Eurovision Song Contest 1985 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

This year the Netherlands withdrew because of their remembrance day. Yugoslavia also decided not to take part. The places of these two countries were occupied by Greece and Israel, so there were 19 co.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985: 4 May 1985
Location: Scandinavium, Göteborg, Sweden
Broadcaster: SVT
Host(s): Lill Lindfors
Participating countries: 19
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 1985

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	13	Norway	Bobbysocks	La det swinge	123	1
	10	Germany	Wind	Für alle	105	2
	16	Sweden	Kikki Danielsson	Bra vibrationer	103	3
	14	United Kingdom	Vikki	Love is...	100	4
	11	Israel	Izhar Cohen	Olé olé	93	5
	1	Ireland	Maria Christian	Wait until the weekend comes	91	6
	12	Italy	Al Bano and Romina Power	Magic, oh magic	78	7
	17	Austria	Gary Lux	Kinder dieser Welt	60	8
	2	Finland	Sonja Lumme	Eläköön elämä	58	9
	6	France	Roger Bens	Femme dans ses rêves aussi	56	10
	4	Denmark	Hot Eyes	Sku' du spør fra no'n	41	11
	15	Switzerland	Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini	Piano piano	39	12
	18	Luxembourg	Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts	Children, Kinder, enfants	37	13
	5	Spain	Paloma San Basilio	La fiesta terminó	36	14
	7	Turkey	MFÖ	Di dai di dai dai (a'sik oldum)	36	14
	19	Greece	Takis Biniaris	Miazoume	15	16
	3	Cyprus	Lia Vishy	To katalava arga	15	16
	9	Portugal	Adelaïde	Penso em ti, eu sei	9	18
	8	Belgium	Linda Lepomme	Laat me nu gaan	7	19

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

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This year the Netherlands withdrew because of their remembrance day. Yugoslavia also decided not to take part. The places of these two countries were occupied by Greece and Israel, so there were 19 countries again. This contest was very modern with 10.000 seats for the audience and a nice modern decor. After a curse of last places there was finally some luck for Norway. The swinging song La det swinge, in English well-known as Let it swing, won the 30th Eurovision Song Contest. Among the participants was former Eurovision winner Izhar Cohen. The contest was hosted by former participant Lill Lindfors who surprised the audience and the EBU with an act in which it seemed that her skirt was torn off but it was all rehearsed.