Sunday, 20 March 1983

1983 FRANCE EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - March 20, 1983
Official name - Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1983 Sélection Française
Organising broadcasters - Antenne 2
Venue - Théatre de l'Empire, Paris
Hosts - Jean-Pierre Foucault / Marie Myriam
Director - Georges Barrier
Stage designer - Michel Millecamps
Producer - Emmanuel Robert
Musical director - François Rauber
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Opening sequence - instrumental arrangement (arr. François Rauber)
Interval act - none
Number of entries - 14
Winning entry - 'Vivre' Guy Bonnet
Winning songwriters - Guy Bonnet / Fulbert Cant
Winning orchestrator - Guy Matteoni

Guy Bonnet won the French selection for a second time, thirteen years after his first stint with 'Marie-Blanche' in 1970

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1
Title – "Les manèges de l'amour"
Rendition – Philippe Houbert
Lyrics – Pierre Delanoë / Jean-Michel Bériat
Composition – Pierre Jeanten
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Score – 12th place 

Song 2
Title – "Je t'aime"
Rendition – Joël Prévost
Lyrics – Michel Jouveaux
Composition – Joël Rocher
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Joël Rocher / Pierre Tibéri
Score – 9th place

Song 3
Title – "Je reviendrai"
Rendition – Claude Merlebois
Lyrics – Hugues Dumas
Composition – Béatrice Gravier
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 8th place

Song 4
Title – "L'homme est un mobile"
Rendition – Jean-Marc Courtois
Lyrics – Évelyne Courtois
Composition – Jean-Marc Courtois
Studio arrangement – Gérard Hugé
Live orchestration – Gérard Hugé
Score – 7th place

Song 5
Title – "Passionnément"
Rendition – Joséphine Coppola
Lyrics – Patrick Michel
Composition – Alain Bernard / Patrick Lemaître
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 14th place

Song 6
Title – "Je vous oublie"
Rendition – Kali
Lyrics – Suzanne Quintelier
Composition – Pierre Quintelier / Suzanne Quintelier
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 13th place

Song 7
Title – "Vivre"
Rendition – Guy Bonnet
Lyrics – Fulbert Cant
Composition – Guy Bonnet
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Score – 1st place 

Song 8
Title – "Mais où est l'amour"
Rendition – Rebecca
Lyrics – Pascal Auriat
Composition – Michel Jourdan
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 11th place

Song 9
Title – "France France"
Rendition – Isabelle Aubret
Lyrics – Maurice Fanon
Composition – Serge Sentis / Isabelle Aubret
Studio arrangement – Sylvano Santorio
Live orchestration – Sylvano Santorio
Score – 3rd place 

Song 10
Title – "Quand je vois le soleil"
Rendition – Nicolas Layani
Lyrics – Jacques Demarny
Composition – Jean-Michel Braque
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 6th place

Song 11
Title – "A Chantefrance"
Rendition – Jean-Paul Cara
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – David Sprinfield
Score – 5th place

Song 12
Title – "Avec"
Rendition – Christine Fontane
Lyrics – Daniel Thibon
Composition – Christine Fontane / Jean-François Laroux
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 10th place

Song 13
Title – "Vive le douanier Rousseau"
Rendition – La Compagnie Créole
Lyrics – Daniel Vangarde
Composition – Daniel Vangarde
Studio arrangement – Jean Kluger / La Compagnie Créole
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 2nd place

Song 14
Title – "J'en appelle à la vie"
Rendition – Anne-Marie Gancel
Lyrics – Maurice Fanon
Composition – Paul Koulak
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 4th place
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Friday, 18 March 1983

1983 GREEK EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - March 18, 1983
Official name - Ένα τραγούδι για την Ευρωβίζιον
Organising broadcasters - ERT (ΕΡΤ)
Venue - ERT TV Studios, Athens
Host - Mako Georgiadou (Μακώ Γεωργιάδου)
Director - Caterina Catotaki (Κατερίνα Κατωτάκη)
Stage designer - Efi Panagou-Spachi (Έφη Πανάγου-Σπαχή)
Producer - Caterina Catotaki (Κατερίνα Κατωτάκη)
Orchestra - ERT Light-Entertainment Orchestra (Oρχήστρα Ποικίλης Μουσικής της ΕΡΤ)
Number of entries - 11
Winning entry - 'Mou les' Christie Stasinopoulou ('Μου λες' Κρίστη Στασινοπούλου)
Winning songwriters - Antonis Plessas (Αντώνης Πλέσσας) / Sofia Phildissi (Σοφία Φίλντιση)

Note - A jury of 50 persons, gathered in the ERT TV Studios, judged the 11 songs, with only the winner being announced at the end of the broadcast; a ranking from 1 to 10 has been preserved, though, with song 7 conspicuously missing - the reason possibly being that it had been disqualified

