Eurovision Song Contest 1983
International song competition
Eurovision Song Contest 1983 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 23 April 1983 |
Host | |
Venue |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
Munich, West Germany |
Presenter(s) | Marlene Charell |
Musical director | Dieter Reith |
Directed by | Rainer Bertram |
Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
Executive producer |
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Host broadcaster |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(ARD)
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) |
Website |
eurovision
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Participants | |
Number of entries | 20 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | |
Non-returning countries | Ireland |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Winning song |
Luxembourg
" Si la vie est cadeau " |
1982 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1984 |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest . It was held in Munich , then West Germany , following the country's victory at the 1982 contest with the song " Ein bißchen Frieden " by Nicole . Despite their first victory the year before, this was the second time Germany had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1957 . Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the contest was held at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle on 23 April 1983 and was hosted by German dancer Marlene Charell .
Twenty countries took part this year, with France , Greece and Italy all returning this year, while Ireland decided not to participate.
The winner was Luxembourg with the song " Si la vie est cadeau " by Corinne Hermes , which equalled the record of 5 victories set by France in 1977 . This record would in turn be beaten by Ireland in 1994. It was also the second year in a row where the winning entry was performed last on the night and the second year in a row in which Israel won 2nd place. For the third year in a row, at least one country ended up with nul points , and in this case, it happened to be two countries, Spain and Turkey , neither of whom were able to get off the mark.
The 1983 contest was the first to be televised in Australia, via Channel 0/28 (now the Special Broadcasting Service ) in Sydney and Melbourne . The contest went on to become popular in Australia, leading to the country's eventual debut at the 60th anniversary contest in 2015.
Location
Munich is a German city and capital of the Bavarian state . As the capital, Munich houses the parliament and state government. Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle was chosen to host the contest. It was initially named after the president of the Bavarian State Sport Association. The 6,700-seat hall opened in 1972 to host basketball events for the 1972 Summer Olympics .
Participating countries
Twenty countries took part in the contest, with France , Greece , and Italy returning to the competition. On the other hand, Ireland was absent this year for the first time because RTÉ workers were in strike action at the time. [1]
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
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Austria | ORF | Westend | "Hurricane" | German [lower-alpha 1] |
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Richard Oesterreicher |
Belgium | BRT | Pas de Deux | " Rendez-vous " | Dutch |
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Freddy Sunder |
Cyprus | CyBC | Stavros and Constantina | " I agapi akoma zi " ( Η αγάπη ακόμα ζει ) | Greek | Stavros Sideras | Mihalis Rozakis |
Denmark | DR | Gry Johansen | " Kloden drejer " | Danish |
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Allan Botschinsky |
Finland | YLE | Ami Aspelund | " Fantasiaa " | Finnish |
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Ossi Runne |
France | Antenne 2 | Guy Bonnet | " Vivre " | French |
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François Rauber |
Germany | BR [lower-alpha 2] | Hoffmann and Hoffmann | " Rücksicht " | German |
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Dieter Reith |
Greece | ERT | Christie | " Mou les " ( Μου λες ) | Greek |
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Mimis Plessas |
Israel | IBA | Ofra Haza | " Hi " ( חי ) | Hebrew | Silvio Nanssi Brandes | |
Italy | RAI | Riccardo Fogli | " Per Lucia " | Italian | Maurizio Fabrizio | |
Luxembourg | CLT | Corinne Hermès | " Si la vie est cadeau " | French |
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Michel Bernholc |
Netherlands | NOS | Bernadette | "Sing Me a Song" | Dutch [lower-alpha 1] |
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Piet Souer |
Norway | NRK | Jahn Teigen | "Do Re Mi" | Norwegian | Sigurd Jansen | |
Portugal | RTP | Armando Gama | " Esta balada que te dou " | Portuguese | Armando Gama | Mike Sergeant |
Spain | TVE | Remedios Amaya | " Quién maneja mi barca " | Spanish |
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José Miguel Évoras |
Sweden | SVT | Carola Häggkvist | " Främling " | Swedish | Anders Ekdahl | |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Mariella Farré | " Io così non ci sto " | Italian |
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Robert Weber |
Turkey | TRT | Çetin Alp and the Short Wave | "Opera" | Turkish |
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Buğra Uğur |
United Kingdom | BBC | Sweet Dreams | " I'm Never Giving Up " | English |
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John Coleman |
Yugoslavia | JRT | Daniel | " Džuli " ( Џули ) | Serbo-Croatian |
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Radovan Papović |
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Guy Bonnet | France | 1970 |
Sandra Reemer (backing singer) | Netherlands | 1972 (along with Andres Holten ), 1976 , 1979 (as Xandra) |
Jahn Teigen | Norway | 1978 , 1982 |
Anita Skorgan (backing singer) | 1977 , 1979 , 1982 | |
Izolda Barudžija (backing singer) | Yugoslavia | 1982 (part of Aska ) |
Format
Stage design
The set that year was a quite small, arc-shaped stage surrounding the orchestra section, and a large background resembling giant electric heaters, which lit up in different sequences and combinations depending on the nature and rhythm of the songs.
