Jeux sans frontières season 18

Jeux sans frontières
Season 18
No. of teams	7 countries
Winner	Rochefort
Runner-up	Versoix
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	25 May (1982-05-25) – 7 September 1982 (1982-09-07)
Season chronology
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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 referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi [it].^[1]

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– 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.^[1]

The season was won by the team from Rochefort, Belgium, being the runner-up the team from Versoix, Switzerland.^[2]

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour	Cities
Belgium	RTBF / BRT	B	Yellow	Jette
				Wielsbeke
				Spa
				Turnhout
				Rochefort
				Frameries
				Ghent
France	Antenne 2	F	Green	Sancerre
				Foix
				Issy-les-Moulineaux
				Vendôme
				Lodève
				Dieppe
				Le Cannet
Italy	RAI	I	Blue	La Maddalena
				San Benedetto del Tronto
				Lanuvio
				Garda
				Recoaro Terme
				Lizzano
				Maratea
Portugal	RTP	P	Orange	Tomar
				Azores
				Algarve
				Caldas da Rainha
				Madeira
				Vila Real-Mateus
				Viseu
Switzerland	SRG SSR TSI	CH	White and red	Gordola
				Vallée de Joux
				Romanshorn
				Tesserete
				Schinznach-Bad
				Versoix
				Plaffeien
United Kingdom	BBC	GB	Red	Charnwood
				Keswick
				Christchurch
				Lochgilphead
				Rotherham
				West Dorset
				Charnwood
Yugoslavia	JRT	YU	White and blue	Zadar
				Šibenik
				Čačak
				Umag
				Novi Sad
				Ulcinj
				Jajce

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 Zagreb)	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"	Rochefort  Madeira
6	10 August	BBC	Sherborne	"The Sailors' Homecoming"	Versoix
7	24 August	BRT	Ghent	"Gent in the Year 1544"	Le Cannet
IF	7 September	RAI	Udine	"Choice Games"	Rochefort

Heat 1 was hosted by RAI on 25 May 1982 at the port of La Maddalena, Italy, was themed about the Maddalena archipelago and its seven islands, and was presented by Michele Gammino and Simona Izzo.

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

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Jette	B	3	1	2	1	5	3	—	2	2	20
Gordola	CH	—	2	6	4	5	6	1	1	1	33
Sancerre	F	1	—	1	2	5	1	6	6	6	25
Charnwood	GB	2	12	—	6	6	5	5	3	3	44
La Maddalena	I	5	6	5	—	2	6	3	5	5	38
Tomar	P	6	3	4	5	—	2	2	4	6	29
Zadar	YU	4	5	4	3	2	—	4	7	4	33

Heat 2 was hosted by TV Zagreb on behalf of JRT on 8 June 1982 at the Rade Končar Stadium in Šibenik, Yugoslavia, was themed about the tales of the Brothers Grimm, and was presented by Dunja Figenvald [hr] and Minja Subota.

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

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Wielsbeke	B	4	12	2	1	—	5	6	7	6	43
Vallée de Joux	CH	1	4	1	1	3	—	1	1	1	13
Foix	F	6	4	4	5	5	12	—	6	5	47
Keswick	GB	—	1	6	1	4	3	5	3	7	30
San Benedetto del Tronto	I	3	—	5	1	1	1	2	4	3	20
Azores	P	2	4	—	6	2	2	6	5	2	29
Šibenik	YU	6	9	3	—	6	4	3	3	4	38

Heat 3 was hosted by Antenne 2 on 29 June 1982 at Île Saint-Germain in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, was themed about the means of transport through time, and was presented by Simone Garnier [fr] and Guy Lux.

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

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Spa	B	2	—	3	6	5	4	3	6	2	31
Romanshorn	CH	3	5	—	12	3	1	1	5	3	33
Issy-les-Moulineaux	F	6	4	2	—	6	5	5	7	4	39
Christchurch	GB	2	2	1	2	—	3	6	4	6	26
Lanuvio	I	4	1	5	3	3	—	2	2	5	25
Algarve	P	12	3	6	1	1	3	—	1	1	28
Čačak	YU	—	6	4	9	6	6	4	3	7	45

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, was themed about the customs, folklore, and festivals of the town, and was presented by Mascia Cantoni [it] and Ezio Guidi [it].

