	Roger Bens	Femme dans ses rêves also M / T: Didier Pascalis	French	Woman in her dreams too	056
11.	04th	Denmark	Hot eyes	Sku 'du spørg' fra no'en? M: Søren Bundgaard; T: Keld Heick	Danish	Basically: What is that of yours?	041
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)	039
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	037
14th	07th	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)	036
15th	05	Spain	Paloma San Basilio	The fiesta terminó M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	The feast is over	036
16.	19th	Greece	Takis Biniaris Τάκης Μπινιάρης	Miazoume (Μοιάζουμε) M: Takis Biniaris; T: Maro Bizani	Greek	We are similar	015th
17th	03	Cyprus	Lia Vissi Λία Βίσση	To katalava arga (Το κατάλαβα αργά) M / T: Lia Vissi	Greek	It is too late	015th
18th	09	Portugal	Adelaide	Penso em ti, eu be M: Tózé Brito; T: Adelaïde Ferreira, Luis Fernando	Portuguese	I think about you i know	009
19th	08th	Belgium	Linda Lepomme	Laat me nu gaan M: Pieter Verlinden; T: Bert Vivier	Dutch	Let me go now	007th

^a. with English title

^b. in a few words in English and German

Scoring

country	Points	IE	FI	CY	DK	IT	FR	TK	BE	PT	DE	IL	IT	NO	UK	CH	SE	AT	LU	GR	Voting
Ireland	091		1	7th	3	4th	3	5	8th	8th	4th	8th	12	3	3	5	7th	10	-	-	16
Finland	058	6th		6th	-	6th	-	3	-	-	-	1	7th	-	7th	2	10	-	-	10	10
Cyprus	015th	1	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	8th	04th
Denmark	041	-	-	3		-	10	-	3	1	6th	-	2	6th	-	-	5	5	-	-	08th
Spain	036	2	8th	1	-		-	12	-	2	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	1	6th	08th
France	056	-	5	4th	-	-		1	-	3	-	3	10	-	2	4th	6th	3	3	12	12
Turkey	036	7th	2	-	-	3	-		1	-	2	-	-	1	8th	12	-	-	-	-	08th
Belgium	007th	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01
Portugal	009	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	02
BR Germany	105	4th	10	12	10	10	8th	-	10	7th		7th	-	8th	1	-	8th	-	10	-	13
Israel	093	8th	-	5	4th	8th	12	-	-	5	7th		5	10	5	7th	2	7th	6th	2	15th
Italy	078	-	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	039	-	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	060	3	-	-	7th	-	1		4th	-	10	10	-	2	10	1	3		4th	5	12
Luxembourg	037	-	-	-	2	-	4th	-	-	10	3	5	1	4th	-	-	-	8th		-	08th
Greece	015th	-	-	8th	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		02

* 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
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

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . Pp. 221-222.
2. ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 220.