Eurovision Song Contest 1982 |
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Dates | |
Final date | 24 April 1982 |
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Venue | Harrogate International Centre Harrogate, United Kingdom |
Presenter(s) | Jan Leeming |
Conductor | Ronnie Hazlehurst |
Director | Michael Hurll |
Host broadcaster | BBC |
Opening act | Introductions by Jan Leeming |
Interval act | Pictures from Yorkshire and Castle Howard |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 18 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | None |
Withdrawing countries | France Greece |
Participation map
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
Nul points | Finland |
Winning song | Germany "Ein bißchen Frieden" |
Eurovision Song Contest | |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming. The opening of the contest showed a map of Europe, with the translation "Where is Harrogate?" popping up on-screen from the languages of the various countries. Then the map zoomed into Harrogate's location in Yorkshire, followed by an introduction video spotlighting the town.
The German entrant, Nicole, was the winner of this contest with the song, "Ein bißchen Frieden". Germany got 1.61 times as many points as runner-up Israel, which was a record under the current scoring system until 2009, when Norway got 1.78 times as many points as Iceland. The song also cemented Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song's composers, into German Eurovision tradition, writing 18 Eurovision songs between them before and after "Ein bißchen Frieden", 13 of which were for Germany.
Greece was due to participate in the contest with the song "Sarantapente Kopelies" performed by Themis Adamantidis. Although drawn to perform in second place, ERT withdrew the entry a few weeks before the contest.
In November 1981, France's national broadcaster, TF1, declined to enter the Eurovision Song Contest for 1982, with the head of entertainment, Pierre Bouteiller, saying, "The absence of talent and the mediocrity of the songs were where annoyance set in. [Eurovision is] a monument to insanity [sometimes translated as "drivel"]."[1] Antenne 2 became the new broadcaster for Eurovision after public outcry, returning the country to the Contest in 1983.
This was the first time that Germany won the contest. It has competed every year (with one exception) since the contest's inception. Germany won again in 2010, twenty-eight years after their first win.
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Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.
Germany had the advantage of performing last. After coming second in 1980 and second in Dublin the year previously, Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger took the first Grand Prix for Germany. The winner, Nicole, beat the nearest competition by 61 points and over 13 million West Germans watched her victory on television. Germany was the commanding leader for nearly the entire voting process.
Nicole went on to sing the reprise of her song in English, French and Dutch, as well as German, to the delight of the invited audience in Harrogate Conference Centre who stood to applaud her. The English version of her Eurovision winner, A Little Peace, subsequently shot to No1 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Portugal | 32 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
Luxembourg | 78 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
Norway | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||
United Kingdom | 76 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
Turkey | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Finland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 97 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |||||
Cyprus | 85 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
Sweden | 67 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Austria | 57 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
Belgium | 96 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
Spain | 52 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||
Denmark | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 21 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Israel | 100 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||||
Netherlands | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 49 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Germany | 161 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. | To | From |
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9 | Germany | Cyprus, Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Yugoslavia |
2 | Cyprus | Netherlands, Norway |
Israel | Finland, Germany | |
Switzerland | Belgium, United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom | Austria, Luxembourg | |
1 | Yugoslavia | Sweden |
Host conductor in bold
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Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Stella Maessen | Belgium | 1970 (for the Netherlands, part of Hearts of Soul), 1977 (part of Dream Express) |
Anna Vissi | Cyprus | 1980 (for Greece) |
Anita Skorgan | Norway | 1977, 1979 |
Jahn Teigen | Norway | 1978 |
Fatima Padinha (part of Doce) | Portugal | 1978 (part of Gemini) |
Teresa Miguel (part of Doce) | Portugal | 1978 (part of Gemini) |
Sally Ann Triplett (part of Bardo) | United Kingdom | 1980 (part of Prima Donna) |
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