Contest year
- Host City
- Munich, West Germany
- Venue
- Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
- Final Date
- January 1, 1983
- Entries
- 20
- Ireland missed the contest for the first time since debut, with RTÉ citing industrial action and financial difficulties, while France, Greece and Italy returned.
- The planned “postcards” were dropped for technical reasons, prompting British and Austrian commentators to complain and threaten withdrawal until extra on-screen time was added.
- Host Marlene Charell’s trilingual presenting caused numerous language errors and an unusually long voting sequence.
- Luxembourg won to equal France’s record five victories, amid hostile crowd reactions, walkouts and audible booing, while Spain and Turkey received nul points.
- via Wikipedia
Presenters
Marlene Charell
Host Country
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
 Luxembourg | Corinne Hermès Si la vie est cadeau | 1 | 142 |
 Israel | Ofra Haza Hi | 2 | 136 |
 Sweden | Carola Häggkvist Främling | 3 | 126 |
 Yugoslavia | Danijel Džuli | 4 | 125 |
 Germany | Hoffmann und Hoffmann Rücksicht | 5 | 94 |
 United Kingdom | Sweet Dreams I'm Never Giving Up | 6 | 79 |
 Netherlands | Bernadette Sing Me a Song | 7 | 66 |
 France | Guy Bonnet Vivre | 8 | 56 |
 Norway | Jahn Teigen Do re mi | 9 | 53 |
 Austria | Westend Hurricane | 9 | 53 |
 Italy | Riccardo Fogli Per Lucia | 11 | 41 |
 Finland | Ami Aspelund Fantasiaa | 11 | 41 |
 Portugal | Armando Gama Esta balada que te dou | 13 | 33 |
 Greece | Christie Stassinopoulou Mou les | 14 | 32 |
 Switzerland | Mariella Farré Io così non ci sto | 15 | 28 |
 Cyprus | Stavros & Constantina I agapi akoma zi | 16 | 26 |
 Denmark | Gry Johansen Kloden drejer | 17 | 16 |
 Belgium | Pas de Deux Rendez-vous | 18 | 13 |
 Turkey | Çetin Alp and the Short Wave Opera | 19 | 0 |
 Spain | Remedios Amaya ¿Quién maneja mi barca? | 19 | 0 |