Harrogate International Centre Harrogate, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)
Jan Leeming
Musical director
Ronnie Hazlehurst
Directed by
Michael Hurll
Executive supervisor
Frank Naef
Executive producer
Michael Hurll
Host broadcaster
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Website
eurovision.tv/event/harrogate-1982
Participants
Number of entries
18
Debuting countries
None
Returning countries
None
Non-returning countries
France
Greece
Participation map
Competing countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1982
Vote
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song
Germany "Ein bißchen Frieden"
1981 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1983
The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Harrogate, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the 1981 contest with the song "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the Harrogate International Centre on 24 April 1982 and was hosted by English TV presenter and newsreader Jan Leeming.
Eighteen countries took part in the contest with Greece deciding not to enter this year. Due the downsizing of their national broadcasters, France lost the rights to participating at the contest and so was also forced to withdraw.
The winner was Germany with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole. This was the first time that Germany had won the contest after having competed every year since the contest's inception. Germany received 1.61 times as many points as runner-up Israel, which was a record under the current scoring system until 2009, when Norway received 1.78 times as many points as Iceland. The song also cemented Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song's composers, into German Eurovision tradition, writing 18 Eurovision songs between them before and after "Ein bißchen Frieden", 13 of which were for Germany.
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