ISC Revisits ESC 1981

ISC Revisits ESC 1981
Dates
Final	8 January 2019
Host
Venue	RDS Simmonscourt Dublin, Ireland
Presenter(s)	Doireann Ní Bhriain
Host broadcaster	Territrius
Participants
Number of entries	20
Returning	Cyprus Denmark Greece Israel Turkey
Withdrawing	Italy Malta Monaco
Vote
Voting system	10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all voters.
Winning song	Portugal "Playback"

Results

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	Austria	Marty Brem	"Wenn du da bist"	German	12	82
02	Turkey	Modern Folk Üçlüsü & Ayşegül	"Dönme Dolap"	Turkish	13	79
03	Germany	Lena Valaitis	"Johnny Blue"	German	2	219
04	Luxembourg	Jean-Claude Pascal	"C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"	French	20	31
05	Israel	Hakol Over Habibi	"Halayla" (הלילה)	Hebrew	7	138
06	Denmark	Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron	"Krøller eller ej"	Danish	5	138
07	Yugoslavia	Seid Memić "Vajta"	"Lejla"	Bosnian	17	38
08	Finland	Riki Sorsa	"Reggae OK"	Finnish	18	37
09	France	Jean Gabilou	"Humanahum"	French	6	154
10	Spain	Bacchelli	"Y sólo tú"	Spanish	19	36
11	Netherlands	Linda Williams	"Het is een wonder"	Dutch	11	99
12	Ireland	Sheeba	"Horoscopes"	English	8	125
13	Norway	Finn Kalvik	"Aldri i livet"	Norwegian	15	66
14	United Kingdom	Bucks Fizz	"Making Your Mind Up"	English	9	119
15	Portugal	Carlos Paião	"Playback"	Portuguese	1	231
16	Belgium	Emly Starr	"Samson"	Dutch	3	180
17	Greece	Yiannis Dimitras	"Feggari kalokerino" (Φεγγάρι καλοκαιρινό)	Greek	10	109
18	Cyprus	Island	"Monika" (Μόνικα)	Greek	14	68
19	Switzerland	Peter, Sue and Marc	"Io senza te"	Italian	4	174
20	Sweden	Björn Skifs	"Fångad i en dröm"	Swedish	16	61

Comparisons with the actual results

Entry	Place in ESC	Place in ISC revisits
"Wenn du da bist"	17	12
"Dönme Dolap"	18	13
"Johnny Blue"	2	2
"C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"	11	20
"Halayla"	7	7
"Krøller eller ej"	11	5
"Lejla"	15	17
"Reggae OK"	16	18
"Humanahum"	3	6
"Y sólo tú"	14	19
"Het is een wonder"	9	11
"Horoscopes"	5	8
"Aldri i livet"	20	15
"Making Your Mind Up"	1	9
"Playback"	18	1
"Samson"	13	3
"Feggari kalokerino"	8	10
"Monika"	6	14
"Io senza te"	4	4
"Fångad i en dröm"	10	16

Scoreboard

Participant	Place	Total
Austria	12	82	1	8				7		10	5		10	5		6		4						7				4	7	6		2
Turkey	13	79									6	5		10	3		1	6					2	3			10		6	8	6		6					7
Germany	2	219	6		6	12	10	5	4	6		12				7	6	7	8	10	10	10	12	10	12	7	2					8	3	10	8	8	7	5	8
Luxembourg	20	31		10			2	2								4		1														4	4	1	3
Israel	7	138	3			6		12	8		4	3	5	7	4			12	5	5	4	12	1			1	6		5		7		10			4	4	8		2
Denmark	5	158			12	2			7	2	12	8			12		12		10		12	5	3		3	10	8	5	3	4	5	3	5		1	10	3		1
Yugoslavia	17	38		4			6			5	2		3		5													6							7
Finland	18	37			1							10	1		2											5		8	1	5					4
France	6	154	8		7	10	4	3	10	4		4	4		10			3	7	12	1	3	8		1			10		2	2	7	8	3	10	3		2	3	5
Spain	19	36			3			4				1		4	6		2							1		6										5		4
Netherlands	11	99	2	2		4	7			12				3		8	5			7	3		5	8	8		4									1	6	10		4
Ireland	8	125	7		4	5	5		2		3					10	4	5	3	1	6	8	7	4	10		1				4		7	8		6	5			10
Norway	15	66		7	5					7	1		6			3								6	7			2	4	1	3			4				6	4
United Kingdom	9	119					12		1	1		2		2		12	8	2	4	8	7	2	10		2	4	7						1	6	5	2	8		7	6
Portugal	1	231	10	1	10	3	1	1				6	7	1				8		2		6				12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7
Belgium	3	180	12	6	2	7			3		10		12	8	8		7		6	4	2	7		5		8	5	1	2	10	10	6	2	5		7	10	3		12
Greece	10	109		12				10		3		7	2	12				10				4				2		7	8	7		5			2				10	8
Cyprus	14	68		3		1	8	6	5		8					1			1	3	8	1	6	2	5		3				1			2			2		2
Switzerland	4	174	4	5	8	8	3	8	12				8		7	5	10		12	6	5		4	12	4	3			10		8	10		7	6			1	5	3
Sweden	16	61	5						6	8	7			6	1	2	3		2						6			3		3		1					1		6	1