page_title: Eurovision Song Contest 1984
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Eurovision Song Contest 1984 / Location
caption_attribution_description: Grand théâtre de la ville de Luxembourg
context_page_description: The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, the 29th event of its kind, was held on 5 May 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter, Désirée Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for the show at the time. She manifested her fluency in four languages by switching between a strong transatlantic English, French, German and Luxembourgish in the course of talking, often in the same sentence.
  Sweden's the Herreys were the winners of this contest with the song, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley". This was the Nordic country's second win, and the first one in Swedish, as ABBA performed Waterloo in English when they won in 1974. Richard and Louis Herrey became the first teenage males to win Eurovision and remain the youngest ever male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 18 years and 184 days of age respectively.
  Israel did not enter due to it conflicting with the country's Yom HaZikaron holiday. Iceland was going to participate but withdrew due to lack of financial support. 1984 is also notable for the audible booing that could be heard from the audience, particularly at the end of the UK's performance.
context_section_description: Luxembourg City is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg. The city contains the historic Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.
  The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, became the venue for the 1984 contest. It is the city's major venue for drama, opera and ballet. It also hosted the 1973 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
caption: Grand Théâtre, Luxembourg City - host venue of the 1984 contest.
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