AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1981

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1981
Dates
Final	16th of May 1981
Host
Venue	Pusat Budaya Basna Auditorium, Kota Basna, BA
Presenter(s)	Isamira Yariftan
Musical director	Eilana Darajat
Directed by	Ishaq Maramuddin
Executive supervisor	Raja Sulaiman
Executive producer	Isma'il Haranoeddin
Host broadcaster	Radio Basna Raya
Participants
Number of entries	18
Vote
Voting system	Each region sends two juries and two public votes where each votes 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 for the best 5 songs
Winning song	"Mr. John" by Isabella Rouvennes

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1981 is the twenty-fourth edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. The competition is held by the authorities in Radio Basna Raya, which is a joint venture between three radios that was situated in Basna, which are Radio Basna Dalam (RBD), Radio Basna Kota dan Pesisir (RBKP), and Radio Basna Kepulauan Luar (RBKL). This means that this was the second time that the competition was held by a joint venture between radio stations.

The competition was won by Isabella Rouvennes representing Aramna with the song "Mr. John". This is the second time that Aramna won the festival after doing so previously in 1973.

The competition was supposed to be hosted in Hotel Terra-Berlian which also hosted the competition in 1964. This decision was made based on people who wanted to relive the past hosting of 1964. However, this plan had to be cancelled abruptly due to a fire that nearly destroyed its underground hall which happened five months before the competition. This forced Radio Basna Raya to be resourceful and search for other alternatives. Hotel Santander was still not completed at this point and it won't be completed until August 1981, three months after the competition ended. And thus it was decided that the competition would be held in the Pusat Budaya Basna (or Basna Cultural Centre in English)'s Auditorium, which could seat 1,500 people. Luckily, around that time, the authorities there just recently completed renovation of the interior, ensuring that quality is maximum.

According to Radio Basna Raya, the logo was intended to represent the era North Alezia was facing, which is an era of a new start as censorship started to be lifted in the country at the time. However, this doesn't mean that freedom of speech and press are fully opened around that time. The logo itself was designed by Soerapto Rahman, which has designed the logo of the City of Basna which was applauded for creativity and its unusual style. According to Soerapto, the logo was also supposed to represent simplicity and friendliness towards other regions. This theme of black background and white text and/or graphics inspired future Alezian works such as its first international hosting of the 93rd Worldvision Song Contest.

Tage Angström returned to the festival after earning 15th place last year, once again singing a song in Swedish. Other than that, Darov Yeshiru who earned last place in the 1964 competition also returned.

Conductors

The list of conductors can be seen below.

Region	Conductor
Basna	Soeradji Hafar
Zafizamarrah	Muhammad Alif-Alamein
Pyalivostok	Dezhan Marlokovich
Tel Hadiv	Gashel Na'om
Mosin-Nagan	Samuel Iklashvili
Bristol	William Barriere
Aramna	Chaquannes Revennez
Pantabang Islands	Nechai A'ile'i Dadon
Daya Island	Mochtar Aaroni

Commentators

The list of commentators can be seen below.

Region	Radio Broadcaster	Commentators
NATIONWIDE	AleziRadio	English: Azlain Hamisyan (AR-P1) Arabic : Mukhlis Hasdar (AR-P2)
Zafizamarrah	Radio Zafizamarrah	Arabic: Samaruddin Hatta (RZ-P1) Buginese: Andi Muhammad Yuzhari (RZ-PB)
Pantabang Islands	Radio Zafizamarrah / Pa'ana'taba'angi	Alezian : Ya'en Rama'i Dadon (RZ/P A) Dutch : Aalsterijk Sa'i'ue'i Salem (RZ/P Nederlandse)
Tel Hadiv	Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu	Hebrew : Sheila Rayeshmaim (RTH-Y-P1)
Bristol	Royal Radio of Bristol	English : Carl Harry (RRB) French : Jacques Savois (RFrB)
Pyalivostok	Radio Pyalivostok	Russian : Hasan Stalenovich (RP)
Basna	Radio Basna Raya	Indonesian : Titik Permata (RBR)
Mosin-Nagan	Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu / Mosinannaganyan	Georgian : Berlyan Madanoshvili (RTH-Y / MN)
Daya Island	Radio Pyalivostok / Dayain Saari	Finnish : Anon Yaaveelman (RP / DS) Swedish : Malko Yanselund (RP / DS / Svensk)
Aramna	Araminhaes Radioues	Aramnan : Selvada Rabatorraise (ARR)

