Eurovision Song Contest 1981 Results Page


For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are the results for 1981.

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The 1981 Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday 4 April 1981. Presented by Doireann Ni Bhriain.

(*) Indicate the number of times that a country was awarded 12 points.

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Position Country Score Song Artist Position Sung
01 United Kingdom (2) 136 Making your mind up Bucks Fizz 14
02 Germany (4) 132 Johnny Blue Lena Valaitis 3
03 France (4) 125 Humanahum Jean Gabilou 9
04 Switzerland (5) 121 Io senza te Peter, Sue, Marc 19
05 Ireland (2) 105 Horoscopes Sheeba 12
06 Cyprus (1) 69 Mónika Island 18
07 Israel 56 Halaila Habibi 5
08 Greece 55 Feggári kalokerino Yiannis Dimitras 17
09 Netherlands 51 Het is een wonder Linda Williams 11
10 Sweden (1) 50 Fångad i en dröm Björn Skifs 20
11 Denmark (1) 41 Krøller eller ej Debbie Cameron og Tommy Seebach 6
11 Luxembourg 41 C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique Jean-Claude Pascal 4
13 Belgium 40 Samson Emly Starr 16
14 Spain 38 Y solo tu Bacchelli 10
15 Yugoslavia 35 Leila Seid Memic Vajta 7
16 Finland 27 Reggae o k Riki Sorsa 8
17 Austria 20 Wenn du da bist Marty Brem 1
18 Turkey 9 Dönme dolap Modern Folk Trio & Aysegül 2
18 Portugal 9 Playback Carlos Paico 15
20 Norway 0 Aldri i livet Finn Kalvik 13

The winner was United Kingdom.


The full jury score sheet can be downloaded from here, including the entries. Please click here for details.


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