Eurovision song contest 1981
| Date: | 1981-04-04 |
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| Location: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Broadcaster: | RTÉ |
| Voting type: | Each national jury awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points |
| Host(s): | Doireann Ní Bhríain |
| Place | Points | Country | Song | Artist | UserVotes | ||
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| 1 | 136 | United Kingdom | Making Your Mind Up | Bucks Fizz |
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| 2 | 132 | Germany | Johnny Blue | Lena Valaitis |
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| 3 | 125 | France | Humanahum | Jean Gabilou |
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| 4 | 121 | Switzerland | Io Senza Tei | Peter, Sue and Marc |
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| 5 | 105 | Ireland | Horoscopes | Sheeba |
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| 6 | 69 | Cyprus | Monika | Island |
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| 7 | 56 | Israel | Halaylah | Habibi |
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| 8 | 55 | Greece | Feggari Kalokerino | Yiannis Dimitras |
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| 9 | 51 | The Netherlands | Het Is Een Wonder | Linda Williams |
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| 10 | 50 | Sweden | Fångad I En Dröm | Björn Skifs |
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| 11 | 41 | Luxembourg | C'est Peut-être Pas L'amérique | Jean-Claude Pascal |
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| 11 | 41 | Denmark | Krøller Eller Ej | Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron |
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| 13 | 40 | Belgium | Samson | Emly Starr |
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| 14 | 38 | Spain | Y Solo Tú | Bacchelli |
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| 15 | 35 | Yugoslavia | Leila | Seid-Memic Vajta |
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| 16 | 27 | Finland | Reggae O.k. | Riki Sorsa |
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| 17 | 20 | Austria | Wenn Du Da Bist | Marty Brem |
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| 18 | 9 | Turkey | Dönme Dolap | Modern Folk Trio and Aysegül |
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| 18 | 9 | Portugal | Play-back | Carlos Paião |
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| 20 | nul point | Norway | Aldri I Livet | Finn Kalvik |
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Contest had 20 countries participating.