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

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Turnhout	B	5	6	—	12	3	5	4	5	2	42
Tesserete	CH	5	1	5	—	12	6	6	7	7	45
Vendôme	F	2	3	1	5	—	1	1	1	5	19
Lochgilphead	GB	6	5	1	1	4	—	2	2	4	25
Garda	I	2	4	6	4	1	6	—	6	6	35
Caldas da Rainha	P	—	2	1	3	3	3	9	4	7	32
Umag	YU	3	—	5	2	5	1	3	3	1	23

Heat 5 was hosted by RTP on 27 July 1982 at the grounds of a high school in Funchal, Portugal, was themed about the traditions of Madeira, and was presented by Eládio Clímaco, Alice Cruz [pt], and Maria João Carreira.

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

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Rochefort	B	6	4	9	5	4	—	4	7	1	40
Schinznach-Bad	CH	1	12	3	6	5	3	—	3	4	37
Lodève	F	—	12	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	25
Rotherham	GB	1	—	1	1	1	1	4	2	5	16
Recoaro Terme	I	1	2	—	3	3	6	1	5	7	28
Madeira	P	1	1	6	—	12	5	6	6	3	40
Novi Sad	YU	5	3	4	6	—	4	5	4	6	37

Heat 6 was hosted by the BBC on 10 August 1982 at the grounds of the Castle of Sherborne, United Kingdom, was themed about pirates, and was presented by Stuart Hall and Brian Cant.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	CH	Versoix	46
2	YU	Ulcinj	39
3	GB	West Dorset	38
3	P	Mateus (Vila Real) [pt]	38
5	F	Dieppe	34
6	I	Lizzano	30
7	B	Frameries	14

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Frameries	B	—	1	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	14
Versoix	CH	6	—	6	12	3	4	6	5	4	46
Dieppe	F	1	4	—	4	2	9	2	7	5	34
West Dorset	GB	3	9	4	—	4	1	5	6	6	38
Lizzano	I	2	3	3	3	—	6	5	5	3	30
Vila Real-Mateus	P	5	6	5	9	6	—	1	5	1	38
Ulcinj	YU	4	2	2	1	6	12	—	5	7	39

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 Mike Verdrengh [nl] and Walter Capiau [nl].

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

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Ghent	B	1	3	3	—	6	3	4	7	7	34
Plaffeien	CH	4	6	1	6	—	6	2	6	6	37
Le Cannet	F	3	4	6	4	6	—	6	5	5	39
Gloucester	GB	6	5	9	2	1	6	—	4	4	37
Maratea	I	—	1	3	1	5	2	1	1	3	17
Viseu	P	1	—	12	3	2	1	5	3	1	28
Jajce	YU	5	1	—	5	3	9	3	2	2	30

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

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.

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

Team	Country	Games[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	FR	8	Total
Rochefort	B	—	12	5	3	2	6	5	7	5	45
Versoix	CH	6	5	12	—	6	4	1	1	3	38
Foix	F	3	2	2	2	3	4	—	3	4	24
Charnwood	GB	5	1	1	4	9	—	3	5	2	30
La Maddalena	I	9	3	—	5	2	1	4	2	7	33
Madeira	P	2	—	3	2	4	2	12	4	6	35
Čačak	YU	2	4	4	6	—	3	2	6	1	28

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 live heat 1 and the final.

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Presenter(s)/Commentator(s)	Ref.
Belgium	RTBF	RTBF1	Paule Herreman	[1]
	BRT	TV1	Mike Verdrengh [nl]
France	Antenne 2		Simone Garnier [fr] Guy Lux Claude Savarit
Italy	RAI	Rete 2	Michele Gammino Simona Izzo
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
		TVZ 1	unknown