"Terminal 3" was the entry in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1984 The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, the 29th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song " Si la vie est cadeau" by Corinne Hermes. Organised b ...

, performed in

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Linda Martin Linda Martin (born 27 March 1952) is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known as the winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest during which she represented Ireland with the song " Why Me?". She is also known within Irelan ...

. The song was written and composed by previous contest winner Johnny Logan, who had won for Ireland in the 1980 contest and would later go on to win the 1987 contest as a performer before writing another song for Martin to win in with. The result of this song is thus part of Logan's positioning as the most successful contest entrant in history. The song itself is a moderately up-tempo number, with Martin singing about her feelings while waiting for her lover to disembark from a

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from the

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. She sings that her own feelings for him have not changed and that she hopes that the same is true of him, although "he's been away too long now". The central motif of the song is the line "Terminal Three: flight's on time", and Logan has stated he was inspired to write the song while waiting in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 3 for a flight home. The original promotional video features Martin travelling to, and eventually (in an inset) meeting her lover at

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, which was a single terminal airport at the time and still does not have a Terminal 3. Before the contest, the song had been considered one of the favourites to win and had attracted attention from the media. The song was performed ninth on the night, following 's

Jacques Zegers Jacques Zegers (born 25 June 1947, Brussels) is a Belgian singer, best known for his participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest. Early career Born in Brussels to a Belgians, Belgian mother and French people, French father, Zegers began ...

with " Avanti la vie" and preceding 's

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with "

Det' lige det Denmark was represented by Hot Eyes (the name chosen for use at Eurovision by Kirsten & Søren), with the song "Det' lige det", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. "Det' lige det" was chosen as the D ...

". At the close of voting, it had received 137 points, placing 2nd in a field of 19. It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1985 contest by Maria Christian with " Wait Until The Weekend Comes".

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{{Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Eurovision songs of 1984 Eurovision songs of Ireland Linda Martin songs Songs written by Johnny Logan (singer)