United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1984 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Selection process | A Song for Europe 1984 | |||
| Selection date | 4 April 1984 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Love Games" | |||
| Artist | Belle and the Devotions | |||
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| Final result | 7th, 63 points | |||
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The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "Love Games", written by Paul Curtis and Graham Sacher, and performed by Belle and the Devotions. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), selected its entry through a national final.
A Song for Europe 1984
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) used once again the television show A Song for Europe to select its entry, as it had since its debut at the contest in 1957.
The BBC held the national final on 4 April 1984 at Studio 1 of the BBC Television Centre in London, hosted once again 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. The votes of eight regional juries based in Edinburgh, Norwich, Belfast, London, Cardiff, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham 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. In an plan to modernise the show, computer graphics where used for the first time during the voting.
Singers Sinitta and Hazell Dean would later go on to become successful chart acts - both under the producership of Stock Aitken Waterman.[1] The latter scoring her first top 10 hit just a few weeks after the contest.[2]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Caprice | "Magical Music" | Mike Finesilver | 60 | 6 |
| 2 | Nina Shaw | "Look at Me Now" | Jeremy Paul | 78 | 3 |
| 3 | Bryan Evans | "This Love Is Deep" |
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53 | 8 |
| 4 | Belle and the Devotions | "Love Games" |
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112 | 1 |
| 5 | First Division | "Where the Action Is" |
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79 | 2 |
| 6 | Miriam Anne Lesley | "Let It Shine" | Paul Curtis | 62 | 5 |
| 7 | Sinitta | "Imagination" | 77 | 4 | |
| 8 | Hazell Dean | "Stay in My Life" |
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55 | 7 |
| R/O | Song | Edinburgh |
Norwich |
Belfast |
London |
Cardiff |
Manchester |
Bristol |
Birmingham |
Total |
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| 1 | "Magical Music" | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 60 |
| 2 | "Look at Me Now" | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 78 |
| 3 | "This Love Is Deep" | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 53 |
| 4 | "Love Games" | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 112 |
| 5 | "Where the Action Is" | 12 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 79 |
| 6 | "Let It Shine" | 10 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 62 |
| 7 | "Imagination" | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 77 |
| 8 | "Stay in My Life" | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 55 |
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At Eurovision
The group finished 7th with 63 points.[4] Sweden ended up winning the competition with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley".
Terry Wogan once again provided the television commentary for BBC 1, for the second consecutive year Radio 2 opted not to broadcast the contest, however the contest was broadcast on British Forces Radio with commentary provided by Richard Nankivell. The BBC appointed again Colin Berry as its spokesperson to announce the results of the British jury.[citation needed]
Voting
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References
- ↑ Official Charts Company - Sinitta(Link redirected to OCC website)
- ↑ Official Charts Company - Hazell Dean(Link redirected to OCC website)
- 1 2 3 Roxburgh, Gordon (2016). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Three: The 1980s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 181–198. ISBN 978-1-84583-118-9.
- ↑ "Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- 1 2 "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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