Eurovision Song Contest (1983)

Eurovision Song Contest 1983

• Date: 23 April 1983
• Location: Munich, West Germany
• Venue: Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
• Countries participating: 20
  • Countries returning: France, Greece, Italy
  • Debut countries: -
  • Non-returning countries: Ireland

• Broadcaster: ARD
• Presenter(s): Marlene Charell (b.1944)
• Winning entry: Si la vie est cadeau - Corinne Hermès (Luxembourg)

  

  Si la vie est cadeau - Corinne Hermes (Eurovision Song Contest - Luxembourg 1983)

• UK entry: Sweet Dreams - I'm Never Giving Up (6th place)
• UK commentators: Terry Wogan (BBC One)

Trivia

• Contest held in Germany for the first time since 1957.
• Longest ever ESC at more than three hours
• Not broadcast on BBC Radio 2, who gave priority to The St. George's Day Concert
• Sweden's Carola Häggkvist reached third place and went on to win the contest in 1991

Scrapbook

External links

• Wikipedia
• ESC official site archive page