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1981
| HOST COUNTRY | Ireland |
| VENUE | Royal Dublin Society - Dublin |
| DATE | April 4th |
| PRESENTER | Doireann Ni Bhriain |
| TOTAL ENTRIES | 20 |
| WINNING SONG | TITLE | PERFORMER | COUNTRY | COMPOSERS |
| Making Your Mind Up | Bucks Fizz | United Kingdom | Andy Hill & John Danter |
If a gimick can help a song win the contest, then Bucks Fizz hold the record, with their ripping the skirts from the two ladies routine. It wasn't a clear cut victory though, as with only two juries left to vote, there was a three way tie between Germany, UK, and Switzerland. The Uk went on to win, and Bucks Fizz became international stars, and Making your mind up became their first of 3 British number 1's.
| COUNTRY | PERFORMER | SONG | PTS | POS |
| Austria | Marty Brem | Wenn Du Da Bist | 20 | 17th |
| Turkey | Modern Folk Trio & Aysegul | Donme Dolap | 9 | 18th |
| Germany | Lena Valaitis | Johnny Blue | 132 | 2nd |
| Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Pascal | C'est Peut-etre Pas L'Amerique | 41 | 11th |
| Israel | Habibi | Layla | 56 | 7th |
| Denmark | Debbie Cameron & Tommy Seebach | Kroller Eller Ej | 41 | 11th |
| Yugoslavia | Seid Memie-Vajta | Leila | 35 | 15th |
| Finland | Riki Sorsa | Reggae OK | 27 | 16th |
| France | Jean Gabilou | Humanahum | 125 | 3rd |
| Spain | Bacchelli | Y Solo Tu | 38 | 14th |
| Netherlands | Linda Williams | Het Is Een Wonder | 51 | 9th |
| Ireland | Sheeba | Horoscopes | 105 | 5th |
| Norway | Finn Kalvik | Aldri I Livet | 0 | 20th |
| United Kingdom | Bucks Fizz | Making Your Mind Up | 136 | 1st |
| Portugal | Carlos Paiao | Play-Back | 9 | 18th |
| Belgium | Emly Starr | Samson | 40 | 13th |
| Greece | Yiannis Dimitras | Feggari Kalokerino | 55 | 8th |
| Cyprus | Island | Monika | 69 | 6th |
| Switzerland | Peter, Sue & Marc | Io Senza Te | 121 | 4th |
| Sweden | Bjorn Skifs | Fangad I En Drom | 50 | 10th |