Christie Stasinopoulou during her winning performance in the Greek pre-selection

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1
Title – "Irini" ("Ειρήνη")
Rendition – Cleopatra (Κλεοπάτρα) feat. Dimitris Magafas (Δημήτρης Μαγκαφάς, mouth organ)
Lyrics – Spyros Cokkinis (Σπύρος Κοκκίνης)
Composition – Antonis Plessas (Αντώνης Πλέσσας)
Score – 5th place

Song 2
Title – "Calocerino delino" ("Καλοκαιρινό δειλινο")
Rendition – Nicos Nomicos (Νίκος Νομικός) feat. Costas Nicolopoulos (Κώστας Νικολόπουλος, guitar)
Lyrics – Dimitris Letsios (Δημήτρης Λέτσιος)
Composition – Alexis Bagias (Αλέξης Μπάγιας)
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Nestoras Danas (Νέστορας Δάνας)
Score – 8th place

Song 3
Title – "Tha fygo" ("Θα φύγω")
Rendition – Ariele Constantinidis (Άριελ Κωνσταντινίδη)
Lyrics – Aris Pavlis (Αριστείδης Παυλής)
Composition – Aris Pavlis (Αριστείδης Παυλής)
Studio arrangement – none
Score – 10th place 

Song 4
Title – "Matia mou melachrina ("Μάτια μου μελαχρινά")
Rendition – Gianna Comninou (Γιάννα Κομνηνού) feat. Lia Vissi (Λία Βίσση) / Caterina Adamantidou (Κατερίνα Αδαμαντίδου) / Stelios Goulielmos (Στέλιος Γουλιέλμος) (backing vocals)
Lyrics – Eleni Tabacopoulou (Ελένη Ταμπακοπούλου)
Composition – Antonis Stefanidis (Αντώνης Στεφανίδης)
Score – 7th place

Song 5
Title – "Ta dentra" ("Τα δέντρα")
Rendition – Dimitris Lydos (Δημήτρης Λυδός)
Lyrics – Giannis Cacaniaris (Γιάννης Κακανιάρης)
Composition – Giannis Cacaniaris (Γιάννης Κακανιάρης)
Studio arrangement – none
Score – 4th place

Song 6
Song title – "Agapi, agapi" ("Αγάπη, αγάπη")
Rendition – Dakis (Δάκης)
Lyrics – George Pias (Γιώργος Πιάς)
Composition – George Zekos (Γιωργος Ζήκος)
Studio arrangement – none
Score – 2nd place

Song 7
Title – "Choros tis nichtas" ("Xορός της νύχτας")
Rendition – Petros Dourdouvakis (Πέτρος Δουρδουμπάκης) feat. Dimitris Papadopoulos (Δημήτρης Παπαδόπουλος, bouzouki)
Lyrics – Thanos Phourgiotis (Θάνος Φουργιώτης)
Composition – Petros Dourdouvakis (Πέτρος Δουρδουμπάκης)
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Petros Dourdouvakis (Πέτρος Δουρδουμπάκης)
Score – none (disqualified?)

Song 8
Title – "Mou les" ("Μου λες")
Rendition – Christie Stasinopoulou (Κρίστη Στασινοπούλου)
Lyrics – Sofia Phildissi (Σοφία Φίλντιση)
Composition – Antonis Plessas (Αντώνης Πλέσσας)
Studio arrangement (demo) – Mimis Plessas (Μίμης Πλέσσας)
Score – 1st place

Song 9
Title – "O profitis" ("Ο προφήτης")
Rendition – Theodosia Stiga (Θεοδοσία Στίγκα)
Lyrics – Dimitris Sakislis (Δημήτρης Σακισλής)
Composition – Dimitris Sakislis (Δημήτρης Σακισλής)
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Stamatis Christou (Σταμάτης Χρήστου)
Score – 9th place

Song 10
Title – "Ioulietta" ("Ιουλιέττα")
Rendition – Daphni Bocota (Δάφνη Μπόκοτα) feat. Dimitris Leccas (Δημήτρης Λέκκας, qanun) & Vasilis Iliadis (Βασίλης Ηλιάδης, bağlama)
Lyrics – Dimitris Venizelos (Δημήτρης Βενιζέλος)
Composition – Dimitris Leccas (Δημήτρης Λέκκας)
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Dimitris Leccas (Δημήτρης Λέκκας)
Score – 6th place

Song 11
Title – "To chameno rendez-vous" ("Το χαμένο rendez-vous")
Rendition – Alexandros Molfesis (Αλέξανδρος Μολφέσης)
Lyrics – Antonis Lazopoulos (Αντώνης Λαζόπουλος)
Composition – Antonis Lazopoulos (Αντώνης Λαζόπουλος)
Studio arrangement – none
Score – 3rd place
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