Eurovision Song Contest 1987

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in Brussels, Belgium after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. She agreed to present the Eurovision Song Contest, on the condition she was allowed to open with a song of her own, "Breathless". Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland with his own composition "Hold Me Now". That made him the first (and as of 2020 only) performer to win the contest twice, as he had won also in 1980.

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Dates
Grand final9 May 1987
Host
VenuePalais du Centenaire
Brussels, Belgium
Presenter(s)Viktor Lazlo
Musical directorJo Carlier
Directed byJacques Bourton
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerMichel Gehu
Host broadcasterRadio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF)
Opening act"Breathless" performed by Viktor Lazlo
Interval actMarc Grauwels
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/brussels-1987
Participants
Number of entries22
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countriesNone
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points Turkey
Winning song Ireland
"Hold Me Now"

Location

Palais du Centenaire, Brussels – host venue of the 1987 contest.

Brussels is the capital city of Belgium. The Brussels Capital Region is part of both the French Community of Belgium[1] and the Flemish Community,[2] but separate from the regions of Flanders and Wallonia.[3][4]

The contest took place at the Palais du Centenaire, a set of exhibition halls built from 1930 to celebrate the centenary of the independence of Belgium in Heysel Plateau (Heysal Park). The Centenary Palace (French: Palais du Centenaire, Dutch: Eeuwfeestpaleis) is one of the remaining buildings of the World's Fair of 1935. Currently it is still being used for trade fairs.

Format

Host broadcaster

Initially, the competition was to be jointly organised by the two Belgian public broadcasters: the French-speaking Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) and the Dutch-speaking Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT). The aim was to give Belgium the image of a united country. But quickly, disagreements appeared between the two broadcasters, especially on the place, the presenters and transmission of the contest. BRT eventually withdrew from the project and RTBF organised the contest alone.[5] The necessary budget was so important that a new law had to be adopted, allowing the use of advertising to finance the Belgian public channels. This was the first time that sponsors helped to produce the contest and appeared on screen.[6] BRT was in charge of the selection of the Belgian entry for the contest, as in all other odd-numbered years.

Contest overview

The 1987 Eurovision was the biggest contest at that time, with 22 countries taking part. Only Malta, Monaco and Morocco failed to compete out of all the countries which had entered the contest in the past. Due to the number of countries, and the time it took for the contest to be held, the EBU set the limit of competing countries to 22. This became problematic over the next few years as new and returning nations indicated an interest in participating, but could not be accommodated.[7]

Controversy erupted in Israel after their song was selected, "Shir Habatlanim" by the Lazy Bums. The comedic performance was criticised by the country's culture minister, who threatened to resign should the duo proceed to Brussels. They went on to perform for Israel, placing eighth; however the culture minister's threat was left unfulfilled.[7]

Conductors

Results

Draw Country Artist Song Language[8][9] Place Points
01  Norway Kate Gulbrandsen "Mitt liv" Norwegian 9 65
02  Israel Datner & Kushnir "Shir Habatlanim" (שיר הבטלנים) Hebrew 8 73
03  Austria Gary Lux "Nur noch Gefühl" German 20 8
04  Iceland Halla Margrét "Hægt og hljótt" Icelandic 16 28
05  Belgium Liliane Saint-Pierre "Soldiers of Love" Dutch1 11 56
06  Sweden Lotta Engberg "Boogaloo" Swedish 12 50
07  Italy Umberto Tozzi & Raf "Gente di mare" Italian 3 103
08  Portugal Nevada "Neste barco à vela" Portuguese 18 15
09  Spain Patricia Kraus "No estás solo" Spanish 19 10
10  Turkey Seyyal Taner & Lokomotif "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" Turkish 22 0
11  Greece Bang "Stop" (Στοπ) Greek 10 64
12  Netherlands Marcha "Rechtop in de wind" Dutch 5 83
13  Luxembourg Plastic Bertrand "Amour, amour" French 21 4
14  United Kingdom Rikki "Only the Light" English 13 47
15  France Christine Minier "Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" French 14 44
16  Germany Wind "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" German 2 141
17  Cyprus Alexia "Aspro-mavro" (Άσπρο-μαύρο) Greek 7 80
18  Finland Vicky Rosti & Boulevard "Sata salamaa" Finnish 15 32
19  Denmark Anne-Cathrine Herdorf & Bandjo "En lille melodi" Danish 5 83
20  Ireland Johnny Logan "Hold Me Now" English 1 172
21  Yugoslavia Novi fosili "Ja sam za ples" (Ја сам за плес) Serbo-Croatian1 4 92
22   Switzerland Carol Rich "Moitié, moitié" French 17 26

Notes

1.^ Contains some phrases in English.

Score sheet

Juries
Total score
Norway
Israel
Austria
Iceland
Belgium
Sweden
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Greece
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Cyprus
Finland
Denmark
Ireland
Yugoslavia
Switzerland
Contestants
Norway 6547107344735326
Israel 73215641034108758
Austria 817
Iceland 28444610
Belgium 56523674584534
Sweden 501281372377
Italy 103363511212841121412127
Portugal 15852
Spain 1010
Turkey 0
Greece 64126857571265
Netherlands 8352105738312226810
Luxembourg 422
United Kingdom 4710535331214325
France 4414541125102
Germany 141381012107451610610661012771
Cyprus 806621226536108104
Finland 321034218211
Denmark 83767782118678843
Ireland 172841212121281010121012168125612
Yugoslavia 9212781086612221081
Switzerland 2612573413

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
8  Ireland  Austria
 Belgium
 Finland
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 United Kingdom
5  Italy  Germany
 Ireland
 Portugal
 Spain
 Yugoslavia
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
2  Germany  Denmark
 Iceland
 Yugoslavia  Norway
 Turkey
1  Cyprus  Greece
 France  Luxembourg
 Greece  Cyprus
 Netherlands  France
 Sweden  Israel

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Gary Lux  Austria 1983 (member of Westend), 1985
Alexia  Cyprus 1981 (member of Island)
Wind  Germany 1985
Johnny Logan  Ireland 1980 (winner)

Commentators

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