Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Final	4 April 1981
Presenter(s)	Doireann Ní Bhríain
Conductor	Noel Kelehan
Host broadcaster	RTÉ
Venue	Simmonscourt Pavilion, Dublin, Ireland
Winning song	United Kingdom "Making Your Mind Up"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Cyprus
Returning countries	Israel  Yugoslavia
Withdrawing countries	Italy  Morocco
Nul points	Norway
Interval act	Planxty with "Timedance"
Eurovision Song Contest
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Results

Country	Language	Artist	Song	English Translation	Place	Points
Austria	German	Marty Brem	Wenn Du Da Bist	When You're Here	17	20
Belgium	Dutch	Emly Starr	Samson	Samson	13	40
Cyprus	Greek	Island	Monika (Μόνικα)	Monica	6	69
Denmark	Danish	Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach	Krøller Eller Ej	Curly Hair Or Not	11	41
Finland	Finnish	Riki Sorsa	Reggae OK	Reggae OK	16	27
France	French	Jean Gabilou	Humanahum	Humanahum	3	125
Germany	German	Lena Valaitis	Johnny Blue	Johnny Blue	2	132
Greece	Greek	Yiannis Dimitras	Fegari Kalokerino (Φεγγάρι καλοκαιρινό)	Summer Moon	8	55
Ireland	English	Sheeba	Horoscopes	-	5	105
Israel	Hebrew	Habibi	Halayla (הלילה)	Tonight	7	56
Luxembourg	French	Jean-Claude Pascal	C'Est Peut-Être Pas L'Amérique	It May Not Be America	11	41
Netherlands	Dutch	Linda Williams	Het Is Een Wonder	It Is A Wonder	9	51
Norway	Norwegian	Finn Kalvik	Aldri I Livet	Never In my Life	20	0
Portugal	Portuguese	Carlos Paião	Play-Back	Playback	18	9
Spain	Spanish	Bacchelli	Y Sólo Tú	And Only You	14	38
Sweden	Swedish	Björn Skifs	Fångad I En Dröm	Captured In A Dream	10	50
Switzerland	Italian	Peter, Sue and Marc	Io Senza Te	Me Without You	4	121
Turkey	Turkish	Modern Folk Trio and Ayseg	Dönme Dolap	The Carousel	18	9
United Kingdom	English	Bucks Fizz	Making Your Mind Up	-	1	136
Yugoslavia	Serbo-Croatian	Seid Memić "Vajta"	Lejla	Lejla	15	35

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Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

		Results
	Austria		6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Turkey	0		0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Germany	5	12		3	8	8	2	7	8	12	3	6	4	7	12	10	5	8	0	12
	Luxembourg	10	0	5		3	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	5
	Israel	8	0	0	4		0	0	6	0	0	7	7	8	4	5	0	0	0	4	3
	Denmark	0	1	1	7	0		0	0	4	3	2	0	0	5	2	12	0	0	0	4
	Yugoslavia	0	4	0	0	0	0		8	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	2	3	10	0
	Finland	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	2	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	6
	France	12	0	12	12	7	2	4	10		0	6	4	5	1	10	3	8	7	12	10
	Spain	0	10	0	0	6	0	0	0	0		4	3	10	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
	Netherlands	3	5	3	0	4	7	0	0	2	7		0	0	6	7	2	3	2	0	0
	Ireland	7	3	6	10	10	12	5	0	6	5	10		0	0	0	1	10	12	1	7
	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	United Kingdom	4	8	4	5	12	10	10	3	7	8	12	10	3		6	8	6	4	8	8
	Portugal	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0
	Belgium	1	7	0	0	1	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		7	5	0	0
	Greece	6	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	1	2	8	0	6		6	7	0
	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	5	3	6	0	0	0	8	8	7	10	0	7	12		3	0
	Switzerland	2	2	7	8	0	4	12	12	10	4	1	12	12	12	8	0	4	10		1
	Sweden	0	0	10	2	0	5	7	1	12	0	0	0	6	2	0	4	0	1	0
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

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Map

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