Eurovision Song Contest 1984 (Redirected from 1984 Eurovision Song Contest)
Eurovision Song Contest 1984 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 5 May 1984 |
Host | |
Venue | Théâtre Municipal Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Presenter(s) | Désirée Nosbusch |
Musical director | Pierre Cao |
Directed by | René Steichen |
Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
Executive producer | Ray van Cant |
Host broadcaster | Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 19 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | Ireland |
Non-returning countries | |
Participation map
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Winning song | Sweden "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, the 29th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the 1983 contest with the song "Si la vie est cadeau" by Corinne Hermes. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL), the contest was held at the Théâtre Municipal on 5 May 1984 and was hosted by Luxembourgish multimedia personality Désirée Nosbusch, who was only 19 years at the date, making her the youngest presenter in adult Eurovision history.
Nineteen countries took part in the contest. Israel did not enter due to it conflicting with the country's Yom HaZikaron holiday again. Greece was also absent. On the other hand, Ireland, who had not participated the previous year, returned this year.
The winner was Sweden with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys. This was the first winning song in Swedish, as ABBA had performed "Waterloo" in English when they won in 1974. Richard and Louis Herrey became the first teenage males to win Eurovision and as of 2023[update] remain the youngest ever adult Eurovision male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 18 years and 184 days of age respectively.
Location
Luxembourg City is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg. The city contains the historic Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.
The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, became the venue for the 1984 contest. It is the city's major venue for drama, opera and ballet. It also hosted the 1973 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Participating countries
Nineteen participating countries competed this year. Israel did not enter due to it conflicting with the country's Yom HaZikaron holiday.Greece also withdrew, as the contest coincided with Holy Saturday on the Eastern Orthodox Church liturgical calendar.Ireland, who had not participated the previous year, returned this year.
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
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Austria | ORF | Anita | "Einfach weg" | German |
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Richard Oesterreicher |
Belgium | RTBF | Jacques Zegers | "Avanti la vie" | French | Jo Carlier | |
Cyprus | CyBC | Andy Paul | "Anna Mari-Elena" (Άννα Μαρί-Έλενα) | Greek | Andy Paul | Pierre Cao |
Denmark | DR | Hot Eyes | "Det' lige det" | Danish | Henrik Krogsgaard | |
Finland | YLE | Kirka | "Hengaillaan" | Finnish |
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Ossi Runne |
France | Antenne 2 | Annick Thoumazeau | "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" | French |
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François Rauber |
Germany | BR | Mary Roos | "Aufrecht geh'n" | German |
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Pierre Cao |
Ireland | RTÉ | Linda Martin | "Terminal 3" | English | Johnny Logan | Noel Kelehan |
Italy | RAI | Alice and Franco Battiato | "I treni di Tozeur" | Italian |
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Giusto Pio |
Luxembourg | CLT | Sophie Carle | "100% d'amour" | French |
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Pascal Stive |
Netherlands | NOS | Maribelle | "Ik hou van jou" | Dutch |
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Rogier van Otterloo |
Norway | NRK | Dollie de Luxe | "Lenge leve livet" | Norwegian | Sigurd Jansen | |
Portugal | RTP | Maria Guinot | "Silêncio e tanta gente" | Portuguese | Maria Guinot | Pedro Osório |
Spain | TVE | Bravo | "Lady, Lady" | Spanish |
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Eddy Guerin |
Sweden | SVT | Herreys | "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" | Swedish | Curt-Eric Holmquist | |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Rainy Day | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein" | German | Günter Loose | Mario Robbiani |
Turkey | TRT | Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra | "Halay" | Turkish |
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Selçuk Basar |
United Kingdom | BBC | Belle and the Devotions | "Love Games" | English |
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John Coleman |
Yugoslavia | JRT | Ida and Vlado | "Ciao, amore" | Serbo-Croatian |
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Mato Došen |
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Mary Roos | Germany | 1972 |
Kit Rolfe (part of Belle and the Devotions) | United Kingdom | 1983 (backing singer) |
Izolda Barudžija (part of Ida and Vlado) | Yugoslavia | 1982 (part of Aska), 1983 (part of Danijel's back vocals) |
Gary Lux (backing singer for Anita) | Austria | 1983 (as member of Westend) |
Format
Roland de Groot, who had also designed the set for the 1970, 1976 and 1980 contests, returned with a stage concept similar to that of the aforementioned contests, using translucent panels of varying shapes suspended above the stage and operated on a pully system of ropes, with color changes for each panel to create unique backdrops for each entry. Unusually, the live orchestra was not seen on camera, being positioned slightly under the stage itself in a traditional orchestra pit, out of sight of the cameras.
Désirée Nosbusch, a Luxembourg native working and living in the USA at the time, was, at 19 years of age, the youngest ever host of the competition. She hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for the show at the time. Her style was also unusual in that, rather than making announcements in multiple languages, she instead switched between English, French, German and Luxembourgish mid-sentences, not finishing any of her announcements in a single language.
This year again, before the postcard of a specific country, the camera would zoom into the commentary box of that country's broadcaster, where the commentator/s would give a hand gesture, e.g. wave. The postcards in between each song were of a similar concept to those first devised for the 1979 competition and featured mime artists virtually visiting each of the participant nations. The actors, known collectively as "The Tourists", were superimposed onto animated representations of the tourist attractions of each country, with the combined use of animated and real props, all created using the Chroma key process.
