Recap of All 19 Songs in Eurovision Song Contest 1985
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- Unofficial recap of all 19 Songs in Eurovision Song Contest 1985. Please, enjoy!
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 1984 contest with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys.
Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at Scandinavium on 4 May 1985 and was hosted by previous Swedish contestant Lill Lindfors.
Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with the Netherlands and Yugoslavia deciding not to participate.
Norway won the contest with a rendition titled "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks!. Serving as Norway's first victory in the contest, after a long period of low scores, including 3 "null points".
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Finland was so good that year, deserved a better result for sure.
No one deserved ending last that year that's for sure. Finland ended 9th, and top 10 was a list of pretty good songs. Tastes are different of course, and we could always discuss who deserved a higher place. To me top 10 were all top 5 candidates.... so..... well....
1985 had the WOW FACTOR after the 1984 contest I remember being impressed with the stage
It was quite a night, yes..... Greetings from Norway .....
For those who didn't experience Eurovision in the 1980's and want to discover a year that says out loud: "THIS IS THE EIGHTIES!", I'd say 1985 is a good one to begin with.
It was nice to hear those songs again
The stage. Cant be more Eurovision than this. And the winnning song is the most typical eurovision winner ever. Cant be more ” schlager” than that
A solid ESC year with quite a few nice entries. A personal favourite of mine is the one from Greece. Not everybody's cup of tea, but it's very nice.
New ideas:
Eurovision all Entries participating right BEFORE the winning entry
(Grand Finals only)
Eurovision all Entries participating right AFTER the winning entry
(Grand Finals only)
What if only Baltic states won?
What if only BeNeLux countries won?
I think he already did a video of the songs that country sent the year before they won.
Luxembourg is one of my guilty pleasures. It's such a hot mess but so catchy.
One of few good songs composed by Siegel
Nicht zu vergessen:
Die wunderbare Lill Lindfors als charmante und humorvolle Moderatorin.
1985 was maybe the only year where the real/exact top 3 was also my top 3!
in the same order? for me it's the exact same, but germany and norway are swapped around (für alle's in my top 10 of all time)
For "if only" video ideas, you could do
If only Romance countries won ESC
If only German speaking countries won it
If only Balkan countries won it
If only Slavic countries won it
If only countries outside of Europe won it
Can you please do that with all the Eurovision Editions?🥺
Spain’s results has always been somehow unfair. However this year it was more than obvious.
It was bad
Greeece, France, Spain, Israel, Germany, Norway.
A decent edition, which is a rare treat in the 80s (by comparison 86 and 87 are abysmal)! My favorite is Finland, also my favorite Eurovision entry of the entire decade! followed by Austria and Turkey, I like many others (Greece, Spain, France) but a special mention to Kikki, a national treasure!
Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands (Rotterdam City)
12 points: Finland - Sonja Lumme - Eläköön elämä
10 points: Israel - Izhar Cohen - Olé olé
8 points: Ireland - Maria Christian - Wait until the weekend comes
7 points: Austria - Gary Lux - Kinder dieser welt
6 points: France - Roger Bens - Femme dans ses rêves aussi
5 points: Italy - Al Bano & Romina Power - Magic oh magic
4 points: Denmark - Hot Eyes - Sku' du sporg' fra no'en?
3 points: Sweden - Kikki Danielsson - Bra vibrationer
2 points: Spain - Paloma san Basilio - La fiesta terminó
1 point : Portugal - Adelaide - Penso em ti, eu sei
It’s great to see you doing more of these recaps, and I expect you’ll probably recap all the years that Sweden host to because we’re going to Sweden in 2024, but I have a question. Wouldn’t it make more sense to put Cyprus above Greece because it was earlier in the running order in this full recap ranking, or were you going alphabetical order for the ties?
Norway 🇳🇴 my runner up this year, amazing song, powerful vocals and performance, they absolutely had a wonderful time together on stage!
