At least you also hate
1973 and dislike "Eres Tu" too.
I don't hate either lol. I'm indifferent to "Eres tu" and I have mixed feelings on "Tu te reconnaîtras" (Like the song,
heavily dislike the way Head Gorgon Anne-Marie performs it)
#Munich1983
This was the first "early" year of Eurovision I watched, in 2012 (My first contest was 98, and my first full one was 2000) and not only was it a pleasant surprise at the time, it still stands the test of time nowadays. Not all songs are good, but the good ones
all slap, without exception. Also one of the funniest contests in terms of presentation (Marlene trying to host this in three languages and failing spectacularly
the hideous floral pieces used to introduce the participating countries, some of which disintegrated BEFORE THE SHOW EVEN BEGAN
Some of Terry Wogan's BEST commentary
). Topped off by a flawless top 2. The best year of the 80s.
Ofra Haza - "Chai"
Corinne Hermès - "Si la vie est cadeau"
Remedios Amaya - "Quién maneja mi barca?"
Sweet Dreams - "Never giving up"
Pas de Deux - "Rendez-vous"
Daniel - "Julie"
Ami Aspelund - "Fantasiaa"
Carola - "Främling"
Westend - "Hurricane"
Gry Johanssen - "Kloden drejer"
Jahn Teigen - "Do re mi"
Çetin Alp & the Short Waves - "Opera"
Bernadette - "Sing me a song"
Stavros & Constantina - "I agapi akoma zi"
Armando Gama - "Esta balada te dou"
Riccardo Foggli - "Per Lucia"
Guy Bonnet - "Vivre"
Christie Stasinopolou - "Mou les"
Mariella Farré - "Io cosi non ci sto"
Hoffmann & Hoffmann - "Rücksicht"
#Luxembourg1984
A quiet and unspectacular year, Luxembourg1984 is mostly good due to the extraneous (hosting, stage, VTs, Interval acts) and less so due to the songs. It's not like the songs themselves are
bad; listening to 1984 takes very little effort and works best when served as a plate cleanser after watching a shit year. This contest is also ONLY time when
absolutely SHOULD have won the contest so ofc they didn't.
. Fuck you, Sweden Culpepper. xslap
Linda Martin - "Terminal 3"
Hot Eyes - "Det lige det"
Alice & Battiato - "I treni di Tozeur"
Sophie Carle - "100% d'amour"
Kirka - "Heilangaan"
Herreys - "Diggi-loo, diggi-ley"
Vlado & Isolda - "Ciao Amore"
Dollie Deluxe - "Lenge levet livet"
Maribelle - "Ik hou van jou"
Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra - "Halay"
Maria Guinot - "Silêncio e tanta gente"
Bravo - "Lady, lady"
Jacques Zegers - "Avanti la vie"
Anita - "Einfach weg"
Andy Paul - "Anna Maria Lena"
Mary Roos - "Auftrecht geh'n"
Annick Thomazeau - "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles"
Belle & The Devotions - "Love games"
Rainy Day - "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"
#Gotenburg1985
Like 1979 a great example of a Good vs Evil Contest. 1985 starts slowly, with a demonic first half and an excellent second half, ending ofc in an EPIC point tally in which Evil (in the form of bottom five esc act WINDEMONS) is finally slain by Good (in the form of Bobbysocks! and the UK jury). Aside from all of that jazz, this contest is made even more delightful by the Best Hostess of All Times Lil Lindfors, whose permanently sardonic self can barely contain her utter disdain for aforementioned evil entries
MFÖ - "Didai didai dai"
Izhar Cohen - "Olé Olé"
Sonja Lumme - "Eläköön Ellämä"
Kikki Danielsson - "Bra vibrationer"
Romina Power & Al Bano - "Magic Oh Magic"
Bobbysocks! - "La det swinge"
A bunch of random Siegel recruits - "A whole load of nonsense"
Hot Eyes - "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en"
Vikki - "Love is"
Mariella & Pino - "Piano piano"
Gary Lux - "Kinder dieser Welt"
Paloma San Bastilo - "La fiesta terminó"
Mary Christian - "Wait until the weekend comes"
Takis Biniaris - "Miazoume"
Adelaide - "Penso em ti, eu sei"
Lia Vissi - "To katalava agra"
Linda Lepomme - "Laat me nu gaan"
Wind - "Für Alle"
#Bergen1986
There's a lot of national pride dripping into my opinion of this contest. However, although Sandra Kim is a great winner, the rest is... quite good? There so much lowbrow fun trash, as is to be expected in a contest that has recently crowned Herreys
and Bobbysocks! as winners. It takes forever (14 songs lol) for the first spoilsport to even show up! (which is of course,
, the country that has replaced France as the resident helldemon) The only downside for me is that it kind of sags near the end. Also, while Ase Kleveland lacks the hilarious deadbeat sarcasm of a Lil Lindfors or the graceful panache of a Viktor Lazlo, I think she's very underrated as a hostess and a worthy member of the 85-86-87 presentation trifectia.
Sandra Kim - "J'aime la vie"
Dora - "Não sejas mau pr'a mim"
Lasse Holm & Monika Tornell - "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
Frizzle Sizzle - "Alles heeft een ritme"
Kjetil Stokkan - "Romeo"
ICY - "Gleðibankinn"
Klips ve Onlar - "Halley"
Elpida - "Tora zo"
Luv Bug - "You can count on me"
Coctail Chic - "Européennes"
Kikki Danielsson - "Bra vibrationer"
Cadillac - "Valentino"
Moti Giladi & Sarah Tzuriel - "Yavo yom"
Daniela Simons - "Pas pour moi"
Doris - "Željo moja"
Ryder - "Runner in the night"
Sherisse Laurence - "L'amour de ma vie"
Ingrid Pieters - "Über die Brücke gehen"
Kari Kavalainen - "Never die end"
Timna Bauer - "Die Zeit ist einsam"