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The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 24 April 1982 at the Harrogate International Centre in Harrogate, United Kingdom, and presented by Jan Leeming. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who staged the event after winning the 1981 contest for the United Kingdom with the song "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. Broadcasters from eighteen countries participated in the contest with Greece deciding not to enter this year. Due to internal issues regarding a reform of national telecommunications laws, there was no broadcaster that could participate representing France for the first time in history. The winner was Germany with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole. This was the first time that Germany had won the contest after having competed every year since the contest's inception. Germany received 1.61 times as many points as runner-up Israel, which was a record under the current scoring system until 2009, when Norway received 1.78 times as many points as Iceland. The song also cemented Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song's composers, into German Eurovision tradition, writing 18 Eurovision songs between them before and after "Ein bißchen Frieden", 13 of which were for Germany.