Eurovision Song Contest 1978

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Eurovision Song Contest 1978
ESC 1978 logo.png
Dates
Final date 22 April 1978
Host
Venue Palais des Congrès
Paris, France
Presenter(s) Denise Fabre
Léon Zitrone
Conductor François Rauber [1]
Host broadcaster France TF1
Interval act Stéphane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson,
Yehudi Menuhin,
Kenny Clarke,
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Participants
Number of entries 20
Debuting countries None
Returning countries  Denmark
 Turkey
Withdrawing countries None
Participation map
  • ESC 1978 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  Norway
Winning song  Israel
"A-Ba-Ni-Bi"
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd of its kind, and was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone as the presenters - the first time more than one presenter hosted the contest - the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".

The winning entry is a love song sung in the Hebrew equivalent of Ubbi dubbi. Translating the translation of the title it's rendered "I love you" in English. This was Israel's first Eurovision win. The win caused problems for several North African and Middle-Eastern nations that were televising the contest, even though they were not participating. According to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor in his book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, when Israel became the clear winners during the voting, most of the Arabic stations ended their transmission of the contest. Jordanian TV finished the show with a photo of a bunch of daffodils on screen,[2] later announcing that the Belgian entry (which finished second) was the winner. Norway finished last for the fifth time, gaining the first nul points during the current voting system was implemented in 1975.

This was the first Contest in which both Greece and Turkey participated; Greece made its debut in the Contest in 1974 in Brighton, the following year they withdrew in response to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in protest of Turkey's participation in Stockholm. Greece subsequently returned in 1976 in The Hague with a song about the Cyprus crisis, "Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou", the English version of which was entitled "The death of Cyprus", and they also participated in 1977 in London with "Mathima Solfege", Turkey then in turn pulled out from the Contest in protest of the Greek participations. This pattern would repeat over the following years; in 1979 Greece took part in the Contest with "Sokrati" in Jerusalem - but Turkey withdrew. In 1980 both countries returned, with "Autostop" and "Pet'r Oil" respectively. Despite Turkey's failure to recognize the Greek government in Cyprus, all three countries performed together when Cyprus debuted in 1981.

Denmark returned to the contest this year, for the first time since 1966.

Björn Skifs was unhappy with the rule that every country would have to perform in their native language. He planned to sing in English anyway, but changed his mind at the very last moment, causing him to completely forget the lyrics. He therefore sang the first few lines in gibberish before finding the words again.

Along with the 20 participating countries, the show was also broadcast live in Yugoslavia, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Dubai, Hong Kong, the Soviet Union and Japan.

Contents

[edit] Individual Entries

Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

[edit] Results

Draw Country Language[3] Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Ireland English Colm C. T. Wilkinson "Born to Sing" – 5 86
02  Norway Norwegian Jahn Teigen "Mil etter mil" Mile after mile 20 0
03  Italy Italian Ricchi e Poveri "Questo amore" This love 12 53
04  Finland Finnish Seija Simola "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" Give love a chance 18 2
05  Portugal Portuguese Gemini "Dai li dou" – 17 5
06  France French Joël Prévost "Il y aura toujours des violons" There will always be violins 3 119
07  Spain Spanish José Vélez "Bailemos un vals" Let's dance a waltz 9 65
08  United Kingdom English Co-Co "The Bad Old Days" – 11 61
09  Switzerland French Carole Vinci "Vivre" Living 9 65
10  Belgium French Jean Vallée "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" Love, it makes life sing 2 125
11  Netherlands Dutch Harmony "'t Is OK" It's OK 13 37
12  Turkey Turkish Nilüfer & Nazar "Sevince" When someone loves... 18 2
13  Germany German Ireen Sheer "Feuer" Fire 6 84
14  Monaco French Caline & Olivier Toussaint "Les jardins de Monaco" The gardens of Monaco 4 107
15  Greece Greek Tania Tsanaklidou "Charlie Chaplin"
(Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν)		 – 8 66
16  Denmark Danish Mabel "Boom Boom" – 16 13
17  Luxembourg French Baccara "Parlez-vous français?" Do you speak French? 7 73
18  Israel Hebrew Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (א-ב-ני-בי) I love you 1 157
19  Austria German1 Springtime "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" – 15 14
20  Sweden Swedish Björn Skifs "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" It always becomes worse
when the night comes		 14 26
1.^ The Austrian entry also contains some lyrics in English.

[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.

[edit] Score sheet

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

[edit] Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Jean Vallée  Belgium 1970
Ireen Sheer  Germany 1974 (for Luxembourg)

[edit] Commentators

[edit] Television

[edit] Radio

[edit] Spokespersons

[edit] National jury members

[edit] References

  1. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy (2007). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History. UK: Carlton Books. pp. 217. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3. 
  2. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
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  6. ^ http://21595.activeboard.com/t3895343/comentadores-do-esc/
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  8. ^ http://eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=20310&start=45
  9. ^ Eurovision Song Contest 1978 BBC Archives
  10. ^ Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kiken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 ISBN 90-209-5274-9
  11. ^ http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content/esf480.asp
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  18. ^ http://www.infosajten.com/esc/esc/swedishspokesmen.html
  19. ^ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
  20. ^ http://www.viisukuppila.fi/phpBB3/yleista/topic1578-30.html
  21. ^ Baumann, Peter Ramón (OGAE Switzerland)
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