Eurovision Song Contest 1985
| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 4 May 1985 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Scandinavium Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Lill Lindfors |
| Conductor | Curt-Eric Holmquist |
| Director | Steen Priwin |
| Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
| Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
| Opening act | Lill Lindfors singing "My Joy is Building Bricks of Music" |
| Interval act | Guitars Unlimited with Swedish Evergreens |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Greece Israel |
| Withdrawing countries |  Netherlands Yugoslavia |
| Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |  Norway"La det swinge" |
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th event since its inception in 1956, and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was entertainer Lill Lindfors, whose jokey dress rip after the interval act (seemingly revealing her knickers before unfolding another dress) was said to have not amused the wife of EBU scrutineer Frank Naef, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! were the winners of this contest with the song "La det swinge".
Bobbysocks!' win for Norway was the country's first. Host Lill Lindfors congratulated the duo, Hanne Krogh and Elisabeth Andreassen, following their victory by saying, "I must say I am honestly very happy that this happened because Norway has been last on so many times that you really deserve it!" Krogh replied, "You're happy? What do you think we are?!" After an energetic reprise, the two women embraced to a standing ovation from the audience.
During the voting, it was not immediately evident that Norway would win the Contest. Germany took a commanding lead in the first half, with Norway fifth place behind Germany, Sweden, Italy and the United Kingdom around the end of the first half of voting. Finally, with five juries left, Germany, Sweden and Norway were tightly wrapped around the pole positions with 87, 86, and 85 points respectively.
At that point, Sweden briefly took the lead away from Germany (who received no points from Switzerland). Sweden was the fourth-to-last jury, conceding their brief lead by awarding Germany eight points and Norway the maximum twelve. With only three countries left to vote, Norway kept the lead, in one of the shortest winning stretches during voting in the contest's history.
The Netherlands and Yugoslavia did not participate in this Contest, due to the national Remembrance of the Dead in the Netherlands, and the anniversary of the death of Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia. Despite this Yugoslavia did choose its song: "Pokora" ("Penance"´) (music by Ivo Pupačić and lyrics by Zvonimir Pupačić), a duet sung by Zorica Kondža and Josip Genda.
1985 was also the year when no less than thirteen previous Eurovision artists made a comeback. This also applied to the winners, Bobbysocks! who had attended once before as soloists: Hanne Krogh performed for Norway in 1971, while Elisabeth Andreassen for Sweden (where she is originally from) in 1982 in a duet, Chips, with Kikki Danielsson. Kikki herself also returned this year for host country Sweden, and was thus competing against Elisabeth Andreassen and Bobbysocks!.
Individual entries
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Conductors
Host conductor in bold
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Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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| Gary Lux |  Austria |
1983 (member of Westend) |
| Lia Vissi |  Cyprus |
1980 (member of Epikouri, for Greece) |
| Hot Eyes |  Denmark |
1984 |
| Izhar Cohen | Israel |
1978 (winner) |
| Al Bano & Romina Power |  Italy |
1976 |
| Ireen Sheer |  Luxembourg |
1974, 1978 (for Germany) |
| Hanne Krogh (part of Bobbysocks!) | Norway |
1971 |
| Elisabeth Andreassen (part of Bobbysocks!) | Norway |
1982 (for Sweden, part of Chips) |
| Kikki Danielsson |  Sweden |
1982 (part of Chips) |
| Pino Gasparini |  Switzerland |
1977 (part of Pepe Lienhard Band) |
| Mariella Farré | Switzerland |
1983 |
Results
| Draw | Country | Language[1] | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Ireland | English | Maria Christian | "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" | – | 6 | 91 |
| 02 |  Finland | Finnish | Sonja Lumme | "Eläköön elämä" | Long live life | 9 | 58 |
| 03 | Cyprus | Greek | Lia Vissi | "To Katalava Arga" (Το κατάλαβα αργά) | I realised it too late | 16 | 15 |
| 04 | Denmark | Danish | Hot Eyes | "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" | What business is it of yours? | 11 | 41 |
| 05 |  Spain | Spanish | Paloma San Basilio | "La fiesta terminó" | The party's over | 14 | 36 |
| 06 |  France | French | Roger Bens | "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" | Woman in her dreams too | 10 | 56 |
| 07 |  Turkey | Turkish | MFÖ | "Didai didai dai" | – | 14 | 36 |
| 08 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | Dutch | Linda Lepomme | "Laat me nu gaan" | Let me go now | 19 | 7 |
| 09 |  Portugal | Portuguese | Adelaide | "Penso em ti, eu sei" | Thinking of you, I know | 18 | 9 |
| 10 |  Germany | German | Wind | "Für alle" | For everyone | 2 | 105 |
| 11 | Israel | Hebrew | Izhar Cohen | "Olé, Olé" (עולה, עולה) | Going up and up | 5 | 93 |
| 12 | Italy | Italian | Al Bano & Romina Power | "Magic Oh Magic" | – | 7 | 78 |
| 13 | Norway | Norwegian | Bobbysocks! | "La det swinge" | Let it swing | 1 | 123 |
| 14 |  United Kingdom | English | Vikki | "Love Is" | – | 4 | 100 |
| 15 | Switzerland | German | Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini | "Piano, Piano" | Slowly, slowly | 12 | 39 |
| 16 | Sweden | Swedish | Kikki Danielsson | "Bra vibrationer" | Good vibrations | 3 | 103 |
| 17 | Austria | German | Gary Lux | "Kinder dieser Welt" | Children of this world | 8 | 60 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | French | Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Chris & Malcolm Roberts | "Children, Kinder, Enfants" | Children | 13 | 37 |
| 19 | Greece | Greek | Takis Biniaris | "Miazoume" (Μοιάζουμε) | We are alike | 16 | 15 |
Voting
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.
