Eurovision Song Contest 1985
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 |
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| Final | 4 May 1985 |
| Presenter(s) | Lill Lindfors |
| Conductor | Curt-Eric Holmquist |
| Host broadcaster |  SVT |
| Venue | Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Winning song |  Norway"La Det Swinge" |
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| Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Greece Israel |
| Withdrawing countries |  Netherlands Yugoslavia |
| Nul points | None |
| Interval act | Guitars Unlimited with Swedish Evergreens |
| Opening act | Lill Lindfors sang "My joy is building bricks of music" |
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| ◄1984 • 1986► | |
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 Norwegian duo Bobbysocks was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La Det Swinge".
The Netherlands and Yugoslavia did not participate in this Contest, due to the Remembrance of the Dead national holiday in the Netherlands, and the anniversary of the death of Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia.
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[edit] Results
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[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] Score sheet
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Ireland | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Finland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Spain | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| France | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Turkey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Germany | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Israel | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Italy | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Norway | 12 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | |||
| United Kingdom | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Sweden | 10 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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[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 acted embarrassment, she shrug her shoulders and pulled a long white dress out of the top she was wearing, remarking immediately afterward, "I just wanted you to wake up a little." 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 knockabout sense of humour, the Swedes, haven't they?"
[edit] Trivia
- 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. The presenter Lill Lindfors commented with "Norway has come last so many times, so I really think you deserve this".
- The original choice of Belgian entry was Vannacht performed by Mireille Capelle. A dispute concerning the lyric of the song was responsible for its withdrawal.
[edit] Map
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