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The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Munich, then West Germany, following the country's victory at the 1982 contest with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole. Despite their first victory the year before, this was the second time Germany had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1957. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the contest was held at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle on 23 April 1983 and was hosted by German dancer Marlene Charell.

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Dates
Final	23 April 1983
Host
Venue	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Munich, West Germany
Presenter(s)	Marlene Charell
Musical director	Dieter Reith
Directed by	Rainer Bertram
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Christian Hayer Günther Lebram
Host broadcaster	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Opening act	Marlene Charell introducing each act and calling all of them on stage together.
Interval act	Classical music films medley performed by Marlene Charell.
Website	eurovision.tv/event/munich-1983
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	France  Greece  Italy
Non-returning countries	Ireland
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1983
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points in final	Spain  Turkey
Winning song	Luxembourg "Si la vie est cadeau"
1982 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1984

Twenty countries took part this year, with France, Greece and Italy all returning this year, while Ireland decided not to participate.

The winner was Luxembourg with the song "Si la vie est cadeau" by Corinne Hermes, which equalled the record of 5 victories set by France in 1977. This record would in turn be beaten by Ireland in 1994. It was also the second year in a row where the winning entry was performed last on the night and the second year in a row in which Israel won 2nd place. For the third year in a row, at least one country ended up with nul points, and in this case, it happened to be two countries, Spain and Turkey, neither of whom were able to get off the mark.

The 1983 contest was the first to be televised in Australia, via Channel 0/28 (now SBS Television) in Sydney and Melbourne. The contest went on to become popular in Australia, leading to the country's eventual debut at the 60th anniversary contest in 2015.

Location

Munich is a German city and capital of the Bavarian state. As the capital, Munich houses the parliament and state government. Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle was chosen to host the contest. It was initially named after the president of the Bavarian State Sport Association. The 6,700-seat hall opened in 1972 to host basketball events for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Format

Stage design

The set that year was a quite small, arc-shaped stage surrounding the orchestra section, and a large background resembling giant electric heaters, which lit up in different sequences and combinations depending on the nature and rhythm of the songs.

Presentation format

Hostess Marlene Charell made all of her announcements in German before translating a repetition in both French and English. After presenting all of the 20 participating acts at the start of the show and then making a formal welcome, Charell also introduced each song individually, standing in front of elaborate floral arrangements, all of which she had designed herself, in place of a pre-filmed 'postcard'. In all three languages, Charel named the country, song title, performing artist, author, composer and conductor. Together with an on screen title card naming the upcoming country prior to her verbal introductions, this extended the break in between each song to three minutes minimally.

Due to host Marlene Charell's choice to announce points in three languages instead of two, the voting went on for nearly an hour, stretching the Eurovision contest past three hours for the second time ever, after 1979.[1] In addition, Charell made 13 language mistakes throughout the voting,[1] some as innocuous as mixing up the words for "points" between the three languages, some as major as nearly awarding points to "Schweden" (Sweden) that were meant for "Schweiz" (Switzerland).

The language problems also occurred during the contest introductions, as Charell introduced the Finnish singer Ami Aspelund as "Ami Aspesund", furthermore she introduced the Norwegian conductor Sigurd Jansen as "...Johannes...Skorgan...",[2] having been forced to make up a name on the spot after forgetting the conductor's name.

Interval act

The interval show was a dance number set to a medley of German songs which had become internationally famous, including "Strangers in the Night". The host, Marlene Charell, was the lead dancer.

Song success

Ofra Haza from Israel, who took the second place, had an enduring success with her song "Hi" (חי) which became a hit in Europe, launching her career. This year also marked the first performance of Sweden's Carola Häggkvist, who took the third place, went on to win the contest in 1991 and represented her country again in 2006 (coming fifth). Her song, "Främling", became very popular in Sweden and in various other European countries. In the Netherlands, the song reached the top five, coupled with a Dutch-language version ("Je ogen hebben geen geheimen") which was performed by Carola herself. The 4th placed "Džuli", also became a hit in Europe. Singer Daniel released an English-language version as "Julie".

