1982 End of the ESC in Harrogate with Nicole’s multi-language reprise of “Ein bißchen Frieden“

Germany had the advantage of performing last. After coming second in 1980 and second in Dublin the year previously, Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger took the first Grand Prix for Germany. The winner, Nicole, beat the nearest competition by 61 points and over 13 million West Germans watched her victory on television. Germany was the commanding leader for nearly the entire voting process. Nicole went on to sing the reprise of her song in English, French and Dutch, as well as German, to the delight of the invited audience in Harrogate Conference Centre who stood to applaud her. The English version of her Eurovision winner, A Little Peace, subsequently shot to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. The German spokesperson you hear in this video is Carolin Reiber from the “Bayerischer Rundfunk“. Nicole’s performance of the multi-language version at Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits 2015: