The 18th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1982. 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 La Maddalena (Italy), Šibenik (Yugoslavia), Issy-les-Moulineaux (France), Tesserete (Switzerland), Funchal (Portugal), Sherborne (United Kingdom), and Ghent (Belgium). The grand final was held in Urbino (Italy). The head international referees in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and .
For each heat, each broadcaster sent a mixed team of twelve members (six men and six women) 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– related to the specific theme of the heat. 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.
The season was won by the team from Rochefort, Belgium, the runner-up being the team from Versoix, Switzerland.
Participants Country Broadcaster Code Colour Cities RTBF / BRT B Yellow Jette Wielsbeke Spa Turnhout Rochefort Frameries Ghent Antenne 2 F Green Sancerre Foix Issy-les-Moulineaux Vendôme Lodève Dieppe Le Cannet RAI I Blue La Maddalena San Benedetto del Tronto Lanuvio Garda Recoaro Terme Lizzano Maratea RTP P Orange Tomar Algarve Caldas da Rainha Viseu SRG SSR TSI CH White and red Gordola Vallée de Joux Romanshorn Tesserete Schinznach-Bad Versoix Plaffeien BBC GB Red Charnwood Keswick Christchurch Lochgilphead Rotherham West Dorset Charnwood JRT YU White and blue Zadar Šibenik Čačak Umag Novi Sad Ulcinj Jajce
Season overview Heat Date Host Theme Winner Broadcaster City 1 25 May RAI La Maddalena "The Seven Islands of the Archipelago" Charnwood 2 8 June JRT (TV Belgrade) Šibenik "Children’s Folk Tales" Foix 3 29 June Antenne 2 Issy-les-Moulineaux "Transport Through the Ages" Čačak 4 13 July SRG SSR TSI (TSI) Tesserete "Local Customs, Folklore and Festivals" Tesserete 5 27 July RTP Funchal "Madeiran Life" 6 10 August BBC Sherborne "The Sailors' Homecoming" Versoix 7 24 August BRT Ghent "Gent in the Year 1544" Le Cannet 7 September RAI Udine "Choice Games" Rochefort
Results Heat 1 Heat 1 was hosted by RAI on 25 May 1982 at the port of La Maddalena, Italy, its theme being the Maddalena archipelago and its seven islands, and was presented by Michele Gammino and Simona Izzo. Heat result Place Country Town Points 1 GB Charnwood 44 2 I La Maddalena 38 3 CH Gordola 33 3 YU Zadar 33 5 P Tomar 29 6 F Sancerre 25 7 B Jette 20
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Jette B 312153 2220 Gordola CH 2645611133 Sancerre F 1 125166625 Charnwood GB 212 66553344 La Maddalena I 565 2635538 Tomar P 6345 224629 Zadar YU 45432 47433
Heat 2 Heat 2 was hosted by TV Belgrade on behalf of JRT on 8 June 1982 at the Rade Končar Stadium in Šibenik, Yugoslavia, its theme being the tales of the Brothers Grimm, and was presented by and Minja Subota. Heat result Place Country Town Points 1 F Foix 47 2 B Wielsbeke 43 3 YU Šibenik 38 4 GB Keswick 30 5 P Azores 29 6 I San Benedetto del Tronto 20 7 CH Vallée de Joux 13
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Wielsbeke B 41221567643 Vallée de Joux CH 1411311113 Foix F 6 44551265 47 Keswick GB 1614353730 San Benedetto del Tronto I 3511124320 Azores P 246 2265229 Šibenik YU 6936433438
Heat 3 Heat 3 was hosted by Antenne 2 on 29 June 1982 at Île Saint-Germain in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, its theme being the means of transport through time, and was presented by and Guy Lux. Heat result Place Country Town Points 1 YU Čačak 45 2 F Issy-les-Moulineaux 39 3 CH Romanshorn 33 4 B Spa 31 5 P Algarve 28 6 GB Christchurch 26 7 I Lanuvio 25
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TotalSpa B 2365436231Romanshorn CH 35123115333Issy-les-Moulineaux F 6426557439Christchurch GB 2212364626Lanuvio I 4153322525Algarve P 12361131128Čačak YU 6496643745
