Eurovision Song Contest 1978
23rd Eurovision Song Contest | |
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date | April 22, 1978 |
Host country | France |
venue | Palais des Congrès , Paris |
Broadcasting television station | |
Moderation | Denise Fabre and Léon Lemon |
Pause filler | Stéphane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson ; Yehudi Menuhin ; Kenny Clarke ; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen |
participating countries | 20th |
winner | Israel |
Returning participants | Denmark , Turkey |
Voting rule | In each country a jury awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs. |
◄ ESC 1977 • ESC 1979 ► |
The 23rd Concours Eurovision de la Chanson , the official title this year, took place on April 22nd, 1978 in the French capital Paris .
particularities
Israel , which has been participating since 1973, won this competition with Izhar Cohen and his accompanying group, who performed the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi . Second place went to Belgium , third to hosts France . If the French song had won, it would most likely have been disqualified as it emerged on the day of rehearsal that Il y aura toujours des violons had been released as early as 1976.
For the first time, the competition was presented jointly by two moderators. For the Federal Republic of Germany joined Ireen Sheer with the song Fire on. She reached 6th place, three places better than the Swiss Carole Vinci (Vivre) . For Austria , the Springtime group competed with Mrs. Caroline Robinson , but only reached 15th place.
Jahn Teigen competed for Norway . With his interpretation of the song Mil etter mil , he received no points from any country and went down in history as the first interpreter since the introduction of the new rating system in 1975 to receive zero points.
With CoCo and the Bad Old Days post , the UK failed to make the top 10 for the first time since debuting in 1957.
The competition was also broadcast live for the first time in Dubai and Jordan.
When it was clear that Israel would win, Jordanian television stopped broadcasting and showed a bouquet of daffodils. It was later announced that Belgium (which came second) had won the contest.
Attendees
Both Denmark and Turkey participated again, so that a new participation record was set this year with 20 countries.
Voting procedure
The voting procedure that had been introduced in 1975 applied again. In each country there was an eleven-member jury, which initially determined the ten best songs internally. Then the individual juries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs.
Placements
space | Start number | country | Interpreter | Title (M = music; T = text) |
language | translation | Points |
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1. | 18th | Israel |
Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta יזהר כהן והאלפא ביתא |
A-ba-ni-bi (א-ב-ני-בי) M: Nurit Hirsh; T: Ehud Mano |
Hebrew | I (in B language, a child's secret language; Ani = I, A-ba-ni-bi = I-bich) | 157 |
2. | 10 | Belgium | Jean Vallée |
L'amour ça fait chanter la vie M / T: Jean Vallée |
French | Love makes life sing | 125 |
3. | 6th | France | Joël Prévost |
Il y aura toujours des violons M: Gérard Stern; T: Didier Barbelivien |
French | There will always be violins | 119 |
4th | 14th | Monaco | Caline and Olivier Toussaint |
Dans les jardins de Monaco M: Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint; T: Jean Albertini, Didier Barbelivien |
French | In Monaco's gardens | 107 |
5. | 1 | Ireland | Colm T. Wilkinson |
Born to Sing M / T: Colm T. Wilkinson |
English | Born to sing | 86 |
6th | 13 | BR Germany | Ireen Sheer |
Fire M: Jean Frankfurter ; T: John Möring |
German | - | 84 |
7th | 17th | Luxembourg | Baccarat |
Parlez-vous français M: Rolf Soja ; T: Frank Dostal , Peter Zentner |
French | Do you speak French? | 73 |
8th. | 15th | Greece |
Tania Tsanaklidou Τάνια Τσανακλίδου |
Charlie Chaplin (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν) M: Sakis Tsilikis; T: Yannis Xanthulis |
Greek | - | 66 |
9. | 7th | Spain | José Vélez |
Bailemos un vals M / T: Manuel de la Calva, Ramón Arcusa |
Spanish | Let's dance a waltz | 65 |
9. | 9 | Switzerland | Carole Vinci |
Vivre M: Alain Morisod; T: Pierre Alain |
French | Life | 65 |
11. | 8th | United Kingdom | CoCo |
Bad Old Days M / T: Stephanie de Sykes, Stuart Slater |
English | The bad old days | 61 |
12. | 3 | Italy | Ricchi e Poveri |
Questo amore M: Dario Farina, Mauro Lusini; T: Sergio Bardotti |
Italian | This love | 53 |
13. | 11 | Netherlands | Harmony |
't Is OK M: Eddy Ouwens; T: Toon Gispen, Dick Kooiman |
Dutch | It is good | 37 |
14th | 20th | Sweden | Bjorn Skifs |
Det blir alltid värre framåt natten M / T: Peter Himmelstrand |
Swedish | It just keeps getting worse when the night comes | 26th |
15th | 19th | Austria | Springtime |
Mrs. Caroline Robinson M: Walter Markel, Gerhard Markel; T: Norbert Niedermayer, Gerhard Markel, Walter Markel |
German | - | 14th |
16. | 16 | Denmark | Mabel |
Boom-boom M / T: Peter Nielsen, Andy Kulmbak, Michael Trempenau , Christian Have |
Danish | - | 13 |
17th | 5 | Portugal | Gemini |
Dai-li-dou M: Victor Maméde; T: Carlos Quintas |
Portuguese | - | 5 |
18th | 4th | Finland | Seija Simola |
Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus M: Reijo Karvonen; T: Reijo Karvonen, Seija Simola |
Finnish | Give love a chance | 2 |
18th | 12 | Turkey | Nilüfer & Nazar |
Sevince M: Dağhan Baydur; T: Hulki Aktunç |
Turkish | When someone loves | 2 |
20th | 2 | Norway | Jahn Teigen |
Mil etter mil M / T: Kai Eide |
Norwegian | Mile after mile | 0 |
Scoring
* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 , p. 166.
- ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy: The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History . Carlton Books UK, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3