After trying to win for many years, German broadcaster ARD could finally host the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest in the Bavarian capital of Munich
The Yugoslav Final was held on March 12th at TV Studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Misa Molk. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 8 regional juries. 1 Vikend tata, vikend mama Weekend-dad, weekend-mum Novi Fosili 53 4th= 2 Julija i Romeo Romeo and Juliet Srebrna Krila 53 4th= 3 Balerina Ballerina Makadam…
The Belgian Final was held on February 21st at the RTBF TV Studios in Brussels, hosted by Pierre Collard-Bovy. Before the final there had been 3 quarter-finals and a semi-final. The winning song was chosen by an „expert“ jury of 12 people. 1 Si tu aimes ma musique If you like my music Stella 1st 2…
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. Part One 1 Blue-Jeans-Kinder Blue-Jeans-Children Marianne Rosenberg F 2 Endlich sind die Kinder im Bett The children…
The German Final was held on March 20th at the BR TV Studios in Munich, hosted by Caroline Reiber. 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 Der Ohrwurm The ear…
The Irish Final was held on March 14th at the RTE TV Studios in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries. 1 Here today gone tomorrow Here today gone tomorrow The Duskeys 19 1st 2 Qu’il passe Let him come past Iain Freeman 14 4th…
The Dutch Final was held on February 24th at the Circustheater in Scheveningen, hosted by Lenny Kuhr who was one of the joint winners of ESC 1969. The 3 songs were each performed by 3 different artists. Afterwards, the winning song was chosen by the votes of 7 „experts“, while the winning singer was chosen by a…
The Israeli Final was held on April 2nd at the Jerusalem Theater, hosted by Daniel Peer. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 7 regional juries. 1 Musica nisheret Music remains Yardena Arazi 67 2nd 2 El ha’or To the light Izhar Cohen 31 7th 3 Romantica Romance Tzvika Pick 36 6th 4…
The Danish Final was held at the DR-TV Studios in Copenhagen on March 13th, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 5 regional juries. 1 Video – video Video – video Brixx 55 1st 2 Hip hurra – det‘ min fødselsda‘ Hip hurray – it’s my birthday Tommy Seebach…
All of the quarter finals and the semi-final were held at the RTBF TV studios in Brussels, hosted by Pierre Collard-Bovy. The winning songs were chosen by televoting. Quarter-Final 1 – January 24th 1 Si tu aimes ma musique If you like my music Stella Q 2 Vivons l’amour de demain Let us live the…