Intervision Song Contest
- For other uses, check Intervision (disambiguation).
The Intervision Song Contest (ISC) was the Eastern Bloc equivalent to the Eurovision Song Contest. Its organiser was the Intervision, the network of Eastern Europe television stations. It took place in the Forest Opera in Sopot, Poland.
The ISC was organised between 1977 and 1980. It replaced the Sopot International Song Festival (Sopot ISF) that had been held in Sopot since 1961. In 1981 martial law was introduced in Poland and the ISC/Sopot ISF was cancelled. From 1984 Polish television TVP resumed the organisation of this festival, but with the old name of the Sopot ISF. The winners of the Sopot ISF receive the Amber Nightingale.
Winners
- I ISC 1977 (= XVII Sopot ISF) -
Helena Vondráčková (Czechoslovakia) - "Malovaný džbánku" - II ISC 1978 (= XVIII Sopot ISF) -
Alla Pugacheva (Soviet Union) - "Vsio mogut koroli" - III ISC 1979 (= XIX Sopot ISF) -
Czesław Niemen (Poland) - "Nim przyjdzie wiosna" - IV ISC 1980 (= XX Sopot ISF)
Marion Rung (Finland) - "Where Is the Love".[1]- Marika Gombitová (Slovakia) - "Why?" (aka "Declaration")
Nikolai Gnatiuk (Russia) - "Dance on a Drum"
References
- ^ Waschko, Roman (1980-09-06). "Finn Singer Triumphant At Sopot Contest". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 65. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
Two competitions were held at the 4th Intervision Song Festival in Sopot August 20-23, 1980: one for artists representing television companies, the other for those representing record companies. In the first the jury considered the artistic merits of the songs entered; while in the second, it judged the performers' interpretation. The outcome was a victory for Finnish singer Marion in the first contest, "Where Is the Love?" taking the Grand Prix. Six year ago, the same artist won Grand Prix at the Sopot International Song Festival. First prize was shared by Czech performer, Marika Gombitová with "Declaration", and Russian Nikolai Gnatiuk for the song "Dance on a Drum".
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