EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 1982 (Full show with orginal stereo sound)

The 1982 Eurovision Song Contest. Thanks and full credits to @realPhali for upscaling and restoring the video. The audio is partly in original stereo, with comments in both Dutch and German.

The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Harrogate, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the 1981 contest with the song "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the Harrogate International Centre on 24 April 1982 and was hosted by English TV presenter and newsreader Jan Leeming.

Eighteen countries took part in the contest with Greece deciding not to enter this year. Due to internal issues, regarding a reform of telecommunications laws France was left without a broadcaster responsible for its participation for the first time in history.

The winner was Germany with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole. This was the first time that Germany had won the contest after having competed every year since the contest's inception. Germany received 1.61 times as many points as runner-up Israel, which was a record under the current scoring system until 2009, when Norway received 1.78 times as many points as Iceland. The song also cemented Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song's composers, into German Eurovision tradition, writing 18 Eurovision songs between them before and after "Ein bißchen Frieden", 13 of which were for Germany.

(Source Wikipedia)

[nassosmant]

This is probably one of the happiest days of my life

[SchlagerLucas]

Incredible work! Both you and @realPhali are blessings for the ESC community. 🙂

[realPhali]

This was an absolute pain in the arse to restore so I'm very glad to finally see it online for everyone to enjoy! <3

[Eurovision-OLD]

Just in case anyone wonders, I did not do much to this stereo track for the songs. I just did a basic EQ, and added some bass where it was needed. Just to fix a recording that probably lost some quality after four decades. So simply tried to make it sound like something you'd hear on FM Radio back then.

[sebastiancasale-gngp]

Literally tbh this’s the most perfect definition of quality that I’ve ever seen for a full show from 20th century Eurovision

[carlv]

Wow what a surprise...finally 82 in real good quality 😊hartstikke bedankt!

[thCLS]

oml I’ve been waiting for this come back (I missed the opening restoration lol). tysm ☺️

[richln]

Superb! Ronnie Hazlehurst, Jan Leeming in a headband and a Hillman Avenger driving down Harrogate High Street in HD! What better way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday evenin'?

[EdwynNSanchez]

This for me is an EARLY birthday present. I'm turning 20 on Wednesday (August 7th) and I've always wanted to see some remasterizations of retro ESC shows. I love this one because of the Cypriot, Belgian, and German entries.

Thank you so much and Greetings from the U.S. of A. 🇺🇸
— Edwyn Sanchez

[lukefuller]

Thank you so much for this quality of sound and video . The stereo edition with the Dutch commentary was already available, but not with this video quality and the audio has been improved, too

[sebastiancasale-gngp]

OH MY GOD YOU DID IT!!!! THIS IS THE BEST FUCKING BIRTHDAY GIFT 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

[escjosep]

This is an absolute wonder. Thank you both!

[Daoibhéar]

This is the first time I can actually hear the ukelele in the Portuguese song

[tjfitz]

What a fantastic restoration of both video and audio! So many beautiful hidden details uncovered (e.g. I didn't know that Doce's costumes had all that beautiful lace on the shoulders)! Congrats to all involved!

[philtelesamaro]

Ahhh finally! Thank you guys so much! Any chance you can upload the uncompressed video somewhere? Thank you thank you

[Ky_Music_ESC]

I am so pleased that this year has been posted! It is the best project posed so far! I hope to see more of the full versions of these nights in the future! Great job!!!

[wickedwizard]

what an improvement, thank you guys!!!

[groot]

Lovely work, thank you so much for this!
Any chance we will ever get the everlasting, infamously low-resolution 78 contest?

[alexcriscat]

I remember this so well ❤ the time in which esc was a wonderful and powerful event ❤

[thorstenpost]

Finally ESC 82 restored in the best quality. Thanks a lot, @Eurovision-OLD & @realPhali !!!
Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Spain & Cyprus are my TOP 5.