Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Dates
Final	4 May 1985
Host
Venue	Scandinavium Gothenburg, Sweden
Presenter(s)	Lill Lindfors
Directed by	Steen Priwin
Executive producer	Steen Priwin
Host broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/gothenburg-1985
Participants
Number of entries	19
Returning countries	Greece  Israel
Non-returning countries	Netherlands  Yugoslavia
Vote
Winning song	Norway "La det swinge"
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest had 19 countries and was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, following the win at the 1984 contest with the song "Diggi-loo diggi-ley" by Herreys. The Netherlands and Yugoslavia decided not to return that year. Greece and Israel returned back.

Norway won with "La det swinge", performed by Bobbysocks.

Overview

Each country's jury awarded points to their ten favourite songs, with 12 going to the best, 10 to the second and 8 to 1 to the third to tenth ranked songs. The country with the most points won the contest.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	No.
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

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