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.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Final | 4 May 1985 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Scandinavium Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Lill Lindfors |
| Musical director | Curt-Eric Holmquist |
| Directed by | Steen Priwin |
| Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
| Executive producer | Steen Priwin |
| Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
| Website | eurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | |
| Non-returning countries | |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song |  Norway"La det swinge" |
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
Gothenburg is the second-most populated city in Sweden and the fifth-most populated in the Nordic countries. The construction of the arena commenced in 1969, following numerous setbacks over the years. The arena was opened on May 18, 1971, and played a role in the city's unsuccessful attempt to host the 1984 Winter Olympics. Scandinavium was the largest indoor venue in Sweden at the time. It remained the largest arena to host the event until the 2000 contest in Stockholm. The venue is currently home to the Frölunda HC team of the Swedish Hockey League and also hosts the annual Gothenburg Horse Show.
Participating countries
| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 – Participation summaries by country | |
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A total of nineteen countries took part in the competition. Both Greece and Israel re-entered the competition following their absence in the preceding year. The Netherlands did not take part in the contest because of the national Remembrance of the Dead, while Yugoslavia also did not participate due to the anniversary of the death of Josip Broz Tito.
In 1985, the final competition had fewer than 20 participants, marking the last occurrence of such a low number. Every show included a symphony led by a maestro. In 1985, there was a unique occurrence where multiple conductors were featured for several entries and countries.[1][2]
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]
| 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:
Sweden – Agneta Bolme Börjefors[8]
United Kingdom – Colin Berry[1]
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.[citation needed]
Total score | Ireland | Finland | Cyprus | Denmark | Spain | France | Turkey | Belgium | Portugal | Germany | Israel | Italy | Norway | United Kingdom | Switzerland | Sweden | Austria | Luxembourg | Greece | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants | Ireland | 91 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Finland | 58 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Cyprus | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 41 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Spain | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| France | 56 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| Turkey | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 105 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |||||||
| Israel | 93 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 78 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| Norway | 123 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 100 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Switzerland | 39 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 103 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Austria | 60 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Luxembourg | 37 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Greece | 15 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 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:
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | SBS | SBS TV[d] | [41] | |
 Czechoslovakia | ČST | ČST2[e] | [42] | |
 Iceland | RÚV | Sjónvarpið | Hinrik Bjarnason | [43] |
 Netherlands | Olympus[f] | Gerrit den Braber | [44][45] | |
 Poland | TP | TP1[g] | [46] | |
Notes
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