Eurovision Song Contest 1985

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 4 May 1985 in the in Gothenburg, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SVT), it was presented by Lill Lindfors. The contest was held in Template:Esccnty following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys. Nineteen countries participated in the contest; Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty returned after a one-year absence, while the Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty, which had participated in the previous year's event, declined to enter due to separate memorial events in those countries coinciding with the date of the contest.

The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "", composed and written by Rolf Løvland and performed by the group Bobbysocks. This was Norway's first contest victory, and only the third top five placing for a country which had placed last on six previous occasions, including three times receiving nul points. With a total of 123 points, "" remains the lowest scoring winner under the voting system used between Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, the Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty rounded out the top five positions.

Location

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, Gothenburg – host venue of the 1985 contest

The 1985 contest took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys. It was the second time that Sweden had hosted the event, ten years after the Template:Escyr was held in Stockholm. The chosen venue was the , an indoor arena inaugurated in 1971, home to the Frölunda HC ice hockey team and the Gothenburg Horse Show. The Scandinavium was chosen by host broadcaster (SVT) from a number of bids submitted by various Swedish cities and venues; among those known to have been considered to stage the contest were the Berwald Hall in Stockholm and the Template:Ill in Jönköping.Template:Sfn The stadium's maximum capacity of 14,000 people was reduced to 8,000 attendees for the contest, in order to provide space for the stage and technical equipment; this still made it the largest venue and the largest assembled audience in the history of the contest up to that point.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn During the week leading up to the rehearsals and the televised event, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and SVT held an official reception for the participating delegations, which was hosted on the evening of 1 May 1985 at .Template:Sfn

Participants

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Template:Escyr winner Izhar Cohen represented Template:Esccnty for a second time.

Nineteen countries in total participated in the 1985 contest. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty both returned following a one-year absence, however the Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty, which had competed in the previous year's contest, declined to enter in 1985 as the date of the contest coincided with memorial days in the countries, specifically the Remembrance of the Dead, and the anniversary of the death of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, respectively.Template:Sfn It was the first time in the contest's history that there was no entry from the Netherlands, with the nation having previously competed in every event since its Template:Escyr.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Several of the participating artists in this year's event had previously competed in past editions of the contest. Izhar Cohen, who had previously won the contest for Template:Esccnty with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" alongside the group Alphabeta, made a second appearance for his country at this event. The Danish group Hot Eyes had represented Template:Esccnty, while the Italian duo Al Bano and Romina Power also made a second appearance, having previously competed for Template:Esccnty. The two members of group Bobbysocks representing Norway, had competed in the event separately, with Hanne Krogh having represented Template:Esccnty, and Elisabeth Andreasson previously competing for Template:Esccnty as a member of the group Chips alongside Kikki Danielsson; Danielsson also competed in this event as a solo artist for Sweden. The Swiss duo Mariella Farré and Template:Ill had also previously competed in the contest for their country with separate entries, with Farré having competed in Template:Esccnty as a soloist, while Gasparini had been a member of the Pepe Lienhard Band in Template:Esccnty. Gary Lux representing Austria as a solo artist, had represented the country in Template:Esccnty as a member of the group Westend; and Ireen Sheer, who had already twice competed in Eurovision, for Template:Esccnty and for Template:Esccnty, represented Luxembourg again at this contest alongside five other artists. Additionally, Lia Vissi representing Cyprus, had previously participated as backing vocalist at the contest on two separate occasions for Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty, the latter as a member of the group the Epikouri; and Rhonda Heath, who was a member of the group Silver Convention that had represented Template:Esccnty, returned as a backing vocalist for Austria at this event.Template:Sfn

Eurovision Song Contest 1985 participantsTemplate:Sfn

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Template:Esc	ORF	Gary Lux	""	German	Template:Hlist	Richard Oesterreicher
Template:Esc	BRT	Linda Lepomme	""	Dutch	Template:Hlist	Curt-Eric Holmquist
Template:Esc	CyBC	Lia Vissi	"" ()	Greek	Lia Vissi	Haris Andreadis
Template:Esc	DR	Hot Eyes	""	Danish	Template:Hlist	Wolfgang Käfer
Template:Esc	YLE	Sonja Lumme	""	Finnish	Template:Hlist	Ossi Runne
Template:Esc		Template:Ill	""	French	Didier Pascalis	Michel Bernholc
Template:Esc	BRTemplate:Efn	Wind	""	German	Hanne Haller	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	ERT	Template:Ill	"" ()	Greek	Template:Hlist	Haris Andreadis
Template:Esc	RTÉ	Maria Christian	"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"	English	Brendan Graham	Noel Kelehan
Template:Esc	IBA	Izhar Cohen	"" ()	Hebrew	Template:Hlist	Kobi Oshrat
Template:Esc	RAI	Al Bano and Romina Power	"Magic, Oh Magic"	Italian	Template:Hlist	Fiorenzo Zanotti
Template:Esc	CLT	Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon	"Children, , "	French	Template:Hlist	Norbert Daum
Template:Esc	NRK	Bobbysocks	""	Norwegian	Rolf Løvland	Terje Fjærn
Template:Esc	RTP	Adelaide	""	Portuguese	Template:Hlist	José Calvário
Template:Esc	TVE	Paloma San Basilio	""	Spanish	Juan Carlos Calderón	Juan Carlos Calderón
Template:Esc	SVT	Kikki Danielsson	""	Swedish	Template:Hlist	Curt-Eric Holmquist
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Mariella Farré and Template:Ill	""	German	Template:Hlist	Anita Kerr
Template:Esc	TRT	MFÖ	"Didai didai dai"	Turkish	Template:Hlist	Garo Mafyan
Template:Esc	BBC	Vikki	"Love Is"	English	Template:Hlist	John Coleman

