Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Voting structure
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs.

Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Section Title: Voting structure
Table Section Text: Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs.

Results

Total Score	Austria	Turkey	Germany	Luxembourg	Israel	Denmark	Yugoslavia	Finland	France	Spain	Netherlands	Ireland	Norway	United Kingdom	Portugal	Belgium	Greece	Cyprus	Switzerland	Sweden

Contestants	Austria	20	6	1	5	6	2

Turkey	9	1	3	5

Germany	132	5	12	3	8	8	2	7	8	12	3	6	4	7	12	10	5	8	12

Luxembourg	41	10	5	3	4	3	1	4	6	5

Israel	56	8	4	6	7	7	8	4	5	4	3

Denmark	41	1	1	7	4	3	2	5	2	12	4

Yugoslavia	35	4	8	2	1	5	2	3	10

Finland	27	2	1	2	5	5	1	5	6

France	125	12	12	12	7	2	4	10	6	4	5	1	10	3	8	7	12	10

Spain	38	10	6	4	3	10	3	2

Netherlands	51	3	5	3	4	7	2	7	6	7	2	3	2

Ireland	105	7	3	6	10	10	12	5	6	5	10	1	10	12	1	7

Norway	0

United Kingdom	136	4	8	4	5	12	10	10	3	7	8	12	10	3	6	8	6	4	8	8

Portugal	9	8	1

Belgium	40	1	7	1	6	8	2	3	7	5

Greece	55	6	2	6	1	10	1	2	8	6	6	7

Cyprus	69	5	3	6	8	8	7	10	7	12	3

Switzerland	121	2	2	7	8	4	12	12	10	4	1	12	12	12	8	4	10	1

Sweden	50	10	2	5	7	1	12	6	2	4	1

The table is ordered by appearance

Sentence(s)

The UK won by four points, but leading up to this, five countries took pole position at various stages: UK, Germany, France, Switzerland and Ireland.

final_sentence: The UK won by four points, but leading up to this, five countries took pole position at various stages: UK, Germany, France, Switzerland and Ireland.