Eurovision Song Contest 1982
| Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | |
| Final | 24 April 1982 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Harrogate International Centre Harrogate, United Kingdom |
| Presenter(s) | Jan Leeming |
| Musical director | Ronnie Hazlehurst |
| Directed by | Michael Hurll |
| Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
| Executive producer | Michael Hurll |
| Host broadcaster | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Website |
eurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | None |
| Non-returning countries | |
| |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song |
Germany "Ein bißchen Frieden" |
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.
Eighteen countries took part in the contest with Greece deciding not to enter this year. Due the downsizing of their national broadcasters, France lost the rights to participating at the contest and so was also forced to withdraw.
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 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. 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
There participating countries this year. Since then, no edition has had such a low number of participants.
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.
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.
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | ORF | Mess | "Sonntag" | German |
|
Richard Oesterreicher |
| Belgium | RTBF | Stella | "Si tu aimes ma musique" | French |
|
Jack Say |
| Cyprus | CyBC | Anna Vissi | "Mono i agapi" (Μόνο η αγάπη) | Greek | Anna Vissi | Martyn Ford |
| Denmark | DR | Brixx | "Video-Video" | Danish | Jens Brixtofte | Allan Botschinsky |
| Finland | YLE | Kojo | "Nuku pommiin" | Finnish | Ossi Runne | |
| Germany | BR | Nicole | "Ein bißchen Frieden" | German | Norbert Daum | |
| Ireland | RTÉ | The Duskeys | "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" | English | Sally Keating | Noel Kelehan |
| Israel | IBA | Avi Toledano | "Hora" (הורה) | Hebrew | Silvio Nanssi Brandes | |
| Luxembourg | CLT | Svetlana | "Cours après le temps" | French |
|
Jean Claudric |
| Netherlands | NOS | Bill van Dijk | "Jij en ik" | Dutch |
|
Rogier van Otterloo |
| Norway | NRK | Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan | "Adieu" | Norwegian | Sigurd Jansen | |
| Portugal | RTP | Doce | "Bem bom" | Portuguese |
|
Luis Duarte |
| Spain | TVE | Lucía | "Él" | Spanish |
|
Miguel Ángel Varona |
| Sweden | SVT | Chips | "Dag efter dag" | Swedish | Anders Berglund | |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | Arlette Zola | "Amour on t'aime" | French |
|
Joan Amils |
| Turkey | TRT | Neco | "Hani?" | Turkish |
|
Garo Mafyan |
| United Kingdom | BBC | Bardo | "One Step Further" | English | Simon Jefferis | Ronnie Hazlehurst |
| Yugoslavia | JRT | Aska | "Halo, halo" (Хало, хало) | Serbo-Croatian |
|
Zvonimir Skerl |
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Stella Maessen | Belgium | 1970 (for Netherlands, as part of Hearts of Soul), 1977 (as part of Dream Express) |
| Anita Skorgan | Norway | 1977, 1979, 1981 (as backing vocalist for Finn Kalvik) |
| Jahn Teigen | Norway | 1978 |
| Fatima Padinha (as part of Doce) | Portugal | 1978 (as part of Gemini) |
| Teresa Miguel (as part of Doce) | Portugal | 1978 (as part of Gemini) |
| Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz (as backing singer for Neco) | Turkey | 1978 (as part of Nazar) |
| Anna Vissi | Cyprus | 1980 (for Greece, along with the Epikouri) |
| Sally Ann Triplett (as part of Bardo) | 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 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.
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 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" 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 organization, the first time the contest had utilised the clips in the broadcast. Only the preview videos which did not consist of a performance of the song from the national final were used. Also, postcards 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
Germany had the advantage of performing last. After coming second in The Hague in 1980 and second in Dublin in 1981, Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger took the first win 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 up to applaud her. The English version (also produced by Siegel and Robert Jung) of her Eurovision winner, A Little Peace, subsequently shot to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | Doce | "Bem bom" | 32 | 13 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | Svetlana | "Cours après le temps" | 78 | 6 |
| 3 | Norway | Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan | "Adieu" | 40 | 12 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | Bardo | "One Step Further" | 76 | 7 |
| 5 | Turkey | Neco | "Hani?" | 20 | 15 |
| 6 | Finland | Kojo | "Nuku pommiin" | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Switzerland | Arlette Zola | "Amour on t'aime" | 97 | 3 |
| 8 | Cyprus | Anna Vissi | "Mono i agapi" | 85 | 5 |
| 9 | Sweden | Chips | "Dag efter dag" | 67 | 8 |
| 10 | Austria | Mess | "Sonntag" | 57 | 9 |
| 11 | Belgium | Stella | "Si tu aimes ma musique" | 96 | 4 |
| 12 | Spain | Lucía | "Él" | 52 | 10 |
| 13 | Denmark | Brixx | "Video-Video" | 5 | 17 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | Aska | "Halo, halo" | 21 | 14 |
| 15 | Israel | Avi Toledano | "Hora" | 100 | 2 |
| 16 | Netherlands | Bill van Dijk | "Jij en ik" | 8 | 16 |
| 17 | Ireland | The Duskeys | "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" | 49 | 11 |
| 18 | Germany | Nicole | "Ein bißchen Frieden" | 161 | 1 |
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.
- Sweden – Arne Weise
- Turkey – Başak Doğru
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry
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.
| 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:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Germany | Cyprus, Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Cyprus | Netherlands, Norway |
| Israel | Finland, Germany | |
| Switzerland | Belgium, United Kingdom | |
| United Kingdom | Austria, Luxembourg | |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 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. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | ORF | FS2 | Ernst Grissemann | |
| Belgium | RTBF | RTBF1 | Jacques Mercier | |
| BRT | TV1 | Luc Appermont | ||
| Cyprus | CyBC | RIK | Fryni Papadopoulou | |
| Denmark | DR | DR TV | Jørgen de Mylius | |
| Finland | YLE | TV1 | Erkki Toivanen | |
| Rinnakkaisohjelma | Unknown | |||
| Germany | ARD | Deutsches Fernsehen | Ado Schlier | |
| Ireland | RTÉ | RTÉ 1 | Larry Gogan | |
| RTÉ Radio 1 | Pat Kenny | |||
| Israel | IBA | Israeli Television | Unknown | |
| Reshet Bet | Unknown | |||
| Luxembourg | CLT | RTL Télé-Luxembourg | Marylène Bergmann | |
| Netherlands | NOS | Nederland 2 | Pim Jacobs | |
| Norway | NRK | NRK Fjernsynet | Bjørn Scheele | |
| NRK | Erik Heyerdahl | |||
| Portugal | RTP | RTP1 | Fialho Gouveia | |
| Spain | TVE | TVE 1 | Miguel de los Santos | |
| Sweden | SVT | TV1 | Ulf Elfving | |
| RR | SR P3 | Kent Finell | ||
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | TV DRS | Theodor Haller | |
| TSR | Georges Hardy | |||
| TSI | Giovanni Bertini | |||
| Turkey | TRT | TRT Televizyon | Ümit Tunçağ | |
| United Kingdom | BBC | BBC1 | Terry Wogan | |
| BBC Radio 2 | Ray Moore | |||
| Yugoslavia | JRT | TV Beograd 1 | Unknown | |
| TV Koper-Capodistria | Unknown | |||
| TV Ljubljana 1 | Unknown | |||
| TV Zagreb 1 | Unknown |
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia | ČST | ČST1 | Unknown | |
| Hungary | MTV | MTV1 | Unknown | |
| Iceland | RÚV | Sjónvarpið | Pálmi Jóhannesson |