Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Dates
Final4 May 1985
Host
VenueScandinavium
Gothenburg, Sweden
Presenter(s)Lill Lindfors
Musical directorCurt-Eric Holmquist
Directed bySteen Priwin
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerSteen Priwin
Host broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/gothenburg-1985
Participants
Number of entries19
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the countries of Europe
         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1985
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Norway
"La det swinge"

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 1984 contest with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys.

Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Scandinavium on 4th May 1985. It was hosted by previous Swedish contestant Lill Lindfors.

Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Norway winning the contest for the first time with "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks!.

Location

Scandinavium, Gothenburg – host venue of the 1985 contest.

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Construction of the arena began in 1969 after decades of setbacks.

The arena was inaugurated on 18 May 1971 and was a feature for the city's failed bid for the 1984 Winter Olympics. At the time, Scandinavium was the largest indoor venue in the world, and until the 2000 contest in Stockholm it was the largest arena to host the event. Today, the arena hosts the Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League and the annual Gothenburg Horse Show.

Participating countries

Nineteen countries participated in the contest. Greece and Israel returned to the contest after not participating the previous year. The Netherlands did not participate in this contest due to the national Remembrance of the Dead, nor Yugoslavia due to the anniversary of the death of Josip Broz Tito. 1985 was the last year to have less than 20 participants competing in the final.

Each performance featured an orchestra directed by a conductor. 1985 was the only year to feature multiple conductors for several entries and countries.[1][2]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985[1][2][3][4]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF Gary Lux "Kinder dieser Welt" German Richard Oesterreicher
 Belgium BRT Linda Lepomme "Laat me nu gaan" Dutch
  • Pieter Verlinden
  • Bert Vivier
 Curt-Eric Holmquist
 Cyprus CyBC Lia Vissi "To katalava arga" (Το κατάλαβα αργά) Greek Lia Vissi Haris Andreadis
 Denmark DR Hot Eyes "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en" Danish Wolfgang Käfer
 Finland YLE Sonja Lumme "Eläköön elämä" Finnish
  • Petri Laaksonen
  • Veli-Pekka Lehto
 Ossi Runne
 France Antenne 2 Roger Bens "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" French Didier Pascalis Michel Bernholc
 Germany BR[lower-alpha 1] Wind "Für alle" German Hanne Haller Rainer Pietsch
 Greece ERT Takis Biniaris "Miazoume" (Μοιάζουμε) Greek
Haris Andreadis
 Ireland RTÉ Maria Christian "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" English Brendan Graham Noel Kelehan
 Israel IBA Izhar Cohen "Olé, Olé" (עולה, עולה) Hebrew
Kobi Oshrat
 Italy RAI Al Bano and Romina Power "Magic, Oh Magic" Italian
Fiorenzo Zanotti
 Luxembourg CLT Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon "Children, Kinder, Enfants" French[lower-alpha 2]
Norbert Daum
 Norway NRK Bobbysocks! "La det swinge" Norwegian Rolf Løvland Terje Fjærn
 Portugal RTP Adelaide "Penso em ti, eu sei" Portuguese
José Calvário
 Spain TVE Paloma San Basilio "La fiesta terminó" Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón Juan Carlos Calderón
 Sweden SVT Kikki Danielsson "Bra vibrationer" Swedish Curt-Eric Holmquist
  Switzerland SRG SSR Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini "Piano, piano" German
Anita Kerr
 Turkey TRT MFÖ "Didai didai dai" Turkish Garo Mafyan
 United Kingdom BBC Vikki "Love Is" English
John Coleman

Returning artists

In 1985, 13 previous Eurovision artists took part for a second or third time, including the members of eventual winners Bobbysocks! who previously participated as soloists. Notably, Kikki Danielsson returned for host country Sweden, competing against Elisabeth Andreasson with whom she had participated alongside in the 1982 contest as part of the group Chips.

Bold indicates a previous winner.

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Gary Lux  Austria 1983 (member of Westend), 1984 (backing vocal of Anita)
Rhonda Heath (backing singer) 1977 (member of Silver Convention for  Germany)
Lia Vissi  Cyprus 1979 (backing vocal of Elpida), 1980 (backing vocal of Anna Vissi and The Epikouri), both times for  Greece
Hot Eyes  Denmark 1984
Izhar Cohen  Israel 1978 (along with the Alphabeta)
Al Bano and Romina Power  Italy 1976
Ireen Sheer  Luxembourg 1974, 1978 (for  Germany)
Hanne Krogh (part of Bobbysocks!)  Norway 1971
Elisabeth Andreasson (part of Bobbysocks!) 1982 (for  Sweden, as part of Chips)
Kikki Danielsson  Sweden 1982 (as part of Chips)
Pino Gasparini   Switzerland 1977 (part of Pepe Lienhard Band)
Mariella Farré 1983

