Jeux sans frontières season 17

*Jeux sans frontières*
Jeux sans frontières
Season 17
No. of teams	7 countries
Winners	Lisbon; Dartmouth
Head referees	Gennaro Olivieri; Guido Pancaldi [it];
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	RTBF1; TV1; Antenne 2; Rete 2; RTP1; TV DRS; TSR; TSI; BBC1; TVB 1; TVZ 1;
Original release	26 May –; 8 September 1981
Season chronology
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The 17th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1981. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The different heats were hosted by each of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy), Pula (Yugoslavia), Annecy (France), Meiringen-Hasliberg (Switzerland), Lisbon (Portugal), Sunderland (United Kingdom), and Charleroi (Belgium). The grand final was held in Belgrade (Yugoslavia). The head international referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi [it].^[1]

For each heat, each broadcaster sent a mixed team from a city or town from its country that competed against each other in a series of games –funny physical games played in outlandish costumes, though none-the-less technically difficult– themed in the specific topic of the episode. After the seven heats, the most successful team from each country competed in the grand final. Each of the episodes was presented by the host broadcaster in its own language. Each of the participating broadcasters had their own presenters who did some on-site presentations for their audience and commented on the competition in their language.^[2]

The season was won by the teams from Lisbon, Portugal, and Dartmouth, United Kingdom.^[3]

Participants

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour	Cities
Belgium	RTBF / BRT	B	Yellow	Torhout
				Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
				Herent
				Charleroi
				Bornem
				Lessines
				Evergem
France	Antenne 2	F	Green	Bitche en Moselle
				Argentan
				Digne-les-Bains
				Les Gets
				Le Cannet
				Annecy
				Issy-les-Moulineaux
Italy	RAI	I	Blue	Lignano Sabbiadoro
				San Felice Circeo
				Montorio al Vomano
				Finale Ligure
				Merate
				Agropoli
				Senigallia
Portugal	RTP	P	Orange	São Miguel
				Santarém
				Lisbon
				Madeira
				Braga
				Aveiro
				Algarve
Switzerland	SRG SSR TSI	CH	White and red	Regensdorf
				Saint-Légier
				Rancate
				Saas Fee
				Ittigen
				Intragna
				Les Bois
United Kingdom	BBC	GB	Red	Sherborne
				Kingston-upon-Hull
				Dartmouth
				Luton
				Dunfermline
				Warrington
				Sunderland
Yugoslavia	JRT	YU	White and blue	Šibenik
				Pula
				Osijek
				Zenica
				Pirot
				Majdanpek
				Bitolj

Season overview

Heat	Date	Host		Theme	Winner
Heat	Date	Broadcaster	City	Theme	Winner
1	26 May	RAI	Lignano Sabbiadoro	"Water"	Lignano Sabbiadoro
2	10 June	JRT (TV Zagreb)	Pula	"The Cinema"	Pula
3	24 June	RTP	Lisbon	"The Festival of Saint Anthony"	Lisbon
4	8 July	RTBF	Charleroi	"Professions"	Finale Ligure
5	29 July	SRG SSR TSI	Meiringen-Hasliberg	"Mountain Holidays, Legends of the Swiss Alps"	Ittigen
6	12 August	Antenne 2	Annecy	"Games of the World"	Lessines
7	25 August	BBC	Sunderland	"A Country-House Weekend in the 1920s"	Issy-les-Moulineaux Les Bois
IF	8 September	JRT (TV Belgrade)	Belgrade	"The Music, la Musique, die Musik... Long live the Music!"	Dartmouth Lisbon

Results

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by RAI on 26 May 1981 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, and was themed about the sea.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	I	Lignano Sabbiadoro	46
2	CH	Regensdorf	41
3	YU	Šibenik	31
3	GB	Sherborne	31
5	B	Torhout	27
6	P	São Miguel	26
7	F	Bitche en Moselle	22

