Eurovision Song Contest 1987

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Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Image:ESC 1987 logo.png
Final 9 May 1987
Presenter(s) Viktor Lazlo
Conductor Jo Carlier
Host broadcaster Flag of Belgium RTBF
Venue Palais du Centenaire, Eeuwfeestpaleis, Brussels, Belgium
Winning song  Ireland
"Hold Me Now"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 22 (map view)
Debuting countries None
Returning countries  Greece
 Italy
Withdrawing countries None
Nul points  Turkey
Opening act Viktor Lazlo singing her hit "Breathless"
Interval act Mark Grauwels
Eurovision Song Contest
◄1986        1988►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 9, 1987 in Brussels after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland of this Eurovision with the song, Hold Me Now. That made him the first performer to win the contest twice, as he had won also in 1980.

The 1987 Eurovision was the biggest contest to date with 22 countries taking part. Only Malta, Monaco and Morocco failed to compete out of all the countries which had previously entered the contest in the past.

Contents

Individual Entries


Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
1  Norway Norwegian Kate Gulbrandsen "Mitt liv" My Life 9 65
2  Israel Hebrew Datner & Kushnir "Shir Habatlanim" (שיר הבטלנים) The Bums' Song 8 73
3  Austria German Gary Lux "Nur noch Gefühl" Only Feelings 20 8
4  Iceland Icelandic Halla Margrét "Hægt og hljótt" Slowly and Quietly 16 28
5  Belgium Dutch Liliane Saint-Pierre "Soldiers of Love" - 11 56
6  Sweden Swedish Lotta Engberg "Boogaloo" - 12 50
7  Italy Italian Umberto Tozzi & Raf "Gente di mare" People of the Sea 3 103
8  Portugal Portuguese Nevada "Neste barco à vela" This Sailing Boat 18 15
9  Spain Spanish Patricia Kraus "No estás solo" You're Not Alone 19 10
10  Turkey Turkish Seyyal Taner & Locomotif "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" My Song Is About Love 22 0
11  Greece Greek Bang "Stop" (Στοπ) - 10 64
12  Netherlands Dutch Marcha "Rechtop in de wind" Upright In The Wind 5 83
13  Luxembourg French Plastic Bertrand "Amour Amour" Love Love 21 4
14  United Kingdom English Rikki "Only the Light" - 13 47
15  France French Christine Minier "Les mots d'amour
n'ont pas de dimanche
"
The Words Of Love
Don't Have A Sunday
14 44
16  Germany German Wind "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" Let The Sun Into Your Heart 2 141
17  Cyprus Greek Alexia "Aspro Mavro" (Άσπρο-μαύρο) White Black 7 80
18  Finland Finnish Vicky Rosti & Boulevard "Sata salamaa" One Hundred Lightnings 15 32
19  Denmark Danish Anne-Cathrine Herdorf & Bandjo "En lille melodi" A Little Tune 5 83
20  Ireland English Johnny Logan "Hold Me Now" - 1 172
21  Yugoslavia Croatian Novi Fosili "Ja sam za ples" I Wanna Dance 4 92
22  Switzerland French Carol Rich "Moitié, moitié" Half and Half 17 26

Score sheet

Juries
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Image:ESCConJ.svg Norway 0 4 0 7 10 7 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 3 5 3 2 0 6
Israel 2 1 5 6 4 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 8 0 7 0 5 0 8
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 5 2 3 0 0 6 0 7 4 0 0 5 8 0 4 5 3 0 0 4 0
Sweden 0 12 0 8 1 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 0 0
Italy 0 3 6 3 5 1 12 12 8 0 0 4 1 0 12 1 4 0 12 12 7
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 0 0 0 1 2 6 8 0 0 0 5 7 5 7 0 12 0 6 0 5 0
Netherlands 0 5 2 0 0 0 10 0 5 7 3 8 3 12 0 0 2 2 6 8 10
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 0 10 5 0 3 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 2 5
France 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 1 12 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 2
Germany 3 8 10 12 10 7 4 5 1 6 0 10 6 10 6 6 10 12 7 7 1
Cyprus 6 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 6 5 3 6 10 8 10 0
Finland 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Denmark 7 6 7 7 0 8 2 1 0 1 8 6 0 7 8 0 0 8 4 0 3
Ireland 8 4 12 0 12 12 12 8 10 10 0 12 10 12 1 6 8 12 5 6 12
Yugoslavia 12 7 8 10 8 0 0 6 6 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 8 1 0
Switzerland 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3
The table is ordered by appearance

Commentators

  • Norway - TBD
  • Israel - No commentator
  • Austria - Ernst Grissemann
  • Iceland - TBD
  • Belgium - Luc Appermont (BRT), Claude Delacroix (RTBF)
  • Sweden - Fredrik Belfrage
  • Italy - Rosanna Vaudetti
  • Portugal - Maria Margarida Gaspar
  • Spain - Beatriz Pécker
  • Turkey - TBD
  • Greece - Dafni Bokota
  • The Netherlands - Willem Van Beusekom
  • Luxembourg - Valérie Sarn
  • United Kingdom - Terry Wogan
  • France - Patrick Simpson-Jones
  • Germany - Lotti Ohnesorge & Christoph Deumling
  • Cyprus - Evi Papamichail
  • Finland - Erkki Toivanen
  • Denmark - Jørgen de Mylius
  • Ireland - Marty Whelan
  • Yugoslavia - TBD
  • Switzerland - TBD

Spokespersons

  • Norway - Sverre Kristoffersen
  • Israel - Daniel Pe'er
  • Austria - Tilia Herold
  • Iceland - TBD
  • Belgium - Monique Delvaux
  • Sweden - Jan Ellerås
  • Italy - Mariolina Cannuli
  • Portugal - Serenella Andrade
  • Spain - Matilde Jarrín
  • Turkey - Canan Kumbasar
  • Greece - Olina Xenopoulou
  • The Netherlands - Ralph Inbar
  • Luxembourg - Désirée Nosbusch
  • United Kingdom - Colin Berry
  • France - Lionel Cassan
  • Germany - Sabine Sauer
  • Cyprus - Aliki Fereou
  • Finland - Solveig Herlin
  • Denmark - Bent Henius
  • Ireland - John Skehan
  • Yugoslavia - TBD
  • Switzerland - Michel Dénériaz

Map

     Participating countries     Countries which had previously participated but did not do so in this year

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