Presentation format
Hostess Marlene Charell made all of her announcements in German before translating a repetition in both French and English. After presenting all of the 20 participating acts at the start of the show and then making a formal welcome, Charell also introduced each song individually, standing in front of elaborate floral arrangements, all of which she had designed herself, in place of a pre-filmed 'postcard'. In all three languages, Charel named the country, song title, performing artist, author, composer and conductor. Together with an on screen title card naming the upcoming country prior to her verbal introductions, this extended the break in between each song to three minutes minimally.
Due to host Marlene Charell's choice to announce points in three languages instead of two, the voting went on for nearly an hour, stretching the Eurovision contest past three hours for the second time ever, after 1979. [7] In addition, Charell made 13 language mistakes throughout the voting, [7] some as innocuous as mixing up the words for "points" between the three languages, some as major as nearly awarding points to "Schweden" ( Sweden ) that were meant for "Schweiz" ( Switzerland ).
The language problems also occurred during the contest introductions, as Charell introduced the Finnish singer Ami Aspelund as "Ami Aspesund", furthermore she introduced the Norwegian conductor Sigurd Jansen as "...Johannes...Skorgan...", [8] having been forced to make up a name on the spot after forgetting the conductor's name.
Contest overview
The interval show was a dance number set to a medley of German songs which had become internationally famous, including " Strangers in the Night ". The host, Marlene Charell, was the lead dancer.
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | France | Guy Bonnet | " Vivre " | 56 | 8 |
2 | Norway | Jahn Teigen | "Do Re Mi" | 53 | 9 |
3 | United Kingdom | Sweet Dreams | " I'm Never Giving Up " | 79 | 6 |
4 | Sweden | Carola Häggkvist | " Främling " | 126 | 3 |
5 | Italy | Riccardo Fogli | " Per Lucia " | 41 | 11 |
6 | Turkey | Çetin Alp and the Short Wave | "Opera" | 0 | 19 |
7 | Spain | Remedios Amaya | " Quién maneja mi barca " | 0 | 19 |
8 | Switzerland | Mariella Farré | " Io così non ci sto " | 28 | 15 |
9 | Finland | Ami Aspelund | " Fantasiaa " | 41 | 11 |
10 | Greece | Christie | " Mou les " | 32 | 14 |
11 | Netherlands | Bernadette | "Sing Me a Song" | 66 | 7 |
12 | Yugoslavia | Daniel | " Džuli " | 125 | 4 |
13 | Cyprus | Stavros and Constantina | " I agapi akoma zi " | 26 | 16 |
14 | Germany | Hoffmann and Hoffmann | " Rücksicht " | 94 | 5 |
15 | Denmark | Gry Johansen | " Kloden drejer " | 16 | 17 |
16 | Israel | Ofra Haza | " Hi " | 136 | 2 |
17 | Portugal | Armando Gama | " Esta balada que te dou " | 33 | 13 |
18 | Austria | Westend | "Hurricane" | 53 | 9 |
19 | Belgium | Pas de Deux | " Rendez-vous " | 13 | 18 |
20 | Luxembourg | Corinne Hermès | " Si la vie est cadeau " | 142 | 1 |
Spokespersons
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1983 contest are listed below.
- Denmark – Bent Evold [10]
- Spain – Rosa Campano [11]
- Sweden – Agneta Bolme Börjefors [12]
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry [3]
Detailed voting results
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) to their top ten songs.
Total score
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France
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Norway
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United Kingdom
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Sweden
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Italy
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Turkey
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Spain
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Switzerland
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Finland
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Greece
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Netherlands
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Yugoslavia
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Cyprus
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Germany
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Denmark
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Israel
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Portugal
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Austria
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Belgium
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Luxembourg
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Contestants
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France | 56 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Norway | 53 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
United Kingdom | 79 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||||||
Sweden | 126 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | |||
Italy | 41 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
Turkey | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Finland | 41 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Greece | 32 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 66 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||
Yugoslavia | 125 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8 | ||||||
Cyprus | 26 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 94 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
Denmark | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | 136 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | ||||
Portugal | 33 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 53 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
Belgium | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 142 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 |
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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6 | Luxembourg | France , Greece , Israel , Italy , Portugal , Yugoslavia |
5 | Yugoslavia | Belgium , Denmark , Finland , Turkey , United Kingdom |
2 | Greece | Cyprus , Spain |
Israel | Austria , Netherlands | |
Sweden | Germany , Norway | |
1 | Germany | Luxembourg |
Netherlands | Switzerland | |
United Kingdom | 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. [15] 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) |
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Australia | SBS | Channel 0/28 | Terry Wogan | [3] [44] |
Czechoslovakia | ČST | ČST2 [lower-alpha 6] | Unknown | [45] |
Iceland | RÚV | Sjónvarpið | Unknown | [46] |
Ireland | RTÉ | RTÉ 1 | Terry Wogan | [3] [47] |
RTÉ Radio 1 | Unknown | [48] | ||
Poland | TP | TP1 [lower-alpha 7] | Unknown | [49] |
Notes
- 1 2 Contains some words in English
- ↑ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [6]
- ↑ Deferred broadcast at 22:00 CEST (20:00 UTC ) [29]
- ↑ Deferred broadcast at 22:50 CEST (20:50 UTC ) [31]
- 1 2 Broadcast through a second audio programme on TV DRS [23]
- ↑ Delayed broadcast on 20 May 1983 at 22:00 CEST (20:00 UTC ) [45]
- ↑ Delayed broadcast on 21 May 1983 at 20:15 CEST (18:15 UTC ) [49]
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