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Amerivision Song Contest 1982

Amerivision Song Contest 1982
Dates
Final	September 25 1982
Host
Venue	Miami Beach Convention Center Miami, United States
Presenter(s)	Helen Reddy
Host broadcaster	National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Participants
Number of entries	20
Returning countries	Chile Martinique Netherlands Antilles Paraguay Suriname
Non-returning countries	Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song	Uruguay "Adiós juventud"

The Amerivision Song Contest 1982 was the twenty-seventh edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The edition was hosted in the Art Deco Junior Ballroom at Miami Beach Convention Center, in Miami, United States, as the country earned the right to host the contest by winning the previous edition.

Despite no newcomers, this edition broke the record at the time for edition with the largest amount of participating countries, with twenty participating nations, thanks to the return of Chile, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay and Suriname. The number was supposed to be even higher, as the American Virgin Islands, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago all intended to participate as well, but ended up having to withdraw due to budget restrictions. Venezuela opted to withdraw from the contest as well.

Host picking

Thirty-nine american venues showed interest in hosting the event, the bids in italic were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.

City	Venue
Atlanta	Woodruff Arts Center
Atlantic City	Boardwalk Hall
Austin	Long Center for the Performing Arts
Baltimore	Baltimore Civic Center
Boston	Matthews Arena
Chicago	Chicago Coliseum
	McCormick Place
	UIC Pavillion
Dallas	Fair Park Coliseum
	Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
Denver	Moby Arena
Detroit	Cobo Arena
El Paso	El Paso County Coliseum
Fresno	Selland Arena
Honolulu	Blaisdell Arena
Houston	Astroarena
	Jones Hall
Indianapolis	Indiana University Auditorium
Jacksonville	Jacksonville Coliseum
Las Vegas	Las Vegas Convention Center
Little Rock	Barton Coliseum
Long Beach	Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Los Angeles	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
	The Forum
	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
	Los Angeles Music Center
Miami	Knight Center Complex
	Miami Beach Convention Center
New Orleans	Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts
New York City	Fort Washington Avenue Armory
	Madison Square Garden
	New York City Center
	New York Coliseum
	Radio City Music Hall
Pasadena	Pasadena Convention Center
Phoenix	Celebrity Theatre
	Phoenix Symphony Hall
Philadelphia	Academy of Music
	Mann Center for the Performing Arts
	Metropolitan Opera House
Richmond	Richmond Coliseum
Sacramento	Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
San Antonio	Freeman Coliseum
San Francisco	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
	Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
	San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
	War Memorial Opera House
Seattle	Climate Pledge Arena
Tallahassee	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
Tucson	Tucson Convention Center
West Lafayette	Elliott Hall of Music

Participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	English title
Argentina	Canal Once	Rubi	"Bailar contigo en la oscuridad"	Spanish	"Dance With You in the Dark"
Bahamas	PTB	Exuma	"Fame Is the Name of the Game"	English
Barbados	CBC TV 8	Eddy Grant	"I Don't Wanna Dance"
Bolivia	Bolivia TV	Zulma Yugar	"Los mineros"	Spanish	"The Miners"
Brazil	Globo	Sandra de Sá	"Negra flor"	Portuguese	"Black Flower"
Canada	CBC	Strange Advance	"Love Games"	English
Chile	UCV	Eduardo Gatti	"Los momentos"	Spanish	"The Moments"
Colombia	Canal 1	La Sonora Dinamita & La India Meliyará	"Las velas encendidas"		"The Lit Candles"
Costa Rica	Repretel 6	Bambino	"Se me va"		"I'm Leaving"
Dominican Republic	RDTV4	Fernando Villalona	"Dejame volver"		"Let Me Go Back"
Ecuador	Ecuavisa	Vico y Su Grupo Caricia	"Noche"		"Night"
Jamaica	JBC	Sister Nancy	"Bam Bam"	English
Martinique	FR3	Philippe Lavil	"Il tape sur des bambous"	French	"He Hits on Bamboos"
Mexico	Las Estrellas	Yuri	"Maldita primavera"	Spanish	"Damned Spring"
Netherlands Antilles	Telecuraçao	Kenneth Sherman	"Why Can't We Live Together"	English
Paraguay	SNT	Perla	"Comienza a amanecer"	Spanish	"It Begins to Dawn"
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	Menudo	"Subete a mi moto"		"Get on My Bike"
Suriname	STVS	Sumy	"Where Were You Last Night"	English
United States	NBC	Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Maneater"
Uruguay	Canal 10	Jaime Roos	"Adiós juventud"	Spanish	"Goodbye Youth"

Returning artists

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

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Eddy Grant	Barbados	1980
Jaime Roos	Uruguay	1978
La Sonora Dinamita	Colombia	1960
Sumy	Suriname	1979 (representing the Netherlands Antilles)

Contest overview

  Winner

Results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1982

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Argentina	Rubi	"Bailar contigo en la oscuridad"	44	10
2	Martinique	Philippe Lavil	"Il tape sur des bambous"	26	17
3	Netherlands Antilles	Kenneth Sherman	"Why Can't We Live Together"	133	2
4	Chile	Eduardo Gatti	"Los momentos"	96	4
5	Jamaica	Sister Nancy	"Bam Bam"	112	3
6	Colombia	La Sonora Dinamita & La India Meliyará	"Las velas encendidas"	87	5
7	Puerto Rico	Menudo	"Subete a mi moto"	20	19
8	Canada	Strange Advance	"Love Games"	71	6
9	Costa Rica	Bambino	"Se me va"	67	7
10	Ecuador	Vico y Su Grupo Caricia	"Noche"	43	11
11	Dominican Republic	Fernando Villalona	"Dejame volver"	38	13
12	Bahamas	Exuma	"Fame Is the Name of the Game"	61	8
13	Brazil	Sandra de Sá	"Negra flor"	39	12
14	Mexico	Yuri	"Maldita primavera"	34	14
15	United States	Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Maneater"	32	15
16	Paraguay	Perla	"Comienza a amanecer"	47	9
17	Bolivia	Zulma Yugar	"Los mineros"	30	16
18	Barbados	Eddy Grant	"I Don't Wanna Dance"	25	18
19	Suriname	Sumy	"Where Were You Last Night"	17	20
20	Uruguay	Jaime Roos	"Adiós juventud"	138	1

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results of the Amerivision Song Contest 1982

		Total score	Argentina	Martinique	Netherlands Antilles	Chile	Jamaica	Colombia	Puerto Rico	Canada	Costa Rica	Ecuador	Dominican Republic	Bahamas	Brazil	Mexico	United States	Paraguay	Bolivia	Barbados	Suriname	Uruguay
Contestants	Argentina	44				10		4	4				7	1		5		7				6
	Martinique	26			6		3			7				6			4
	Netherlands Antilles	133	7	12			12		10	12	8	7	4	12	10		7	5	3	12	10	2
	Chile	96	10		7		6		12		10	4			6	7	6	10	5	6		7
	Jamaica	112		10	12					8	6	5	10	10		8	10	4	4	10	12	3
	Colombia	87	8			8	4		6		12	12	5			4		8	6		6	8
	Puerto Rico	20	2			3		2					3			3		3				4
	Canada	71		8	8		7	6					8	8	7		12		2	5
	Costa Rica	67	6				8	5		5			12			10				7	4	10
	Ecuador	43			1	7		12	2		3					2			10	1		5
	Dominican Republic	38	1			2		8	7			2			5	1						12
	Bahamas	61		7	10		10			10	1						8			8	7
	Brazil	39		3	4	5		1			4	6		5		6	1	2	1			1
	Mexico	34	4	2		4			1	4		1			8				8		2
	United States	32	5	5	5				3	6				3	4						1
	Paraguay	47	3			6		7	5		2	3	6						7	3	5
	Bolivia	30				1		3		2	5	10		2	1			6
	Barbados	25		4			1			3			1	7	3		3				3
	Suriname	17		1	2		2			1				4	2		2	1		2
	Uruguay	138	12	6	3	12	5	10	8		7	8	2		12	12	5	12	12	4	8

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Uruguay	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay
5	Netherlands Antilles	Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Jamaica, Martinique
2	Colombia	Costa Rica, Ecuador
	Jamaica	Netherlands Antilles, Suriname
1	Canada	United States
	Chile	Puerto Rico
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
	Dominican Republic	Uruguay
	Ecuador	Colombia