1984 is also notable for the audible booing that could be heard from the audience, particularly at the end of the UK's performance. It was said[according to whom?] that the booing was due to English football hooligans having rioted in Luxembourg in November 1983 after failing to qualify for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship.
Contest overview
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Sweden | Herreys | "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" | 145 | 1 |
2 | Luxembourg | Sophie Carle | "100% d'amour" | 39 | 10 |
3 | France | Annick Thoumazeau | "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" | 61 | 8 |
4 | Spain | Bravo | "Lady, Lady" | 106 | 3 |
5 | Norway | Dollie de Luxe | "Lenge leve livet" | 29 | 17 |
6 | United Kingdom | Belle and the Devotions | "Love Games" | 63 | 7 |
7 | Cyprus | Andy Paul | "Anna Mari-Elena" | 31 | 15 |
8 | Belgium | Jacques Zegers | "Avanti la vie" | 70 | 5 |
9 | Ireland | Linda Martin | "Terminal 3" | 137 | 2 |
10 | Denmark | Hot Eyes | "Det' lige det" | 101 | 4 |
11 | Netherlands | Maribelle | "Ik hou van jou" | 34 | 13 |
12 | Yugoslavia | Ida and Vlado | "Ciao, amore" | 26 | 18 |
13 | Austria | Anita | "Einfach weg" | 5 | 19 |
14 | Germany | Mary Roos | "Aufrecht geh'n" | 34 | 13 |
15 | Turkey | Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra | "Halay" | 37 | 12 |
16 | Finland | Kirka | "Hengaillaan" | 46 | 9 |
17 | Switzerland | Rainy Day | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein" | 30 | 16 |
18 | Italy | Alice and Franco Battiato | "I treni di Tozeur" | 70 | 5 |
19 | Portugal | Maria Guinot | "Silêncio e tanta gente" | 38 | 11 |
Spokespersons
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1984 contest are listed below.
- Italy – Mariolina Cannuli
- Sweden – Agneta Bolme Börjefors
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry
Detailed voting results
Each country had a jury that awarded one to eight, 10 and 12 points for their top ten songs.
At the close of the penultimate jury's votes, there was only a difference of six points between Sweden and Ireland, at 141 and 135 respectively. However, Yugoslavia was the only country who had not given any points to Ireland, and Portugal, the last jury, gave them only two points, crushing their chances. Portugal's voting also cost Denmark, who had been holding at a strong third position, even leading the scoreboard for a short time, a potential victory, when Portugal's 12 lifted Spain from 94 to 106 points. Portugal at the same time had only given Denmark one point making Denmark's total 101 points. Despite this, this was the latter country's best position in over 20 years.
Sweden | 145 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
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Luxembourg | 39 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
France | 61 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
Spain | 106 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
Norway | 29 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||
United Kingdom | 63 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | |||
Cyprus | 31 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 70 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
Ireland | 137 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | ||
Denmark | 101 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 34 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Germany | 34 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
Turkey | 37 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||
Finland | 46 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
Switzerland | 30 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Italy | 70 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
Portugal | 38 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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5 | Sweden | Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Ireland |
4 | Ireland | Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland |
2 | Belgium | France, Luxembourg |
Denmark | Norway, United Kingdom | |
Italy | Spain, Finland | |
Spain | Portugal, Turkey | |
1 | Cyprus | Yugoslavia |
France | Netherlands |
Broadcasts
Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Austria | ORF | FS2 | Ernst Grissemann | |
Belgium | RTBF | RTBF1 | Unknown | |
BRT | TV1 | Luc Appermont | ||
Cyprus | CyBC | RIK | Pavlos Pavlou | |
Denmark | DR | DR TV | Jørgen de Mylius | |
Finland | YLE | TV1 | Heikki Seppälä | |
Rinnakkaisohjelma | Jaakko Salonoja | |||
France | Antenne 2 | Léon Zitrone | ||
Germany | ARD | Deutsches Fernsehen | Ado Schlier | |
Ireland | RTÉ | RTÉ 1 | Gay Byrne | |
RTÉ Radio 1 | Unknown | |||
Italy | RAI | Rai Due | Antonio De Robertis | |
Luxembourg | CLT | RTL Télévision | Unknown | |
RTL plus | Unknown | |||
Netherlands | NOS | Nederland 1 | Ivo Niehe | |
Norway | NRK | NRK Fjernsynet | Roald Øyen | |
NRK | Erik Heyerdahl | |||
Portugal | RTP | RTP1 | Unknown | |
Antena 1 | Unknown | |||
Spain | TVE | TVE 2 | José-Miguel Ullán | |
Sweden | SVT | TV1 | Fredrik Belfrage | |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | TV DRS | Bernard Thurnheer | |
TSR | Serge Moisson | |||
TSI | Unknown | |||
Turkey | TRT | TRT Televizyon | Başak Doğru | |
United Kingdom | BBC | BBC1 | Terry Wogan | |
BFBS | BFBS Radio | Richard Nankivell | ||
Yugoslavia | JRT | TV Beograd 1 | Unknown | |
TV Koper-Capodistria | Unknown | |||
TV Ljubljana 1 | Unknown | |||
TV Zagreb 1 | Unknown |
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Australia | SBS | Network 0–28 | Unknown | |
Czechoslovakia | ČST | ČST2 | Unknown | |
Iceland | RÚV | Sjónvarpið | Unknown | |
Poland | TP | TP1 | Unknown |