Eurovision Song Contest 1978
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1978 |
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| Final | 22 April 1978 |
| Presenter(s) | Denise Fabre Léon Zitrone |
| Conductor | Alain Goraguer |
| Host broadcaster |  TF1 |
| Venue | Palais des Congrès, Paris, France |
| Winning song |  Israel"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" |
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| Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Denmark Turkey |
| Withdrawing countries | None |
| Nul points |  Norway |
| Interval act | Stéphane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson, Yehudi Menuhin, Kenny Clarke, Nils Henning Ørsted Pedersen |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition series, and was held on April 22, 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone as the presenters, 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 Pig Latin. 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 [1], later announcing that the Belgian entry (which finished second) was the winner.
Jahn Teigen, Norway, was the first artist to achieve 0 points in the contest after the current voting system was introduced. (And later the same year he released his album This Year's Loser.)
Denmark returned to the contest this year, for the first time since 1966.
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[edit] Results
| Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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German | Springtime | Mrs. Caroline Robinson | Mrs. Caroline Robinson | 15 | 14 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
French | Jean Vallee | L'Amour Ça Fait Chanter La Vie | Love, It Makes Life Sing | 2 | 125 |
| Denmark |
Danish | Mabel | Boom Boom | Boom-Boom | 16 | 13 |
 Finland |
Finnish | Seija Simola | Anna Rakkaudelle Tilaisuus | Give Love A Chance | 18 | 2 |
| France |
French | Joel Prevost | Il Y Aura Toujours Des Violons | There Will Always Be Violins | 3 | 119 |
 Germany |
German | Ireen Sheer | Feuer | Fire | 6 | 84 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978).svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
Greek | Tania Tsanaclidou | Charlie Chaplin (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν) | Charlie Chaplin | 8 | 66 |
 Ireland |
English | Colm C T Wilkinson | Born to Sing | - | 5 | 86 |
| Israel |
Hebrew | Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta | A-Ba-Ni-Bi (א-ב-ני-בי) | I Love You | 1 | 157 |
 Italy |
Italian | Ricchi e Poveri | Questo Amore | This Love | 12 | 53 |
 Luxembourg |
French | Baccara | Parlez-Vous Français? | Do You Speak French? | 7 | 73 |
 Monaco |
French | Caline & Olivier Toussaint | Les Jardins De Monaco | The Gardens Of Monaco | 4 | 107 |
 Netherlands |
Dutch | Harmony | 'T Is OK | It's OK | 13 | 37 |
| Norway |
Norwegian | Jahn Teigen | Mil Etter Mil | Mile After Mile | 20 | 0 |
 Portugal |
Portuguese | Gemini | Dai Li Dou | Die Lee Doo | 17 | 5 |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain_(1977-1981).svg.png){kind=small} Spain |
Spanish | José Vélez | Bailemos Un Vals | Let's Dance A Waltz | 9 | 65 |
 Sweden |
Swedish | Björn Skifs | Det Blir Alltid Värre Framåt Natten | It Always Becomes Worse When The Night Comes | 14 | 26 |
 Switzerland |
French | Carole Vinci | Vivre | Living | 9 | 65 |
| Turkey |
Turkish | Nilüfer (singer), Nazar (band) | Sevince | Love | 18 | 2 |
 United Kingdom |
English | Co-Co | The Bad Old Days | - | 11 | 61 |
[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.
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Ireland | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Italy | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| France | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Switzerland | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Monaco | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Greece | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Israel | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Sweden | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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[edit] References
- ^ 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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