For beginners - favourites from international finals! Part 1 - the eighties

Like I already mentioned, I’m not good with old stuff, 1980 is about as far back as I can go…so here are my top ten lists of international finals so far…there are quite a few missing, so stay tuned. I will re-watch and mark with points when I feel like doing it. Not always in a international mood, you see.

For hardcore fans of ESC, it may seem simple to give points to international songs, but I actually find it harder than with national finals, especially if the finals are old. Shall I take into consideration how I felt about a song back then, quite often as a kid with a kid’s taste for music, which not always match my adult fine-developed taste, shall I let the somehow unfair fact that I have gone tired of a song affect my judging, even if I liked it a lot when I first heard it? And of course songs themselves go out of date as the music industry changes and develops, but that doesn’t mean they were bad when they were released. The result is somewhere “in between”.

1980:
12p: Greece: Autostop
10 p: Spain: Que data esta noche
8 p: Marokko: Bitakat hob
7p: Luxembourg: Le papa penguin
6p: Ireland: What’s another year?
5p: Italy: Non so che darei
4p: Norway: Sami ædnan
3p: Sweden: Just nu
2p: France: He, he m’siereus dames
1p: Germany: Theater

1981:
12p: United Kingdom: Making your mind up
10p: Belgium: Samson
8p: Switzerland: Io senza te
7p: Finland: Reagge OK
6p: Sverige: Fångad i en dröm
5p: France: Humanahum
4: Turkey: Dönme dolap
3p: Luxembourg: C’est peut-etre pas l’amerique
2p: Portugal: Play-back
1p: Ireland: Horoscopes

1983:
12 p: Sweden: Främling
10 p: Spain: Quien maneja mi barca
8 p: United Kingdom: I'm never giving up
6 p: Luxembourg: Si la vie est cadeaux
5 p: Israel: Hai!
4 p: Italy: Per lucia
3 p: Netherlands: Sing me a song
2 p: Belgium: Rendez-vous
1 p: Germany: Rücksicht

1985:
12 p: Sweden: Bra vibrationer
10 p: Austria: Kinder dieser Welt
8 p: Germany: Für alle
7 p: Finland: Eläköön ëläma
6 p: Luxembourg: Children, kinder, enfants
5 p: Turkey: Didai didai dai
4 p: Norway: La det swinge
3 p: Belgium: Laat me nu gaan
2 p: Switzerland: Piano, piano1 p: Italy: Magic oh magic


1987:
12p: Iceland: Høgt & hjott
10 p: Spain: No estas solo
8 p: Switzerland. Moi tié moi tié
7p: Netherlands: Rechtop in de wind
6p: Italy: Gente di mare
5p: Yugoslavia: Ja sam se ples
4p: Finland: Sata salama
3p: Luxembourg: Amour amour
2p: Germany: Lass die Sonne in dein herz
1p: Israel: don’t remember the name of that crazy song right now and I'm too lazy to look it up

1988:
12p: Norway: For vår jord
10p: Switzerland: Ne partez-pas sans moi
8p: Yugoslavia: Mangup
7p: Germany: Lied für einen freund
6p: Sweden: Stad i ljus
5p: Ireland: Take him home
4p: Spain: La chica que yo quiera
3p: Italy: Ti scrivo
2p: France: Croire
1p: Turkey: Sufi

1989:
12p: Italy: Avrei voluto
10p: Portugal: Conquestador
8p: Svweden: En dag
7p:Luxembourg: Monsieur
6p: Denmark: Vi maler byen rød
5p: Spain: Nacida para amar
4p: Finland: La dolce vita
3p: France: J’ai volé la vie
2p: Belgium: Door de wind
1p:Turkey: Bana bana