1982

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1982.

The Contest was hosted by Jan Leeming at the Harrogate International Centre in Harrogate, United Kingdom.

See national final entries for 1982.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1982

Name	Previous appearances
Georges Costa	14
Michel Costa	13
Francine Chantereau	8
Martine Latorre	7
Titia Dekker	5
Wanda Stellaard	3
Anita Skorgan	3
Rutger Gunnarsson	2
Stella Maessen	2
Lisa Boray	1
Fátima Padinha	1
Teresa Miguel	1
Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	1
Jim Pembroke	1
Stelios Goulielmos	1
Keimo Hirvonen	1
Lia Vissi	1
Anna Vissi	1
Fred Bekky	1
Jahn Teigen	1
Bob Baelemans	1
Carole Vinci	1
Sally Ann Triplett	1
Ralph Siegel	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1982

Name	Previous songs
Ralph Siegel	6
Bernd Meinunger	4
Alain Morisod	1
Jim Pembroke	1
Dick Bakker	1
Pierre Alain	1

Artists who performed in 1982

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Sonntag
Elisabeth Engstler (Mess) Michael Scheickl (Mess)
Michael Scheickl, Rudolf Leve
Tilia Herold	Richard Oesterreicher
Belgium	Si Tu Aimes Ma Musique
Stella Maessen	Bob Baelemans Fred Bekky
Bob Baelemans, Fred Bekky, Rony Brack, Jo May
Jacques Olivier	Jack Say
Cyprus	Mono I Agapi
Anna Vissi	Eleana Lia Vissi Stelios Goulielmos
Anna Vissi
Anna Partelidou	Martyn Ford
Denmark	Video - Video
Bjørn Holmgaard Sørensen (Brixx) Jens Brixtofte (Brixx) John Hatting (Brixx) Steen Ejler Olsen (Brixx) Torben Jacobsen (Brixx)
Jens Brixtofte
Hans Otto Bisgaard	Allan Botschinsky
Finland	Nuku Pommiin
Timo Kojo (Kojo)	Heikki Virtanen Jim Pembroke Juha Björninen Keimo Hirvonen Pave Maijanen
Jim Pembroke, Otto Donne, Juice Leskinen
Solveig Herlin	Ossi Runne
Germany	Ein Bißchen Frieden[Winning song]
Nicole	Andreas Kasulke Gudrun Haag Michael Gong Ralph Siegel Wolly Emperhoff
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Norbert Daum
Ireland	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Barbara Ellis (The Duskeys) Dan Duskey (The Duskeys) Nina Duskey (The Duskeys) Sandy Kelly (The Duskeys)
Sally Keating
John Skehan	Noel Kelehan
Israel	Hora
Avi Toledano	Aviva Avidan Benjamin Harush Lucy Maman Revital Yair Shlomo Maman
Avi Toledano, Yoram Tahar-Lev
Yitzhak Shim'oni	Silviu Nansi Brandes
Luxembourg	Cours Après Le Temps
Svetlana	Francine Chantereau Georges Costa Martine Latorre Michel Costa
Cyril Assous, Michel Jouveaux
Jacques Harvey	Jean Claudric
Netherlands	Jij En Ik
Bill van Dijk	Anita Dekker Jody Pijper Lisa Boray Titia Dekker Wanda Stellaard
Dick Bakker, Liselore Gerritsen
Flip van der Schalie	Rogier van Otterloo
Norway	Adieu
Anita Skorgan Jahn Teigen
Jahn Teigen, Herodes Falsk
Erik Diesen	Sigurd Jansen
Portugal	Bem-bom
Fátima Padinha (Doce) Laura Diogo (Doce) Lena Coelho (Doce) Teresa Miguel (Doce)	Maria Sampaio Mila Ferreira
António A. Pinho, Pedro Brito, Tozé Brito
Margarida Andrade	Luíz Duarte
Spain	Él
Lucía	Manuel Taravilla
Francisco Cepero, Ignacio Román
Marisa Naranjo	Miguel Ángel Varona
Sweden	Dag Efter Dag
Elisabeth Andreassen (Chips) Kikki Danielsson (Chips)	Anders Engberg Lasse Holm Rutger Gunnarsson Torgny Söderberg
Lasse Holm, Monica Forsberg
Arne Weise	Anders Berglund
Switzerland	Amour On T'aime
Arlette Zola	Alain Morisod Carole Vinci Christine Vinci Jean-Jacques Egli Mady Rudaz
Alain Morisod, Pierre Alain
Michel Stocker	Joan Amils
Turkey	Hani?
Neco	Aysel Poyraz Didem Hekimoğlu Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz Sermin Karaali
Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz, Faik Tuğsuz
Başak Doğru	Garo Mafyan
United Kingdom	One Step Further
Sally Ann Triplett (Bardo) Stephen Fischer (Bardo)	Linda Taylor Sean Byrne Sharon Campbell Simon Byrne
Simon Jefferies
Colin Berry	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Yugoslavia	Halo, Halo
Izolda Barudžija (Aska) Snežana Misković (Aska) Snežana Stamenković (Aska)
Sanja Ilić, Miro Zec
Miša Molk	Zvonimir Skerl

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