Eurovision Song Contest 1982
| Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 24 April 1982 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Harrogate International Centre Harrogate, United Kingdom |
| Presenter(s) | Jan Leeming |
| Conductor | Ronnie Hazlehurst |
| Director | Michael Hurll |
| Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
| Host broadcaster | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Opening act | Introductions by Jan Leeming |
| Interval act | Pictures from Yorkshire and Castle Howard |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | None |
| Withdrawing countries |
 France Greece
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points |
 Finland
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| Winning song |
 Germany"Ein bißchen Frieden" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming.
The German entrant, Nicole, was winner with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden". Germany received 1.61 times as many points as runner-up Israel, which was a record under the current scoring system until 2009, when Norway received 1.78 times as many points as Iceland. The song also cemented Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song's composers, into German Eurovision tradition, writing 18 Eurovision songs between them before and after "Ein bißchen Frieden", 13 of which were for Germany.
This was the first time that Germany won the contest. They have competed in the finals every year (with exception of 1996) since the contest's inception. Germany won again in 2010.
The opening of the contest showed a map of Europe, with the translation "Where is Harrogate?" popping up on-screen from the languages of the various countries. The question was always in the language in which the respective country's song was performed, with the exception of Ireland. The Irish entry was sung in English, but the translation of the question in the map was in Irish. Then the map zoomed into Harrogate's location in Yorkshire, followed by an introduction video spotlighting the town.
Greece was due to participate in the contest with the song "Sarantapente Kopelies" performed by Themis Adamantidis. Although drawn to perform in second place, ERT withdrew the entry a few weeks before the contest.
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