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Date: 23 April 1983 - Host Venue: Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Germany
Presenter: Marlene Charell - Conductor: Dieter Reith
Directed by Rainer Bertram - Executive supervisor: Frank Naef
Executive producer: Christian Hayer, Gunther Lebram
Host broadcaster: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD)
Opening act: Marlene Charell introducing each act and calling all of them on stage together
Interval act: German songs in a dance performance with Marlene Charell
Number of entries: 20
Debuting countries: None
Returning countries: France, Greece, Italy
Withdrawing countries: Ireland

This show is fully subtitled with all the lyrics of the songs and their English translation. Enjoy!

The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Munich, then West Germany, on 23 April 1983. The presenter was Marlene Charell. Corinne Hermes was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "Si la vie est cadeau". This was Luxembourg's fifth victory in the contest which equalled the record set by France in 1977. It was also the second year in a row where the winning entry was performed last on the night and the second year in a row in which Israel won 2nd place.

The set that year was a quite small, arc-shaped stage surrounding the orchestra section, and a large background resembling giant electric heaters, which lit up in different sequences and combinations depending on the nature and rhythm of the songs. The 1983 contest was the first to be televised in Australia, via Channel 0/28 (now SBS Television) in Sydney and Melbourne. The contest went to become a very popular show in Australia, leading to an intended one-off participation in the 60th anniversary contest in 2015, and their invitation to return to the 2016 contest. Ireland was not in the contest because RTÉ was in strike action at that time

Starter list:

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01 France Guy Bonnet "Vivre" French 8 56
02 Norway Jahn Teigen "Do Re Mi" Norwegian 9 53
03 United Kingdom Sweet Dreams "I'm Never Giving Up" English 6 79
04 Sweden Carola Häggkvist "Främling" Swedish 3 126
05 Italy Riccardo Fogli "Per Lucia" Italian 11 41
06 Turkey Çetin Alp & the Short Waves "Opera" Turkish 19 0
07 Spain Remedios Amaya "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" Spanish 19 0
08 Switzerland Mariella Farré "Io così non ci sto" Italian 15 28
09 Finland Ami Aspelund "Fantasiaa" Finnish 11 41
10 Greece Christie Stasinopoulou "Mou les" (Μου λες) Greek 14 32
11 Netherlands Bernadette "Sing Me a Song" Dutch 7 66
12 Yugoslavia Daniel "Džuli" Serbo-Croatian 4 125
13 Cyprus Stavros & Constantina "I agapi akoma zi" (Η αγάπη ακόμα ζει) Greek 16 26
14 Germany Hoffmann & Hoffmann "Rücksicht" German 5 94
15 Denmark Gry Johansen "Kloden drejer" Danish 17 16
16 Israel Ofra Haza "Hi" (חי) Hebrew 2 136
17 Portugal Armando Gama "Esta balada que te dou" Portuguese 13 33
18 Austria Westend "Hurricane" German 9 53
19 Belgium Pas de Deux "Rendez-vous" Dutch 18 13
20 Luxembourg Corinne Hermès "Si la vie est cadeau" French 1 142