Eurovision Song Contest 1984 (Redirected from 1984 Eurovision Song Contest)

Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Dates
Final5 May 1984
Host
VenueThéâtre Municipal
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Presenter(s)Désirée Nosbusch
Musical directorPierre Cao
Directed byRené Steichen
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerRay van Cant
Host broadcasterRadio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1984 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries19
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Ireland
Non-returning countries
Participation map
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Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Sweden
"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
1983 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1985

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 remain the youngest ever adult Eurovision male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 18 years and 184 days of age respectively.

Location

Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City, here depicted in November 2008, was the host venue of the 1984 contest.

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.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF Anita "Einfach weg" German
  • Walter Müller
  • Brigitte Seuberth
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
  • Jukka Siikavire
  • Jussi Tuominen
Ossi Runne
 France Antenne 2 Annick Thoumazeau "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" French
François Rauber
 Germany BR Mary Roos "Aufrecht geh'n" German
Pierre Cao
 Ireland RTÉ Linda Martin "Terminal 3" English Johnny Logan Noel Kelehan
 Italy RAI Alice and Franco Battiato "I treni di Tozeur" Italian
Giusto Pio
 Luxembourg CLT Sophie Carle "100% d'amour" French
  • Jean-Michel Bériat
  • Jean-Pierre Goussaud
  • Patrick Jaymes
Pascal Stive
 Netherlands NOS Maribelle "Ik hou van jou" Dutch
  • Peter van Asten
  • Richard de Bois
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
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
  • Ülkü Aker
  • Selçuk Basar
Selçuk Basar
 United Kingdom BBC Belle and the Devotions "Love Games" English
John Coleman
 Yugoslavia JRT Ida and Vlado "Ciao, amore" Serbo-Croatian
  • Slobodan Bučevac
  • Milan Perić
Mato Došen

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
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

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
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.

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.

Detailed voting results
Total score
Sweden
Luxembourg
France
Spain
Norway
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Belgium
Ireland
Denmark
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Austria
Germany
Turkey
Finland
Switzerland
Italy
Portugal
Contestants
Sweden 145 6 6 4 10 7 12 7 12 12 10 4 12 12 3 8 10 6 4
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
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.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 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 [fi]
Rinnakkaisohjelma [fi] Jaakko Salonoja [fi]
 France Antenne 2 Léon Zitrone
 Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Ado Schlier [de]
 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 [no]
 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 [de]
TSR Serge Moisson [fr]
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 [sl] Unknown
TV Zagreb 1 Unknown
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Australia SBS Network 0–28 Unknown
 Czechoslovakia ČST ČST2 Unknown
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið Unknown
 Poland TP TP1 Unknown

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