Eurovision Song Contest 1987

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Eurovision Song Contest 1987
ESC 1987 logo.png
Dates
Final9 May 1987
Host
Venue Centenary Palace
Brussels, Belgium
Presenter(s) Viktor Lazlo
Executive producerMichel Gehu
DirectorJacques Bourton
Musical directorJo Carlier
EBU scrutineerFrank Naef
Host broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF)
Website eurovision.tv/event/brussels-1987 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries22
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
  • ESC 1987 Map 2.svg
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1987
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 1-12 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning songFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
"Hold Me Now"
1986  Eurovision Song Contest  1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Brussels, Belgium, following the country's victory at the 1986 contest with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), the contest was held at the Centenary Palace on 9 May 1987 (also Europe Day) and hosted by French-Belgian singer Viktor Lazlo.

Contents

Twenty-two countries took part in the contest with Greece and Italy returning to the competition after their absences the previous year. This set the record for the highest number of competing countries up until that point.

The winner was Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now" by Johnny Logan, who had also won the 1980 contest. He became the first performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice.

Location

The Centenary Palace of the Brussels Exhibition Centre, host venue of the 1987 contest Brussels Expo, Palais 5 (DSCF1226).jpg
The Centenary Palace of the Brussels Exhibition Centre, host venue of the 1987 contest

The contest took place at the Brussels Exhibition Centre (Brussels Expo) in Brussels, Belgium. These are a set of exhibition halls built from 1930 on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau (Heysel Park) in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels) to celebrate the centenary of Belgian Independence. The Centenary Palace (French: Palais du Centenaire, Dutch: Eeuwfeestpaleis), where the main stage was located, is one of the remaining buildings of the Brussels International Exposition of 1935. Currently, it is still being used for trade fairs, as well as concerts, usually for bigger acts and artists.

Host city selection process

Belgium location map.svg
Locations of the considered venues: the chosen venue is marked in blue, while the eliminated locations are marked in red.

During the selection process of the host city and venue, a joint committee from the two Belgian broadcasters was created by the EBU. The committee also decided that a potential place for the contest was the Royal Theatre of Antwerp, as both locations proposed by RTBF (the Palais du Centenaire in Brussels and the Patinoire de Coronmeuse  [ fr ] in Liege), but they would have required heavy renovation works to meet the proposed technical specifications for the contest. Nevertheless, RTBF demanded the event to be held in Brussels with the argument that the city symbolized more than the Belgium capital itself, in addition to its federal functions as the capital of the country (but almost all governing bodies of the European Union also located there). On 6 October 1986, seven months ahead of the contest, RTBF surprisingly and one-sidedly announced that the Palais du Centenaire was chosen as the host venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 1987. The Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws , published that BRT proposed instead to host the contest at the Cirque Royal, near the Royal Palace of Brussels, adding that RTBF would be solely in charge of organizing the contest if BRT's counteroffer was not chosen. However, RTBF moved forward alone with its plans and confirmed that the Palais du Centenaire was the official contest's host venue. [1] BRT was offended by the choice of Brussels as the host city, and withdrew from the organization, but kept the duties to choose the host's country contestant.

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 1987 Participation summaries by country

The 1987 Eurovision was the biggest contest to date, and it was also the first in which 22 countries competed. Only Malta, Monaco and Morocco failed to compete out of all the countries which had entered the contest in the past. To date, this was the largest number of countries participating in the contest, with the maximum number up until then being 20. As this had never happened, the EBU was forced to review the rules and production calendar after this edition, and fearing that the number would increase again, it was decided that from this edition onwards, the maximum number of participants would also be 22. This was a problematic question over the next six years as new and returning nations indicated an interest in participating, but they could not be accommodated. [2]

