Gothenburg, Saturday, 4 May 1985
Eurovision 1985, vote by vote
19 songs, 19 countries voting. Norway won with “La det swinge” on 123 points, 18 ahead of Germany.
The result
In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.
- 1 123 pts
Norway Bobbysocks “La det swinge”
Sang no. 13
Top marks from Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, Sweden and Austria
- 2 105 pts
- 3 103 pts
- 4 100 pts
United Kingdom Vikki “Love Is”
Sang no. 14
- 5 93 pts
- 6 91 pts
- 7 78 pts
Italy Al Bano and Romina Power “Magic, Oh Magic”
Sang no. 12
Top marks from Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg
- 8 60 pts
- 9 58 pts
Finland Sonja Lumme “Eläköön elämä”
Sang no. 2
- 10 56 pts
- 11 41 pts
- 12 39 pts
Switzerland Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini “Piano, piano”
Sang no. 15
- 13 37 pts
Luxembourg Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon “Children, Kinder, Enfants”
Sang no. 18
- 14 36 pts
- 14 36 pts
- 16 15 pts
- 16 15 pts
Greece Takis Biniaris “Miazoume (Μοιάζουμε)”
Sang no. 19
- 18 9 pts
- 19 7 pts
Belgium Linda Lepomme “Laat me nu gaan”
Sang no. 8
Who gave what
Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down and the spokesperson who read them out, where our source names one.
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Ireland
- 12 Norway
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Israel
- 7 Turkey
- 6 Finland
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Germany
- 3 Austria
- 2 Spain
- 1 Cyprus
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Finland
read out by Annemi Genetz
- 12 Sweden
- 10 Germany
- 8 Spain
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Italy
- 5 France
- 4 Norway
- 3 Switzerland
- 2 Turkey
- 1 Ireland
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Cyprus
- 12 Germany
- 10 Italy
- 8 Greece
- 7 Ireland
- 6 Finland
- 5 Israel
- 4 France
- 3 Denmark
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Spain
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Denmark
- 12 Norway
- 10 Germany
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Austria
- 6 Switzerland
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Israel
- 3 Ireland
- 2 Luxembourg
- 1 Italy
-
Spain
- 12 Italy
- 10 Germany
- 8 Israel
- 7 Greece
- 6 Finland
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Ireland
- 3 Turkey
- 2 Sweden
- 1 Norway
-
France
- 12 Israel
- 10 Denmark
- 8 Germany
- 7 Sweden
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 Italy
- 4 Luxembourg
- 3 Ireland
- 2 Norway
- 1 Austria
-
Turkey
- 12 Spain
- 10 United Kingdom
- 8 Italy
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Switzerland
- 5 Ireland
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Finland
- 2 Portugal
- 1 France
-
Belgium
- 12 Norway
- 10 Germany
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Sweden
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 Switzerland
- 4 Austria
- 3 Denmark
- 2 Italy
- 1 Turkey
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Portugal
- 12 Italy
- 10 Luxembourg
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Germany
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 Israel
- 4 Switzerland
- 3 France
- 2 Spain
- 1 Denmark
-
Germany
- 12 Norway
- 10 Austria
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Israel
- 6 Denmark
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Ireland
- 3 Luxembourg
- 2 Turkey
- 1 Switzerland
-
Israel
- 12 Norway
- 10 Austria
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Germany
- 6 Sweden
- 5 Luxembourg
- 4 Italy
- 3 France
- 2 United Kingdom
- 1 Finland
-
Italy
- 12 Ireland
- 10 France
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Finland
- 6 Norway
- 5 Israel
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Cyprus
- 2 Denmark
- 1 Luxembourg
-
Norway
- 12 Sweden
- 10 Israel
- 8 Germany
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Denmark
- 5 Switzerland
- 4 Luxembourg
- 3 Ireland
- 2 Austria
- 1 Turkey
-
United Kingdom
read out by Colin Berry
- 12 Norway
- 10 Austria
- 8 Turkey
- 7 Finland
- 6 Sweden
- 5 Israel
- 4 Spain
- 3 Ireland
- 2 France
- 1 Germany
-
Switzerland
- 12 Turkey
- 10 United Kingdom
- 8 Sweden
- 7 Israel
- 6 Norway
- 5 Ireland
- 4 France
- 3 Cyprus
- 2 Finland
- 1 Austria
-
Sweden
read out by Agneta Bolme Börjefors
- 12 Norway
- 10 Finland
- 8 Germany
- 7 Ireland
- 6 France
- 5 Denmark
- 4 United Kingdom
- 3 Austria
- 2 Israel
- 1 Switzerland
-
Austria
- 12 Norway
- 10 Ireland
- 8 Luxembourg
- 7 Israel
- 6 Italy
- 5 Denmark
- 4 Sweden
- 3 France
- 2 United Kingdom
- 1 Switzerland
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Luxembourg
- 12 Italy
- 10 Germany
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Norway
- 6 Israel
- 5 Sweden
- 4 Austria
- 3 France
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Spain
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Greece
- 12 France
- 10 Finland
- 8 Cyprus
- 7 Portugal
- 6 Spain
- 5 Austria
- 4 United Kingdom
- 3 Switzerland
- 2 Israel
- 1 Norway
The full scoreboard
Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.
The grid is 19 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.
| Song | Total | Ireland | Finland | Cyprus | Denmark | Spain | France | Turkey | Belgium | Portugal | Germany | Israel | Italy | Norway | United Kingdom | Switzerland | Sweden | Austria | Luxembourg | Greece |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 91 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Finland | 58 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Cyprus | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 41 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| France | 56 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
| Turkey | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Belgium | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 9 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 105 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 10 | ||||||
| Israel | 93 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Italy | 78 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
| Norway | 123 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 100 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Switzerland | 39 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Sweden | 103 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Austria | 60 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | 37 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Greece | 15 | 8 | 7 |
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- in the interval
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- Guitars Unlimited the jazz guitarists Peter Almqvist and Ulf Wakenius, playing Swedish evergreens
Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.