1982 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 27

Date - April 24, 1982

Host broadcaster - BBC, United Kingdom

Host city - Harrogate

Venue - Harrogate Conference Centre

Host - Jan Leeming

Director - Michael Hurll

Producer - Michael Hurll

Stage designer - Graeme Story

Musical director - Ronnie Hazlehurst

Orchestra - BBC Radio Orchestra

Special arrangements - Ronnie Hazlehurst

Interval act - Pictures from Yorkshire & Howard Castle

Scrutineer - Frank Naef

Number of entries - 18

Winning entry - 'Ein bißchen Frieden' Nicole Hohloch (West Germany)

Winning songwriters - Bernd Meinunger / Ralph Siegel

Winning orchestrator - Norbert Daum

Winning conductor - Norbert Daum

Note - Greece was disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 after it turned out its entry 'Sarantapente kopelies' was a previously released song. A known Greek folk song, it had been revised for the competition, but this violated the rules which stated that all songs had to be original in terms of songwriting and instrumentation; Greece was forced to pay a fine and was allowed to return the following year. This botched Greek entry has been added at the bottom of the results list below

The auditorium of the Harrogate Conference Centre, with the rhythm group of the BBC Radio Orchestra visible on the left; the string and brass sections were on a podium behind the rhythm players

RESULT

1st place (161 votes)

WEST GERMANY

Song title – "Ein bißchen Frieden"

Rendition – Nicole Hohloch

Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger

Composition – Ralph Siegel

Studio arrangement – Norbert Daum

Live orchestration – Norbert Daum 

Conductor – Norbert Daum

2nd place (100 votes)

ISRAEL

Song title – "Hora"

Rendition – Avi Toledano

Lyrics – Yoram Tahar-Lev

Composition – Avi Toledano

Studio arrangement – Silviu Nansi Brandes

Live orchestration – Silviu Nansi Brandes

Conductor – Silviu Nansi Brandes

3rd place (97 votes)

SWITZERLAND

Song title – "Amour on t'aime"

Rendition – Arlette Zola

Lyrics – Pierre Alain

Composition – Alain Morisod

Record arrangement – Joan Amils

Live orchestration – Joan Amils

Conductor – Joan Amils

4th place (96 votes)

BELGIUM

Song title – “Si tu aimes ma musique”

Rendition – Stella Maessen

Lyrics – Rony Brack / Jo May

Composition – Fred Bekky / Bob Baelemans “Bobott”

Studio arrangement – Fred Bekky / Luc Smets

Orchestration – Jack Say 

Conductor – Jack Say

5th place (85 votes)

CYPRUS

Song title – “Mono i agapi”

Rendition – Anna Vissi

Lyrics – Nicos Carvelas / Anna Vissi

Composition – Nicos Carvelas / Anna Vissi

Studio arrangement – Martyn Ford

Live orchestration – Martyn Ford

Conductor – Martyn Ford

6th place (78 votes)

LUXEMBOURG

Song title – "Cours après le temps"

Rendition – Svetlana (Claire de Loutchek)

Lyrics – Michel Jouveaux

Composition – Cyril Assous

Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric

Live orchestration – Jean Claudric

Conductor – Jean Claudric

7th place (76 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM

Song title – "One Step Further"

Rendition – Bardo (Stephen Fischer & Sally Ann Triplett)

Lyrics – Simon Jefferis

Composition – Simon Jefferis

Studio arrangement – Andy Hill

Live orchestration – Nick Ingman

Conductor – Ronnie Hazlehurst (MD)

8th place (67 votes)

SWEDEN

Song title – "Dag efter dag"

Rendition – Chips (Elisabeth Andreasson & Kikki Danielsson)

Lyrics – Monica Forsberg

Composition – Lasse Holm 

Studio arrangement – Rutger Gunnarsson / Lasse Holm / 

Torgny Söderberg

Live orchestration – Anders Engberg

Conductor – Anders Berglund

9th place (57 votes)

AUSTRIA

Song title – “Sonntag”

Rendition – Mess (Lizzy Engstler / Michael Scheikl)

Lyrics – Rudolf Leve

Composition – Michael Mell (Michael Scheikl)

Studio arrangement – Michael Mell (Michael Scheikl)

Live orchestration – Richard Oesterreicher

Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher

10th place (52 votes)

SPAIN

Song title – “Él”

Rendition – Lucía (Maribel Rodriguez Lineros)

Lyrics – Ignacio Román

Composition – Francisco 'Paco' Cepero

Studio arrangement – Miguel Ángel Varona

(studio orchestra conducted by Miguel Ángel Varona)

Live orchestration – Miguel Ángel Varona

Conductor – Miguel Ángel Varona

11th place (49 votes)

IRELAND

Song title – “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”

Rendition – The Duskeys (Danny Duskey / Nina Duskey / Barbara Ellis / Sandy Kelly)

Lyrics – Sally Keating

Composition – Sally Keating

Studio arrangement – Dick Keating

Live orchestration – Dick Keating

Conductor – Noel Kelehan

12th place (40 votes)

NORWAY

Song title – "Adieu"

Rendition – Anita Skorgan & Jahn Teigen

Lyrics – Herodes Falsk 

Composition – Jahn Teigen

Studio arrangement – George Keller / Anita Skorgan / Jahn Teigen

Live orchestration – Egil Monn-Iversen 

Conductor – Sigurd Jansen

13th place (32 votes)

PORTUGAL

Song title – "Bem bom"

Rendition – Doce (Lena Coelho / Laura Diogo / 

Teresa Miguel / Fatima Padinha)

Lyrics – Pedro Brito / Tozé Brito / Antonio A. Pinho

Composition – Pedro Brito / Tózé Brito / Antonio A. Pinho

Studio arrangement – Luíz Duarte / Jacques Zwart

Live orchestration – Luíz Duarte

Conductor – Luíz Duarte

14th place (21 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA

Song title – “Halo halo”

Rendition – Aska (Izolda Barudžija / Snežana Misković / Snežana Stamenković)

Lyrics – Miro Zec

Composition – Aleksandar Sanja Ilić

Studio arrangement – Slobodan Marković 

Live orchestration – Slobodan Marković / Zvonimir Skerl

Conductor – Zvonimir Skerl

15th place (20 votes)

TURKEY

Song title – “Hani?”

Rendition – Neço

Lyrics – Faik Tuğsuz / Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz

Composition – Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz

Studio arrangement – Garo Mafyan

Live orchestration – Garo Mafyan

Conductor – Garo Mafyan

16th place (8 votes)

NETHERLANDS

Song title – "Jij en ik"

Rendition – Bill van Dijk

Lyrics – Liselore Gerritsen

Composition – Dick Bakker

Studio arrangement – Dick Bakker / Piet Souer / Peter Schön

Live orchestration – Dick Bakker / Piet Souer / Peter Schön

Conductor – Rogier van Otterloo

17th place (5 votes)

DENMARK

Song title – "Video-video"

Rendition – Brixx (Jens Brixtofte / John Hatting / Bjørn Holmgaard Sørensen / Torben Jacobsen / Steen Ejler Olsen)

Lyrics – Jens Brixtofte

Composition – Jens Brixtofte

Studio arrangement – Brixx

Live orchestration – Wolfgang Käfer

Conductor – Allan Botschinsky

18th place (0 votes)

FINLAND

Song title – "Nuku pommiin"

Rendition – Kojo (Timo Kojo)

Lyrics – Juhani 'Juice' Leskinen

Composition – Henrik Otto Donner / Jim Pembroke

Studio arrangement – Henrik Otto Donner

Live orchestration – Henrik Otto Donner

Conductor – Ossi Runne

Withdrawn entry

GREECE

Song title – "Sarantapente kopelies"

Rendition – Themis Adamantidis

Lyrics – Dimitris Iatropoulos

Composition – George Catsaros

Studio arrangement – George Catsaros

Live orchestration – none / Greece withdrew

Conductor – none / Greece withdrew