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France was absent because they thought that the Eurovision Song contest was not interesting anymore, but in 1983 the French audience forced the national broadcaster to be in the contest again. Greece .. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1982: 24 April 1982
Location: Conference Centre, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Broadcaster: BBC
Host(s): Jan Leeming
Participating countries: 18
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1982

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	18	Germany	Nicole	Ein bißchen Frieden	161	1
	15	Israel	Avi Toledano	Hora	100	2
	7	Switzerland	Arlette Zola	Amour on t'aime	97	3
	11	Belgium	Stella	Si tu aimes ma musique	96	4
	8	Cyprus	Anna Vishy	Mono i agapi	85	5
	2	Luxembourg			78	6
	4	United Kingdom	Bardo	One step further	76	7
	9	Sweden	Chips	Dag efter dag	67	8
	10	Austria	Mess	Sonntag	57	9
	12	Spain	Lucía	Él	52	10
	17	Ireland	The Duskeys	Here today, gone tomorrow	49	11
	3	Norway	Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan	Adieu	40	12
	1	Portugal	Doce	Bem-bom	32	13
	14	Yugoslavia	Aska	Halo halo	21	14
	5	Turkey	Neço	Hani	20	15
	16	The Netherlands	Bill van Dijk	Jij en ik	8	16
	13	Denmark	Brixx	Video-video	5	17
	6	Finland	Kojo	Nuku pommiin	0	18

Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)

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France was absent because they thought that the Eurovision Song contest was not interesting anymore, but in 1983 the French audience forced the national broadcaster to be in the contest again. Greece also withdrew, leaving 18 countries in competition. The show was staged in a village nobody heard of before, Harrogate. The Finnish singer Kojo tried to impress the audience by hitting himself on the head. He finished last with 0 points. Germany performed last and won the contest, it was their first victory. At the reprise, singer Nicole sang the song in 4 languages, German, English, French and Dutch.