Eurovision Song Contest 1987 participants [3] [4]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)Conductor
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Gary Lux "Nur noch Gefühl" German
  • Stefanie Werger
  • Kenneth Westmore
Richard Oesterreicher
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium BRT Liliane Saint-Pierre "Soldiers of Love" Dutch
Freddy Sunder
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC Alexia "Aspro mavro" (Άσπρο μαύρο) Greek
  • Andreas Papapavlou
  • Maria Papapavlou
Jo Carlier
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Bandjo with Anne-Cathrine Herdorf "En lille melodi" Danish
  • Helge Engelbrecht
  • Jacob Jonia
Henrik Krogsgaard
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Vicky Rosti "Sata salamaa" Finnish
  • Petri Laaksonen
  • Veli-Pekka Lehto
Ossi Runne
Flag of France.svg  France Antenne 2 Christine Minier "Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" French
  • Gérard Curci
  • Marc Minier
Jean-Claude Petit
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BR [a] Wind "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz"GermanLaszlo Bencker
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Bang "Stop" (Στοπ)Greek
Giorgos Niarchos
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland RÚV Halla Margrét "Hægt og hljótt" Icelandic Valgeir GuðjónssonHjálmar H. Ragnarsson
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ Johnny Logan "Hold Me Now"English Séan Sherrard Noel Kelehan
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Datner and Kushnir " Shir Habatlanim " (שיר הבטלנים) Hebrew Zohar Laskov Kobi Oshrat
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI Umberto Tozzi and Raf " Gente di mare " Italian Gianfranco Lombardi
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg CLT Plastic Bertrand "Amour amour"French
Alec Mansion
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Marcha "Rechtop in de wind"Dutch Peter Koelewijn Rogier van Otterloo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Kate Gulbrandsen "Mitt liv" Norwegian Terje Fjærn
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP Nevada "Neste barco à vela" Portuguese
  • Alfredo Azinheira
  • Jorge Mendes
Jaime Oliveira
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TVE Patricia Kraus "No estás solo" Spanish
Eduardo Leiva
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Lotta Engberg "Boogaloo" Swedish
  • Christer Lundh
  • Mikael Wendt
Curt-Eric Holmquist
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Carol Rich "Moitié moitié"FrenchJean-Jacques EgliNo conductor
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT Seyyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" Turkish Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz Garo Mafyan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Rikki "Only the Light"English Richard Peebles Ronnie Hazlehurst
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia JRT Novi fosili "Ja sam za ples" (Ја сам за плес) Serbo-Croatian
Nikica Kalogjera

Returning artists

Bold indicates a previous winner.

ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Gary Lux Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1983 (member of Westend), 1984 (as backing singer for Anita), 1985
Alexia Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1981 (member of Island)
Wind Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1985
Johnny Logan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1980

Format

Host broadcaster rule

By 1986, Belgium had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 30 times since making its debut at the first contest in 1956 along 6 other countries. Before Sandra Kim's win, Belgium was the only one of the 7 founding countries to have never won the contest and had only finished in the top five four times (with Tonia's fourth place in 1966, Jean Vallée's second place in 1978, Stella's fourth place in 1982 and Jacques Zegers's fifth place in 1984).

Sandra Kim's Eurovision victory in 1986 occurred amidst a complex political situation in Belgium. The country was undergoing massive constitutional reforms in which the Belgian state was transitioning from a centralized to a federal system. This was due to rising tensions between the two major linguistic regions of Belgium, Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia. Both regions had had independent broadcasters since 1960 (BRT in Flanders and RTBF in Wallonia) but had still agreed to jointly host the contest in the event of a Belgian victory. While the triumph of "J'aime la vie" in 1986 an entry sent by French-speaking RTBF reignited a sense of national union across all Belgian regions, the two regional broadcasters weren't able to overcome their disagreements and joint host the competition. [1] During the production of the event, BRT eventually withdrew from the project and RTBF organised the contest alone as host broadcaster. [6] As a consequence, the host country images in Eurovision 1987 mostly showed footage of Wallonia. BRT still remained in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the contest. [7]

Budget

Holding the contest in Belgium caused several legal changes in the country's system and forced the implementation of most of the modern rules and regulations on the monetization of public television. This led to the authorization of advertising, sponsorships and marketing actions in the two public channels in the country. As a consequence, the RTBF was also allowed to sell sponsorship quotas for the event, setting a new precedent for the Eurovision Song Contest.

For RTBF, this decision was a relief as the event was almost entirely funded with private funds. This opened the doors to the commercial potential of the event itself, starting a period of modernization and increased interest for the event. [8] Apart from the latent tensions, after the end of the contest the then-president of the BRT Cas Goossens praised RTBF for their "perfect organization" while at the same time regretting that the two broadcasters weren't able to collaborate. He added that the cost of hosting Eurovision would have been difficult to justify to the Flemish taxpayers. [1]

Contest overview

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 [9]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kate Gulbrandsen "Mitt liv"659
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Datner and Kushnir " Shir Habatlanim "738
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Gary Lux "Nur noch Gefühl"820
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Halla Margrét "Hægt og hljótt"2816
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Liliane Saint-Pierre "Soldiers of Love"5611
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lotta Engberg "Boogaloo"5012
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Umberto Tozzi and Raf " Gente di mare "1033
8Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Nevada "Neste barco à vela"1518
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Patricia Kraus "No estás solo"1019
10Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Seyyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"022
11Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Bang "Stop"6410
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marcha "Rechtop in de wind"835
13Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Plastic Bertrand "Amour amour"421
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Rikki "Only the Light"4713
15Flag of France.svg  France Christine Minier "Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche"4414
16Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Wind "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz"1412
17Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Alexia "Aspro mavro"807
18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Vicky Rosti "Sata salamaa"3215
19Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Bandjo with Anne-Cathrine Herdorf "En lille melodi"835
20Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Johnny Logan "Hold Me Now"1721
21Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Novi fosili "Ja sam za ples"924
22Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Carol Rich "Moitié moitié"2617

