Eurovision Song Contest 1977

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Eurovision Song Contest 1977
ESC 1977 logo.svg
Dates
Final date 7 May 1977
Host
Venue Wembley Conference Centre
London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Angela Rippon
Conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst
Director Stewart Morris
Host broadcaster United Kingdom BBC
Opening act An aerial tour of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom
Interval act Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Men
Participants
Number of entries 18
Debuting countries None
Returning countries  Sweden
Withdrawing countries  Yugoslavia
Participation map
  • ESC 1977 Map.svg      Participating participants     Countries who have participated in the past but did not this year
Vote
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points None
Winning song  France
"L'oiseau et l'enfant"
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd contest, and was held on 7 May 1977 in London. With Angela Rippon as the presenter, the contest was won by Marie Myriam who represented France, with her song "L'oiseau et l'enfant" (The Bird and the Child). This was France's fifth victory, a record, which was equalled by Luxembourg in 1983 and the United Kingdom in 1997. It was equalled and beaten by Ireland in 1993 and 1994.

The language rule was brought back in this contest, four years after it had been dropped in 1973. However Germany and Belgium were allowed to sing in English, because they had already chosen the songs they were going to perform before the rule was reintroduced.

As noted in The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor, the contest was originally planned to be held on 2 April 1977, but because of a strike of BBC cameramen and technicians, it had to be postponed for a month.[1]

At one point before the contest Tunisia was going to participate but they withdrew. Had Tunisia gone ahead they would have appeared fourth on stage.[1] Yugoslavia also withdrew, and didn't return until 1981.

The Belgian act Dream Express had created some controversy in the press with reports that the three female members would wear transparent tops; this did not materialise for the actual event.[2]

Although Marie Myriam won, the song which finished second, "Rock Bottom", written and performed by Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran, was the most commercial with the European public since this song went on to become a top 10 hit in most European countries, unlike the winner "L'oiseau et l'enfant". The British conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst used an umbrella and wore a bowler hat.[3][4]

Contents

[edit] Individual Entries

Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977

[edit] Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Ireland English The Swarbriggs Plus Two "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" – 3 119
02  Monaco French Michèle Torr "Une petite française" A little French girl 4 96
03  Netherlands Dutch Heddy Lester "De mallemolen" The merry-go-round 12 36
04  Austria German Schmetterlinge "Boom Boom Boomerang" – 17 13
05  Norway Norwegian Anita Skorgan "Casanova" – 15 18
06  Germany English Silver Convention "Telegram" – 8 56
07  Luxembourg French Anne-Marie B "Frère Jacques" Brother John 16 17
08  Portugal Portuguese Os Amigos "Portugal no coração" Portugal in my heart 14 18
09  United Kingdom English Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran "Rock Bottom" – 2 122
10  Greece Greek Paschalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy "Mathima Solfege"
(Μάθημα σολφέζ)		 Music lesson 5 92
11  Israel Hebrew Ilanit "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim"
(אהבה היא שיר לשניים)		 Love is a song for two 11 50
12  Switzerland German Pepe Lienhard Band "Swiss Lady" – 6 71
13  Sweden Swedish Forbes "Beatles" – 18 2
14  Spain Spanish Micky "Enséñame a cantar" Teach me to sing 9 52
15  Italy Italian Mia Martini "Libera" Free 13 33
16  Finland Finnish Monica Aspelund "Lapponia" Lapland 10 51
17  Belgium English Dream Express "A Million in One, Two, Three" – 7 69
18  France French Marie Myriam "L'oiseau et l'enfant" The bird and the child 1 136

[edit] Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

Greece and France both gave points to countries in excess, 11 and 12 respectively. Greece gave 4 points to two countries: Spain and Austria with 3, 2 and 1 point given respectively to Finland, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Eventually Spain's score remained and Austria's score was reduced to 3. The following countries also achieved less points as Finland got 2, Netherlands got 1 and United Kingdom was left without a point from Greek jury. France gave 3 points to both Greece and Israel, 2 to Germany and 1 to both Austria and Belgium. Eventually Greek mark was left untouched, Israeli was reduced to 2, German was reduced to 1 with Austria and Belgium failing to receive any point from French jury. This was not corrected until after the contest, and may have contributed to the ascending order of votes introduced three years later.

placing :