Contest overview

Lill Lindfors staged a deliberate wardrobe malfunction as she proceeded to the stage to present the voting procedure; the skirt of her dress appeared to come away accidentally, leaving her in just her underwear and the top half of her dress. After a few seconds however, Lindfors unfastened the flaps of her dress across her shoulders to reveal a full-length white gown. Lindfors then took her seat to start calling in the votes, stating "I just wanted to wake you up a little."[6]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985[7]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Ireland Maria Christian "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" 91 6
2  Finland Sonja Lumme "Eläköön elämä" 58 9
3  Cyprus Lia Vissi "To katalava arga" 15 16
4  Denmark Hot Eyes "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en" 41 11
5  Spain Paloma San Basilio "La fiesta terminó" 36 14
6  France Roger Bens "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" 56 10
7  Turkey MFÖ "Didai didai dai" 36 14
8  Belgium Linda Lepomme "Laat me nu gaan" 7 19
9  Portugal Adelaide "Penso em ti, eu sei" 9 18
10  Germany Wind "Für alle" 105 2
11  Israel Izhar Cohen "Olé, Olé" 93 5
12  Italy Al Bano and Romina Power "Magic, Oh Magic" 78 7
13  Norway Bobbysocks! "La det swinge" 123 1
14  United Kingdom Vikki "Love Is" 100 4
15   Switzerland Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini "Piano, piano" 39 12
16  Sweden Kikki Danielsson "Bra vibrationer" 103 3
17  Austria Gary Lux "Kinder dieser Welt" 60 8
18  Luxembourg Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon "Children, Kinder, Enfants" 37 13
19  Greece Takis Biniaris "Miazoume" 15 16

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1985 contest are listed below:

Detailed voting results

As in previous contests, each country had a jury who awarded a set number of points for each of their top ten songs. Norway took and kept the lead with only three countries remaining to vote, in one of the shortest winning stretches during voting in the contest's history.

Detailed voting results[9][10]
Total score
Ireland
Finland
Cyprus
Denmark
Spain
France
Turkey
Belgium
Portugal
Germany
Israel
Italy
Norway
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Sweden
Austria
Luxembourg
Greece
Contestants
 Ireland 91173435884812335710
Finland 58666317721010
Cyprus 151338
Denmark 413103162655
Spain 36281122416
France 5654133102463312
Turkey 36723121812
Belgium 77
Portugal 927
Germany 1054101210108107781810
Israel 9385481257510572762
Italy 78610112582124612
Norway 12312412121212126126121271
United Kingdom 1005755610665287104284
Switzerland 39326654151123
Sweden 103101282747864126845
Austria 60371410102101345
Luxembourg 37241035148
Greece 1587

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points, the highest scoring amount, given by juries in the final:

N. Contestant Nations' juries giving 12 points
8  Norway Austria,  Belgium,  Denmark,  Germany,  Ireland,  Israel,  Sweden,  United Kingdom
3  Italy Luxembourg,  Portugal,  Spain
2  Sweden Finland,  Norway
1  France Greece
 Germany Cyprus
 Ireland Italy
 Israel France
 Spain Turkey
 Turkey  Switzerland

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks, with 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.[11] 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) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS1 Ernst Grissemann [12][13]
 Belgium BRT TV1 Luc Appermont [14][15][16]
RTBF RTBF1 Unknown [15][16]
 Cyprus CyBC RIK Themis Themistokleous [17]
 Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [18]
 Finland YLE TV1, Rinnakkaisohjelma Kari Lumikero [19]
 France Antenne 2 Patrice Laffont [20]
 Germany ARD Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen Ado Schlier [12][16][21]
 Greece ERT ERT1 Mako Georgiadou [22][23]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ 1 Gay Byrne [24][25]
RTÉ Radio 1 Larry Gogan [26][27]
 Israel IBA Israeli Television Unknown [28][29]
Reshet Gimel Unknown
 Italy RAI Rai Due[lower-alpha 3] Rosanna Vaudetti [30][31]
RaiStereoUno[lower-alpha 3] Unknown
 Luxembourg CLT RTL Télévision Unknown [15][16]
RTL plus Oliver Spiecker
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Veslemøy Kjendsli [32]
NRK P1[lower-alpha 4] Jahn Teigen and Erik Heyerdahl
 Portugal RTP RTP1 Eládio Clímaco [33][34]
 Spain TVE TVE 2 Antonio Gómez Mateo [35][36]
 Sweden SVT TV1 Fredrik Belfrage [8][19][32]
RR SR P3 Jan Ellerås and Rune Hallberg [8][32]
  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Bernard Thurnheer [12][20][37]
TSR Serge Moisson
TSI Unknown
 Turkey TRT TRT Televizyon Unknown [38]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Terry Wogan [1][39]
BFBS BFBS Radio Richard Nankivell [1]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Australia SBS SBS TV[lower-alpha 5] Unknown [40]
 Czechoslovakia ČST ČST2[lower-alpha 6] Unknown [41]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið Hinrik Bjarnason [42]
 Netherlands Olympus[lower-alpha 7] Gerrit den Braber [43][44]
 Poland TP TP1[lower-alpha 8] Unknown [45]

Notes

  1. ↑ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[5]
  2. ↑ Contains several phrases in German and English
  3. 1 2 Deferred broadcast at 22:30 CEST (20:30 UTC)[30]
  4. ↑ Deferred broadcast at 22:55 CEST (20:55 UTC)[32]
  5. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 5 May at 19:30 AEST (09:30 UTC)[40]
  6. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 1 June 1985 at 11:05 CEST (09:05 UTC)[41]
  7. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 6 May at 10:00 CEST (08:00 UTC)[43]
  8. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 25 May 1985 at 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC)[45]

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