Nul points

This year's nul points were shared by Spain and Turkey. Spain's Remedios Amaya presented a song which was a stark departure from pop tastes and conventional perception of melody and harmony as it was a flamenco one, a style traditionally tied with the international image of Spain. Additionally, she sang her song barefoot. Some olés were heard from the present audience when she ended her performance. Turkey's entry, Opera, performed by Çetin Alp & the Short Waves, could on the other hand be said to fit in well with the spirit of Eurovision of that time. Nevertheless, the overinterpretation of the theme of the song, as well as the fact that the lyrics of the song consisted for the most part of the often-repeated word "opera" and names of well-known operas and composers, and Çetin's breaking into operatic "lay lay la", prompted extensive derision of the song, including the usual sardonic words from BBC commentator Terry Wogan ("a nicely understated performance there").

Participating countries

Twenty countries took part in the contest, with France, Greece, and Italy returning to the competition. On the other hand, Ireland was absent this year for the first time because RTÉ workers were in strike action at the time.[3]

Conductors

Each performance had a conductor who directed the orchestra.[4][5]

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Guy Bonnet	France	1970
Sandra Reemer (backing singer)	Netherlands	1972 (along with Andres Holten), 1976, 1979 (as Xandra)
Jahn Teigen	Norway	1978, 1982
Anita Skorgan (backing singer)		1977, 1979, 1982
Izolda Barudžija (backing singer)	Yugoslavia	1982 (part of Aska)

Participants and results

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language[6][7]	Points	Place[8]
1	France	Guy Bonnet	"Vivre"	French	56	8
2	Norway	Jahn Teigen	"Do Re Mi"	Norwegian	53	9
3	United Kingdom	Sweet Dreams	"I'm Never Giving Up"	English	79	6
4	Sweden	Carola Häggkvist	"Främling"	Swedish	126	3
5	Italy	Riccardo Fogli	"Per Lucia"	Italian	41	11
6	Turkey	Çetin Alp	"Opera"	Turkish	0	19
7	Spain	Remedios Amaya	"¿Quién maneja mi barca?"	Spanish	0	19
8	Switzerland	Mariella Farré	"Io così non ci sto"	Italian	28	15
9	Finland	Ami Aspelund	"Fantasiaa"	Finnish	41	11
10	Greece	Christie Stasinopoulou	"Mou les" (Μου λες)	Greek	32	14
11	Netherlands	Bernadette	"Sing Me a Song"	Dutch	66	7
12	Yugoslavia	Daniel	"Džuli" (Џули)	Serbo-Croatian	125	4
13	Cyprus	Stavros and Constantina	"I agapi akoma zi" (Η αγάπη ακόμα ζει)	Greek	26	16
14	Germany	Hoffmann and Hoffmann	"Rücksicht"	German	94	5
15	Denmark	Gry Johansen	"Kloden drejer"	Danish	16	17
16	Israel	Ofra Haza	"Hi" (חי)	Hebrew	136	2
17	Portugal	Armando Gama	"Esta balada que te dou"	Portuguese	33	13
18	Austria	Westend	"Hurricane"	German	53	9
19	Belgium	Pas de Deux	"Rendez-vous"	Dutch	13	18
20	Luxembourg	Corinne Hermès	"Si la vie est cadeau"	French	142	1

Detailed voting results

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) to their top ten songs.

Detailed voting results[9][10]

		Total score	France	Norway	United Kingdom	Sweden	Italy	Turkey	Spain	Switzerland	Finland	Greece	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	Cyprus	Germany	Denmark	Israel	Portugal	Austria	Belgium	Luxembourg
Contestants	France	56		3			10			10	6	7	2	3	4	4		1	3			3
	Norway	53			5	3		6					8			1	8	4	6	3	7	2
	United Kingdom	79	5	5		12	2	5		8		5	5		6	3	5		2	10		6
	Sweden	126	6	12	8		8	7	2	5	10	10	3	1	7	12	10	8	4	8	5
	Italy	41	7			2		4	3		1	2		8	1			6	7
	Turkey	0
	Spain	0
	Switzerland	28		1			7		1					7						6	1	5
	Finland	41	1	2	6			3		4		8				7		7		2		1
	Greece	32	3						12		5				12
	Netherlands	66	2	7	1	6	4	2		12	3			5	5	2	4	3		4	2	4
	Yugoslavia	125		8	12		1	12	10		12	6	7		8	6	12	10		1	12	8
	Cyprus	26		4						1				6		5	1	5			4
	Germany	94	10	10	7	8	6			2	4	1	10				3		8	7	6	12
	Denmark	16			2	7		1	4						2
	Israel	136	8	6	10	5	3		6	7	7	3	12	10		10	7		10	12	10	10
	Portugal	33	4			1			5	6	2		6	2								7
	Austria	53			3	4	5	10				4	4	4	3		6	2	5		3
	Belgium	13			4				8										1
	Luxembourg	142	12			10	12	8	7	3	8	12	1	12	10	8	2	12	12	5	8