Germany 🇩🇪 well deserved 2nd place, I adore the German language in this song
Sweden 🇸🇪 grest host entry! The dancers did a fantastic job even before Carola! Definitely gives me good vibrations
UK 🇬🇧 not s bad song, but a bit overrated for 4th place in my opinion
Israel 🇮🇱 So much energy! I prefer this song over his winning song from 1978
Ireland 🇮🇪 a bit repetitive but a nice and calm melody
Italy 🇮🇹 I didn't like their song in 1976 and this one is not good either unfortunately
Austria 🇦🇹 a bit boring for me, but not bad song either
Finland 🇫🇮 my winner! Just perfect from the beginning till the end
France 🇫🇷 a bit over dramatic, but I like the song and the violins
Denmark 🇩🇰 awful! The song is ok but the little girl just can't sing
Switzerland 🇨🇭 I like it very much
Luxembourg 🇱🇺 I'm the only one who love this entry, my ultimate guilty pleasure of the 80's
Turkiye 🇹🇷 I like it, but it's a bit repetitive, I prefer their 1988 enrty
Spain 🇪🇸 she sings amazing, I just don't like the song
Greece 🇬🇷 I love this so much! I love his singing, and the song is is really different from the others, deserves top 10
Cyprus 🇨🇾 catchy song, but not memorable enough
Portugal 🇵🇹 good song and vocals, not one of my favorites this year
Belgium 🇧🇪 really small and cute song, didn't deserves to be last at all
Request : What if only countries that never won could win ESC
In fact there was a while your request was followed! And more: for a long time after the televoting started no country won twice, despite they had won before though....
Spain entries are always entering to another dimension
How we Finns didn’t win this is still unbelievable to me. Or am I biased?
Finland was ahead of its time with rock entries.
Still one of the best stage designs at Eurovision - along with 1986.
It's basically an upgrade to the Melodifestivalen 1984 stage, which was also held in Gothenburg (albeit in other venue).
For me it's one of the worst designs along with 1986
Too bad we dont see Lil in this video, the best host in Eurovision history!
The Spanish song was a true gem and very underrated, a total disdain.
I remember Tony Blackburn playing Gary Lux in English on Radio 1.
Finally I have one more song is Spain La fiesta termino
Who have ever said "Sweden hasn't done a back to back" should think over, because in this edition a Swede won for Norway in Sweden. Each time Europe is gathered in Sweden or a nordic country, they really try to bring their best to our hears ;)
Its crazy how amazing songs Finland was sending in 80’s and still they did not do well. Especially this and 87.
My top 10 is:
10) Italy (7th) -> Yeah.
09) Switzerland (12th) -> There's something nicely catchy there.
08) Germany (2nd) -> Pleasant.
07) Cyprus (=16th) -> Nice ballad.
06) Portugal (18th) -> I like the power within that song.
05) Ireland (6th) -> The Irish ballads are legendary.
04) Spain (=14th) -> Such a powerful entry.
03) United Kingdom (4th) -> Classic but sweet.
02) Sweden (3rd) -> The catchy part of Sweden.
01) Norway (1st) -> Norway deserved that first victory.
Please make korea contest in eurovision
It is a pity that Greece and Spain are in the last places. Greetings from Türkiye.
My top
1. Finland
2. Spain
3. France
4. Germany
5. United Kingdom
6. Switzerland
7. Cyprus
8. Portugal
9. Belgium
10. Greece
11. Israel
12. Norway
13. Sweden
14. Ireland
15. Italy
16. Denmark
17. Luxembourg
18. Austria
19. Turkey
Eurovision of 1985 is not very memorable except the winner! But it has some great songs Like Denmark, Finland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Germany...
Top 19
1 Finland 🇫🇮
2 Germany 🇩🇪
3 Denmark 🇩🇰
4 Norway 🇳🇴
5 Sweden 🇸🇪
6 Israel 🇮🇱
7 United Kingdom 🇬🇧
8 Portugal 🇵🇹
9 Ireland 🇮🇪
10 France 🇫🇷
11 Austria 🇦🇹
12 Italy 🇮🇹
13 Turkey 🇹🇷
14 Spain 🇪🇸
15 Switzerland 🇨🇭
16 Luxembourg 🇱🇺
17 Belgium 🇧🇪
18 Greece 🇬🇷
19 Cyprus 🇨🇾
imo belgium and portugal was robbed
Belgium is great!
Turkey should’ve been higher. It’s a catchy, fun song. And for me Israel should’ve been the winner🤩
Ireland is sooooo cheesy here😅 still they came 6th
What were the Turkish jury listening to when they gave Belgium 8 points 🤔 Belgium fully deserved null points that year.
No way! Great quality song
7 points....