Heat 4 Heat 4 was hosted by TSI on behalf of SRG SSR TSI on 13 July 1982 at the grounds of the Army barracks in Tesserete, Switzerland, its theme being the customs, folklore, and festivals of the town, and was presented by and . Heat result Place Country Town Points 1 CH Tesserete 45 2 B Turnhout 42 3 I Garda 35 4 P Caldas da Rainha 32 5 GB Lochgilphead 25 6 YU Umag 23 7 F Vendôme 19
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TotalTurnhout B 56 123545242Tesserete CH 515 126677 45Vendôme F 2315 111519Lochgilphead GB 65114 22425Garda I 246416 6635Caldas da Rainha P 2133394732Umag YU 3 525133123 Heat 5 Heat 5 was hosted by RTP on 27 July 1982 at the grounds of a high school in Funchal, Portugal, its theme being the traditions of Madeira, and was presented by Eládio Clímaco, , and Maria João Carreira. Heat result Place Country Town Points 1 B Rochefort 40 1 P Madeira 40 3 CH Schinznach-Bad 37 3 YU Novi Sad 37 5 I Recoaro Terme 28 6 F Lodève 25 7 GB Rotherham 16
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TotalRochefort B 64954 471 40Schinznach-Bad CH 1123653 3437Lodève F 12222221225Rotherham GB 1111142516Recoaro Terme I 12 33615728Madeira P 116 125663 40Novi Sad YU 5346 454637
Heat 6 Heat 6 was hosted by the BBC on 10 August 1982 at the grounds of the Castle of Sherborne, United Kingdom, its theme being pirates, and was presented by Stuart Hall and Brian Cant. Heat result Place Country Town Points 1 CH Versoix 46 2 YU Ulcinj 39 3 GB West Dorset 38 3 P 38 5 F Dieppe 34 6 I Lizzano 30 7 B Frameries 14
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TotalFrameries B 1221231214Versoix CH 6 61234654 46Dieppe F 14 42927534West Dorset GB 394 4156638Lizzano I 2333 655330 P 56596 15138Ulcinj YU 4221612 5739 Heat 7 Heat 7 was hosted by BRT on 24 August 1982 at the Sint-Pietersplein in Ghent, Belgium, was themed about the town in 1543, and was presented by and . Heat result Place Country Town Points 1 F Le Cannet 39 2 CH Plaffeien 37 2 GB Gloucester 37 4 B Ghent 34 5 YU Jajce 30 6 P Viseu 28 7 I Maratea 17
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TotalGhent B 133 6347734Plaffeien CH 4616 626637Le Cannet F 34646 655 39Gloucester GB 659216 4437Maratea I 1315211317Viseu P 1 1232153128Jajce YU 51 53932230 Qualifiers The teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final: Country Town Place won Points won F Foix 1 47 CH Versoix 1 46 YU Čačak 1 45 GB Charnwood 1 44 CH Madeira 1 40 B Rochefort 1 40 I La Maddalena 2 38
Final The final was hosted by RAI on 7 September 1982 at the Piazzale del Mercatale in Urbino, Italy, was themed about the symbols of European countries, and was presented by Michele Gammino and Simona Izzo. Final result Place Country Town Points 1 B Rochefort 45 2 CH Versoix 38 3 P Madeira 35 4 I La Maddalena 33 5 GB Charnwood 30 6 YU Čačak 28 7 F Foix 24
Detailed scoreboard Team Country Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TotalRochefort B 125326575 45Versoix CH 6512 64113 38Foix F 322234 3424Charnwood GB 51149 35230La Maddalena I 93 52142733Madeira P 2 32421246 35Čačak YU 2446 326128
Broadcasts The competition was transmitted to the participating broadcasters via the Eurovision network. In most cases, broadcasters aired the episodes in their territory with a delay of one or two days. Only some broadcasters aired heat 1 and the final live. Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Presenter(s)/Commentator(s) RTBF RTBF1 Paule Herreman BRT TV1 Antenne 2 RAI Rete 2 RTP RTP1 SRG SSR TSI TSR TV DRS TSI BBC BBC1 Stuart Hall JRT TV Belgrade 1, TV Zagreb 1 Minja Subota TV Ljubljana 2
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