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by TV Zagreb on behalf of JRT on 10 June 1981 at the Roman amphitheatre in Pula, Yugoslavia, and was themed about cinema.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	YU	Pula	45
2	CH	Saint-Légier	44
3	F	Argentan	34
4	I	San Felice Circeo	31
5	GB	Kingston-upon-Hull	30
6	B	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean	25
7	P	Santarém	19

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by RTP on 24 June 1981 in front of the Belém Tower in Lisbon, Portugal, and was themed about the feast of Saint Anthony.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	P	Lisbon	48
2	GB	Dartmouth	39
3	F	Digne-les-Bains	37
4	B	Herent	34
5	I	Montorio al Vomano	32
6	CH	Rancate	25
7	YU	Osijek	24

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by RTBF on 8 July 1981 in Charleroi, Belgium, and was themed about professions.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	I	Finale Ligure	43
2	YU	Zenica	37
3	F	Les Gets	36
4	B	Charleroi	32
4	CH	Saas Fee	32
6	P	Madeira	28
7	GB	Luton	21

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by SRG SSR TSI on 29 July 1981 in Meiringen-Hasliberg, Switzerland, and was themed about the holidays in the mountains and legends of the Swiss Alps.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	CH	Ittigen	40
2	F	Le Cannet	39
3	GB	Dunfermline	35
3	YU	Pirot	35
5	B	Bornem	31
6	I	Merate	30
7	P	Braga	19

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by Antenne 2 on 12 August 1981 in Annecy, France, and was themed about the sports in the town.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Lessines	45
2	CH	Intragna	43
3	F	Annecy	37
4	P	Aveiro	31
5	GB	Warrington	28
6	YU	Majdanpek	24
7	I	Agropoli	21

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by the BBC on 25 August 1981 in Sunderland, United Kingdom, and was themed about the British week-end traditions.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	CH	Les Bois	38
1	F	Issy-les-Moulineaux	38
3	B	Evergem	36
4	YU	Bitolj	33
5	I	Senigallia	30
6	GB	Sunderland	28
6	P	Algarve	28

Qualifiers

The teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final:

Country	Town	Place won	Points won
P	Lisbon	1	48
I	Lignano Sabbiadoro	1	46
B	Lessines	1	45
YU	Pula	1	45
CH	Ittigen	1	40
F	Issy-les-Moulineaux	1	38
GB	Dartmouth	2	39

Final

The final was hosted by TV Belgrade on behalf of JRT on 8 September 1981 at the swimming pool complex of the Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and was themed about music.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	P	Lisbon	38
1	GB	Dartmouth	38
3	YU	Pula	36
4	I	Lignano Sabbiadoro	33
5	CH	Ittigen	26
6	F	Issy-les-Moulineaux	24
7	B	Lessines	19

Broadcasts

The competition was transmitted to the participating broadcasters via the Eurovision network. In most cases, broadcasters aired the episodes live in their territory.

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Presenter(s)/Commentator(s)	Ref.
Belgium	RTBF	RTBF1	Paule Herreman	^[1]
Belgium	BRT	TV1	Mike Verdrengh [nl]
France	Antenne 2		Simone Garnier [fr] Guy Lux Claude Savarit
Italy	RAI	Rete 2	Michele Gammino
Portugal	RTP	RTP1	Eládio Clímaco Alice Cruz [pt]
Switzerland	SRG SSR TSI	TSR	Jacques Deschenaux Georges Kleinmann [fr]
		TV DRS	Jan Hiermeyer [de]
		TSI	Mascia Cantoni [it] Ezio Guidi [it]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC1	Stuart Hall
Yugoslavia	JRT	TVB 1	Minja Subota
Yugoslavia	JRT	TVZ 1	unknown

References

^ ^a ^b "Jeux sans frontières 1981". jsfnetfrance.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Jeux sans frontières 1981". jsfnetgb.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ Pillirone, Nicolo. "Series Edizione 1981". giochisenzafrontiere.net (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[fr-1] "Jeux sans frontières 1981". jsfnetfrance.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[2] "Jeux sans frontières 1981". jsfnetgb.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[results-3] Pillirone, Nicolo. "Series Edizione 1981". giochisenzafrontiere.net (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.

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