Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Image:ESC 1984 logo.png
Final 5 May 1984
Presenter(s) Désirée Nosbusch
Conductor Pierre Cao
Host broadcaster Flag of Luxembourg RTL
Venue Théâtre Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Winning song Flag of Sweden Sweden
"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 19
Debuting countries None
Returning countries Flag of Ireland Ireland
Withdrawing countries Flag of Greece Greece
Flag of Israel Israel
Nul points None
Interval act Prague Theatre of Illuminated Drawings
Opening act Pierre Cao and the RTL orchestra performed instrumental versions of all the past Eurovision winners from Luxembourg.
Eurovision Song Contest
◄1983        1985►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 5, 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter was Désirée Nosbusch. Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for this show back then. She manifested her fluency in four languages when she switched between English, French, German and Luxemburgish in the course of her speech. The Herreys were the winners of this Eurovision with the song, Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley. Their "golden shoes" have become a pop-cult classic since their win in 1984.

Israel withdrew from the contest due to a local memorial day commemorated on the same date. The YouTube website has a performance of the song Balalaika by Ilanit which is claimed to have been the prospective Israeli entry for 1984.

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[edit] Results

Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
Flag of Austria Austria German Anita Einfach Weg Just Get Away 19 5
Flag of Belgium Belgium French Jacques Zegers Avanti La Vie Go Forward In Life 5 70
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Greek Andy Paul Anna Maria Lena (Άννα Μαρία Λένα) Anna Maria Lena 15 31
Flag of Denmark Denmark Danish Hot Eyes Det' Lige Det That's Just It 4 101
Flag of Finland Finland Finnish Kirka Hengaillaan Let's Hang Around 9 46
Flag of France France French Annick Thoumazeau Autant D'Amoureux Que D'Étoiles As Many Lovers As Stars 8 61
Flag of Germany Germany German Mary Roos Aufrecht Geh'n Walk Tall 13 34
Flag of Ireland Ireland English Linda Martin Terminal 3 - 2 137
Flag of Italy Italy Italian Alice & Franco Battiato I Treni Di Tozeur The Trains From Tozeur 5 70
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg French Sophie Carle 100% D'Amour 100% Of Love 10 39
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Maribelle Ik Hou Van Jou I Love You 13 34
Flag of Norway Norway Norwegian Dollie de Luxe Lenge Leve Livet Long Live Life 17 29
Flag of Portugal Portugal Portuguese Maria Guinot Silêncio E Tanta Gente Silence And So Many People 11 38
Flag of Spain Spain Spanish Bravo Lady, Lady Lady, Lady 3 106
Flag of Sweden Sweden Swedish Herreys Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley 1 145
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland German Rainy Day Welche Farbe Hat Der Sonnenschein? What Colour Is The Sunshine? 16 30
Flag of Turkey Turkey Turkish Beş Yıl Önce - On Yıl Sonra Halay Halay 12 37
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom English Belle & the Devotions Love Games - 7 63
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Serbo-Croatian Vlado & Isolda Ciao, Amore Goodbye, My Love 18 26

[edit] Voting structure

Each country had a jury that awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

[edit] Score sheet

  Results
Sweden Luxembourg France Spain Norway United Kingdom Cyprus Belgium Ireland Denmark Netherlands Yugoslavia Austria Germany Turkey Finland Switzerland Italy Portugal
Contestants Sweden   6 6 4 10 7 12 7 12 12 10 4 12 12 3 8 10 6 4
Luxembourg 0   0 7 0 0 7 0 5 5 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 3 0
France 2 0   0 2 6 3 10 0 0 12 0 8 0 0 0 4 7 7
Spain 10 8 10   6 4 6 3 7 7 2 2 6 0 12 0 3 8 12
Norway 8 7 0 0   0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 0
United Kingdom 3 1 0 3 8   2 2 8 1 4 1 2 7 1 4 0 10 6
Cyprus 4 0 1 0 0 0   0 4 10 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 0 12 12 2 3 0 0   0 0 8 0 3 4 5 10 0 1 10
Ireland 12 5 3 10 4 8 10 12   3 7 0 10 10 10 7 12 12 2
Denmark 5 3 8 6 12 12 5 8 10   3 6 4 5 2 5 1 5 1
Netherlands 0 2 7 8 0 1 0 0 6 0   5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Yugoslavia 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0   0 3 8 2 0 0 0
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 4 0 7 2 0 6 0 2 5 0 1   0 0 0 2 5
Turkey 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 2 0 1 10 0 0   3 6 0 0
Finland 7 0 5 1 5 0 4 0 0 6 0 3 5 1 6   0 0 3
Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1   4 0
Italy 0 10 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 7 12 7   8
Portugal 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 8 0 0 8 0  
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

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