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1982

Host country: United Kingdom
Venue: Conference Centre, Harrogate
Date: 24 April 1982
Presenter: Jan Leeming
Won by: Germany

Each country gave 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points to its top ten songs
BBC broadcast: Saturday 24 April 1982, 8.00-10.11pm. Commentary: BBC1 - Terry Wogan. UK jury spokesperson: Colin Berry

Left: Bardo (UK). Middle: Aska (Yugoslavia). Right: The Duskeys (Ireland)

Left: Doce (Portugal). Lucia (Spain)

Left: Germany's only ever winner, Nicole. Right: the scoreboard. France withdrew from the contest this year, claiming it was a 'monument to drivel'. They returned in 1983

1983

Host country: Germany
Venue: Rudi Sedlmayer Halle, Munich
Date: 23 April 1983
Presenter: Marlene Charell
Won by: Luxembourg

Each country gave 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points to its top ten songs
BBC broadcast: Saturday 23 April 1983, 8.00-11.01pm. Commentary: BBC1 - Terry Wogan. UK jury spokesperson: Colin Berry

Eurovision 1983 was a long, drawn-out show. First of all, at the start of the show all the performers gathered, one by one, on stage, which was more like a shelf (left). The backdrop was described by Terry Wogan as looking like the largest electric heater in the world. Then Marlene Charell (middle) presented the show in German as well as the usual English and French. But not only that, she also did the flower arrangements that introduced each song (no postcard films this year) and even took part in the interval ballet. Right: Westend display the latest Austrian fashions

Left: Stavros and Constantina from Cyprus, who incredibly received no points from Greece. Middle: Sweet Dreams (UK) - one of whom, Carrie Grant, now takes part in the BBC's Fame Academy. Their song title, 'I'm Never Giving Up' could perhaps better be described for Norway's famous 'nul pointer' Jahn Teigen (right), who entered for the third time this year - and scored 53

There will still two 'nul pointers' this year though - Remedios Amaya (left) sounded like she was in pain, rather than Spain, while even worse was Turkey's Cetin Alp and Short Wave (middle) who sung the appalling 'Opera'. Left: faring much better was Israel's Ofra Haza, known in the UK for her 1988 hit 'Im Nin'Alu'

Left: Bernadette (Netherlands). Middle: Carola (Sweden) came close to victory this time, but she would win the contest in her second attempt in 1991. Right: only Belgium attempted to enter anything approaching contemporary pop, with Pas de deux, who looked and sounded like they had escaped from the Belgian version of the Human League

Left: Hoffmann and Hoffmann - the German Simon and Garfunkel? Middle: Corinne Hermes scored a narrow victory for Luxembourg. Right: the scoring was some of the disparate ever seen at Eurovision - seemingly no one could agree which songs were least worst this year. It was a laborious process, and the show massively overran

1984

Host country: Luxembourg
Venue: Theatre Municipal, Luxembourg
Date: 5 May 1984
Presenter: Desiree Nosbusch
Won by: Sweden

Each country gave 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points to its top ten songs
BBC broadcast: Saturday 5 May 1984, 8.00-10.13pm. Commentary: BBC1 - Terry Wogan. UK jury spokesperson: Colin Berry

Left: three Swedish lads in golden boots, The Herreys, whose winning song in 1984, 'Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley', was described by Wogan as the worst Eurovision song ever. Middle: Belle and the Devotions (UK). Right: presenter Desiree Nosbuch

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