1985 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 30

Date - May 4, 1985

Host broadcaster - SVT, Sweden

Host city - Gothenburg

Venue - Scandinavium 

Host - Lill Lindfors

Director - Steen Priwin

Producer - Steen Priwin assisted by Aino Börgesson-Fägerwall / Ninnie Fjelkegård / Gösta Hanson

Stage designer - Ingemar Wiberg

Musical director - Curt-Eric Holmquist

Orchestra - freelance orchestra

Opening sequence - 'My Joy Is Building Bricks Of Music' Lill Lindfors (Lill Lindfors - Susanne Wigforss / arr. Anders Ekdahl)

Interval act - Guitars Unlimited playing Swedish Classics

Scrutineer - Frank Naef

Number of entries - 19

Winning entry - 'La det swinge' Bobbysocks (Norway)

Winning songwriter - Rolf Løvland

Winning orchestrators - Rolf Løvland / Torgny Söderberg

Winning conductor - Terje Fjærn

Note 1 - Yugoslavia chose an entrant for the contest in Gothenburg, but withdrew its participation when it turned out the event was to be held on the 5th anniversary of the passing of President Josip Broz "Tito". This Yugoslav song for Gothenburg is given at the bottom of the results' list below as a withdrawn entry.

Note 2 - Belgium's Dutch-speaking broadcaster BRT originally commissioned composer Frédéric Devreese to write its entry. Devreese came up with 'Ik was een kind', with lyrics by novelist and poet Hugo Claus and to be performed by Mireille Capelle. The BRT, however, insisted on alternative lyrics, written by its in-house librettist Bert Vivier. Thereupon, Devreese as well as Capelle withdrew their commitment to the Eurovision project. Subsequently, the BRT chose a different song as its entry, 'Laat me nu gaan' by Pieter Verlinden and Bert Vivier. Frédéric Devreese's composition is added at the bottom of the results' list as a withdraw entry.

Finland's soloist Sonja Lumme in Gothenburg with Ossi Runne, who appeared on the Eurovision stage as his country's conductor for the eighteenth time

RESULT

1st place (123 votes)

NORWAY

Song title – "La det swinge"

Rendition – Bobbysocks (Hanne Krogh / Elisabeth Andreasson)

Lyrics – Rolf Løvland

Composition – Rolf Løvland

Studio arrangement – Rolf Løvland / Torgny Söderberg

Live orchestration – Rolf Løvland / Torgny Söderberg

Conductor – Terje Fjærn

2nd place (105 votes)

WEST GERMANY

Song title – “Für alle”

Rendition – Wind (Alexander Heiler / Rainer Höglmeier / Willy Jakob / Sami Kalifa / Christiane von Kutzschenbach / Petra Scheeser)

Lyrics – Hanne Haller

Composition – Hanne Haller

Studio arrangement – Rainer Pietsch

Live orchestration – Rainer Pietsch

Conductor – Rainer Pietsch

3rd place (103 votes)

SWEDEN

Song title – "Bra vibrationer"

Rendition – Kikki Danielsson 

Lyrics - Ingela “Pling” Forsman

Composition – Lasse Holm 

Studio arrangement – Rutger Gunnarsson

Live orchestration – Rutger Gunnarsson

Conductor – Curt-Eric Holmquist (MD)

4th place (100 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM

Song title – "Love Is…"

Rendition – Vikki (Victoria Watson)

Lyrics – James Kaleth / Victoria Watson

Composition – James Kaleth / Victoria Watson

Studio arrangement – James Kaleth

Live orchestration – James Kaleth

Conductor – John Coleman

5th place (93 votes)

ISRAEL

Song title – “Olé-olé”

Rendition – Izhar Cohen

Lyrics – Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev

Composition – Kobi Oshrat

Studio arrangement – Kobi Oshrat

Live orchestration – Kobi Oshrat

Conductor – Kobi Oshrat

6th place (91 votes)

IRELAND

Song title – “Wait Until The Weekend Comes”

Rendition – Maria Christian

Lyrics – Brendan J. Graham

Composition – Brendan J. Graham

Studio arrangement – Bill Whelan

Live orchestration – Bill Whelan

Conductor – Noel Kelehan

7th place (78 votes)

ITALY

Song title - "Magic, Oh Magic"

Rendition - Al Bano & Romina Power

Lyrics - Cristiano Minellono

Composition - Dario Farina / Michael Hoffmann

Studio arrangement - Fiorenzo 'Fio' Zanotti

Live orchestration - Fiorenzo 'Fio' Zanotti

Conductor - Fiorenzo 'Fio' Zanotti

8th place (60 votes)

AUSTRIA

Song title – “Kinder dieser Welt”

Rendition – Gary Lux

Lyrics – Michael Kunze

Composition – Geoff Bastow / Mick Jackson

Studio arrangement – Geoff Bastow / Rudi Bauer

Live orchestration – Geoff Bastow / Rudi Bauer

Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher

9th place (58 votes)

FINLAND

Song title – “Eläköön elämä”

Rendition – Sonja Lumme

Lyrics – Veli-Pekka Lehto

Composition – Petri Laaksonen

Studio arrangement – Bruno Korpela

Live orchestration – Bruno Korpela

Conductor – Ossi Runne

10th place (56 votes)

FRANCE

Song title – "Femme dans ses rêves aussi"

Rendition – Roger Bens

Lyrics – Didier Pascalis

Composition – Didier Pascalis

Studio arrangement – Michel Bernholc

Live orchestration – Michel Bernholc

Conductor – Michel Bernholc

11th place (41 votes)

DENMARK

Song title – "Sku’ du spørg fra no’en"

Rendition – Kirsten Siggaard & Søren Bundgaard (Hot Eyes) 

Lyrics – Keld Heick

Composition – Søren Bundgaard

Studio arrangement – Søren Bundgaard / Wolfgang Käfer

Live orchestration – Wolfgang Käfer

Conductor – Wolfgang Käfer

12th place (39 votes)

SWITZERLAND

Song title – “Piano, piano”

Rendition – Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini

Lyrics – Trudi Müller-Bosshard

Composition – Anita Kerr

Studio arrangement – Anita Kerr

Live orchestration – Anita Kerr

Conductor – Anita Kerr

13th place (37 votes)

LUXEMBOURG

Song title – "Children, Kinder, enfants"

Rendition – Margo (Annemieke Verdoorn) / Franck Olivier / Diane Solomon / Malcolm Roberts / Ireen Sheer / Chris Roberts 

Lyrics – Jean-Michael Bériat / Bernd Meinunger

Composition – Ralph Siegel

Studio arrangement – Norbert Daum

Live orchestration – Norbert Daum

Conductor – Norbert Daum

14th & 15th place (ex aequo, 36 votes)

SPAIN

Song title – "La fiesta terminó"

Rendition – Paloma San Basilio

Lyrics – Juan Carlos Calderón

Composition – Juan Carlos Calderón

Studio arrangement – Juan Carlos Calderón

Live orchestration – Juan Carlos Calderón

Conductor – Juan Carlos Calderón 

TURKEY

Song title – “Didai didai dai (Aşık oldum)”

Rendition – M.F.Ö. (Mazhar Alanson / Fuat Güner / Özkan Uğur)

Lyrics – Mazhar Alanson

Composition – Mazhar Alanson / Fuat Güner / Özkan Uğur

Studio arrangement – Garo Mafyan / Peter Schön

Live orchestration – Garo Mafyan / Peter Schön

Conductor – Garo Mafyan

16th & 17th place (ex aequo, 15 votes)

CYPRUS

Song title – "To katalava arga"

Rendition – Lia Vissi

Lyrics – Lia Vissi

Composition – Lia Vissi

Studio arrangement – Charis Andreadis

Live orchestration – Charis Andreadis

Conductor – Charis Andreadis

GREECE

Song title – "Moiazoume"

Rendition – Takis Biniáris

Lyrics – Maro Bizani

Composition – Takis Biniaris

Studio arrangement – Charis Andreadis

Live orchestration – Charis Andreadis

Conductor – Charis Andreadis

18th place (9 votes)

PORTUGAL

Song title – "Penso em ti, eu sei"

Rendition – Adelaide Ferreira

Lyrics – Luís Fernando / Adelaide Ferreira

Composition – Tózé Brito

Studio arrangement – José Calvário

Live orchestration – José Calvário

Conductor – José Calvário

19th place (7 votes)

BELGIUM

Song title – "Laat me nu gaan"

Rendition – Linda Lepomme

Lyrics – Bert Vivier

Composition – Pieter Verlinden

Studio arrangement – Pieter Verlinden

Live orchestration – Pieter Verlinden

Conductor – Curt-Eric Holmquist (MD)

Withdrawn entries

YUGOSLAVIA

Song title – “Pokora”

Rendition – Zorica Kondža

Lyrics – Zvonimir Pupačić

Composition – Ivo Pupačić

Studio arrangement – Joško Banov

Live orchestration – Joško Banov

Conductor – Joško Banov

BELGIUM

Song title – “Vannacht” / “Ik was een kind”

Rendition – Mireille Capelle

Lyrics “Vannacht” – Hugo Claus

Lyrics “Ik was een kind” – Bert Vivier

Composition – Frédéric Devreese

Studio arrangement – Frédéric Devreese

Live orchestration – Frédéric Devreese

Conductor – unknown