Lill Lindfors had a wardrobe malfunction (though technically this is a misnomer, as the stunt was deliberate) as she proceeded to the stage for the voting procedure. As she walked on stage, the skirt of her dress came away, leaving her in just her underwear and the top half of her dress. After a few seconds of pretending to be shocked, Lindfors unfastened the flaps of her dress across her shoulders, to reveal a full-length white gown, much to raucous audience applause.[2] Lill then took her seat to start calling in the votes, and nonchalantly said, "I just wanted to wake you up a little."
Score sheet
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Ireland | 91 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Finland | 58 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Cyprus | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 41 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Spain | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| France | 56 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| Turkey | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 105 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |||||||
| Israel | 93 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 78 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| Norway | 123 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 100 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Switzerland | 39 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 103 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Austria | 60 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Luxembourg | 37 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Greece | 15 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Contestant | Voting nation |
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| 8 | Norway | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| 3 | Italy | Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain |
| 2 | Sweden | Finland, Norway |
| 1 | France | Greece |
| Germany | Cyprus | |
| Ireland | Italy | |
| Israel | France | |
| Spain | Turkey | |
| Turkey | Switzerland |
Commentators
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Spokespersons
- Ireland - John Skehan
- Finland - Annemi Genetz[18]
- Cyprus - Anna Partelidou[4]
- Denmark - Bent Henius[5]
- Spain - Matilde Fernández Jarrín
- France – Élisabeth Tordjman
- Turkey - Fatih Orbay
- Belgium - Anne Ploegaerts
- Portugal - Maria Margarida Gaspar
- Germany - Christoph Deumling
- Israel - Yitzhak Shim'oni[19]
- Italy - Beatrice Cori
- Norway - Erik Diesen[20]
- United Kingdom - Colin Berry
- Switzerland - Michel Stocker[21]
- Sweden - Agneta Bolme-Börjefors[13]
- Austria - Chris Lohner
- Luxembourg - Frédérique Ries
- Greece - Kelly Sakakou[22]
National jury members
- Spain – María Asquerino (actress), Eloy Román (industrialist), María Dolores Ortiz (teacher), Jesús María Landín (student), Adriana Ferrer (actress), Agustín Trialasos (journalist), Cristina Peña-Marín (lecturer), Francisco Umbral (writer), Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada (fashion designer), César Alonso (jockey), Pilar de la Huerta (tourism management technician)
Notes
- A ^ However the Eurovision Song Contest wasn't broadcast on Dutch television due to the Remembrance of the Dead, it was broadcast the next morning via satellite project Olympus.
References
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1985". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ http://escfans.esctoday.com/multimedia/showVid.php?id=QZJlFIdG8R8
- ↑ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Savvidis, Christos (OGAE Cyprus)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Forside". esconnet.dk. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "FORO FESTIVAL DE EUROVISIÓN • Ver Tema - Uribarri comentarista Eurovision 2010". Eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Christian Masson. "1985 - Goteborg". Bdd.eurovision-info.net. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kiken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 ISBN 90-209-5274-9
- ↑ "Comentadores Do ESC - escportugalforum.pt.vu | o forum eurovisivo português". 21595.activeboard.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1985". Ecgermany.de. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Hvem kommenterte før Jostein Pedersen? - Debattforum". Nrk.no. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 1985 BBC Archives
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Infosajten.com". Infosajten.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑
- ↑ "Η Μακώ Γεωργιάδου και η EUROVISION (1970-1986)". Retromaniax.gr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "recai: Mededeling abonnees "stadscai Assen"". De Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). May 4, 1985.
- ↑ "Pioniersgeest NOS door project Olympus". De Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). May 6, 1985.
- ↑ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "פורום אירוויזיון". Sf.tapuz.co.il. 1999-09-13. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
- ↑ Baumann, Peter Ramón (OGAE Switzerland)
- ↑ "Εκφωνητές της ΕΡΤ για τις ψήφους της Ελλάδας στην EUROVISION - Page 3". Retromaniax.gr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
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