1982 Eurovision Song Contest from Harrogate / England - Full Show (No Commentary)

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
After the show: An interview with the German winning team on stage

Date: 24 April 1982
Host Venue: Harrogate International Centre, United Kingdom
Presenter: Jan Leeming
Conductor: Ronnie Hazlehurst
Directed by Michael Hurll
Executive supervisor: Frank Naef
Executive producer: Michael Hurll
Host broadcaster: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Opening act: Introductions by Jan Leeming
Interval act: Pictures from Yorkshire and Castle Howard
Participants:
Number of entries: 18
Debuting countries: None
Returning countries: None
Withdrawing countries: France, Greece

The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming.

The German entrant, Nicole, was the winner with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden". 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.

This was the first time that Germany won the contest. They have competed in the finals every year (with the exception of 1996) since the contest's inception. Germany won again in 2010.

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.

Greece was due to participate in the contest with the song "Sarantapente Kopelies" performed by Themis Adamantidis. Although drawn to perform in second place, ERT withdrew the entry a few weeks before the contest.

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 were annoyance set 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.

The tradition of previous year's winners handing over the prize to current winners was not followed by Bucks Fizz, winners in 1981.

Irish band Chips lost out in their national finals, which, had they been successful, would have led to the unique situation of two bands in the same Eurovision with the same name (the other being Sweden).

Starter list and results:

There were 18 competitors in this year's final. No year since has had this few competitors in the final of the competition.

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01 Portugal Doce "Bem bom" Portuguese 13 32
02 Luxembourg Svetlana "Cours après le temps" French 6 78
03 Norway Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan "Adieu" Norwegian 12 40
04 United Kingdom Bardo "One Step Further" English 7 76
05 Turkey Neco "Hani?" Turkish 15 20
06 Finland Kojo "Nuku pommiin" Finnish 18 0
07 Switzerland Arlette Zola "Amour on t'aime" French 3 97
08 Cyprus Anna Vissi "Mono i agapi" (Μόνο η αγάπη) Greek 5 85
09 Sweden Chips "Dag efter dag" Swedish 8 67
10 Austria Mess "Sonntag" German 9 57
11 Belgium Stella "Si tu aimes ma musique" French 4 96
12 Spain Lucía "Él" Spanish 10 52
13 Denmark Brixx "Video, Video" Danish 17 5
14 Yugoslavia Aska "Halo, halo" (Хало, хало) Serbian 14 21
15 Israel Avi Toledano "Hora" (הורה) Hebrew 2 100
16 Netherlands Bill van Dijk "Jij en ik" Dutch 16 8
17 Ireland The Duskeys "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" English 11 49
18 Germany Nicole "Ein Bißchen Frieden" German 1 161

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