Eurovision Song Contest 1985

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1985 in Gothenburg. The presenter was Lill Lindfors. Bobbysocks was the winner of this Eurovision with the song La det swinge.

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Results

**1985 Eurovision Song Contest**
Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Austria	Gary Lux	Kinder dieser Welt	8	60
Belgium	Linda Lepomme	Laat me nu gaan	19	7
Cyprus	Lia Vissi	To Katalava Arga	16	15
Denmark	Hot Eyes	Sku' du Spørg fra no'en	11	41
Finland	Sonja Lumme	Eläköön Elämä	9	58
France	Roger Bens	Femme dans ses rêves Aussi	10	56
Germany	Wind	Für alle	2	105
Greece	Takis Biniaris	Moiazoume	16	15
Ireland	Maria Christian	Wait Until The Weekend Comes	6	91
Israel	Yizhar Cohen & The Alphabetas	Ole Ole	5	93
Italy	Al Bano & Romina Power	Magic, Oh Magic	7	78
Luxembourg	Ireen Sheer, Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris & Malcolm Roberts, Diane Solomon	Children, Kinder, Enfants	13	37
Norway	Bobbysocks	La det swinge	1	123
Portugal	Adelaide Ferreira	Penso em ti, eu sei	18	9
Spain	Paloma San Basilio	La fiesta terminó	14	36
Sweden	Kikki Danielsson	Bra vibrationer	3	103
Switzerland	Mariella Farre & Pino Gasparini	Piano Piano	12	39
Turkey	MFO	Didai Didai Dai	14	36
United Kingdom	Vikki Watson	Love Is	4	100
Venue: Scandinavium - Gothenburg, Sweden
The table is ordered by the countries names.

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Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

The voting itself was exciting, the German favourites looked to be cruising to an early victory. However both Sweden and Norway did their best to keep up and by the time the UK jury delivered their votes (only 1 point for Germany and 12 for Norway), Germany had seen its lead smashed. The largely Scandinavian audience in Gothenburg were enveloped in the drama being played out on the scoreboard. Norway went on to win the contest before the results of the final jury were delivered. This led to much jubilation in both Norway and in the Scandinavium, 'Nil points' Norway were victors at last.

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