United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
January 01, 1970
The United Kingdom was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 by Sweet Dreams with the song "I'm Never Giving Up". It was chosen as the British entry through the A Song for Europe national selection process and placed sixth at Eurovision, receiving 79 points.
The television show A Song for Europe was used once again to select the British entry, as it had since the United Kingdom's debut at the Contest in 1957.
Competing entriesedit
Of the entries, songwriters Tony Hiller, Martin Lee and Paul Curtis had had songs in the Eurovision final before. Stephanie De Sykes and Stuart Slater had twice won the A Song for Europe contest previously, in both 1978 and 1980. Songwriter Marty Kristian had competed with the New Seekers in 1972. His group featured former New Seekers singer Kathy Ann Rae and former entrant Lance Aston (of Prima Donna). "When the Kissing Stops", written by Martin Lee and Barry Upton of Brotherhood of Man together with their longtime writing partner Tony Hiller (who had co-written "Save Your Kisses For Me" with Lee), was originally intended for the group themselves, but they decided it would be best not to risk losing and thus not to take part; although all four members of the group attended the broadcast. The group did go on to record the song however and it featured on their album Lightning Flash. The writers of "Keeping Our Love Alive", Doug Flett and Guy Fletcher had written many previous UK finalists, including the 1973 winner "Power to All Our Friends". The group Casablanca were short lived, but the three main artists, Des Dyer, Samantha Spencer-Lane and Carla Donnelly all featured in other editions of the UK final.
Finaledit
The final was held on 24 March 1983 at the Television Theatre in London, and was hosted by Terry Wogan. The BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of John Coleman as conductor accompanied all the songs, but all the music was pre-recorded. Prior to the voting, a dance and song montage filmed at the Royal Mint was played featuring the song Money (That's What I Want). The votes of eight regional juries based in Cardiff, Belfast, Norwich, Glasgow, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and London decided the winner. Each jury region awarded 15 points to their favourite song, 12 points to the second, 10 points to the third and then 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points in order of preference for the songs from 4th to 8th.[1]
Sam Childs - I'm Going Home: Trident Records (Test pressing only. Not released).
Stuart Slater - All Around The World: Chrysalis RAT1.
Casablanca - With Love: RCA RCA324.
Suzanne Michaels - With Love: CNR 145084.
Mirror - We've Got All The Time In The World: Magnet MAG242.
Audio - Love On Your Mind: Rex EURO1.
Rubic - When The Kissing Stops: Epic A3243.
Brotherhood of Man - When The Kissing Stops: EMI EMI5396.
Ritzy - Keeping Our Love Alive: Chrysalis RITZY1.
At Eurovisionedit
After Bardo's "One Step Further" in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, the United Kingdom placed one spot better at sixth place, scoring 79 points, with "I'm Never Giving Up" by Sweet Dreams.[3]
Terry Wogan provided the television commentary for BBC 1, additionally Wogan also provided commentary for viewers in Ireland and Australia for RTÉ 1 and SBS via the BBC. Due to the contest being held on St. George's Day, BBC Radio 2 opted not to broadcast the contest as they had already made plans to broadcast The St. George's Day Concert held at the same time. Colin Berry returned as spokesperson for the UK jury.
^ abcRoxburgh, Gordon (2016). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Three: The 1980s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 144–163. ISBN978-1-84583-118-9.
^"Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ ab"Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message The United Kingdom was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 by Sweet Dreams with the song I m Never Giving Up It was chosen as the British entry through the A Song for Europe national selection process and placed sixth at Eurovision receiving 79 points Eurovision Song Contest 1983Country United KingdomNational selectionSelection processA Song for Europe 1983Selection date s 24 March 1983Selected entrantSweet DreamsSelected song I m Never Giving Up Selected songwriter s Ron RokerPhil WiggerJan PulsfordFinals performanceFinal result6th 79 pointsUnited Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 1983 1984 Contents 1 Before Eurovision 1 1 A Song for Europe 1983 1 1 1 Competing entries 1 1 2 Final 1 1 3 UK Discography 2 At Eurovision 2 1 Voting 3 ReferencesBefore Eurovision editA Song for Europe 1983 edit The television show A Song for Europe was used once again to select the British entry as it had since the United Kingdom s debut at the Contest in 1957 Competing entries edit Of the entries songwriters Tony Hiller Martin Lee and Paul Curtis had had songs in the Eurovision final before Stephanie De Sykes and Stuart Slater had twice won the A Song for Europe contest previously in both 1978 and 1980 Songwriter Marty Kristian had competed with the New Seekers in 1972 His group featured