Sunday 7 February 1999

1981 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 26
Date - April 4, 1981
Host broadcaster - RTÉ, Ireland
Host city - Dublin
Venue - Simmonscourt Pavillion, Royal Dublin Society
Host - Doireann Ní Bhríain
Director - Ian McGarry
Producer - Ian McGarry assisted by Carolyn Fisher
Stage designer - Michael Grogan
Executive producer - Noel D. Greene
Musical director - Noel Kelehan
Orchestra - RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Concertmaster - Loretto Nelson
Music associate - Bill Whelan
Opening sequence original music - Noel Kelehan
Interval act - 'Timedance', a composition by Bill Whelan & Donal Lunny choreographed by Anne Courtney and danced by Planxty (= Robin James feat. Elizabeth Clarke / Denise Roberts / Susan Preston / Craig Phillips / Brendan Roddy / Elizabeth Harvey / Ann Maher / Carole Faller / Michael Sheerin)
Scrutineer - Frank Naef
Number of entries - 20
Winning entry - 'Making Your Mind Up' Bucks Fizz (United Kingdom)
Winning songwriters - Andy Hill / John Danter
Winning orchestrator - Nick Ingman
Winning conductor - John Coleman

RTÉ producer and director Ian McGarry (left) grabbing a bottle of champagne right after the end of the show, with a relieved lighting director Paddy Brady at his side 

RESULT

1st place (136 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Making Your Mind Up"
Rendition – Bucks Fizz 
(Jay Aston / Cheryl Baker / Bobby G / Mike Nolan)
Lyrics – John Danter / Andy Hill
Composition – John Danter / Andy Hill
Studio arrangement – Andy Hill
Live orchestration – Nick Ingman 
Conductor – John Coleman

2nd place (132 votes)

WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Johnny Blue"
Rendition – Lena Valaitis
Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger
Composition – Ralph Siegel
Studio arrangement – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Live orchestration – Wolfgang Rödelberger
Conductor – Wolfgang Rödelberger

3rd place (125 votes)

FRANCE
Song title – “Humanahum”
Rendition – Jean Gabilou 
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – David Sprinfield
Live orchestration – David Sprinfield
Conductor – David Sprinfield

4th place (121 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – “Io senza te”
Rendition – Peter, Sue & Marc 
(Peter Reber / Susan Schell / Marc Dietrich)
Lyrics – Peter Reber / Nella Martinetti
Composition – Peter Reber
Studio arrangement – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Live orchestration – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Conductor – Rolf Zuckowski

5th place (105 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “Horoscopes”
Rendition – Sheeba (Frances Campbell / Marion Fossett / Irene McCoubrey "Maxi")
Lyrics – Jim Kelly
Composition – Joe Burkett
Studio arrangement – Billy Brown
Live orchestration – Billy Brown
Conductor – Noel Kelehan (MD)

6th place (69 votes)

CYPRUS
Song title – “Monica”
Rendition – Island (Doros Georgiádis / Areti Cassapi / Roger Lee / Aristos Moschovakis / Alexia Vasiliou) feat. Philippos Tsemperoulis
Lyrics – Stavros Sideras
Composition – Doros Georgiadis
Studio arrangement – Doros Georgiadis
(studio orchestra conducted by Doros Georgiadis)
Live orchestration – Doros Georgiadis
Conductor – Michael Rozakis

7th place (56 votes)

ISRAEL
Song title – “Halayla”
Rendition – Habibi / Hakol Over Habibi (Shlomit Aharoni / Yuval Dor / Ami Mendelman / Kiki Rotstein)
Lyrics – Shlomit Aharoni / Yuval Dor
Composition – Shuki Levi
Studio arrangement – Shuki Levi
Live orchestration – Eldad Shrem
Conductor – Eldad Shrem

8th place (55 votes)

GREECE
Song title – “Feggari kalokairino”
Rendition – Giannis Dimitras
Lyrics – Giannis Dimitras
Composition – Giannis Dimitras / George Niarchos
Studio arrangement – George Niarchos
Live orchestration – George Niarchos
Conductor – George Niarchos

