Eurovision Song Contest 1979

24th Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 31, 1979
Host country	Israel
venue	International Convention Center , Jerusalem
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Daniel Pe'er & Yardena Arazi
Pause filler	Shalom '79
participating countries	19th
winner	Israel
Withdrawn participants	Turkey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 1978 • ESC 1980 ►

The 24th Eurovision Song Contest took place on March 31, 1979 in the International Convention Center in Jerusalem , since Israel had won the 23rd competition last year with A-Ba-Ni-Bi by Izhar Cohen . Israel had to bring forward the introduction of color television especially for the music competition.

particularities

Co-interpreter of the winning title: Gali Atari

It won Israel again with the title Hallelujah , sung by " Gali Atari and Milk & Honey ". In Germany it became a hit, although it did not receive any points from the German jury. Under this rating system, it was the first time that the winning song received no points from Germany.

Germany took fourth place with the song Dschinghis Khan , composed by Ralph Siegel and written by Bernd Augener , sung by the group of the same name . Peter, Sue & Marc and Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri came in 10th place with Trödler and Co. for Switzerland. Christina Simon with the contribution Austria Today in Jerusalem had to share the last place with Belgium.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC but not in 1979

Turkey had already announced the title Seviyorum (in German "I love") by Maria Rita Epik , but then, under pressure from various neighboring Arab countries, preferred to stay away from the competition held in Jerusalem. Therefore “only” 19 countries took part in the competition.

Voting procedure

The voting procedure introduced in 1975 applied again this year. 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 Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	Points
01.	10	Israel	Gali Atari and Milk and Honey גלי עטרי וחלב ודבש	Hallelujah (הללויה) M: Kobi Oshrat; T: Shimrit Orr	Hebrew	Alleluia	125
02.	19th	Spain	Betty Missiego	Su canción M / T: Fernando Moreno	Spanish	Your song	116
03.	11	France	Anne-Marie David	Je suis l'enfant-soleil M: Hubert Giraud; T: Eddy Marnay	French	I am the sun child	106
04th	09	BR Germany	Genghis Khan	Dschinghis Khan M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	German	-	086
05.	04th	Ireland	Cathal Dunne	Happy Man M / T: Cathal Dunne	English	Lucky man	080
06th	03	Denmark	Tommy Seebach	Disco Tango M: Tommy Seebach ; T: Keld Heick	Danish	Disco tango	076
07th	17th	United Kingdom	Black Lace	Mary Ann M / T: Peter Morris	English	-	073
08th.	07th	Greece	Elpida Ελπίδα	Sokrati (Σωκράτη) M: Doros Georgiadis; T: Sotia Tsotu	Greek	Socrates	069
09.	01	Portugal	Manuela Bravo	Sobe, sobe, balão sobe M / T: Carlos Nobrega e Sousa	Portuguese	So rise, rise, balloon, rise	064
10.	08th	Switzerland	Peter, Sue & Marc and Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri	Junk and Co. M / T: Peter Reber	German	-	060
11.	16	Norway	Anita Skorgan	Oliver M: Anita Skorgan; T: Philip A. Kruse	Norwegian	-	057
12.	14th	Netherlands	Xandra	Colorado M: Rob Bolland; T: Ferdi Bolland, Gerard Cox	Dutch	-	051
13.	13	Luxembourg	Jeane Manson	J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux M / T: Jean Renard	French	I've seen it in your eyes	044
14th	05	Finland	Katri Helena	Katson sineen taivaan M: Matti Siitonen; T: Vexi Salmi	Finnish	I look at the blue sky	038
15th	02	Italy	Matia Bazaar	Raggio di luna M: Antonella Ruggiero, Piero Cassano, Carlo Marrale; T: Salvatore Stellita, Giancarlo Golzi	Italian	Moonbeam	027
16.	06th	Monaco	Laurent Vaguener	Notre vie c'est la musique M: Paul de Senneville, Jean Baudlot; T: Jean Albertini, Didier Barbelivien	French	Our life is music	012
17th	15th	Sweden	Ted Gärdestad	Satellite M: Ted Gärdestad; T: Kenneth Gärdestad	Swedish	-	008th
18th	12	Belgium	Micha Marah	Hey Nana M: Charles Dumolin; T: Guy Beyers	Dutch	-	005
18th	18th	Austria	Christina Simon	Today in Jerusalem M: Peter Wolf ; T: André Heller	German	-	005

Scoring

Map of scoring for the winning title from Israel by country

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	POR	ITA	THE	IRL	FIN	MON	GRC	SUI	GER	ISR	FRA	BEL	LUX	NLD	SWE	NOR	GBR	AUT	ESP
Portugal	064	-	6th			2	5		4th	4th		10	5	3	3	3	6th		7th	6th
Italy	027	8th	-			8th											3			8th
Denmark	076			-	2		3	12	1	10	12	6th	7th	4th	8th	1		3	3	4th
Ireland	080	5	5	5	-	6th		10	6th	6th	3		10	7th		8th	5	4th
Finland	038		7th			-		7th	8th	5		5		6th
Monaco	012	1	2	4th			-					3								2
Greece	069	10		1	4th		7th	-	7th	2	10	4th	1	5	7th	2			2	7th
Switzerland	060			7th	1	10	2	2	-	7th	4th	7th					8th		12
BR Germany	086	2	1	12	5	3	12			-	6th	12	4th	1	2	6th		8th		12
Israel	125	12		6th	12	12	8th	4th	5		-	1	2	8th	1	12	12	12	8th	10
France	106	6th	10			1	10	8th	10		5	-	6th	12	12	5	7th	6th	5	3
Belgium	005			2						1			-					2
Luxembourg	044	7th			3	4th	4th	5	3			2		-	4th		2	10
Netherlands	051			8th	10	5		3		3	7th		3		-	4th	4th		4th
Sweden	008th				6th			1			1					-
Norway	057	3	3		8th		6th				2		8th	2	6th	10	-	7th	1	1
United Kingdom	073	4th	8th	10	7th	7th	1		2	8th					5		10	-	6th	5
Austria	005		4th															1	-
Spain	116		12	3				6th	12	12	8th	8th	12	10	10	7th	1	5	10	-

* 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