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| Eurovision Song Contest 1983 | |
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| File:ESC 1983 logo.png | |
| 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 |
| Host broadcaster | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD) |
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Debuting countries | None |
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| Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "wikitext").Non-returning countries |  Ireland |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg "Si la vie est cadeau" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Munich, then West Germany, on 23 April 1983. The presenter was Marlene Charell. Corinne Hermes was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "Si la vie est cadeau". This was Luxembourg's fifth victory in the contest which equalled the record set by France in 1977. 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.
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. The 1983 contest was the first to be televised in Australia, via Channel 0/28 (now SBS Television) in Sydney and Melbourne. The contest went to become a very popular show in Australia, leading to an intended one-off participation in the 60th anniversary contest in 2015, and their invitation to return to the 2016 contest. Ireland was not in the contest because RTÉ was in strike action at that time.[1]
Voting[]
Toward the end of the voting, it became evident that Luxembourg was going to win, but early on, Germany, Sweden, and Yugoslavia all threatened to take Luxembourg's lead, which they earned halfway through the jury vote. At one point, murmurs and boos arose from the crowd at the Greek jury's decision to give host country Germany only one point. This was the only occasion in which Greece didn't award any point to Cyprus.
Language troubles[]
Due to 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 first time ever.[2] In addition, Charell made 13 language mistakes throughout the voting,[2] 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 Norwegian conductor Sigurd Jansen as "...Johannes...Skorgan...",[3] having been forced to make up a name on the spot after forgetting the conductor's name.
Song success[]
Ofra Haza from Israel, who took the second place, had an enduring success with her song "Hi" (חי) which became a hit in Europe, launching her career. This year also marked the first performance of Sweden's Carola Häggkvist, who took the third place, went on to win the contest in 1991 and represented her country again in 2006 (coming fifth). Her song, "Främling", became very popular in Sweden and in various other European countries. In the Netherlands, the song reached the top five, coupled with a Dutch-language version ("Je ogen hebben geen geheimen") which was performed by Carola herself. The 4th placed "Džuli", also became a hit in Europe. Singer Daniel released an English-language version as "Julie".
Nul points[]
This year's nul points were shared by Spain and Turkey. Spain's Remedios Amaya presented a song which was a stark departure from pop tastes and conventional perception of melody and harmony as it was a flamenco one, a style traditionally tied with the international image of Spain. Additionally, she sang her song barefoot. Some olés were heard from the present audience when she ended her performance. Turkey's entry, Opera, performed by Çetin Alp & the Short Waves, could on the other hand be said to fit in well with the spirit of Eurovision of that time. Nevertheless, the overinterpretation of the theme of the song, as well as the fact that the lyrics of the song consisted for the most part of the often-repeated word "opera" and names of well-known operas and composers, and Çetin's breaking into operatic "lay lay la", prompted extensive derision of the song, including the usual sardonic words from BBC commentator Terry Wogan ("a nicely understated performance there").
Interval act[]
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.
Conductors[]
Host conductor in bold
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Returning artists[]
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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| Guy Bonnet | France
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1970 |
| Jahn Teigen |  Norway
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1978, 1982 |
| Anita Skorgan (with Jahn Teigen) | 1977, 1979, 1982 |
Results[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language[4] | Place | Points |
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| 01 | France
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Guy Bonnet | "Vivre" | French | 8 | 56 |
| 02 | Norway
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Jahn Teigen | "Do Re Mi" | Norwegian | 9 | 53 |
| 03 |  United Kingdom
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Sweet Dreams | "I'm Never Giving Up" | English | 6 | 79 |
| 04 |  Sweden
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Carola Häggkvist | "Främling" | Swedish | 3 | 126 |
| 05 | Italy
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Riccardo Fogli | "Per Lucia" | Italian | 11 | 41 |
| 06 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | Çetin Alp & the Short Waves | "Opera" | Turkish | 19 | 0 |
| 07 |  Spain
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Remedios Amaya | "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" | Spanish | 19 | 0 |
| 08 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | Mariella Farré | "Io così non ci sto" | Italian | 15 | 28 |
| 09 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Ami Aspelund | "Fantasiaa" | Finnish | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Christie Stasinopoulou | "Mou les" (Μου λες) | Greek | 14 | 32 |
| 11 |  Netherlands
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Bernadette | "Sing Me a Song" | Dutch | 7 | 66 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia | Daniel | "Džuli" | Croatian | 4 | 125 |
| 13 | File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus | Stavros & Constantina | "I agapi akoma zi" (Η αγάπη ακόμα ζει) | Greek | 16 | 26 |
| 14 |  Germany
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Hoffmann & Hoffmann | "Rücksicht" | German | 5 | 94 |
| 15 |  Denmark
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Gry Johansen | "Kloden drejer" | Danish | 17 | 16 |
| 16 |  Israel
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Ofra Haza | "Hi" (חי) | Hebrew | 2 | 136 |
| 17 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg.png Portugal | Armando Gama | "Esta balada que te dou" | Portuguese | 13 | 33 |
| 18 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | Westend | "Hurricane" | German | 9 | 53 |
| 19 |  Belgium
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Pas de Deux | "Rendez-vous" | Dutch | 18 | 13 |
| 20 | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | Corinne Hermès | "Si la vie est cadeau" | French | 1 | 142 |
Voting structure[]
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs.