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1987 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results [15] [16]
Total score
Norway
Israel
Austria
Iceland
Belgium
Sweden
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Greece
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Cyprus
Finland
Denmark
Ireland
Yugoslavia
Switzerland
Contestants
Norway6547107344735326
Israel73215641034108758
Austria817
Iceland28444610
Belgium56523674584534
Sweden501281372377
Italy103363511212841121412127
Portugal15852
Spain1010
Turkey0
Greece64126857571265
Netherlands8352105738312226810
Luxembourg422
United Kingdom4710535331214325
France4414541125102
Germany141381012107451610610661012771
Cyprus806621226536108104
Finland321034218211
Denmark83767782118678843
Ireland172841212121281010121012168125612
Yugoslavia9212781086612221081
Switzerland2612573413

12 points

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

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
8Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Italy.svg  Italy , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain , Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Norway.svg  Norway , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
1Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

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. [17]

It was reported that 500 million viewers in 25 countries would see the contest. [18] 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 FS1 Ernst Grissemann [19] [20]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium BRT TV1 Luc Appermont [21]
BRT 2 [22]
RTBF RTBF1, Radio Deux  [ fr ] [23]
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC RIK, A Programma [24] [25]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [26]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE TV1, 2-verkko  [ fi ] Erkki Toivanen [27]
Flag of France.svg France Antenne 2 Patrick Simpson-Jones [28] [29]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen Lotti Ohnesorge  [ de ] and Christoph Deumling  [ de ] [30] [31]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT ERT [32]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið , Rás 1 Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir [33]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ 1 Marty Whelan [34]
RTÉ FM3 Larry Gogan [35]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA Israeli Television [36]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Rai Due [b] Rosanna Vaudetti [37]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg CLT RTL Télévision [38]
RTL plus Matthias Krings  [ de ]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 1 Willem van Beusekom [39]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet , NRK P2 John Andreassen [40] [41]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1 [42]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE TVE 2 Beatriz Pécker  [ es ] [43]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT TV1 Fredrik Belfrage [44]
RR  [ sv ] SR P3 Jacob Dahlin [45]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR SRG Sportkette  [ de ] Bernard Thurnheer  [ de ] [46] [47] [48]
SSR Chaîne Sportive  [ de ] Serge Moisson  [ fr ]
SSR Canale Sportivo  [ de ]
Radio 24  [ de ] [49]
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey TRT TV1 [50]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Terry Wogan [51]
BBC Radio 2 Ray Moore [52]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 1 , TV Zagreb 1, TV Novi Sad  [ sr ], TV Sarajevo 1, TV Titograd 1 Ksenija Urličić [14] [53] [54] [55]
TV Koper-Capodistria [56]
TV Ljubljana 1  [ sl ]Vesna Pfeifer
TV Prishtina  [ sr; sq ] [53]
TV Skopje 1
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS TV [c] [57]
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria BT BT 1 [d] [58]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia ČST ČST2 [e] [59]
Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Estonian SSR ETV [f] [60]
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands SvF [62]
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland KNR KNR [g] [63]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV MTV2 [h] István Vágó [64]
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan JRTV JTV2 [65]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TP TP1 [i] [66]
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea KBS 1TV [j] [67]
2FM [k] [68]
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union CT USSR Programme One [f] [61]

See also

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [5]
  2. Deferred broadcast at 22:45 CEST (20:45 UTC) [37]
  3. Delayed broadcast on 11 May 1987 at 20:30 (AEST) [57]
  4. Delayed broadcast on 6 June 1987 at 22:10 (EEST) [58]
  5. Delayed broadcast on 6 June 1987 at 16:55 (CEST) [59]
  6. 1 2 Delayed broadcast on 4 June 1987 at 23:25 MSD (19:25 UTC) [60] [61]
  7. Delayed broadcast on 23 May 1987 at 20:05 (WGST) [63]
  8. Deferred broadcast on 10 May at 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC) [64]
  9. Delayed broadcast on 23 May 1987 at 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC) [66]
  10. Delayed broadcast on 29 May 1987 at 21:50 (KST) [67]
  11. Delayed broadcast on 16 May 1987 at 11:00 (KST) [68]

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Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Envie de vivre" written by Silvio Pezzuto, and performed by Nathalie Sorce. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), selected its entry for the contest through the national final Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 2000. In the national final on 18 February 2000 which featured ten competing entries, "Envie de vivre" performed by Nathalie Sorce was selected as the winner solely by public televoting, receiving 21,362 votes.

Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "Goeiemorgen, morgen", composed by Paul Quintens, with lyrics by Phil van Cauwenbergh, and performed by Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT), selected its entry through a national final.

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