Eurovision Song Contest 1978

23rd Eurovision Song Contest
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

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1978

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
01.	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
02.	10	Belgium	Jean Vallée	L'amour ça fait chanter la vie M / T: Jean Vallée	French	Love makes life sing	125
03.	06th	France	Joël Prévost	Il y aura toujours des violons M: Gérard Stern; T: Didier Barbelivien	French	There will always be violins	119
04th	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
05.	01	Ireland	Colm T. Wilkinson	Born to Sing M / T: Colm T. Wilkinson	English	Born to sing	086
06th	13	BR Germany	Ireen Sheer	Fire M: Jean Frankfurter ; T: John Möring	German	-	084
07th	17th	Luxembourg	Baccarat	Parlez-vous français M: Rolf Soja ; T: Frank Dostal , Peter Zentner	French	Do you speak French?	073
08th.	15th	Greece	Tania Tsanaklidou Τάνια Τσανακλίδου	Charlie Chaplin (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν) M: Sakis Tsilikis; T: Yannis Xanthulis	Greek	-	066
09.	07th	Spain	José Vélez	Bailemos un vals M / T: Manuel de la Calva, Ramón Arcusa	Spanish	Let's dance a waltz	065
09.	09	Switzerland	Carole Vinci	Vivre M: Alain Morisod; T: Pierre Alain	French	Life	065
11.	08th	United Kingdom	CoCo	Bad Old Days M / T: Stephanie de Sykes, Stuart Slater	English	The bad old days	061
12.	03	Italy	Ricchi e Poveri	Questo amore M: Dario Farina, Mauro Lusini; T: Sergio Bardotti	Italian	This love	053
13.	11	Netherlands	Harmony	't Is OK M: Eddy Ouwens; T: Toon Gispen, Dick Kooiman	Dutch	It is good	037
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	026th
15th	19th	Austria	Springtime	Mrs. Caroline Robinson M: Walter Markel, Gerhard Markel; T: Norbert Niedermayer, Gerhard Markel, Walter Markel	German	-	014th
16.	16	Denmark	Mabel	Boom-boom M / T: Peter Nielsen, Andy Kulmbak, Michael Trempenau , Christian Have	Danish	-	013
17th	05	Portugal	Gemini	Dai-li-dou M: Victor Maméde; T: Carlos Quintas	Portuguese	-	005
18th	04th	Finland	Seija Simola	Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus M: Reijo Karvonen; T: Reijo Karvonen, Seija Simola	Finnish	Give love a chance	002
18th	12	Turkey	Nilüfer & Nazar	Sevince M: Dağhan Baydur; T: Hulki Aktunç	Turkish	When someone loves	002
20th	02	Norway	Jahn Teigen	Mil etter mil M / T: Kai Eide	Norwegian	Mile after mile	000

Scoring

Map of scoring for the winning title from Israel by country

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	IRL	NOR	ITA	FIN	POR	FRA	ESP	GBR	SUI	BEL	NLD	DOOR	GER	MCO	GRC	THE	LUX	ISR	AUT	SWE
Ireland	086	-	12		3		5			7th	10		10	5		10		10		6th	8th
Norway	000		-
Italy	053	10	6th	-		1	4th	8th	6th	1	1		1	2	8th	2		3
Finland	002		2		-
Portugal	005			4th		-		1
France	119	6th	3	10	2	2	-	5	8th	6th	8th	6th	4th	10	5	8th	8th	1	5	12	10
Spain	065				7th			-		8th	2	4th	7th		4th	6th	12	2	6th	7th
United Kingdom	061	3				6th	2	3	-	2	4th	2	6th	8th	7th	3		5	2	5	3
Switzerland	065		5	1	1		7th	4th	2	-	7th	8th		6th	2		3	8th	1	10
Belgium	125	12	7th	6th	6th	4th	12	2	12	10	-	5		3	12	12		7th	7th	4th	4th
Netherlands	037			5					3			-		4th	1		5	6th	12		1
Turkey	002		1						1				-
BR Germany	084	1		3	12	7th		10		3	5	7th	8th	-	10	7th	1		3		7th
Monaco	107	4th	4th	7th	8th	5	1		10	5	6th	10	5	7th	-	4th	10		8th	1	12
Greece	066	7th		2	5	8th	10	7th		4th						-	4th	4th	10	3	2
Denmark	013						6th					1					-		4th	2
Luxembourg	073	2		12		12		12	7th		3	3	2		6th	1	7th	-			6th
Israel	157	8th	8th	8th	10	10	8th	6th	5	12	12	12	12	12	3	5	6th	12	-	8th
Austria	014th					3							3	1			2			-	5
Sweden	026th	5	10		4th		3		4th												-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy: The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History . Carlton Books UK, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3