United Kingdom In The Eurovision Song Contest 1981

1981 was the year that Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with their song Making Your Mind Up. It won 136 points from the 19 juries, beating West Germany's Lena Valaitis whose Johnny Blue won 132 points. The points given to the United Kingdom by each of the 19 other national juries were as follows (points shown in order that they were awarded):
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Country Points
Austria 4
Turkey 8
West Germany 4
Luxembourg 5
Israel 12
Denmark 10
Yugoslavia 10
Finland 3
France 7
Spain 8
Netherlands 12
Ireland 10
Norway 3
Portugal 6
Belgium 8
Greece 6
Cyprus 4
Switzerland 8
Sweden 8
Overall the United Kingdom was not in the lead until France awarded them 7 points; the lead before that point had changed a couple of times between France and Ireland. The UK only lost the lead one more time before the end of the competition, to Switzerland when the UK jury placed its own vote. Interestingly, only two countries gave the United Kingdom the full 12 points: Israel and the Netherlands.

How the UK jury voted

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Points Country Song Performer
1 France Humanahum Jean Gabilou
2 Sweden Faangad I En Droem Bjorn Skiffs
3 Belgium Samson Emly Starr
4 Israel Halayla Habibi
5 Denmark Kroeller Eller Ej Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach
6 Netherlands Het Is Een Wonder Linda Williams
7 West Germany Johnny Blue Lena Valaitis
8 Greece Feggari Kalokerino Yiannis Dimitras
10 Cyprus Monika Island
12 Switzerland Io Senza Te Peter, Sue and Marc
When the UK jury placed their vote they gave the full 12 points to Switzerland, placing them in the lead over the UK. The UK didn't regain the lead until two sets of results later, when Belgium gave the UK 8 points and didn't award Switzerland any at all.

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