Score sheet[]
| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| File:ESCTotaltscoreJ.svg | France | Norway | United Kingdom | Sweden | Italy | Turkey | Spain | Switzerland | Finland | Greece | Netherlands | Yugoslavia | Cyprus | Germany | Denmark | Israel | Portugal | Austria | Belgium | Luxembourg | ||
| Contestants | 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 | Voting nation |
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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 |
Commentators[]
Television[]
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Radio[]
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Spokespersons[]
Each country announced their votes in the order of performance. The following is a list of spokespersons who announced the votes for their respective country.[20]
France - Nicole André- Norway - Erik Diesen[21]
- United Kingdom - Colin Berry
- Sweden - Agneta Bolme-Börjefors[8]
- Italy - Paola Perissi
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey – Fatih Orbay
- Spain - Rosa Campano[22]
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland - Michel Stocker[23]
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland - Solveig Herlin[24]
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece - Irini Gavala
- Netherlands - Flip van der Schalie
- File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia - TBD
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus - Anna Partelidou[14]
- Germany - Carolin Reiber
- Denmark - Bent Henius[15]
- Israel - Yitzhak Shim'oni[25]
- File:Flag of Portugal.svg.png Portugal - João Abel Fonseca[16]
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria - Tilia Herold
- Belgium - Anne Ploegaerts
- File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey
National jury members[]
- United Kingdom – Michael Wells
- Spain – María del Carmen Campos (clerk), Luis Fernando Reyes (economist), Paloma Pérez (stewardess), Bautista Serra (industrialist), María Rosario Cano (student), Marcial Pereira (student), Gloria Moro (housewife), Virginia Mataix (actress), Adelardo Cano (teacher), Antonio Hipólito Romero (taxi driver), Antonio Prieto (athlete)[26]
References[]
- ↑ "Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest". Best Irish Facts. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eurovision 1983 facts
- ↑ Boom-Bang-a-Bang: Eurovision's Funniest Moments, BBC-TV, hosted by Terry Wogan
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1984". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Christian Masson. "1983 - Munich". Songcontest.free.fr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Hvem kommenterte før Jostein Pedersen? - Debattforum". Nrk.no. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 1983 BBC Archives
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Infosajten.com". Infosajten.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ "FORO FESTIVAL DE EUROVISIÓN • Ver Tema - Uribarri comentarista Eurovision 2010". Eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ KleinReport.ch. "Ehemalige "SF-DRS-Stimme Englands" Theodor Haller gestorben - Klein Report - News, alles über Kommunikation und Medien". KleinReport.ch. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Η Μακώ Γεωργιάδου και η EUROVISION (1970-1986)". Retromaniax.gr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Welkom op de site van Eurovision Artists". Eurovisionartists.nl. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Savvidis, Christos (OGAE Cyprus)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Forside". esconnet.dk. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-08-10. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Comentadores Do ESC - escportugalforum.pt.vu | o forum eurovisivo português". 21595.activeboard.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ [1] Archived October 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kiken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 ISBN 90-209-5274-9
- ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (2017). Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Three: The 1980's. UK: Telos Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-84583-118-9.
- ↑ "Cast in credits order". Eurovision Song Contest 1983. IMDb. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
- ↑ "Remedios Amaya actúa en séptimo lugar en el Festival de Eurovisión | Edición impresa | EL PAÍS". Elpais.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Baumann, Peter Ramón (OGAE Switzerland)
- ↑ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "פורום אירוויזיון". Sf.tapuz.co.il. 1999-09-13. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-10. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ "000webhost.com - free web hosting provider". Eurofestival.host22.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
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