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Luxembourg	France,  Greece,  Israel,  Italy,  Portugal,  Yugoslavia
5	Yugoslavia	Belgium,  Denmark,  Finland,  Turkey,  United Kingdom
2	Greece	Cyprus,  Spain
	Israel	Austria,  Netherlands
	Sweden	Germany,  Norway
1	Germany	Luxembourg
	Netherlands	Switzerland
	United Kingdom	Sweden

Spokespersons

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Each country announced their votes in the order of performance. The following is a list of spokespersons who announced the votes for their respective country.

Broadcasts

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National broadcasters were able to send a commentary team to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	FS2	Ernst Grissemann [de]
	Hitradio Ö3	Rudolf Klausnitzer
Belgium	BRT TV1	Dutch: Luc Appermont	[12]
	RTBF Télé 2	French: Jacques Mercier	[13]
	BRT Radio 1	Dutch: Herwig Haes
	RTBF La Première	French: Jacques Olivier
Cyprus	RIK	Fryni Papadopoulou
	RIK Deftero	Neophytos Taliotis
Denmark	DR TV	Jørgen de Mylius
	DR P3	Karen Thisted [dk]
Finland	YLE TV1	Erkki Pohjanheimo
	YLE Rinnakkaisohjelma	Markus Similä
France	Antenne 2	Léon Zitrone
	France Inter	Philippe Caloni [fr]
Germany	Deutsches Fernsehen	Ado Schlier [de]
	Deutschlandfunk/hr3/Bayern 2	Roger Horné [de]
Greece	ERT	Mako Georgiadou [el]
	Proto Programma	Dimitris Konstantaras [el]
Israel	Israeli Television	No commentator
	Reshet Gimel	Daniel Pe'er
Italy	Rete 1	Paolo Frajese
	Rai Radio 1	Antonio Caprarica [it]
Luxembourg	RTL Télévision	Valérie Sarn [fr]
	RTL	André Torrent [fr]
Netherlands	Nederland 1	Willem Duys	[14]
Norway	NRK	Ivar Dyrhaug
	NRK P1	Erik Heyerdahl [no]
Portugal	RTP1	Eládio Clímaco
Spain	TVE 1	José-Miguel Ullán
Sweden	TV1	Ulf Elfving
	SR P3	Kent Finell
Switzerland	TV DRS	German: Theodor Haller [de]	[15]
	TSR[lower-alpha 1]	French: Georges Hardy [fr]
	TSI[lower-alpha 1]	Italian: Giovanni Bertini
Turkey	TRT	Başak Doğru
	TRT Radyo 3	Bülent Osma
United Kingdom	BBC1	Terry Wogan	[16][5]
	British Forces Radio	Richard Nankivell	[5]
Yugoslavia	TVB 2	Serbo-Croatian: Mladen Popović
	TVZ 1	Serbo-Croatian: Oliver Mlakar
	TVL 1	Slovene: Tomaž Terček [sl]

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Australia	Channel 0/28	Terry Wogan	[5]
Iceland	Sjónvarpið	Unknown
Ireland	RTÉ 1	Terry Wogan	[5]
	RTÉ Radio 1	Brendan Balfe

Note

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Eurovision Song Contest 1983

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[ru] Евровидение-1983

Конкурс песни Евровидение 1983 — 28-й конкурс песни «Евровидение». Он прошёл 23 апреля 1983 года в городе Мюнхен (Германия) в зале имени Руди Зедльмайера.

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