former New Seekers singer Kathy Ann Rae and former entrant Lance Aston of Prima Donna When the Kissing Stops written by Martin Lee and Barry Upton of Brotherhood of Man together with their longtime writing partner Tony Hiller who had co written Save Your Kisses For Me with Lee was originally intended for the group themselves but they decided it would be best not to risk losing and thus not to take part although all four members of the group attended the broadcast The group did go on to record the song however and it featured on their album Lightning Flash The writers of Keeping Our Love Alive Doug Flett and Guy Fletcher had written many previous UK finalists including the 1973 winner Power to All Our Friends The group Casablanca were short lived but the three main artists Des Dyer Samantha Spencer Lane and Carla Donnelly all featured in other editions of the UK final Final edit The final was held on 24 March 1983 at the Television Theatre in London and was hosted by Terry Wogan The BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of John Coleman as conductor accompanied all the songs but all the music was pre recorded Prior to the voting a dance and song montage filmed at the Royal Mint was played featuring the song Money That s What I Want The votes of eight regional juries based in Cardiff Belfast Norwich Glasgow Bristol Birmingham Manchester and London decided the winner Each jury region awarded 15 points to their favourite song 12 points to the second 10 points to the third and then 9 8 7 6 and 5 points in order of preference for the songs from 4th to 8th 1 A Song for Europe 1983 24 March 1983 2 Draw Artist Song Songwriter s Points Place 1 Sweet Dreams I m Never Giving Up Ron Roker Phil Wigger Jan Pulsford 109 1 2 Sam Childs I m Going Home Geoff Stephens Graham Preskett 50 8 3 Stuart Slater All Around the World Stephanie De Sykes Stuart Slater 63 5 4 Casablanca With Love Des Dyer Clive Scott 72 3 5 Mirror We ve Got All the Time in the World Tony Hiller Paul Curtis 91 2 6 Audio Love on Your Mind Marty Kristian Trevor Spencer 68 4 7 Rubic When the Kissing Stops Tony Hiller Martin Lee Barry Upton 63 5 8 Ritzy Keeping Our Love Alive Guy Fletcher Doug Flett 60 7 Detailed Jury Votes 2 Draw Song Cardiff Belfast Norwich Glasgow Bristol Birmingham Manchester London Total score 1 I m Never Giving Up 15 12 15 15 15 15 10 12 109 2 I m Going Home 10 5 6 8 5 5 5 6 50 3 All Around the World 6 7 12 9 10 6 6 7 63 4 With Love 5 10 10 5 8 12 7 15 72 5 We ve Got All the Time in the World 12 15 8 12 12 7 15 10 91 6 Love on Your Mind 8 9 5 10 6 9 12 9 68 7 When the Kissing Stops 9 8 7 6 7 10 8 8 63 8 Keeping Our Love Alive 7 6 9 7 9 8 9 5 60 Jury Spokespersons 2 Jury Spokesperson Cardiff Iwan Thomas Belfast David Olver Norwich Ian Masters Glasgow Ken Bruce Bristol Andy Batten Foster Birmingham Marjorie Lofthouse Manchester John Mundy London Colin Berry UK Discography edit Sweet Dreams I m Never Giving Up Ariola ARO333 7 Single AROD333 12 Single AROPD333 7 Picture Disc Sam Childs I m Going Home Trident Records Test pressing only Not released Stuart Slater All Around The World Chrysalis RAT1 Casablanca With Love RCA RCA324 Suzanne Michaels With Love CNR 145084 Mirror We ve Got All The Time In The World Magnet MAG242 Audio Love On Your Mind Rex EURO1 Rubic When The Kissing Stops Epic A3243 Brotherhood of Man When The Kissing Stops EMI EMI5396 Ritzy Keeping Our Love Alive Chrysalis RITZY1 At Eurovision editAfter Bardo s One Step Further in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest the United Kingdom placed one spot better at sixth place scoring 79 points with I m Never Giving Up by Sweet Dreams 3 Terry Wogan provided the television commentary for BBC 1 additionally Wogan also provided commentary for viewers in Ireland and Australia for RTE 1 and SBS via the BBC Due to the contest being held on St George s Day BBC Radio 2 opted not to broadcast the contest as they had already made plans to broadcast The St George s Day Concert held at the same time Colin Berry returned as spokesperson for the UK jury Voting edit Points awarded to the United Kingdom 4 Score Country 12 points nbsp Sweden 10 points nbsp Austria 8 points nbsp Switzerland 7 points 6 points nbsp Cyprus nbsp Luxembourg 5 points nbsp Denmark nbsp France nbsp Greece nbsp Netherlands nbsp Norway nbsp Turkey 4 points 3 points nbsp Germany 2 points nbsp Italy nbsp Portugal 1 point Points awarded by the United Kingdom 4 Score Country 12 points nbsp Yugoslavia 10 points nbsp Israel 8 points nbsp Sweden 7 points nbsp Germany 6 points nbsp Finland 5 points nbsp Norway 4 points nbsp Belgium 3 points nbsp Austria 2 points nbsp Denmark 1 point nbsp NetherlandsReferences edit Songs 4 Europe 1983 Song for Europe a b c Roxburgh Gordon 2016 Songs for Europe The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Three The 1980s Prestatyn Telos Publishing pp 144 163 ISBN 978 1 84583 118 9 Final of Munich 1983 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 15 April 2021 Retrieved 15 April 2021 a b Results of the Final of Munich 1983 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 15 April 2021 Retrieved 15 April 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 amp oldid 1161151518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
