Eurovision Song Contest 1985
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| Date | 4 May 1985 |
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| Presenter(s) | Lill Lindfors |
| Host Broadcaster | SVT |
| Venue | Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Winning Song | La Det Swinge (Norway) |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Number of Songs | 19 |
| Countries Making Debut | None |
| Nul points | None |
| Interval Act | Guitars Unlimited with Swedish Evergreens |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1985 in Gothenburg. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Bobbysocks was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge".
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[edit] Results
| Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
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 Austria |
Gary Lux | Kinder dieser Welt | 8 | 60 |
 Belguim |
Linda Lepomme | Laat me nu gaan | 19 | 7 |
 Cyprus |
Lia Vissi | To Katalava Arga | 16 | 15 |
 Denmark |
Hot Eyes | Sku' du Spørg fra no'en | 11 | 41 |
 Finland |
Sonja Lumme | Eläköön Elämä | 9 | 58 |
 France |
Roger Bens | Femme dans ses rêves Aussi | 10 | 56 |
 Germany |
Wind | Für alle | 2 | 105 |
 Greece |
Takis Biniaris | Moiazoume | 16 | 15 |
 Ireland |
Maria Christian | Wait Until The Weekend Comes | 6 | 91 |
 Israel |
Yizhar Cohen & The Alphabetas | Ole Ole | 5 | 93 |
 Italy |
Al Bano & Romina Power | Magic, Oh Magic | 7 | 78 |
 Luxembourg |
Ireen Sheer, Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris & Malcolm Roberts, Diane Solomon | Children, Kinder, Enfants | 13 | 37 |
 Norway |
Bobbysocks | La det swinge | 1 | 123 |
 Portugal |
Adelaide Ferreira | Penso em ti, eu sei | 18 | 9 |
 Spain |
Paloma San Basilio | La fiesta terminó | 14 | 36 |
 Sweden |
Kikki Danielsson | Bra vibrationer | 3 | 103 |
 Switzerland |
Mariella Farre & Pino Gasparini | Piano Piano | 12 | 39 |
 Turkey |
MFO | Didai Didai Dai | 14 | 36 |
 United KIngdom |
Vikki Watson | Love Is | 4 | 100 |
| Venue: Scandinavium - Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||
| The table is ordered by the countries names. | ||||
[edit] Voting structure
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.
The voting itself was exciting, the German favourites looked to be cruising to an early victory. However both Sweden and Norway did their best to keep up and by the time the UK jury delivered their votes (only 1 point for Germany and 12 for Norway), Germany had seen its lead smashed.
[edit] The Infamous Wardrobe Malfunction
- The presenter, Lill Lindfors, became famous for her "wardrobe malfunction", where her skirt came off after passing through a part of the set. After her embarrassment, she pulled a long white dress out of the top she was wearing. In later interviews, Miss Lindfors admitted that the stunt was planned, but not performed during rehearsals.
- During the contest, just after the incident happened, Terry Wogan (the BBC's long-time commentator) uttered ""They've got a knock about sense of humour, the swedes, havent they?"
[edit] Other Information
- This was Norway's first victory, since first participating in the contest since 1961, and coming in last place at the 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1981 contests.
[edit] Map
- Green = Participating countries
- Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest: 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest |
