1987 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 32

Date - May 9, 1987

Official name - Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1987

Host broadcaster - RTBF, Belgium

Host city - Brussels

Venue - Palace 5 "Palais du Centenaire" (Centenary Palace) of the Brussels Expo (Brussels Exhibition Centre)

Host - Viktor Lazlo

Director - Raymond Goffin assisted by Jean-Jacques Verheyden / Isabelle Finn / Jean-Claude Verniers / Francis Beublet

Producer - Jacques Bourton assisted by Jean-Michel Germys

Stage designer - Daniel Georges

Executive producer - Michel Gehu

Musical director - Jo Carlier

Orchestra - Grand Orchestre de la RTBF

Special compositions - Willy Albimoor / Jo Carlier / André Colson

Opening sequence - 'Breathless' Viktor Lazlo (Phil Allaert - Viktor Lazlo / arr. Lou Deprijck & Nicolas Fiszman / orch. probably by Willy Albimoor)

Interval act - Marc Grauwels (flute) performing a Variation on Beethoven's Hymn to Joy (arr. Willy Mortier) feat. dancers of the Conservatoire de Danse de la Ville de Bruxelles

Scrutineer - Frank Naef

Number of entries - 22

Winning entry - 'Hold Me Now' Johnny Logan

Winning songwriter - Johnny Logan (Seán Sherrard)

Winning orchestrator - Bill Whelan

Winning conductor - Noel Kelehan

Greece's conductor George Niarchos received the unofficial prize for best arrangement in the contest, for which he was chosen by the members of the Belgian festival orchestra

RESULT

1st place (172 votes)

IRELAND

Song title – “Hold Me Now”

Rendition – Johnny Logan

Lyrics – Johnny Logan (Seán Sherrard)

Composition – Johnny Logan (Seán Sherrard)

Studio arrangement – Bill Whelan

Live orchestration – Bill Whelan

Conductor – Noel Kelehan

2nd place (141 votes)

WEST GERMANY

Song title – "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz"

Rendition – Wind  (= Alexander Heiler / Sami Kalifa / Christiane von Kutzschenbach / Andreas Lebbing / Robert Pilatus / Petra Scheeser)

Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger

Composition – Ralph Siegel

Studio arrangement – László Bencker

Live orchestration – László Bencker

Conductor – László Bencker

3rd place (103 votes)

ITALY

Song title – "Gente di mare"

Rendition – Umberto Tozzi & Raf 

Lyrics – Giancarlo Bigazzi

Composition – Raffaele Riefoli / Umberto Tozzi

Studio arrangement – Umberto Tozzi / Raffaele Riefoli / Giancarlo Bigazzi / Gianfranco Lombardi

(studio orchestra conducted by Gianfranco Lombardi)

Live orchestration – Gianfranco Lombardi

Conductor – Gianfranco Lombardi

4th place (92 votes)

YUGOSLAVIA

Song title – "Ja sam za ples"

Rendition – Novi Fosili (Marinko Colnago / Sanja Doležal / Rajko Dujmić / Vladimir Kočiš / Nenad Šarić)

Lyrics – Stevo Cvikić

Composition – Rajko Dujmić

Studio arrangement – Rajko Dujmić / Nikica Kalogjera

Live orchestration – Nikica Kalogjera

Conductor – Nikica Kalogjera

5th & 6th place (ex aequo, 83 votes)

NETHERLANDS

Song title – "Rechtop in de wind"

Rendition – Marcha

Lyrics – Peter Koelewijn

Composition – Peter Koelewijn

Studio arrangement – Hans Hollestelle

Live orchestration – Paul Natte

Conductor – Rogier van Otterloo

DENMARK

Song title – "En lille melodi"

Rendition – Anne Cathrine Herdorf & Bandjo (Helge Engelbrecht / Carsten Kolster / Peter Stub / Brian Thomsen / Anders Tind)

Lyrics – Helge Engelbrecht / Jacob Jonia Svendsen

Composition – Helge Engelbrecht

Studio arrangement – Helge Engelbrecht / Morten Münch / Henrik Krogsgaard

Live orchestration – Henrik Krogsgaard

Conductor – Henrik Krogsgaard

7th place (80 votes)

CYPRUS

Song title – "Aspro-mavro"

Rendition – Alexia Vasiliou

Lyrics – Maria Papapavlou

Composition – Andreas Papapavlou

Studio arrangement – Lars O. Carlsson / Costas Charitodiplomenos

Live orchestration – Lars O. Carlsson / Costas Charitodiplomenos

Conductor – Jo Carlier (MD)

8th place (73 votes)

ISRAEL

Song title – “Shir habatlanim (Lazy Bums)”

Rendition – Nathan Datner / Avi Kushnir 

Lyrics – Zohar Laskov

Composition – Zohar Laskov

Studio arrangement – Kobi Oshrat

Live orchestration – Kobi Oshrat

Conductor – Kobi Oshrat

9th place (65 votes)

NORWAY

Song title – "Mitt liv"

Rendition – Kate Gulbrandsen

Lyrics – Hanne Krogh / Rolf Løvland

Composition – Rolf Løvland

Studio arrangement – Rolf Løvland

Live orchestration – Rolf Løvland

Conductor – Terje Fjærn

10th place (64 votes)

GREECE

Song title – “Stop”

Rendition – Bang! (Thanos Calliris / Vassilis Dertilis)

Lyrics – Thanos Calliris / Vassilis Dertilis

Composition – Thanos Calliris / Vassilis Dertilis

Studio arrangement – George Niarchos

Live orchestration – George Niarchos

Conductor – George Niarchos

11th place (56 votes)

BELGIUM

Song title – "Soldiers Of Love"

Rendition – Liliane Saint-Pierre

Lyrics – Liliane Keuninckx

Composition – Liliane Keuninckx / Marc De Coen / Gyuri Spies

Studio arrangement – Gyuri Spies

Live orchestration – Gyuri Spies 

Conductor – Freddy Sunder

12th place (50 votes)

SWEDEN

Song title – "Boogaloo (Fyra Bugg och en Coca-Cola)"

Rendition – Lotta Engberg 

Lyrics – Christer Lundh

Composition – Mikael Wendt

Studio arrangement – Anders Engberg

Live orchestration – Anders Engberg

Conductor – Curt-Eric Holmquist

13th place (47 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM

Song title – "Only The Light"

Rendition – Rikki (Richard Peebles)

Lyrics – Richard Peebles

Composition – Richard Peebles

Studio arrangement – Richard Peebles / Robin Rankin

Live orchestration – Richard Peebles / Robin Rankin

Conductor – Ronnie Hazlehurst

14th place (44 votes)

FRANCE

Song title – “Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche”

Rendition – Christine Minier

Lyrics – Gérard Curci

Composition – Marc Minier

Studio arrangement – Marc Minier

Live orchestration – Marc Minier

Conductor – Jean-Claude Petit

15th place (32 votes)

FINLAND

Song title – "Sata salamaa"

Rendition – Vicky Rosti 

Lyrics – Veli-Pekka Lehto

Composition – Petri Laaksonen

Studio arrangement – Kassu Halonen

Live orchestration – Olli Ahvenlahti / Kassu Halonen

Conductor – Ossi Runne

16th place (28 votes)

ICELAND

Song title – “Hægt og hljótt”

Rendition – Halla Margrét Árnadóttir

Lyrics – Valgeir Guðjónsson

Composition – Valgeir Guðjónsson

Studio arrangement –  Jon Kjell Seljeseth / Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson)

Live orchestration – Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson

Conductor – Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson

17th place (26 votes)

SWITZERLAND

Song title – “Moitié-moitié”

Rendition – Carol Rich

Lyrics – Jean-Jacques Egli

Composition – Jean-Jacques Egli

Studio arrangement – Jean-Jacques Egli

Live orchestration – none

Conductor – none

18th place (15 votes)

PORTUGAL

Song title – “Neste barco à vela”

Rendition – Nevada (Alfredo Azinheira / Jorge Mendes)

Lyrics – Alfredo Azinheira

Composition – Alfredo Azinheira / Jorge Mendes

Studio arrangement – Ramon Galarza

Live orchestration – Ramon Galarza

Conductor – Jaime Oliveira

19th place (10 votes)

SPAIN

Song title – “No estás solo”

Rendition – Patricia Kraus

Lyrics – Patricia Kraus

Composition – Rafael Martinez / Rafael Trabucchelli

Studio arrangement – José Miguel Estébanez / Eduardo Leiva

Live orchestration – Eduardo Leiva

Conductor – Eduardo Leiva

20th place (8 votes)

AUSTRIA

Song title – “Nur noch Gefühl”

Rendition – Gary Lux

Lyrics – Kenneth Westmore / Stefanie Werger

Composition – Kenneth Westmore

Studio arrangement – Richard Oesterreicher

Live orchestration – Richard Oesterreicher

Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher

21st place (4 votes)

LUXEMBOURG

Song title – “Amour amour”

Rendition – Plastic Bertrand 

Lyrics – Roger Jouret / Alec Mansion

Composition – Roger Jouret / Alec Mansion

Studio arrangement – Alec Mansion

Live orchestration – Alec Mansion

Conductor – Alec Mansion

22nd place (0 votes)

TURKEY

Song title – “Şarkım sevgi üstüne”

Rendition – Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif (Melis Sökmen / Mehmet Emin Taşer / Alper Berksu / Tansu Atak / Feridun Mete)

Lyrics – Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz

Composition – Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz

Studio arrangement – Garo Mafyan

Live orchestration – Garo Mafyan

Conductor – Garo Mafyan