Eurovision Song Contest 1981

On Saturday 4th April 1981 the 26th Eurovision Song Contest was held in RDS in Dublin (Ireland), hosted by Doireann Ní Bhríain.

Each participating country had a number of jury members who put together a joined top 10. The number one on that list got 12 points, the second 10, third 8, fourth 7 etc. until the tenth country with one point.

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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
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17.
18.
19.
20.

Austria
Turkey
West Germany
Luxembourg
Israel
Denmark
Yugoslavia
Finland
France
Spain
Netherlands
Ireland
Norway
United Kingdom
Portugal
Belgium
Greece
Cyprus
Switzerland
Sweden

Marty Brem - Wenn du da bist
Modern Folk Trio & Aysegül - Dönme dolap
Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue
Jean-Claude Pascal - C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique
Habibi - Halaila
Debbie Cameron og Tommy Seebach - Krøller eller ej
Seid Memic Vajta - Leila
Riki Sorsa - Reggae o k
Jean Gabilou - Humanahum
Bacchelli - Y solo tu
Linda Williams - Het is een wonder
Sheeba - Horoscopes
Finn Kalvik - Aldri i livet
Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up
Carlos Paico - Playback
Emly Starr - Samson
Yiannis Dimitras - Feggári kalokerino
Island - Mónika
Peter, Sue, Marc - Io senza te
Björn Skifs - Fångad i en dröm

17
18
2
11
7
11
15
16
3
14
9
5
20
1
18
13
8
6
4
10

 

 

X

 

5

10

8

 

 

 

12

 

3

7

 

4

 

1

6

 

2

 

6

X

12

 

 

1

4

 

 

10

5

3

 

8

 

7

 

 

2

 

 

 

X

5

 

1

 

 

12

 

3

6

 

4

8

 

2

 

7

10

 

1

3

X

4

7

 

 

12

 

 

10

 

5

 

 

6

 

8

2

 

 

8

3

X

 

 

2

7

6

4

10

 

12

 

1

 

5

 

 

1

 

8

 

 

X

 

 

2

 

7

12

 

10

 

6

 

3

4

5

 

3

2

 

 

 

X

 

4

 

 

5

 

10

 

8

1

6

12

7

 

5

7

4

6

 

8

X

10

 

 

 

 

3

 

2

 

 

12

1

5

 

8

3

 

4

 

1

X

 

2

6

 

7

 

 

 

 

10

12

6

 

12

1

 

3

 

2

 

X

7

5

 

8

 

 

10

 

4

 

 

 

3

 

7

2

 

5

6

4

X

10

 

12

 

 

 

8

1

 

 

 

6

 

7

 

2

5

4

3

 

X

 

10

 

 

1

8

12

 

 

 

4

 

8

 

1

 

5

10

 

 

X

3

 

 

2

7

12

6

 

 

7

 

4

5

 

 

1

 

6

 

 

X

 

3

8

10

12

2

 

 

12

4

5

2

 

1

10

3

7

 

 

6

X

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

10

 

 

12

5

 

3

 

2

1

 

8

 

X

6

7

 

4

 

 

5

 

 

 

2

 

8

 

3

10

 

6

1

7

X

12

4

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

3

 

7

 

2

12

 

4

 

5

6

X

10

1

 

 

 

6

4

 

10

5

12

2

 

1

 

8

 

 

7

3

X

 

2

 

12

5

3

4

 

6

10

 

 

7

 

8

 

 

 

 

1

X

total

20

9

132

41

56

41

35

27

125

38

51

105

0

136

9

40

55

69

121

50

 

© 1981