Eurovision 1981 is even more fun when you rank it together. On Europarty, you can have your own scoreboard, vote side by side with friends and family in private parties, and compare your taste with fans around the world.
Eurovision 1981 took place in Dublin, Ireland, and saw 🇬🇧 United Kingdom's Bucks Fizz win with "Making Your Mind Up", the iconic entry with the dress-tearing choreography. 🇩🇪 Germany's Lena Valaitis placed second with "Johnny Blue", while 🇫🇷 France's Jean Gabilou finished third with "Humanahum". Cyprus made their debut this year, while Yugoslavia and Israel returned to competition.
📊 Eurovision 1981 Scoreboard in One Place
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- The full Eurovision 1981 scoreboard with all 20 participating songs
- All other Eurovision editions across the years, all in one app
You can rank songs in multiple ways:
- Drag & drop ranking for quick ordering
- Song vs. song sorter for head-to-head decisions, two songs at a time
- Direct song playback from YouTube inside the app to help you rank
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Eurovision is better together, and Europarty is built for that. Starting a party is simple:
- Pick the Eurovision 1981 scoreboard from the decades feed
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- Share the code with your friends or family so everyone joins the vote
- Vote together and watch the animated reveal to see your group's final ranking
Your vote also automatically applies to the global vote, where you can watch points from fans worldwide, grouped by countries, like in Eurovision.
🪩 More to Explore in Europarty
If you want more than ranking, Europarty gives you deeper ways to revisit the year:
- Personal advanced stats: track your top countries, see long-term voting trends, and spot how your taste changes from year to year
- Europarty Encore: your visual season recap with key insights, including how your favourites compared with finalists, jury, and the televote
- Europarty League: play daily trivia with fresh questions about Eurovision 1981 and every era, build your streak, and climb the live fan leaderboard
🎶 Full Eurovision 1981 Participants
- 🇦🇹 Austria - Marty Brem, "Wenn du da bist"
- 🇧🇪 Belgium - Emly Starr, "Samson"
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Island, "Monika"
- 🇩🇰 Denmark - Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron, "Krøller eller ej"
- 🇫🇮 Finland - Riki Sorsa, "Reggae O.K."
- 🇫🇷 France - Jean Gabilou, "Humanahum"
- 🇩🇪 Germany - Lena Valaitis, "Johnny Blue"
- 🇬🇷 Greece - Yiannis Dimitras, "Feggari kalokerino"
- 🇮🇪 Ireland - Sheeba, "Horoscopes"
- 🇮🇱 Israel - Habibi, "Halayla"
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Jean-Claude Pascal, "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Linda Williams, "Het is een wonder"
- 🇳🇴 Norway - Finn Kalvik, "Aldri i livet"
- 🇵🇹 Portugal - Carlos Paião, "Playback"
- 🇪🇸 Spain - Bacchelli, "Y sólo tú"
- 🇸🇪 Sweden - Björn Skifs, "Fångad i en dröm"
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Peter, Sue and Marc, "Io senza te"
- 🇹🇷 Turkey - Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül, "Dönme Dolap"
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Bucks Fizz, "Making Your Mind Up"
- 🏳️ Yugoslavia - Seid Memić Vajta, "Lejla"
📲 Your Eurovision 1981 Companion
Eurovision 1981 had its own story, surprises, and songs that might still spark debate. Europarty is where you can relive all of it your way - ranking the full lineup, voting with fellow fans, and reconnecting with the moments that made this edition special.
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