The Dutch Final was held on February 7th at the RAI in Amsterdam, hosted by Martine Bijl. All of the songs were sung by Xandra, and the winner was chosen by the votes of 11 juries which were composed of people from the same profession, e.g. firemen, nurses, TV Personalities. Each jury had 10 points that…
Micha Marah sang all of the songs in the semi-finals which were hosted by Karl Buts. Each week the least popular song (chosen by the public) was eliminated. In the 4th Semi-Final, Micha Marah was allowed to reinstate one of the previously eliminated songs to give it another chance. Semi-Final 1 1 Mooi prater Smooth…
The Belgian Final was held on March 3rd at the Amerikaans Theatre in Brussels, hosted by Karl Buts. Before the final there had been 4 semi-finals. Micha Marah sang all the songs and the winner was chosen by an „expert“ jury of 20 people consisting of former ESC entrants, people from TV, radio and the press.…
The Israeli Final was held at the Binyaney Ha’uma in Jerusalem on 27th January, hosted by Rivka Michaeli. The winning song was chosen by the votes of regional juries. 1 Shiv’a kanim Seven branches Gitit Shoval 30 7th= 2 Rikdi et ha‘ ketzev haze Dance to this rhythm Chaim Zadok 44 5th= 3 Od lo…
The German Final was held on March 17th at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, hosted by Caroline Reiber & Thomas Gottschalk. 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 Zuviel Tequila, zuviel schöne Mädchen Too much tequila, too…
The Swiss Final was held on January 27th. There were meant to be 8 songs in the contest, but „Amour, on t’aime“ by Alain Morisod & Son Groupe was withdrawn as the group had recently split up – the song however would return in the 1982 Swiss Final. The winning song was chosen by the votes of…
The Finnish Final was held on February 10th at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Marjatta Leppänen. The winner was chosen by the votes of a jury of 30 people – a mixture of „experts“ & members of the public. 1 Hei tännepäin Hi, come here Seidat 78 6th 2 Sano Susanne…
The Irish Final was held on February 4th at the RTE TV Studios in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 10 regional juries. 1 No restrictions Tweed 4 5th 2 Angie Johnny Logan 15 3rd 3 Goodbye Anderson 3 6th= 4 The main attraction The Memories 13…
The Danish Final was held at the DR-TV Studios in Copenhagen on February 3rd, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 8 regional juries. There was a tie for first place at the end of the voting between Tommy Seebach and Grethe Ingmann & Bjarne Liller P., therefore there had…
The Portuguese semi-finals were held at the Cinema Monumental in Lisbon, hosted by Fialho Gouveia & Manuela Moura Guedes. The finalists were chosen by an „expert“ jury. Semi-Final 1 – February 3rd 1 Recados da ilha Island messages Samuel 17 4th – 2 País das maravilhas Wonderland Edmundo Falé 10 8th – 3 Bergantim Brigantine…