Eurovision Song Contest 1982

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Eurovision Song Contest 1982
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Dates
Final24 April 1982
Host
Venue Harrogate International Centre
Harrogate, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Jan Leeming
Executive producerMichael Hurll
Director Michael Hurll
Musical director Ronnie Hazlehurst
EBU scrutineerFrank Naef
Host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Website eurovision.tv/event/harrogate-1982 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
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         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1982
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning songFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
" Ein bißchen Frieden "
1981  Eurovision Song Contest  1983

The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Harrogate, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the 1981 contest with the song "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the Harrogate International Centre on 24 April 1982 and was hosted by English TV presenter and newsreader Jan Leeming.

Contents

Eighteen countries took part in the contest with Greece deciding not to enter this year. Due to internal issues, regarding a reform of telecommunications laws France was left without a broadcaster responsible for its participation for the first time in history.

The winner was Germany with the song " Ein bißchen Frieden " by Nicole. This was the first time that Germany had won the contest after having competed every year since the contest's inception. 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.

Location

Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate - host venue of the 1982 contest. Harrogate International Centre - geograph.org.uk - 654562.jpg
Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate - host venue of the 1982 contest.

Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters and RHS Harlow Carr gardens. Nearby is the Yorkshire Dales national park and the Nidderdale AONB. Harrogate grew out of two smaller settlements, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate, in the 17th century. The town became known as 'The English Spa' in the Georgian Era, after its waters were discovered in the 16th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries its 'chalybeate' waters (containing iron) were a popular health treatment, and the influx of wealthy but sickly visitors contributed significantly to the wealth of the town.

The Harrogate International Centre was chosen as the host venue for the contest. [1] The grand convention and exhibition centre opened short time prior to the contest, and was the first big event held in the main 2000-seat auditorium.

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Participation summaries by country

With 18 participating countries, this was the last Eurovision contest to have such a low number of entries.

Greece was due to participate in the contest with the song "Sarantapente kopelies" performed by Themis Adamantidis. Although drawn to perform in position number 2, ERT withdrew a few weeks before the contest. According to press reports, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports Melina Mercouri had voiced her opposition to the chosen entry as being too low in quality. [2]

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 is where annoyance sets in. [Eurovision is] a monument to insanity [sometimes translated as "drivel"]." Antenne 2 became the new broadcaster for Eurovision after public outcry, returning the country to the contest in 1983.

Eurovision Song Contest 1982 participants [3] [4]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)Conductor
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Mess "Sonntag" German
Richard Oesterreicher
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTBF Stella "Si tu aimes ma musique" French
  • Fred Bekky
  • Bobott
  • Rony Brack
Jack Say
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC Anna Vissi "Mono i agapi" (Μόνο η αγάπη) Greek Anna Vissi Martyn Ford
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Brixx "Video-Video" Danish Jens Brixtofte Allan Botschinsky
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Kojo "Nuku pommiin" Finnish Ossi Runne
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BR [a] Nicole " Ein bißchen Frieden "German Norbert Daum
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ The Duskeys "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"EnglishSally Keating Noel Kelehan
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Avi Toledano "Hora" (הורה) Hebrew Silvio Nanssi Brandes
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg CLT Svetlana "Cours après le temps"French
  • Cyril Assous
  • Michel Jouveaux
Jean Claudric
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Bill van Dijk "Jij en ik" Dutch
Rogier van Otterloo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan "Adieu" Norwegian Sigurd Jansen
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP Doce "Bem bom" Portuguese
Luis Duarte
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TVE Lucía "Él" Spanish
Miguel Ángel Varona
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Chips " Dag efter dag " Swedish Anders Berglund
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Arlette Zola "Amour on t'aime"French
Joan Amils
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT Neco"Hani?" Turkish
  • Faik Tuğsuz
  • Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz
Garo Mafyan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Bardo "One Step Further"EnglishSimon Jefferis Ronnie Hazlehurst
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia JRT Aska "Halo, halo" (Хало, хало) Serbo-Croatian Zvonimir Skerl

Returning artists

ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Stella Maessen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1970 (for Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , as part of Hearts of Soul), 1977 (as part of Dream Express)
Anita Skorgan Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1977, 1979, 1981 (as backing vocalist for Finn Kalvik)
Jahn Teigen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1978
Fatima Padinha (as part of Doce)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1978 (as part of Gemini)
Teresa Miguel (as part of Doce)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1978 (as part of Gemini)
Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz (as backing singer for Neco)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1978 (as part of Nazar)
Anna Vissi Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1980 (for Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , along with the Epikouri)
Sally Ann Triplett (as part of Bardo)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1980 (as part of Prima Donna)

Format

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 participating 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.

