Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Summary

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 1984 contest with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys.

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Dates
Final4 May 1985
Host
VenueScandinavium
Gothenburg, Sweden
Presenter(s)Lill Lindfors
Musical directorCurt-Eric Holmquist
Directed bySteen Priwin
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerSteen Priwin
Host broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/gothenburg-1985 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries19
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
Participation map
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         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1985
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Norway
"La det swinge"
1984 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1986

Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Scandinavium on 4th May 1985. It was hosted by previous Swedish contestant Lill Lindfors.

Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Norway winning the contest for the first time with "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks!.

Location edit

 
Scandinavium, Gothenburg – host venue of the 1985 contest.

Gothenburg is the second-most populated city in Sweden and the fifth-most populated in the Nordic countries. The construction of the arena commenced in 1969, following numerous setbacks over the years. The arena was opened on May 18, 1971, and played a role in the city's unsuccessful attempt to host the 1984 Winter Olympics. Scandinavium was the largest indoor venue in Sweden at the time. It remained the largest arena to host the event until the 2000 contest in Stockholm. The venue is currently home to the Frölunda HC team of the Swedish Hockey League and also hosts the annual Gothenburg Horse Show.

Participating countries edit

Eurovision Song Contest 1985 – Participation summaries by country

A total of nineteen countries took part in the competition. Both Greece and Israel re-entered the competition following their absence in the preceding year. The Netherlands did not take part in the contest because of the national Remembrance of the Dead, while Yugoslavia also did not participate due to the anniversary of the death of Josip Broz Tito.

In 1985, the final competition had fewer than 20 participants, marking the last occurrence of such a low number. Every show included a symphony led by a maestro. In 1985, there was a unique occurrence where multiple conductors were featured for several entries and countries.[1][2]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985[1][2][3][4]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
  Austria ORF Gary Lux "Kinder dieser Welt" German Richard Oesterreicher
  Belgium BRT Linda Lepomme "Laat me nu gaan" Dutch
  • Pieter Verlinden
  • Bert Vivier
Curt-Eric Holmquist
  Cyprus CyBC Lia Vissi "To katalava arga" (Το κατάλαβα αργά) Greek Lia Vissi Haris Andreadis
  Denmark DR Hot Eyes "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en" Danish Wolfgang Käfer
  Finland YLE Sonja Lumme "Eläköön elämä" Finnish
  • Petri Laaksonen
  • Veli-Pekka Lehto
Ossi Runne
  France Antenne 2 Roger Bens "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" French Didier Pascalis Michel Bernholc
  Germany BR[a] Wind "Für alle" German Hanne Haller Rainer Pietsch
  Greece ERT Takis Biniaris "Miazoume" (Μοιάζουμε) Greek
Haris Andreadis
  Ireland RTÉ Maria Christian "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" English Brendan Graham Noel Kelehan
  Israel IBA Izhar Cohen "Olé, Olé" (עולה, עולה) Hebrew
Kobi Oshrat
  Italy RAI Al Bano and Romina Power "Magic, Oh Magic" Italian
Fiorenzo Zanotti
  Luxembourg CLT Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon "Children, Kinder, Enfants" French
Norbert Daum
  Norway NRK Bobbysocks! "La det swinge" Norwegian Rolf Løvland Terje Fjærn
  Portugal RTP Adelaide "Penso em ti, eu sei" Portuguese
José Calvário
  Spain TVE Paloma San Basilio "La fiesta terminó" Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón Juan Carlos Calderón
  Sweden SVT Kikki Danielsson "Bra vibrationer" Swedish Curt-Eric Holmquist
   Switzerland SRG SSR Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini "Piano, piano" German
Anita Kerr
  Turkey TRT MFÖ "Didai didai dai" Turkish Garo Mafyan
  United Kingdom BBC Vikki "Love Is" English
John Coleman

Returning artists edit

In 1985, 13 previous Eurovision artists took part for a second or third time, including the members of eventual winners Bobbysocks! who previously participated as soloists. Notably, Kikki Danielsson returned for host country Sweden, competing against Elisabeth Andreasson with whom she had participated alongside in the 1982 contest as part of the group Chips.

Bold indicates a previous winner.

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Gary Lux   Austria 1983 (member of Westend), 1984 (backing vocal of Anita)
Rhonda Heath (backing singer) 1977 (member of Silver Convention for   Germany)
Lia Vissi   Cyprus 1979 (backing vocal of Elpida), 1980 (backing vocal of Anna Vissi and The Epikouri), both times for   Greece
Hot Eyes   Denmark 1984
Izhar Cohen   Israel 1978 (along with the Alphabeta)
Al Bano and Romina Power   Italy 1976
Ireen Sheer   Luxembourg 1974, 1978 (for   Germany)
Hanne Krogh (part of Bobbysocks!)   Norway 1971
Elisabeth Andreasson (part of Bobbysocks!) 1982 (for   Sweden, as part of Chips)
Kikki Danielsson   Sweden 1982 (as part of Chips)
Pino Gasparini [de]    Switzerland 1977 (part of Pepe Lienhard Band)
Mariella Farré 1983