Production and format

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was produced by SVT. Template:Ill served as executive producer and director, Template:Ill served as designer, and Curt-Eric Holmquist served as musical director, leading the orchestra.Template:Sfn A separate musical director could be nominated by each country to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host musical director also available to conduct for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.Template:Sfn On behalf of the contest organisers, the EBU, the event was overseen by Frank Naef as scrutineer.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Each participating broadcaster submitted one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the country which it represented. A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance. Each entry could utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks, however any backing tracks used could only include the sound of instruments featured on stage being mimed by the performers.

The results of the 1985 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in 1975: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry. The points awarded by each country were determined by an assembled jury of eleven individuals, who were all required to be members of the public with no connection to the music industry, with a recommendation that there should be a balance between the sexes and that half should be under 25 years old. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and five votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Rehearsals for the participating artists began on 28 April 1985. Two technical rehearsals were conducted for each participating delegation in the week approaching the contest, with countries rehearsing in the order in which they would perform. The first rehearsals of 40 minutes were held on 29 and 30 April, followed by a press conference for each delegation and the accredited press. Each country's second rehearsals were held on 1 and 2 May and lasted 25 minutes total. Three dress rehearsals were held with all artists, two held in the afternoon and evening of 3 May and one final rehearsal in the afternoon of 4 May, with an invited audience present for the second dress rehearsal.Template:Sfn

Contest overview

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Hanne Krogh (left) and Elisabeth Andreasson, the members of Bobbysocks, during their Eurovision performance

The contest was held on 4 May 1985, beginning at 21:00 (CEST) and lasting 2 hours and 46 minutes.Template:Sfn The event was presented by Swedish singer Lill Lindfors; Lindfors had represented Template:Esccnty alongside Svante Thuresson, placing second with the song "".Template:Sfn Following the confirmation of the nineteen participating countries, a draw was held in Gothenburg on 7 December 1984 to determine the running order (R/O) of the contest.Template:Sfn

Lindfors opened the contest with a performance of "My Joy Is Building Bricks of Music", an English version of her song "", becoming the first contest presenter to perform during the contest.Template:Sfn To mark the thirtieth staging of the contest, among the invited audience present was Lys Assia, the contest's first winning artist and representative for Template:Esccnty in three consecutive contests, in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr.Template:Sfn The interval act featured jazz guitarists Peter Almqvist and Ulf Wakenius, performing as Guitars Unlimited.Template:Sfn Lindfors was also part of a memorable moment from the contest: when she returned to the stage following the interval act, the skirt of her outfit, designed by Christer Lindarw, got caught on the set and ripped off in an apparent wardrobe malfunction, before Lindfors unclipped the top portion of her outfit to reveal a dress;Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn returning to the microphone, she remarked to the audience, "I just wanted you to wake up a little." The trophy awarded to the winning songwriter was presented by the previous year's winning artists Herreys.Template:Sfn

The winner was Template:Esccnty represented by the song "", composed and written by Rolf Løvland, and performed by Hanne Krogh and Elisabeth Andreasson as Bobbysocks. It was Norway's first contest win and marked a notable turnaround in fortune for the country, which had only placed in the top five on two previous occasions while having placed last six times, including three nul points, at the time of the event, a fact on which Lindfors commented as she interviewed Bobbysocks on stage following their victory. During the traditional winner's reprise performance, the group sung part of the winning song as its English version "Let It Swing", with the English lyrics also written by Løvland.Template:Sfn

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"	91	6
2	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	58	9
3	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	15	16
4	Template:Esc	Hot Eyes	""	41	11
5	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	36	14
6	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	56	10
7	Template:Esc	MFÖ	"Didai didai dai"	36	14
8	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	7	19
9	Template:Esc	Adelaide	""	9	18
10	Template:Esc	Wind	""	105	2
11	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	93	5
12	Template:Esc	Al Bano and Romina Power	"Magic, Oh Magic"	78	7
13	Template:Esc	Bobbysocks	""	123	1
14	Template:Esc	Vikki	"Love Is"	100	4
15	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname and Pino Gasparini	""	39	12
16	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	103	3
17	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	60	8
18	Template:Esc	Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon	"Children, , "	37	13
19	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	""	15	16

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson, connected to the contest venue via telephone lines and responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. Known spokespersons at the 1985 contest are listed below.

• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAnnemi GenetzTemplate:Sfn
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAgneta Bolme BörjeforsTemplate:Sfn
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndColin BerryTemplate:Sfn

Detailed voting results

Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries.Template:Sfn The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.Template:Sfn The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

Norway's victory at this contest was achieved with the lowest winning score awarded under the voting system used between 1975 and Template:Escyr.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Although the Norwegian entry received the maximum score from eight of the voting countries, almost half of those eligible, the Norwegian entry also received only 27 points from the remaining ten countries which could vote for Norway.Template:Sfn

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

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rowspan="19" Template:Vert header	Ireland	91		1	7	3	4	3	5	8	8	4	8	12	3	3	5	7	10
Finland	58	6		6		6		3				1	7		7	2	10			10
Cyprus	15	1											3			3				8
Denmark	41			3			10		3	1	6		2	6			5	5
Spain	36	2	8	1				12		2					4				1	6
France	56		5	4				1		3		3	10		2	4	6	3	3	12
Turkey	36	7	2			3			1		2			1	8	12
Belgium	7							7
Portugal	9							2												7
Germany	105	4	10	12	10	10	8		10	7		7		8	1		8		10
Israel	93	8		5	4	8	12			5	7		5	10	5	7	2	7	6	2
Italy	78		6	10	1	12	5	8	2	12		4						6	12
Norway	123	12	4		12	1	2		12		12	12	6		12	6	12	12	7	1
United Kingdom	100	5	7		5	5	6	10	6	6	5	2	8	7		10	4	2	8	4
Switzerland	39		3	2	6			6	5	4	1			5			1	1	2	3
Sweden	103	10	12		8	2	7	4	7		8	6	4	12	6	8		4	5
Austria	60	3			7		1		4		10	10		2	10	1	3		4	5
Luxembourg	37				2		4			10	3	5	1	4				8
Greece	15			8		7

12 points

The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Norway received the maximum score of 12 points from eight of the voting countries, with Italy receiving three sets of 12 points, Sweden receiving two sets, and France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Spain and Turkey each receiving one maximum score.

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
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3	Template:Esc	Template:Esc, Template:Esc, Template:Esc
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Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants".Template:Sfn 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. These commentators were typically sent to the venue to report on the event, and were able to provide commentary from small booths constructed at the back of the venue. The contest was reportedly broadcast in 30 countries, including the participating nations, Australia, and in the countries of South America, with an estimated global audience of 400 to 600 million. 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

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Refh
Template:Flagu	ORF	FS1	Ernst Grissemann
Template:Flagu	BRT	TV1	Luc Appermont
	RTBF	RTBF1	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	CyBC	RIK,	Themis Themistokleous
Template:Flagu	DR	DR TV	Jørgen de Mylius
Template:Flagu	YLE	TV1,	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu			Patrice Laffont
	RFO	Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	ARD		Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	ERT	ERT	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RTÉ	RTÉ 1	Linda Martin
		RTÉ Radio 1	Larry Gogan
Template:Flagu	IBA	Israeli Television, Template:Ill	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RAI	Template:Efn	Rosanna Vaudetti
		Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	CLT		Template:Ill
		RTL plus	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	NRK		Template:Ill
		NRK P1,Template:Efn NRK P2Template:Efn	Jahn Teigen and Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	RTP	RTP1	Eládio Clímaco
Template:Flagu	TVE	TVE 2	Antonio Gómez Mateo
Template:Flagu	SVT	TV1	Fredrik Belfrage
	Template:Ill	SR P3	Template:Ill and Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	TV DRS	Template:Ill
		TSR	Template:Ill
		TSI	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	TRT		Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC1	Terry Wogan
	BFBS	BFBS Radio	Richard Nankivell	Template:Sfn

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Refh
Template:Flagu	SBS	SBS TVTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	ČST	ČST2Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	SvFTemplate:Efn		Jørgen de Mylius
Template:Flagu	KNR	KNRTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RÚV		Hinrik Bjarnason
Template:Flagu	TV3Template:Efn		Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	OlympusTemplate:Efn		Gerrit den Braber
Template:Flagu	TP	TP1Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	TVR	Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	KBS	1TVTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A

External links

• Template:Official website