1 France 136 pts 2 united kingdom 122 pts 3 Ireland 119 pts 4 Monaco 96 pts 5 Greece 92 pts 6 Switzerland 71 pts 7 Belgium 69 pts 8 Germany 56 pts 9 Spain 52 pts 10 Finland 51 pts 11 Israel 50 pts 12 Netherlands 36 pts 13 Italy 33 pts 14 Portugal 18 pts 15 Norway 18 pts 16 Luxembourg 17 pts 17 Austria 13 pts 18 Sweden 2 pts

[edit] Score sheet

  Results
ESCIrelandJ.svg ESCMonacoJ.svg ESCNetherlandsJ.svg ESCAustriaJ.svg ESCNorwayJ.svg ESCGermanyJ.svg ESCLuxembourgJ.svg ESCPortugalJ.svg ESCUnitedKingdomJ.svg ESCGreeceJ.svg ESCIsraelJ.svg ESCSwitzerlandJ.svg ESCSwedenJ.svg ESCSpainJ.svg ESCItalyJ.svg ESCFinlandJ.svg ESCBelgiumJ.svg ESCFranceJ.svg
Contestants Ireland   8 1 5 12 5 8 1 12 10 12 8 12 4 8 3 10
Monaco 5   8 1 6 1 6 7 12 2 6 10 8 12 5 2 5
Netherlands 3 3   1 1 1 7 1 10 8
Austria 5   2 3 1
Norway   3 2 2 1 5 5
Germany 1 1 3 2   2 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 1
Luxembourg 2   7 8
Portugal 2 2 1   4 3 6
United Kingdom 12 7 12 7 10 12 12   8 8 3 2 4 12 12
Greece 10 10 4 4 4 6 10 5   3 1 7 12 1 6 6 3
Israel 7 7 5 3 5   10 3 6 1 2
Switzerland 6 10 10 5 4 4 6 4   4 10 8
Sweden 2  
Spain 6 1 7 7 3 4 3   7 7 7
Italy 8 6 3 3 2 2   2 7
Finland 12 4 6 8 2 7 5 2   4
Belgium 4 12 6 8 4 7 10 5 6 4 3  
France 10 4 8 7 3 12 10 5 6 7 10 12 6 10 10 12 4  
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N. Recipient nation Voting nation
6 United Kingdom Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal
4 Ireland Israel, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
3 France Finland, Germany, Switzerland
2 Monaco Greece, Italy
1 Belgium Netherlands
Finland Ireland
Greece Spain

[edit] Conductors

Host conductor in bold

[edit] Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Beatrix Neudlinger (part of Schmetterlinge)  Austria 1972 (part of The Milestones)
Günter Grosslercher (part of Schmetterlinge)  Austria 1972 (part of The Milestones)
Patricia Maessen (part of Dream Express)  Belgium 1970 (for Netherlands; part of Hearts of Soul)
Bianca Maessen (part of Dream Express)  Belgium 1970 (for Netherlands; part of Hearts of Soul)
Stella Maessen (part of Dream Express)  Belgium 1970 (for Netherlands; part of Hearts of Soul)
The Swarbriggs  Ireland 1975
Ilanit  Israel 1973
Michèle Torr  Monaco 1966 (for Luxembourg)
Fernando Tordo (part of Os Amigos)  Portugal 1973
Paulo de Carvalho (part of Os Amigos)  Portugal 1974

[edit] Commentators

[edit] Television

[edit] Radio

[edit] Spokespersons

[edit] National jury members

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b O'Connor, John Kennedy (2007). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History. UK: Carlton Books. pp. 68. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3. 
  2. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy (2007). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History. UK: Carlton Books. pp. 71. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3. 
  3. ^ Leigh, Spencer (4 October 2007). "Obituary - Ronnie Hazlehurst". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/10/04/db0402.xml. 
  4. ^ "Obituary - Ronnie Hazlehurst". The Times. 3 October 2007. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2576976.ece. 
  5. ^ http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content/esf480.asp
  6. ^ http://www.scheibmaier.at/grissemann.html
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  11. ^ http://eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=20310&start=45
  12. ^ http://www.viisukuppila.fi/phpBB3/yleista/topic1578.html?sid=4004772ec986da0c3795a6f5dd54f0d4
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  14. ^ http://songcontest.free.fr/bdd/cec1977.htm
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  16. ^ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
  17. ^ http://21595.activeboard.com/t3895343/comentadores-do-esc/
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  20. ^ Baumann, Peter Ramón (OGAE Switzerland)
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