Eurovision Song Contest 1984
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1984 |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 5 May 1984 |
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| Venue | Grand Theatre Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Presenter(s) | Désirée Nosbusch |
| Conductor | Pierre Cao |
| Director | Rene Steichen |
| Host broadcaster | RTL Télévision (RTL) |
| Opening act | In an introductory video, Pierre Cao and the RTL orchestra performed instrumental versions of all the past Eurovision winners from Luxembourg. |
| Interval act | Prague Theatre of Illuminated Drawings |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Ireland |
| Withdrawing countries |  Greece Israel |
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| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |  Sweden"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, the 29th event of its kind, was held on 5 May 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter, Désirée Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for the show at the time. She manifested her fluency in four languages by switching between a strong transatlantic English, French, German and Luxembourgish in the course of talking, often in the same sentence.
Sweden's the Herreys were the winners of this contest with the song, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley". Their "golden shoes" have become a pop culture cult classic since. This was the Nordic country's second win, and the first song performed in Swedish. The previous Swedish winner, ABBA, ten years ago had performed their song "Waterloo" in English.
Israel withdrew from the contest due to Yom Hazikaron being commemorated on the same date. Iceland was going to participate but withdrew due to lack of financial support.[1] 1984 is also a notable for the audible booing that could be heard from the audience, particularly at the end of the UK's performance. It was said that the booing was due to English football hooligans having rioted in Luxembourg in November 1983 after being knocked out of the UEFA European Football Championship. However, the song itself managed a pretty good showing, reaching seventh place.
A few days after the contest a woman named Jean Westwood said that she was one of three women who sang for Belle and the Devotions, but they were in hiding. There were rumours that the song was stolen from the Motown classic Baby Love, an international hit in 1964, and originally recorded by Diana Ross and The Supremes.[2]
Individual Entries [edit]
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Conductors [edit]
Host conductor in bold
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Returning artists [edit]
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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| Mary Roos |  Germany |
1972 |
| Izolda Barudžija |  Yugoslavia |
1982 (part of Aska), 1983 (part of Danijel's back vocals) |
Results [edit]
| Draw | Country | Language[3] | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Sweden |
Swedish | Herreys | "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" | - | 1 | 145 |
| 02 |  Luxembourg |
French | Sophie Carle | "100% d'amour" | 100% of Love | 10 | 39 |
| 03 |  France |
French | Annick Thoumazeau | "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" | As Many Lovers As Stars | 8 | 61 |
| 04 |  Spain |
Spanish | Bravo | "Lady, Lady" | - | 3 | 106 |
| 05 |  Norway |
Norwegian | Dollie de Luxe | "Lenge leve livet" | Long Live Life | 17 | 29 |
| 06 |  United Kingdom |
English | Belle & the Devotions | "Love Games" | - | 7 | 63 |
| 07 |  Cyprus |
Greek | Andy Paul | "Anna Maria Lena" (Άννα Μαρία Λένα) |
- | 15 | 31 |
| 08 |  Belgium |
French | Jacques Zegers | "Avanti la vie" | Go Forward In Life | 5 | 70 |
| 09 | Ireland |
English | Linda Martin | "Terminal 3" | - | 2 | 137 |
| 10 |  Denmark |
Danish | Hot Eyes | "Det' lige det" | That's Just It | 4 | 101 |
| 11 |  Netherlands |
Dutch | Maribelle | "Ik hou van jou" | I Love You | 13 | 34 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia |
Serbo-Croatian | Vlado & Isolda | "Ciao, amore" | Goodbye, My Love | 18 | 26 |
| 13 |  Austria |
German | Anita | "Einfach weg" | Just Get Away | 19 | 5 |
| 14 | Germany |
German | Mary Roos | "Aufrecht geh'n" | Walk Tall | 13 | 34 |
| 15 |  Turkey |
Turkish | Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra | "Halay" | - | 12 | 37 |
| 16 |  Finland |
Finnish | Kirka | "Hengaillaan" | Let's Hang Around | 9 | 46 |
| 17 |  Switzerland |
German | Rainy Day | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" | What Colour Is The Sunshine? | 16 | 30 |
| 18 |  Italy |
Italian | Alice & Franco Battiato | "I treni di Tozeur" | The Trains Of Tozeur | 5 | 70 |
| 19 |  Portugal |
Portuguese | Maria Guinot | "Silêncio e tanta gente" | Silence And So Many People | 11 | 38 |
Voting structure [edit]
Before the contest, Sweden was not expected to win or even achieve a high placing. In the run-up to the Contest, bookmakers Ladbrokes had the lowest odds on songs from Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Sweden was considered a "dark horse" entry with high odds.
Each country had a jury that awarded one to 10 and 12 points for their top ten songs.
