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Rank Eurovision 1985

Gothenburg, 4 May 1985, with 19 songs. Put them in your order. We won’t say who won until you have finished.

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They start in the order they sang. Drag a song by its dots, tap the arrows, or tap its number to send it straight to a place. It saves as you go. On a keyboard: tab to the list, space picks a song up, the arrows move it, space drops it.

  1. 1 Ireland Maria Christian — “Wait Until the Weekend Comes”
  2. 2 Finland Sonja Lumme — “Eläköön elämä”
  3. 3 Cyprus Lia Vissi — “To katalava arga (Το κατάλαβα αργά)”
  4. 4 Denmark Hot Eyes — “Sku' du spørg' fra no'en”
  5. 5 Spain Paloma San Basilio — “La fiesta terminó”
  6. 6 France Roger Bens — “Femme dans ses rêves aussi”
  7. 7 Turkey MFÖ — “Didai didai dai”
  8. 8 Belgium Linda Lepomme — “Laat me nu gaan”
  9. 9 Portugal Adelaide — “Penso em ti, eu sei”
  10. 10 Germany Wind — “Für alle”
  11. 11 Israel Izhar Cohen — “Olé, Olé (עולה, עולה)”
  12. 12 Italy Al Bano and Romina Power — “Magic, Oh Magic”
  13. 13 Norway Bobbysocks — “La det swinge”
  14. 14 United Kingdom Vikki — “Love Is”
  15. 15 Switzerland Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini — “Piano, piano”
  16. 16 Sweden Kikki Danielsson — “Bra vibrationer”
  17. 17 Austria Gary Lux — “Kinder dieser Welt”
  18. 18 Luxembourg Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon — “Children, Kinder, Enfants”
  19. 19 Greece Takis Biniaris — “Miazoume (Μοιάζουμε)”

Press space to pick it up, the up and down arrows to move it, space to drop it, or escape to put it back. Page up and page down move it five places, home and end to the top and the bottom. The right arrow reaches its number, where a place can be typed, and its up and down buttons.

Finished? The story of Eurovision 1985 has every score and what went on backstage. Spoilers, obviously.

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