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Amerivision Song Contest 1985

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Amerivision Song Contest 1985
Dates
FinalSeptember 7 1985
Host
VenueCNE Coliseum
Toronto, Canada
Presenter(s)Ronnie Prophet
Host broadcasterCanal 1
Participants
Number of entries19
Non-returning countries  Colombia
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song  Brazil
"Escrito nas estrelas"
Amerivision Song Contest

The Amerivision Song Contest 1985 was the thirtieth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). The edition was hosted in CNE Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.

After many editions of intense movement of countries, the 1985 contest was the first where the participating countries barely changed, however, the one change that happened was a major one, as last year winner Colombia withdrew from the contest after massive costs due to the hosting of the event in the previous year and the withdrawn hosting of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

This edition ended with Brazil crowning its fifth win, with the song "Escrito nas estrelas" by Tetê Espíndola, tying with Canada for the country with most wins in the contest.

Host picking

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Ten canadian venues bidded to host the event, the italic bids were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.

This was the first edition where the limiting of host cities implemented by the ABU in 1982 took effect, which limited each country to have a max of ten bidding venues.

Participating countries

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Grace Jones represented Jamaica in this edition, and ended the contest in second place, with the song "Slave to the Rhythm", only two points behind the winner, Brazil.

Returning artists

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Bolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Bobby Farrell   Netherlands Antilles 1977
Grace Jones   Jamaica 1980
Ilan Chester   Venezuela 1983 (for   Colombia)
Menudo   Puerto Rico 1982
Wilfrido Vargas   Dominican Republic 1981

Contest overview

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Tetê Espíndola, winner of the 1985 contest.
  Winner
Results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1985
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1   Bolivia BJ4 "Folklore Rock" 90 4
2   United States DeBarge "Rhythm of the Night" 25 17
3   Suriname Glenda Peters "Since You Came Into My Life" 39 12
4   Canada Rational Youth "In Your Eyes" 83 5
5   Barbados Wayne Smith "Under Me Sleng Teng" 33 13
6   Venezuela Ilan Chester "Solo faltas tu" 29 16
7   Dominican Republic Wilfrido Vargas "Volveré" 30 15
8   Argentina Fito Páez "11 y 6" 2 19
9   Puerto Rico Menudo "Hold Me" 115 3
10   Netherlands Antilles Boney M., Bobby Farrell and The School Rebels "Happy Song" 66 7
11   Brazil Tetê Espíndola "Escrito nas estrelas" 141 1
12   Peru Miki González "Dímelo, dímelo" 57 8
13   Chile Aparato Raro "Calibraciones" 72 6
14   Guadeloupe Patrick Saint-Éloi & Jean-Philippe Marthély "Pa bizwen palé" 42 11
15   Guatemala Ana Curra "Una noche sin ti" 46 9
16   Jamaica Grace Jones "Slave to the Rhythm" 139 2
17   Trinidad and Tobago Lord Laro "Lover's License" 44 10
18   Uruguay Fernando Cabrera "Pandemonios" 31 14
19   Mexico Casino Shanghai "Cuerpos huecos" 18 18

Detailed voting results

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Detailed voting results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1985
Total score
Bolivia
United States
Suriname
Canada
Barbados
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Argentina
Puerto Rico
Netherlands Antilles
Brazil
Peru
Chile
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Mexico
Contestants
  Bolivia 90 5 10 5 4 12 8 10 12 10 2 4 8
  United States 25 5 3 5 6 2 2 2
  Suriname 39 5 7 7 1 2 5 1 1 6 4
  Canada 83 6 10 5 8 10 7 5 8 4 10 10
  Barbados 33 3 4 6 3 12 5
  Venezuela 29 1 3 1 3 6 6 1 3 5
  Dominican Republic 30 2 1 4 10 1 4 8
  Argentina 2 1 1
  Puerto Rico 115 8 6 8 12 8 7 12 8 7 5 12 8 10 4
  Netherlands Antilles 66 8 12 6 10 3 2 7 5 5 7 1
  Brazil 141 12 7 6 10 8 12 8 7 8 12 10 6 7 7 3 12 6
  Peru 57 10 3 5 4 6 2 8 3 4 12
  Chile 72 5 3 3 4 7 10 12 6 7 8 7
  Guadeloupe 42 1 8 2 2 1 4 3 1 6 8 6
  Guatemala 46 7 4 2 6 7 3 5 4 3 5
  Jamaica 139 4 12 10 12 12 8 6 7 12 10 3 4 12 6 12 7 2
  Trinidad and Tobago 44 1 2 7 6 1 4 10 10 3
  Uruguay 31 4 3 10 2 4 2 5 1
  Mexico 18 2 1 2 1 5 3 2 2

12 points

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Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
6   Jamaica   Barbados,   Canada,   Guadeloupe,   Netherlands Antilles,   Trinidad and Tobago,   United States
4   Brazil   Bolivia,   Peru,   Uruguay,   Venezuela
3   Puerto Rico   Brazil,   Dominican Republic,   Guatemala
2   Bolivia   Chile,   Puerto Rico
1   Barbados   Jamaica
  Chile   Argentina
  Netherlands Antilles   Suriname
  Peru   Mexico