Participating Entries and Results

No.	Region	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Points
01	Basna	Dari Rasa Terdalam	Dari Rasa Terdalam	From The Deepest Feelings	Indonesian	12	21
02	Zafizamarrah	Hasrun Ma'awaddin	امن بي	Believe In Me	Arabic	3	122
03	Pyalivostok	Benny Yavlevich	Удачи тебе	Good Luck To You	Russian	2	124
04	Zafizamarrah	Sofia Hairuddina	المذاق	Taste	Arabic	5	100
05	Tel Hadiv	Darov Yeshiru	מאחוריך	Behind You	Hebrew	16	0
06	Mosin-Nagan	NIGHTINGALE	ღამე	Night	Georgian	17	0
07	Bristol	Adam Berry-Acton	Don't You Love Me?	-none-	English	9	40
08	Aramna	Isabella Rouvennes	Mr. John	-none-	Aramnan	1	134
09	Basna	Darien Mochtar	Siapa Yang Kan Datang	Who Will Come	Indonesian	14	8
10	Pantabang Islands	Be'ira, Ne'ira, and Al'eira	Trio	-none-	Alezian	13	17
11	Tel Hadiv	Yezon Da'eshet	מקווה	Hoping	Hebrew	7	60
12	Bristol	Emilie Souvrais	Rien ne finira	Nothing Shall End	French	18	0
13	Aramna	Liz Bellais	Stop	-none-	Aramnan	15	7
14	Pyalivostok	Cherina Chukovich	Сообщения	Messages	Russian	6	76
15	Daya Island	Tage Angström	Är det värt det?	Is It Worth It?	Swedish	4	101
16	Mosin-Nagan	Minne Lavagayan	გამიკეთე	Make Me	Georgian	8	52
17	Daya Island	Ruuvan Salmaan	Ääneni	My Voice	Finnish	10	38
18	Pantabang Islands	Berrie Malvejk	Een Schreeuw om Hulp	A Cry for Help	Dutch	11	36

Voting by Region

	BN-1	BN-2	ZF-1	ZF-2	PY-1	PY-2	TH-1	TH-2	MN-1	MN-2	BR-1	BR-2	AR-1	AR-2	PI-1	PI-2	DI-1	DI-2		BN-P1	BN-P2	ZF-P1	ZF-P2	PY-P1	PY-P2	TH-P1	TH-P2	MN-P1	MN-P2	BR-P1	BR-P2	AR-P1	AR-P2	PI-P1	PI-P2	DI-P1	DI-P2
Dari Rasa Terdalam	XX	XX	1			3								5		1				XX	XX	3	3														5		21
امن بي	10	5	XX	XX	10				5			7		10	1		10					XX	XX	7	5			5	10	7	7		5	5	3	10			122
Удачи тебе	3	7		5	XX	XX			10	10	10				10	7		5			10	10		XX	XX		3			10	3	7			7	7			124
المذاق			XX	XX	7	7		3	1		5	10					5	7			5	XX	XX		3	3	7	3	7	3		10	3	3	1		7		100
מאחוריך							XX	XX																		XX	XX												0
ღამე									XX	XX																		XX	XX										0
Don't You Love Me?		3					1	7	7		XX	XX	1				1			1	7		5		1	1	5			XX	XX								40
Mr. John	7		7		3		5	10	3	1			XX	XX	3		7				1	7	10	1	10	10	10	10	3		1	XX	XX	7	5	3	10		134
Siapa Yang Kan Datang	XX	XX									3				5					XX	XX																		8
Trio		1	3	1	1					7					XX	XX							1	3										XX	XX				17
מקווה					5	10	XX	XX		3		1		3		5		1		10		5				XX	XX	1						10		5	1		60
Rien ne Finira											XX	XX																		XX	XX								0
Stop						5					1		XX	XX								1										XX	XX						7
Сообщения			5	3	XX	XX	7						7	7		10	3	10		5				XX	XX		1		5	1		5	7						76
Är det värt det?	1	10											10	1	7	3	XX	XX			3			10	7	7		7		5	10		10		10	XX	XX		101
გამიკეთე	5			10		1		1	XX	XX		5	5					3		3			7			5		XX	XX		5	1	1						52
Ääneni							10			5	7		3				XX	XX		7				5										1		XX	XX		38
Een Schreeuw om Hulp			10	7			3	5				3			XX	XX													1			3		XX	XX	1	3		36