Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 22 April 1978 |
Host | |
Venue | Palais des Congrès Paris, France |
Presenter(s) |
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Musical director | François Rauber |
Directed by | Bernard Lion |
Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
Host broadcaster | Télévision Française 1 (TF1) |
Interval act |
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Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 20 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries |
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Non-returning countries | None |
Participation map
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
Nul points in final | Norway |
Winning song | Israel "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Paris, France, following the country's victory at the 1977 contest with the song "L'oiseau et l'enfant" by Marie Myriam. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Télévision Française 1 (TF1), the contest was held at the Palais des Congrès on Saturday 22 April 1978 and was hosted by French television presenters Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone. This was the first time that more than one presenter had hosted the contest and the first to have a male presenter since 1956. In addition to hosting, the two presenters also served as commentators for France.
Twenty countries participated, the highest number of competing countries in the history of the competition at the time. Denmark and Turkey returned to the contest. Denmark had not participated since 1966, 12 years before.
The winner of the contest was Israel with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta. Although 'A-Ba-Ni-Bi' is the correct title, French television mistakenly captioned on screen the song title as 'Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee'. The winning entry was a love song sung in the Hebrew equivalent of Ubbi dubbi (the title is an expansion of the Hebrew word ani אני, meaning "I"). This was Israel's first Eurovision win, and it was also the first winning song to be performed in one of the Semitic languages. Furthermore, it was the first, and to date, the only winning song to be conducted by a woman- Nurit Hirsh. Norway finished last for the fifth time, gaining the first nul points after the current voting system was implemented in 1975.
Location[]
The event took place in Paris, the capital and largest city of France, with the host venue being the Palais des congrès de Paris which is a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974.
Format[]
The postcards were filmed live, featuring the artists making their way to the stage. They took a corridor, then an elevator. Leaving the lift, they were greeted by the previous participants and then made their entrances to the stage. The camera also made several shots of the audience, notably Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.
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 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.
Participating countries[]
Denmark returned to the competition after having been absent for twelve years, while Turkey did so after missing out two years.[1]
Conductors[]
Each performance had a conductor who directed the orchestra.[2][3]
- Ireland – Noel Kelehan
- Norway – Carsten Klouman
- Italy – Nicola Samale
- Finland – Ossi Runne
- Portugal –
- France – Alain Goraguer
- Spain –
- United Kingdom – Alyn Ainsworth
- Switzerland –
- Belgium –
- Netherlands – Harry van Hoof
- Turkey – Onno Tunç
- Germany –
- Monaco – Yvon Rioland
- Greece – Haris Andreadis
- Denmark – Helmer Olesen
- Luxembourg – Rolf Soja
- Israel – Nurit Hirsh
- Austria –
- Sweden –
Returning artists[]
This section does not cite any sources. (March 2020) |
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Jean Vallée | Belgium | 1970 |
Norbert Niedermeyer (as part of Springtime) | Austria | 1972 (as part of The Milestones) |
Ireen Sheer | Germany | 1974 (for Luxembourg) |
Trio La la la (backings for José Vélez) | Spain | 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975 (all years as backings) |
Results[]
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language[4][5] | Place[6] | Points |
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01 | Ireland | Colm C. T. Wilkinson | "Born to Sing" | English | 5 | 86 |
02 | Norway | Jahn Teigen | "Mil etter mil" | Norwegian | 20 | 0 |
03 | Italy | Ricchi e Poveri | "Questo amore" | Italian | 12 | 53 |
04 | Finland | Seija Simola | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" | Finnish | 18 | 2 |
05 | Portugal | Gemini | "Dai li dou" | Portuguese | 17 | 5 |
06 | France | Joël Prévost | "Il y aura toujours des violons" | French | 3 | 119 |
07 | Spain | José Vélez | "Bailemos un vals" | Spanish[a] | 9 | 65 |
08 | United Kingdom | Co-Co | "The Bad Old Days" | English | 11 | 61 |
09 | Switzerland | "Vivre" | French | 9 | 65 | |
10 | Belgium | Jean Vallée | "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" | French | 2 | 125 |
11 | Netherlands | Harmony | "'t Is OK" | Dutch | 13 | 37 |
12 | Turkey | Nilüfer and Nazar | "Sevince" | Turkish | 18 | 2 |
13 | Germany | Ireen Sheer | "Feuer" | German | 6 | 84 |
14 | Monaco | Olivier Toussaint | and"Les jardins de Monaco" | French | 4 | 107 |
15 | Greece | Tania Tsanaklidou | "Charlie Chaplin" (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν) | Greek | 8 | 66 |
16 | Denmark | Mabel | "Boom Boom" | Danish | 16 | 13 |
17 | Luxembourg | Baccara | "Parlez-vous français ?" | French | 7 | 73 |
18 | Israel | Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta | "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (א-ב-ני-בי) | Hebrew | 1 | 157 |
19 | Austria | Springtime | "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" | German[b] | 15 | 14 |
20 | Sweden | Björn Skifs | "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" | Swedish | 14 | 26 |
Scoreboard[]
Ireland | 86 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
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Norway | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 53 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Finland | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Portugal | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
France | 119 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | |
Spain | 65 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
United Kingdom | 61 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||
Switzerland | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
Belgium | 125 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||
Netherlands | 37 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 84 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
Monaco | 107 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |||
Greece | 66 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Denmark | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 73 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
Israel | 157 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | ||
Austria | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Sweden | 26 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
12 points[]
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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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 |
Spokespersons[]
This section needs additional citations for verification. (July 2021) |
Listed below is the order in which votes were cast during the 1978 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.
