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Eurovision Song Contest 1985

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision, it was held in Sweden on May 4th and the presenter was Lill Lindfors. Bobbysocks was the winner of this Eurovision with the song La det swinge.

Results

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
1985 Eurovision Song Contest
Country Artist(s) Song Place Points
Austria Gary Lux Kinder dieser Welt 8 60
Belgium Linda Lepomme Laat Me Nu Gaan 19 7
Cyprus Lia Vissi To Katalava Arga 16 15
Denmark Hot Eyes Sku' Du Spoerg Fra No'en 11 41
Finland Sonja Lumme Eläköön Elämä 9 58
France Roger Bens Femme Dans Ses Reves Aussi 10 56
Germany Wind Für alle 2 105
Greece Takis Biniaris Moiazoume 16 15
Ireland Maria Christian Wait Until The Weekend Comes 6 91
Israel Yizhar Cohen & The Alphabetas Ole Ole 5 93
Italy Al Bano & Romina Power Magic, Oh Magic 7 78
Luxembourg Ireen Sheer, Margo, Frank Olivier, Chris & Malcolm Roberts, Diane Solomon Children, Kinder, Enfants 13 37
Norway Bobbysocks La det swinge 1 123
Portugal Adelaide Penso Em Ti, Eu Sei 18 9
Spain Paloma san Basilio La Fiesta Termino 14 36
Sweden Kikki Danielsson Bra Vibrationer 3 103
Switzerland Mariella Farre & Pino Gasparini Piano Piano 12 39
Turkey MFO Didai Didai Dai 14 36
United Kingdom Vikki Watson Love Is 4 100
Venue: Scandinavium - Gothenburg, Sweden
The table is ordered by the countries names.

Voting Structure

Each Country had a Jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs. The voting itself was exciting, the German favourites looked to be cruising to an early victory. However both Sweden and Norway did their best to keep up and by the time the UK jury delivered their votes (only 1 point for Germany and 12 for Norway), Germany had seen its lead smashed. The largely Scandinavian audience in Gothenburg were envolped in the drama being played out on the scoreboard. Norway went on to win the contest before the results of the final jury were delivered. This led to much jubliation in both Norway and in the Scandinavium, 'Nil points' Norway were victors at last.


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