Voting Eurovision Song Contest 1981



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the voting proved memorable closeness. uk won 4 points, leading this, 5 countries took pole position @ various stages: uk, germany, france, switzerland , ireland. before penultimate vote, 3 countries (uk, germany , switzerland) on equal top marks. after this, switzerland (who had performed second last) unable collect points jury s results being announced, while germany failed receive votes either. uk gained eight, meant when final jury (sweden) cast votes, uk needed 5 points or more win on either country. switzerland eliminated receiving 1 vote. uk passed five-point mark , received 8 votes, while germany did indeed receive maximum 12 points, late. france finished third, switzerland fourth , hosts ireland coming in fifth. of these, switzerland received top votes despite finishing fourth, while uk received two. uk did receive points every competing country. meanwhile, @ other end of board norway, finished last no points third time in eurovision history, gaining no points in 1963 , 1978 well.


other memorable moments included glitch in scorekeeping, giving host country ireland 310 points instead of 10 designated luxembourg jury. of note, when host doireann ní bhriain attempted collect yugoslavia s votes, after repeated attempts contact them, yugoslavia s spokeswoman, helga vlahović, went on present 1990 contest, answered phone , abruptly answered don t have , causing laughter erupt audience. during final vote, turkey s 9 points disappeared scoreboard.







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