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1981 - 26th edition

Venue: Royal Dublin Society Simmonscourt Pavillon, Dublin, Ireland
Date: Saturday, 4 April 1981
Presentation: Doireann Ní Bhríain
Voting: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to its top 10 (by a jury).
Number of countries: 20
- Scoreboard -


Draw Order by starting order Country Order by country Title Order by song title [ONLY SHOW ESC VERSIONS] Artist(s) Pos. Order by placing Score
1. Austria Wenn du da bist (German) Marty Brem 17 20
2. Turkey Dönme dolap (Turkish) Modern Folk Üçlüsü & Aysegül Aldinç 18 9
3. Germany Johnny Blue (German) less
Johnny Blue (English)
• karaoke version
Lena Valaitis 2 132
4. Luxembourg C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique (French) less
Heut' ist vieles sehr amerikanisch (German)
Jean-Claude Pascal 11 41
5. Israel Halaila /
  הלילה (Hebrew) less
Layla (English)
Layla (French)
• morning mix [solo Shlomit Aharon] (2003) (Hebrew) [4:19]
• night mix [solo Shlomit Aharon] (2003) (Hebrew) [4:04]
• Henree remix (2007) (Hebrew/English) [4:43]
• Henree radio mix (2007) (Hebrew/English) [6:30]
Hakol Over Habibi /
  הכל עובר חביבי
7 56
6. Denmark Krøller eller ej (Danish) less
Straight or curly hair (English)
• new version (1998) (Danish) [3:11]
Debbie Cameron & Tommy Seebach 11 41
7. Yugoslavia Lejla (Bosnian) less
Leyla (English)
• alternate version (Bosnian) [3:49]
Seid-Memić Vajta 15 35
8. Finland Reggae OK (Finnish) less
Reggae OK (English)
• new version (Finnish) [2:30]
Riki Sorsa 16 27
9. France Humanahum (French) less
Humanahum (English)
• 1st alternate version (French) [3:00]
• 2nd alternate version (French) [3:03]
• instrumental version
Jean Gabilou 3 125
10. Spain Y sólo tú (Spanish) Bacchelli 14 38
11. Netherlands Het is een wonder (Dutch) less
I am the lady (English)
Linda Williams 9 51
12. Ireland Horoscopes (English) Sheeba 5 105
13. Norway Aldri i livet (Norwegian) less
Here in my heart (English)
• new version (2002) (Norwegian) [3:29]
• newer version with Cajsa-Stina Åkerstrøm (2005) (Norwegian)
• alternate version (English)
Finn Kalvik 20 0
14. United Kingdom Making your mind up (English) less
• new version (1998) (English) [3:20]
• new long version (1998) (English) [5:26]
• remix of new version (1998) (English) [7:35]
Bucks Fizz 1 136
15. Portugal Play-back (Portuguese) less
Play-back (English)
Carlos Paião 18 9
16. Belgium Samson (Dutch) less
Samson (English)
Emly Starr 13 40
17. Greece Fegari kalokerino /
  Φεγγάρι καλοκαιρινό (Greek) less
• instrumental version
Yiannis Dimitras /
  Γιάννης Δημητράς
8 55
18. Cyprus Monika /
  Μόνικα (Greek)
Island 6 69
19. Switzerland Io senza te (Italian) less
Ich ohne dich (German)
Me without you (English)
Peter, Sue & Marc 4 121
20. Sweden Fångad i en dröm (Swedish) less
Haunted by a dream (English)
Björn Skifs 10 50