Eurovision Song Contest 1987

32nd Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 9, 1987
Host country	Belgium
venue	Palais du Centenaire , Brussels
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Viktor Lazlo
Pause filler	Marc Grauwels flutes
participating countries	22nd
winner	Ireland
Returning participants	Greece , Italy
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 1986 • ESC 1988 ►

The 32nd Concours Eurovision de la Chanson , the official title for that year, took place on May 9, 1987 in the Palais du Centenaire in Brussels . Italy and Greece participated again.

particularities

Artist of the winning title, Johnny Logan , here in 2005

Irishman Johnny Logan won for the second time since 1980 - a unique event to date. This time the singer wrote the song, Hold Me Now , himself. In return, Turkey only reached the twenty-second and last place, despite an exciting dance performance, with zero points. The host's song, Soldiers of Love by Liliane Saint-Pierre , made it into the top half with eleventh place. A rotational basis, it was on Dutch sung after last year the winning song J'aime la vie by Sandra Kim on French had been carried forward. Sandra Kim also appeared at the finale and presented the award.

For Germany, the group Wind took part for the second time with the title Let the sun in your heart , whose contribution landed again in 2nd place. In contrast to For all of 1985, which came from Hanne Haller , this article was written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Opinion . Switzerland was only 17th with Carol Rich and Moitié-moitié , Gary Lux only achieved 20th place for Austria with Just Feeling . Turkey received zero points from the European juries, which the singer and the Turkish press did not attribute to the musical quality, but described it as a politically motivated "scandal".

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1987

There was no country that participated for the first time; however, as Greece and Italy returned to the ESC, there was a new record with 22 participating countries. The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Germany	wind	1985
Ireland	Johnny Logan	1980 (winner)
Austria	Gary Lux	1983 (as a member of Westend ), 1985
Cyprus	Alexia Vassiliou	1981 (as a member of Iceland )

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.	20th	Ireland	Johnny Logan	Hold Me Now M / T: Johnny Logan	English	Hold me tight now	172
02.	16	BR Germany	wind	Let the sun in your heart M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	German	-	141
03.	07th	Italy	Umberto Tozzi and Raf	Gente di mare M: Umberto Tozzi , Raf ; T: Giancarlo Bigazzi	Italian	People from the sea	103
04th	21st	Yugoslavia	Novi Fosili	Yes sam za ples M: Rajko Dujmić; T: Stevo Cvikić	Croatian	I am ready to dance	092
05.	12	Netherlands	Marcha	Rechtop in de wind M / T: Peter Koelewijn	Dutch	Upright in the wind	083
05.	19th	Denmark	Anne Cathrine Herdorf and Bandjo	En lille melodi M: Helge Engelbrecht; T: Jacob Jonia	Danish	A little melody	083
07th	17th	Cyprus	Alexia Αλέξια	Aspro-mavro (Άσπρο-μαύρο) M: Andreas Papapaulou; T: Maria Papapaulou	Greek	White black	080
08th.	02	Israel	Datner and Kushnir נתן דטנר ואבי קושניר	Shir habatlanim (שיר הבטלנים) M / T: Zohar Laskov	Hebrew	Loafers song	073
09.	01	Norway	Kate Gulbrandsen	Mitt liv M: Rolf Løvland; T: Rolf Løvland, Hanne Krogh	Norwegian	My life	065
10.	11	Greece	Bang	Stop (Στοπ) M / T: Thanos Kalliris, Vasilis Dertilis	Greek	stop	064
11.	05	Belgium	Liliane Saint-Pierre	Soldiers of Love M: Gyuri Spies, Marc de Coen; T: Liliane Saint-Pierre	Dutch a.	Soldiers of love	056
12.	06th	Sweden	Lotta Engberg	Boogaloo M: Mikael Wendt; T: Christer Lundh	Swedish	-	050
13.	14th	United Kingdom	Rikki	Only the Light M / T: Richard Peebles	English	Just the light	047
14th	15th	France	Christine Minier	Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche M: Gerard Curci; T: Marc Minier	French	Words of love have no Sunday	044
15th	18th	Finland	Vicky Rosti & Boulevard	Sata salamaa M: Petri Laaksonen; T: Veli-Pekka Lehto	Finnish	A hundred lightning bolts	032
16.	04th	Iceland	Halla Margrét	Hægt og hljótt M / T: Valgeir Guðjónsson	Icelandic	Slowly and quietly	028
17th	22nd	Switzerland	Carol Rich	Moitié-moitié M / T: Jean-Jacques Egli	French	Half and half	026th
18th	08th	Portugal	Nevada	Neste barco à vela M: Alfredo Azinheira, Jorge Mendes; T: Alfredo Azinheira	Portuguese	In this sailboat	015th
19th	09	Spain	Patricia Kraus	No estás solo M: Rafael Martínez, Rafael Trabucchelli; T: Patricia Kraus	Spanish	You're not alone	010
20th	03	Austria	Gary Lux	Just feeling M: Kenneth Westmore; T: Stefanie Werger	German	-	008th
21st	13	Luxembourg	Plastic Bertrand	Amour, amour M / T: Plastic Bertrand , Alec Mansion	French	Love love	004th
22nd	10	Turkey	Seyyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif	Şarkım sevgi üstüne M / T: Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	Turkish	My song is about love	000

