The Finnish Final was held on February 16th at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki, hosted by Seppo Hovi. Before the final there was a radio semi-final in which the following 5 songs were eliminated: „Houmen kauas johtaa“ – Bianca Morales, „Minut muistatko vielä“ – Tapani Kansa, „Sanat sanomatta jäivät“ – Tapani Kansa, „Ei tarvii…
The Irish Final was held at the RTE TV Studios in Dublin on March 27th, hosted by Gay Byrne. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries. 1 Two hearts Carol Ann 20 2nd 2 Only a fantasy Marion Fossett 7 6th 3 Couldn’t live my life Jody McStravick 15 4th=…
The Scandinavium, the venue for the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, was the biggest hall to that date to host the Europe-wide show.
The Portuguese Final was held on March 7th at the Auditório Europa in Lisbon, hosted by Fialho Gouveia & Manuela Moura Guedes. The winner was chosen by an „expert“ jury in two rounds of voting – the first to select the top 6 songs and the second to select the winner. 1 Tricot de cheiros…
The Swiss Final was held on February 4th at the TSI TV Studios in Lugano, hosted by Natascha Giller & Enzo Guidi. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries, a press jury and a jury of „experts“. The voting was weighted so that the votes of the 3 regional juries…
The Finnish Semi-Final was broadcast on YLE Radio on January 22nd-23rd. The finalists were chosen by an „expert“ jury. 1 Sut vain Only you Sonja Lumme F 2 Laulu maailmalle A song for the world Kirka F 3 Macho man Macho man Tomas Ek F 4 Sun silmät on satava salaisuus Your eyes are a raining…
The Finnish Final was held on February 18th at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki, hosted by Maria Valkama. Before the final, there was a semi-final. The winner was chosen by postcard voting. 1 Sut vain Only you Sonja Lumme 5136 5th 2 Laulu maailmalle A song for the world Kirka 3640…
The Turkish Final was held at the TRT TV Studios in Istanbul on February 25th, hosted by Basak Dogru. The winning song was chosen by an „expert“ jury and only the top 3 were announced. 1 Sanki dün gibi As if it was like yesterday Coskun Demir – 2 Halay Halay 5 Yil Önce 10…
The German semi-final was broadcast on several radio stations, and around 500 people were selected by a German polling institute to select the 12 finalists. The semi-final was in two separate parts which were broadcast on different days, however it is not known which songs took part in which part. 1 Als die Erde war…
The German Final was held on March 29th at the German Theatre in Munich, hosted by Sabine Sauer. Before the final, there were 2 semi-finals. The winning song was chosen by the votes of approximately 500 people who were chosen by an institute to be representative of the German population. 1 Oh, i woas net Oh,…