Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Dates
Final date	24 April 1982
Host
Venue	Harrogate International Centre Harrogate, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)	Jan Leeming
Conductor	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Director	Michael Hurll
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Host broadcaster	British Broadcasting Corporation (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
Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1982
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
◄1981 • 1982 • 1983►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming.

The German entrant, Nicole, was winner with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden". Germany received 1.61 times as many points as runner-up Israel, which was a record under the current scoring system until 2009, when Norway received 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.

This was the first time that Germany won the contest. They have competed in the finals every year (with exception of 1996) since the contest's inception. Germany won again in 2010, twenty-eight years after their first win.

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. The question was always in the language in which the respective country's song was performed, with the exception of Ireland. The Irish entry was sung in English, but the translation of the question in the map was in Irish. Then the map zoomed into Harrogate's location in Yorkshire, followed by an introduction video spotlighting the town.

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 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.

The tradition of previous year's winners handing over the prize to current winners was not followed by Bucks Fizz, winners in 1981.

Results

Draw	Country	Language[2]	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Portugal	Portuguese	Doce	"Bem bom"	Very good	13	32
02	Luxembourg	French	Svetlana	"Cours après le temps"	Run after time	6	78
03	Norway	Norwegian	Anita Skorgan	"Adieu"	Goodbye	12	40
04	United Kingdom	English	Bardo	"One Step Further"	—	7	76
05	Turkey	Turkish	Neco	"Hani?"	Where?	15	20
06	Finland	Finnish	Kojo	"Nuku pommiin"	Bomb Out	18	0
07	Switzerland	French	Arlette Zola	"Amour on t'aime"	Love we love you	3	97
08	Cyprus	Greek	Anna Vissi	"Mono I Agapi" (Μόνο η αγάπη)	Only love	5	85
09	Sweden	Swedish	Chips	"Dag efter dag"	Day after day	8	67
10	Austria	German	Mess	"Sonntag"	Sunday	9	57
11	Belgium	French	Stella	"Si tu aimes ma musique"	If you like my music	4	96
12	Spain	Spanish	Lucía	"Él"	Him	10	52
13	Denmark	Danish	Brixx	"Video, Video"	—	17	5
14	Yugoslavia	Serbian	Aska	"Halo, Halo (Хало, хало)"	Hello, hello	14	21
15	Israel	Hebrew	Avi Toledano	"Hora" (הורה)	Hora	2	100
16	Netherlands	Dutch	Bill van Dijk	"Jij en ik"	You and I	16	8
17	Ireland	English	The Duskeys	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"	—	11	49
18	Germany	German	Nicole	"Ein bißchen Frieden"	A little peace	1	161

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.

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.

Score sheet

		Juries
	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

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

Conductors

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
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)

Commentators

Spokespersons

•  Portugal - Margarida Andrade
•  Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey
•  Norway - Erik Diesen^[15]
•  United Kingdom - Colin Berry
•  Turkey - Başak Doğru
•  Finland - Solveig Herlin^[16]
•   Switzerland - Michel Stocker^[17]
•  Cyprus - Anna Partelidou^[7]
•  Sweden - Arne Weise^[8]
•  Austria - Tilia Herold
•  Belgium - Jacques Olivier
•  Spain - Marisa Naranjo
•  Denmark - Hans Otto Bisgaard
•  Yugoslavia - Miša Molk^[18]
•  Israel - Yitzhak Shim'oni^[19]
•  Netherlands - Flip van der Schalie
•  Ireland - John Skehan
•  Germany - Gabi Schnelle

National jury members

•  Turkey – Mine Ant, Jale Özkasım, Fariz Acar, Hakan Şerafettinoğlu, Haluk Günuğur, Taner Acar, Muammer Tosun, Sezer Öktem, Gülsen Nas, Dilek Abışgil, Belma Eşiyok^[20]
•  Spain – Marisa Cofiño (painter), Luis González (hairdresser), Estela Alcaraz (student), Colomán Trabado (athlete), María Ángeles Toledano (dancer), Eusebio Poncela (actor), María Teresa Portal (landlady), Leandro Martín (jeweller), Miriam Ruiz (law graduate), Miguel Martínez (florist), Asunción López (student)^[21]

References