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Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	NOR	ISR	AUT	ISL	BEL	SWE	ITA	POR	ESP	DOOR	GRC	NLD	LUX	GBR	FRA	GER	CYP	FIN	THE	IRL	YUG	SUI
Norway	065	-		4th		7th	10	7th		3			4th			4th	7th	3	5	3	2		6th
Israel	073	2	-	1	5	6th	4th		10				3		4th	10	8th		7th		5		8th
Austria	008th			-				1				7th
Iceland	028	4th			-	4th				4th		6th					10
Belgium	056	5	2	3		-		6th		7th	4th			5	8th		4th	5	3			4th
Sweden	050		12		8th	1	-	3	7th		2					3		7th		7th
Italy	103		3	6th	3	5	1	-	12	12	8th			4th	1		12	1	4th		12	12	7th
Portugal	015th								-	8th		5					2
Spain	010									-		10
Turkey	000										-
Greece	064				1	2	6th	8th				-	5	7th	5	7th		12		6th		5
Netherlands	083		5	2				10		5	7th	3	-	8th	3	12			2	2	6th	8th	10
Luxembourg	004th								2					-	2
United Kingdom	047		10	5		3	5		3		3			1	-			2	1	4th	3	2	5
France	044	1			4th			5				4th	1	12		-	5				10		2
BR Germany	141	3	8th	10	12	10	7th	4th	5	1	6th		10	6th	10	6th	-	6th	10	12	7th	7th	1
Cyprus	080	6th			6th		2					12	2		6th	5	3	-	6th	10	8th	10	4th
Finland	032	10					3		4th	2		1	8th	2			1		-			1
Denmark	083	7th	6th	7th	7th		8th	2	1		1	8th	6th		7th	8th			8th	-	4th		3
Ireland	172	8th	4th	12		12	12	12	8th	10	10		12	10	12	1	6th	8th	12	5	-	6th	12
Yugoslavia	092	12	7th	8th	10	8th			6th	6th	12	2				2		10		8th	1	-
Switzerland	026th		1		2						5		7th	3				4th		1		3	-

* 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	Ireland	Belgium, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
5	Italy	Germany, Ireland, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Spain
2	Germany	Denmark, Iceland
	Yugoslavia	Norway, Turkey
1	France	Luxembourg
	Greece	Cyprus
	Netherlands	France
	Sweden	Israel
	Cyprus	Greece

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Günter Lerch, "Trost für Seyyal", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 13, 1987, p. 3