At the close of the penultimate jury's votes, there was only a difference of six points between Sweden and Ireland, at 141 and 135 respectively. However, Yugoslavia was the only country who had not given any points to Ireland, and Portugal, the last jury, gave that western country only two points, crushing their chances. Portugal's voting also cost Denmark, who had been holding at a strong third position, even leading the scoreboard for a short time, in that place, when Portugal's 12 lifted Spain from 94 to 106 points. Portugal at the same time had only given Denmark one point making Denmark's total 101 points. Despite this, this was latter country's best position in over 20 years.
Halfway through the voting, the scoreboard turned blue and remained so until the end of the voting. This was visible only to television viewers.
Score sheet [edit]
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Sweden | 145 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| Luxembourg | 39 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| France | 61 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 106 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| Norway | 29 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 63 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| Cyprus | 31 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 70 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 137 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Denmark | 101 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Netherlands | 34 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 34 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Turkey | 37 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Finland | 46 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 30 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 70 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Portugal | 38 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
12 points [edit]
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 5 | Sweden | Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Ireland |
| 4 | Ireland | Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland |
| 2 | Belgium | France, Luxembourg |
| Denmark | Norway, United Kingdom | |
| Italy | Spain, Finland | |
| Spain | Portugal, Turkey | |
| 1 | Cyprus | Yugoslavia |
| France | Netherlands |
Commentators [edit]
Sweden - Fredrik Belfrage (SVT, TV1)[4]
Luxembourg - Valérie Sarn & Jacques Navadic (RTL Télévision)[5]
France - Léon Zitrone (Antenne 2)[5]
Spain - José-Miguel Ullán (TVE2)[6]
Norway - Roald Øyen (NRK)[7]
United Kingdom – Terry Wogan (BBC1)[8]
Cyprus - Pavlos Pavlou (RIK)[9]
Belgium - Jacques Mercier (RTBF1),[5] Luc Appermont (BRT TV1)[10]
Ireland - Gay Byrne (RTÉ1), Jimmy Greeley (RTÉ Radio 1)
Denmark - Jørgen de Mylius (DR TV)[11]
Netherlands - Ivo Niehe (Nederland 1)[12]
Yugoslavia - Mladen Popović (TVB2), Oliver Mlakar (TVZ 2), Tomaž Terček (TVL1)
Austria - Ernst Grissemann (FS2)[13]
Germany - Ado Schlier (ARD Deutsches Fernsehen),[14] Roger Horné (Deutschlandfunk)
Turkey - Başak Doğru (TRT)
Finland - Heikki Seppälä (YLE TV1)[15]
Switzerland - Bernard Thurnheer (TV DRS), Serge Moisson (TSR), Ezio Guidi (TSI)
Italy - Antonio De Robertis (Raidue and Rai Radio 1)
Portugal - Fialho Gouveia (RTP1)[16]
Iceland - (non participating country) - TBC(Sjónvarpið)
Israel - (non participating country) - No commentator
Spokespersons [edit]
- Sweden - Agneta Bolme-Börjefors[4]
- Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey
- France - Gillette Aho
- Spain - Matilde Jarrín
- Norway - Egil Teige[17]
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry[18]
- Cyprus - Anna Partelidou[9]
- Belgium - Jacques Olivier
- Ireland - John Skehan
- Denmark - Bent Henius[11]
- Netherlands - Flip van der Schalie[19]
- Yugoslavia - Snežana Lipkovska-Hadžinaumova
- Austria - Tilia Herold[18]
- Germany - Kerstin Schweighöfer
- Turkey - Fatih Orbay
- Finland - Solveig Herlin[20]
- Switzerland - Michel Stocker[21]
- Italy - Mariolina Cannuli
- Portugal - Eládio Clímaco
National jury members [edit]
- Spain – Francisco Guardón (lab employee and photography expert), Carmen González (translator), Rafael Rullán (basketball player), Mayte Sancho (actress), Victoriano Valencia (former bullfighter and businessman), Andrés Magdaleno (actor and theatre businessman), Eva Nasarre (ballet and gymnastics teacher), Luis del Val (playwright), Carmen Garrido (public relations), Luis Fernando Abad (industrialist), Conchita Mínguez (horsewoman)[22]
References [edit]
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- ^ "Morgunblaðið, 17.05.1984". Timarit.is. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1984". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Infosajten.com". Infosajten.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ a b c Christian Masson. "1984 - Luxembourg". Songcontest.free.fr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "FORO FESTIVAL DE EUROVISIÓN • Ver Tema - Uribarri comentarista Eurovision 2010". Eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "Hvem kommenterte før Jostein Pedersen? - Debattforum". Nrk.no. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ Eurovision Song Contest 1984 BBC Archives
- ^ a b Savvidis, Christos (OGAE Cyprus)
- ^ Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kiken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 ISBN 90-209-5274-9
- ^ a b "Forside". esconnet.dk. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
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- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1984". Ecgermany.de. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "Comentadores Do ESC - escportugalforum.pt.vu | o forum eurovisivo português". 21595.activeboard.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
- ^ a b http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313371/fullcredits#cast
- ^ Leidse Courant, 5 May 1984
- ^ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ Baumann, Peter Ramón (OGAE Switzerland)
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