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1982
VENUE

Conference Centre, Harrogate

ENTRIES

18

HOST

Jan Leeming

 

DEBUTS

None

In the spring of 1982, Britain was at war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands. On Saturday 24th April, British forces were in the process of reclaiming South Georgia, while, thousands of miles away, this country at war was hosting the 27th Eurovision Song Contest.  After returning to London for the 1977, the BBC revived their "take it round the country" policy by taking the contest to a small town in Yorkshire.  They played on this by asking "Where is Harrogate"  in all the competitors tongues during the opening titles.  

Nicole's winner "Einn Bisschen Frieden" probably owed more to the nuclear paranoia around in the early 80s than to the battle in the Southern hemisphere, but it certainly caught the mood. Victory too, for a man not so much a veteran of Eurovision, but practically part of the furniture. Ralph Siegel's prodigious output, and success in securing the German song has been a constant of Eurovision for over two decades, and he's still going strong in the new millennium.  Germany's only victory, in by far their best Eurovision decade, was by far the most emphatic to date under the current scoring system.

Still plenty to amuse (or otherwise) in the dodgy lyric department. Ireland's entry opened with no less than 32 'la's', and the UK entry, yet another boy-girl confection, included the immortal line "I could have tooken one step further".  At the opposite end of the scoreboard to Germany, Finland's stark post-punk take on the nuclear bomb delivered in red pvc sadly garnered their third nul points.

Portugal Bem-Bom Doce 13
Luxembourg  Cours Après Le Temps Svetlana 6
Norway Adieu Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan 12
United Kingdom One Step Further  Bardo 7
Turkey Hani Neco 15
Finland Nuku Pommiin Kojo 18
Switzerland  Amour On T'Aime Arlette Zola 3
Cyprus Mono I Agapi Anna Vissi 5
Sweden Dag Efter Dag Chips 8
Austria Sonntag Mess 9
Belgium Si Tu Aimes Ma Musique Stella 4
Spain El Lucia 10
Denmark Video Video Brixx 17
Yugoslavia Hullo Hullo Aska 14
Israel Hora Avi Toledano 2
Netherlands Jij En Ik Bill Van Dijk 16
Ireland Here Today Gone Tomorrow The Duskeys  11
Germany  Ein Bißchen Frieden Nicole 1
WINNER:

Germany

Nicole EIN BISCHEN FRIEDEN

by

Nicole

 

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