- Ireland – John Skehan
- Norway – [9]
- Italy –
- Finland – Kaarina Pönniö[10]
- Portugal –
- France – Marc Menant
- Spain – Matías Prats Luque
- United Kingdom – Colin Berry[3]
- Switzerland – Michel Stocker[11]
- Belgium – André Hagon
- Netherlands – Dick van Bommel
- Turkey – Meral Savcı
- Germany – [12]
- Monaco – Carole Chabrier
- Greece – Niki Venega
- Denmark – Jens Dreyer
- Luxembourg – Jacques Harvey
- Israel – [13]
- Austria –
- Sweden – Sven Lindahl[14]
Broadcasts[]
This section needs additional citations for verification. (July 2021) |
Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Austria | FS2 | ||
Hitradio Ö3 | |||
Belgium | RTBF1 | French: Claude Delacroix | |
BRT1 | Dutch: Luc Appermont | [15] | |
RTB La Première | French: | ||
BRT Radio 1 | Dutch: | and Herwig Haes||
Denmark | DR TV | Jørgen de Mylius | [16] |
DR P3 | |||
Finland | YLE TV1 | Erkki Toivanen | [17] |
YLE Rinnakkaisohjelma | TBC | ||
France | TF1 | Léon Zitrone and Denise Fabre | [18] |
France Inter | and | ||
Germany | Deutsches Fernsehen | Werner Veigel | [19] |
Deutschlandfunk/Bayern 2 | Wolf Mittler | ||
Greece | ERT | [20] | |
Proto Programma | |||
Ireland | RTÉ | Larry Gogan | |
RTÉ Radio | Mike Murphy | ||
Israel | Israeli Television | No commentator | |
Italy | Rete 2 and Rai Radio 2 | Tullio Grazzini | |
Luxembourg | RTL Télé Luxembourg | Jacques Navadic | [18] |
RTL | |||
Monaco | Télé Monte Carlo | José Sacré | |
Netherlands | Nederland 2 | Willem Duys | [21] |
Hilversum 3 | |||
Norway | NRK | Bjørn Scheele | [22] |
NRK P1 | |||
Portugal | RTP1 | Eládio Clímaco | [23] |
RDP Programa 1 | |||
Spain | TVE1 | [24] | |
Sweden | SR TV1 | Ulf Elfving | [14] |
SR P3 | Kent Finell | [14] | |
Switzerland | TV DRS | German: | |
TSR | French: | [25] | |
TSI | Italian: Giovanni Bertini | ||
RSR 1 | French: Robert Burnier | [26] | |
Turkey | Ankara Television | Bülend Özveren | |
Radyo 3 | Şebnem Savaşçı | ||
United Kingdom | BBC1 | Terry Wogan | [3][27] |
BBC Radio 2 | Ray Moore | [3] |
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Algeria | ENTV | Unknown | [3] |
Czechoslovakia | ČST | Unknown | [3] |
East Germany | Deutscher Fernsehfunk | Unknown | [3] |
Hong Kong | RTHK | Unknown | [3] |
Hungary | RTV | Unknown | [3] |
Iceland | Sjónvarpið | Ragna Ragnars | [3][28] |
Japan | TBC | Unknown | [3] |
Jordan | JRTV | Unknown | [3] |
Morocco | TVM | Unknown | [3] |
Poland | TVP | Unknown | [3] |
Soviet Union | Soviet Central Television | Unknown | [3] |
Tunisia | RTT | Unknown | [3] |
United Arab Emirates | Dubai Radio and Colour Television | Unknown | [3] |
Yugoslavia | TVB 2 | Serbo-Croatian: Milovan Ilić | [3] |
TVZ 1 | Serbo-Croatian: Oliver Mlakar | ||
TVL 1 | Slovene: |
Incidents[]
Israeli winning reactions[]
Israeli 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 political commentator 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,[29] later announcing that the Belgian entry (which finished second) was the winner. This was also the first broadcast of the contest in the USSR, and until 1988 only partial performances was shown, each time with the exception of representatives of Israel.[30]
Notes[]
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