10 replies to this topic

[Scotguy]

So Abba and Marie Myriam are the winners from the 70's therefore go forward to the final

So we now have the best winning song of the 80's



The two with the most votes will progress

Get voting guys

Edited by Scotguy, 04 February 2012 - 06:52 PM.

[Lee]

I don't think multiple votes should be allowed, especially consdering they were not allowed in the first round. I voted for Nicole, sublime.

[emre]

the only song i remember and i loved was sandra kim from this period

so i vote her.

lol i try to sing in french and i was 7 years old ahahahah

[paul]

i like Luxemborg 1983.....

[Citius Altius Fortius]

My "all-time-favourites" of the 80s

Theater - Katja Ebstein - Germany 1980 - 2nd
Amsterdam - Maggie MacNeal - Netherlands 1980 - 5th
Papa Pingouin - Sophie & Magaly - Belgium 1980 - 9th
Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz - United Kingdom 1981 - 1st
Io senza te - Peter, Sue & Marc - Switzerland 1981 - 4th
Krøller eller ej - Debbie Cameron & Tommy Seebach - Denmark 1981 - 14th
Ein bisschen Frieden - Nicole - Germany 1982 - 1st
One Step Further - Bardo - United Kingdom 1982 - 7th
Khay, Khay, Khay - Ofra Haza - Israel 1983 - 2nd
Främling - Carola - Sweden 1983 - 3rd
Džuli - Daniel - Yugoslavia 1983 - 4th
Rücksicht - Hoffmann & Hoffmann - Germany 1983 - 5th
Per Lucia - Riccardo Fogli - Italy 1983 - 11th
Diggi-loo Diggi-ley - Herreys - Sweden 1984 - 1st
I treni de Tozeur - Alice & Franco Battiato - Italy 1984 - 5th
Avanti la vie - Jacques Zégers - Belgium 1984 - 5th
Love Games - Belle and the Devotions - United Kingdom 1984 - 7th
Ik hou van jou - Maribelle - Netherlands 1984 - 13th
Aufrecht geh‘n - Mary Roos - Germany 1984 - 13th
Anna Mari-Elena - Andy Paul - Cyprus 1984 - 15th
Love Is - Vikki - United Kingdom 1985 - 4th
Kinder dieser Welt - Gary Lux - Austria 1985 - 8th
J‘aime la vie - Sandra Kim - Belgium 1986 - 1st
Hold Me Now - Johnny Logan - Ireland 1987 - 1st
Ne partez pas sans moi - Céline Dion - Switzerland 1988 - 1st
Ka‘ du se hva‘ jeg sa‘ - Kirsten og Søren - Denmark 1988 - 3rd
Shangri-La - Gerard Joling - Netherlands 1988 - 9th
Rock Me - Riva - Yugoslavia 1989 - 1st
Birthe Kjær - Vi maler byen rød - Denmark 1989 - 3rd
Flieger - Nino de Angelo - Germany 1989 - 14th
Bana Bana - Pan - Turkey 1989 - 21st

[Lee]

The 80's was much tougher for me as this was the decade that got me hooked on Eurovision.

This is my Top 5:

5- Switzerland - Celine Dion - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (not one of the best Eurovision wins, but certainly a very good one)

4 - Norway - Bobbysocks - La Det Swinge (the year my Eurovision obsession started, such memories, loved the hand actions)

3 - Sweden - Herreys - Diggiloo Diggiley (they has my 3rd place for the gold boots alone)

2 - Belgium - Sandra Kim - J'aime La Vie (wonderful and iconic, Eurovision gold)

1 - Germany - Nicole - Ein Bisschen Frieden (perfection, absolutely adore Nicole. I even visited her home city of Saarbrücken)

Edited by Lee, 05 February 2012 - 06:09 AM.

[Olympian2004]

I voted for "What's Another Year". It's such a relaxed and somewhat timeless tune -- even if some of the orchestration was very contemporary, of course. I would still want to listen to it on the car radio nowadays, also in a more modern arrangement.

"La Det Swinge" is a catchy fun song and "Hold Me Now" "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi" are great dramatic Eurovision hymns, but I wouldn't want to listen to them all the time privately.

The other winning songs of that decade rather make me cringe, I have to say. That's why I also found it awful that until 2010, that schmaltzy "Ein bisschen Frieden" was our only ESC winning song. It certainly struck a nerve with all people who were frightened of atomic war and/or opposed the nuclear armament back then. But nevertheless, it drips with schmaltz.

[markun]

I voted for Bobbysocks because in the words of Lil Lindfors they 'really deserve it'.

[Citius Altius Fortius]

markun, on 06 February 2012 - 05:40 PM, said:

I voted for Bobbysocks because in the words of Lil Lindfors they 'really deserve it'.

Wowww, you seem to be an Eurovision expert!!! Which ESC was your first one?

[markun]

Citius Altius Fortius, on 06 February 2012 - 11:59 PM, said:

Wowww, you seem to be an Eurovision expert!!! Which ESC was your first one?

1986 was my first that I remember. I only saw the voting in 1989 because my parents sent me to bed, not realising that I loved Eurovision. I came running downstairs when I heard the votes being read. I missed 2002 because I was in Japan and couldn't even see it online but otherwise I have seen every contest since then (I saw 2003 and 2004 online in Japan, starting at 4am).

I used to know every song and statisitic but now with so many songs and national finals with multiple rounds and so many entries I find it a bit difficult to keep up with everything.