Contest overview edit

Lill Lindfors staged a deliberate wardrobe malfunction as she proceeded to the stage to present the voting procedure; the skirt of her dress appeared to come away accidentally, leaving her in just her underwear and the top half of her dress. After a few seconds, however, Lindfors unfastened the flaps of her dress across her shoulders to reveal a full-length white gown. Lindfors then took her seat to start calling in the votes, stating "I just wanted to wake you up a little."[6]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985[7]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1   Ireland Maria Christian "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" 91 6
2   Finland Sonja Lumme "Eläköön elämä" 58 9
3   Cyprus Lia Vissi "To katalava arga" 15 16
4   Denmark Hot Eyes "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en" 41 11
5   Spain Paloma San Basilio "La fiesta terminó" 36 14
6   France Roger Bens "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" 56 10
7   Turkey MFÖ "Didai didai dai" 36 14
8   Belgium Linda Lepomme "Laat me nu gaan" 7 19
9   Portugal Adelaide "Penso em ti, eu sei" 9 18
10   Germany Wind "Für alle" 105 2
11   Israel Izhar Cohen "Olé, Olé" 93 5
12   Italy Al Bano and Romina Power "Magic, Oh Magic" 78 7
13   Norway Bobbysocks! "La det swinge" 123 1
14   United Kingdom Vikki "Love Is" 100 4
15    Switzerland Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini "Piano, piano" 39 12
16   Sweden Kikki Danielsson "Bra vibrationer" 103 3
17   Austria Gary Lux "Kinder dieser Welt" 60 8
18   Luxembourg Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon "Children, Kinder, Enfants" 37 13
19   Greece Takis Biniaris "Miazoume" 15 16

Spokespersons edit

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1985 contest are listed below:

Detailed voting results edit

As in previous contests, each country had a jury who awarded a set number of points for each of their top ten songs. Norway took and kept the lead with only three countries remaining to vote, in one of the shortest winning stretches during voting in the contest's history.[citation needed]

Detailed voting results[9][10]
Total score
Ireland
Finland
Cyprus
Denmark
Spain
France
Turkey
Belgium
Portugal
Germany
Israel
Italy
Norway
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Sweden
Austria
Luxembourg
Greece
Contestants
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 edit

Below is a summary of all 12 points, the highest scoring amount, given by juries in the final:

N. Contestant Nations' juries giving 12 points
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

Broadcasts edit

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks, with non-participating EBU member broadcasters also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[11] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below:

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
  Austria ORF FS1 Ernst Grissemann [12][13]
  Belgium BRT TV1 Luc Appermont [14][15][16]
RTBF RTBF1 [15][16]
  Cyprus CyBC RIK [17]
A Programma [18]
  Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [19][20]
  Finland YLE TV1, Rinnakkaisohjelma [fi] Kari Lumikero [fi] [21]
  France Antenne 2 Patrice Laffont [22]
  Germany ARD Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen Ado Schlier [de] [12][16][23]
  Greece ERT ERT1 [24]
  Ireland RTÉ RTÉ 1 Gay Byrne [25][26]
RTÉ Radio 1 Larry Gogan [27][28]
  Israel IBA Israeli Television [29][30]
Reshet Gimel [he]
  Italy RAI Rai Due[b] Rosanna Vaudetti [31][32]
RaiStereoUno [it][b]
  Luxembourg CLT RTL Télévision [15][16]
RTL plus Oliver Spiecker [de]
  Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Veslemøy Kjendsli [no] [33]
NRK P1[c] Jahn Teigen and Erik Heyerdahl [no]
  Portugal RTP RTP1 Eládio Clímaco [34][35]
  Spain TVE TVE 2 Antonio Gómez Mateo [36][37]
  Sweden SVT TV1 Fredrik Belfrage [8][21][33]
RR [sv] SR P3 Jan Ellerås [sv] and Rune Hallberg [sv] [8][33]
   Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Bernard Thurnheer [de] [12][22][38]
TSR Serge Moisson [fr]
TSI
  Turkey TRT TRT Televizyon [39]
  United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Terry Wogan [1][40]
BFBS BFBS Radio Richard Nankivell [1]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
  Australia SBS SBS TV[d] [41]
  Czechoslovakia ČST ČST2[e] [42]
  Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið Hinrik Bjarnason [43]
  Netherlands Olympus[f] Gerrit den Braber [44][45]
  Poland TP TP1[g] [46]

Notes edit

  1. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[5]
  2. ^ a b Deferred broadcast at 22:30 CEST (20:30 UTC)[31]
  3. ^ Deferred broadcast at 22:55 CEST (20:55 UTC)[33]
  4. ^ Deferred broadcast on 5 May at 19:30 AEST (09:30 UTC)[41]
  5. ^ Delayed broadcast on 1 June 1985 at 11:05 CEST (09:05 UTC)[42]
  6. ^ Deferred broadcast on 6 May at 10:00 CEST (08:00 UTC)[44]
  7. ^ Delayed broadcast on 25 May 1985 at 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC)[46]

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External links edit

  • Official website