9th place (51 votes)

NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Het is een wonder"
Rendition – Linda Williams (backed up by Francis Goya / Cees de Wit / John Sluszny / Miriam Snoek / Titia Dekker)
Lyrics – Cees de Wit / Bart van de Laar
Composition – Cees de Wit
Studio arrangement – John Sluszny
Live orchestration – John Sluszny
Conductor – Rogier van Otterloo

10th place (50 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – "Fångad i en dröm"
Rendition – Björn Skifs
Lyrics – Bengt Palmers / Björn Skifs
Composition – Bengt Palmers / Björn Skifs
Studio arrangement – Bengt Palmers
Live orchestration – Bengt Palmers
Conductor – Anders Berglund

11th & 12th place (ex aequo, 41 votes)

LUXEMBOURG
Song title – “C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique”
Rendition – Jean-Claude Pascal
Lyrics – Sophie Makhno / Jean-Claude Villeminot
Composition – Sophie Makhno / Jean-Claude Petit
Studio arrangement – Pierre Tibéri / Joël Rocher
(studio orchestra conducted by Joël Rocher)
Live orchestration – Pierre Tibéri / Joël Rocher
Conductor – Joël Rocher

DENMARK
Song title – "Krøller eller ej"
Rendition – Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron
Lyrics – Keld Heick
Composition – Tommy Seebach
Studio arrangement – Ole Høyer
Live orchestration – Ole Høyer
Conductor – Allan Botschinsky

13th place (40 votes)

BELGIUM
Song title – “Samson”
Rendition – Emly Starr
Lyrics – Kick Dandy / Penny Els
Composition – Kick Dandy / Giuseppe 'Pino' Marchese
Studio arrangement – Giuseppe 'Pino' Marchese
Live orchestration – Giuseppe 'Pino' Marchese

14th place (38 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – "Y solo tú"
Rendition – Bacchelli
Lyrics – Amado Jaén
Composition – Amado Jaén
Studio arrangement – Joan Barcons
Live orchestration – Joan Barcons
Conductor – Joan Barcons

15th place (35 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – "Lejla"
Performed by – Seid Memić-Vajta
Lyrics – Ranko Boban
Composition – Ranko Boban
Studio arrangement – Mirko Krstičević
Live orchestration – Ranko Rihtman
Conductor – Ranko Rihtman

16th place (27 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – "Reggae O.K."
Rendition – Riki Sorsa 
Lyrics – Olli Ojala
Composition – Henrik Otto Donner / Jim Pembroke
Studio arrangement – Henrik Otto Donner
Live orchestration – Henrik Otto Donner
Conductor – Henrik Otto Donner

17th place (20 votes)

AUSTRIA
Song title – “Wenn du da bist”
Rendition – Marty Brem
Lyrics – Werner Böhmler / Peter Orthofer
Composition – Werner Böhmler
Studio arrangement – Richard Oesterreicher
Live orchestration – Richard Oesterreicher
Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher

18th & 19th place (ex aequo, 9 votes)

TURKEY 
Song title – “Dönme dolap”
Rendition – Modern Folk Trio (Doğan Canku / Selami Karaibrahimgil / Ahmet Kurtaran) feat. Aysegül Aldinç
Lyrics – Ali Kocatepe
Composition – Ali Kocatepe
Studio arrangement – Onno Tunç
Live orchestration – Onno Tunç
Conductor – Onno Tunç

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Play-back"
Rendition – Carlos Paião
Lyrics – Carlos Paião
Composition – Carlos Paião
Studio arrangement – Shegundo Galarza
Live orchestration – Shegundo Galarza
Conductor – Shegundo Galarza

20th place (0 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – "Aldri i livet"
Rendition – Finn Kalvik
Lyrics – Finn Kalvik
Composition – Finn Kalvik
Studio arrangement – Benny Andersson
Live orchestration – Rutger Gunnarsson
Conductor – Sigurd Jansen

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