This year, before the postcard of a specific country (with the exceptions of Israel, who had no commentator, and Yugoslavia, whose commentators were in their own country), the camera would zoom into the commentary box of that country's broadcaster, where the commentator/s would give a hand gesture, e.g. wave. The postcard would start with the country's flag on the screen and an excerpt of the country's national anthem (though in the case of the host country, the UK, the song played was "Land of Hope and Glory" instead of "God Save the Queen", while the Israeli postcard began with an excerpt of "Hava Nagila" [6] instead of "Hatikvah"). The postcards themselves, utilizing state-of-the-art video technology (for its time), were a montage of footage of the artist in Harrogate town or at the International Flower Festival. Some of the postcards also incorporated footage from the preview videos submitted by each participating broadcaster; only preview videos which did not consist of a performance of the song from a national final were used. Apart the national anthem, the postcards also used either a popular song or tune from the country being shown or a song performed at previous editions of Eurovision (i.e. for the Yugoslav entry, "Jedan dan" from 1968 was used, and for Israel, the winning song "Hallelujah" by Milk and Honey from 1979 was used). After the conclusion of the video clip, Jan Leeming introduced the conductor and then the artist for each nation.

Contest overview

After coming second in the Hague in 1980 and in Dublin in 1981, Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger took the first win for Germany. The country led the voting process from start to finish, with no competing country threatening at any point. At the end of 204 available points, Germany had gained 161, with Israel finishing with 100 in second place. For the winning country, this moment was also historic because around 13 million people in West Germany were tuned in to their televisions at that exact moment.

Nicole went on to sing the reprise of her song in English, French and Dutch, as well as German. The English version (also produced by Siegel and Robert Jung  [ de ]) of her Eurovision winner, "A Little Peace", subsequently shot to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. [7] [8]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 [9]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Doce "Bem bom"3213
2Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Svetlana "Cours après le temps"786
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan "Adieu"4012
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Bardo "One Step Further"767
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Neco"Hani?"2015
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kojo "Nuku pommiin"018
7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Arlette Zola "Amour on t'aime"973
8Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Anna Vissi "Mono i agapi"855
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Chips " Dag efter dag "678
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Mess "Sonntag"579
11Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Stella "Si tu aimes ma musique"964
12Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Lucía "Él"5210
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Brixx "Video-Video"517
14Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Aska "Halo, halo"2114
15Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Avi Toledano "Hora"1002
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bill van Dijk "Jij en ik"816
17Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland The Duskeys "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"4911
18Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Nicole " Ein bißchen Frieden "1611

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1982 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting results

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs.

Detailed voting results [12] [13]
Total score
Portugal
Luxembourg
Norway
United Kingdom
Turkey
Finland
Switzerland
Cyprus
Sweden
Austria
Belgium
Spain
Denmark
Yugoslavia
Israel
Netherlands
Ireland
Germany
Contestants
Portugal32745216142
Luxembourg7867637285457108
Norway40644622610
United Kingdom76412610453121262171
Turkey20831332
Finland0
Switzerland9722412262101271010108
Cyprus85541238853757126
Sweden6773853485482532
Austria571077686445
Belgium968552652874101076344
Spain521867104187
Denmark5311
Yugoslavia21411213
Israel100101011121021077613812
Netherlands835
Ireland49127165535833
Germany1611210812101212811012121212612

12 points

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

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus , Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey , Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
2Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
1Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were 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. [14]

The contest was reportedly broadcast in 31 countries, including the participating countries, Greece, Jordan, Tunisia and in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision, with approximately 300 million television viewers and 200 million radio listeners following the contest. [15] [16] 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
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF FS2 Ernst Grissemann [17] [18]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF RTBF1 Jacques Mercier [19] [20]
RTBF Radio 1, Bruxelles 21 [19]
BRT TV1 Luc Appermont [21] [22]
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC RIK Fryni Papadopoulou and John Vickers [16] [23]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [24]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE TV1 Erkki Toivanen [20] [25]
Rinnakkaisohjelma  [ fi ] [25]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Ado Schlier  [ de ] [26] [27]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ 1 Larry Gogan [20] [28]
RTÉ Radio 1 Pat Kenny [29]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA Israeli Television, Reshet Bet  [ he ] [30] [31]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg CLT RTL Télé-Luxembourg Jacques Navadic and Marylène Bergmann  [ fr ] [32]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 2 Pim Jacobs [22]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Bjørn Scheele [33]
NRK [b] Erik Heyerdahl  [ no ]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1 Fialho Gouveia [20] [34]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos  [ es ] [35] [36]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT TV1 Ulf Elfving [37]
RR  [ sv ] SR P3 Kent Finell [38]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS [c] Theodor Haller  [ de ] [26]
TSR Georges Hardy  [ fr ] [39]
TSI [c] Giovanni Bertini [20] [40]
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey TRT TRT Televizyon Ümit Tunçağ [41] [42]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Terry Wogan [43]
BBC Radio 2 Ray Moore [44]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 1 , TV Novi Sad  [ sr ], TV Zagreb 1 Oliver Mlakar [45] [46] [47] [48]
TV Koper-Capodistria [49]
TV Ljubljana 1  [ sl ]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia ČST ČST1 [d] [50]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV MTV1 [e] [51]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið [f] Pálmi Jóhannesson [52]
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan JTV JTV2 [53]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TP TP1 [g] [54]

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [5]
  2. Deferred broadcast at 22:40 (CEST) [33]
  3. 1 2 Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSR [39]
  4. Delayed broadcast on 21 May 1982 at 22:00 (CEST) [50]
  5. Delayed broadcast on 15 May 1982 at 21:10 (CEST) [51]
  6. Delayed broadcast on 30 April 1982 at 22:10 (WET) [52]
  7. Delayed broadcast on 23 May 1982 at 15:45 (CEST) [54]

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