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🔴 1978 Eurovision Song Contest Full Show From Paris (English Commentary by Terry Wogan)
Date: 22 April 1978 - Host Venue: Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
Presenters: Denise Fabre, Léon Zitrone - Musical director: François Rauber
Directed by Bernard Lion - Executive supervisor: Frank Naef
Host broadcaster: Télévision Française 1 (TF1)
Interval act: Stéphane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson, Yehudi Menuhin, Kenny Clarke, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. The contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". Although 'A-Ba-Ni-Bi' is the correct title, French television mistakenly captioned on screen the song title as 'Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee'. The presenters were Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone, and this was the first time more than one presenter hosted an edition of the Contest and the first to have a male presenter since 1956. In addition, the two presenters served as commentators for France. Twenty countries participated, a record at the time.
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, which was also the first winning song to be performed in one of the Semitic languages. 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 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, later announcing that the Belgian entry (which finished second) was the winner. Television of the USSR for the first time showed a competition, and until 1988 only performances of several participants, each time with the exception of representatives of Israel. Norway finished last for the fifth time, gaining the first nul points during the current voting system was implemented in 1975.
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 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.
Results:
Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
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" Spanisha 9 65
08 United Kingdom Co-Co "The Bad Old Days" English 11 61
09 Switzerland Carole Vinci "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 & Nazar "Sevince" Turkish 18 2
13 Germany Ireen Sheer "Feuer" German 6 84
14 Monaco Caline & Olivier Toussaint "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" Germanb 15 14
20 Sweden Björn Skifs "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" Swedish 14 26
Timeline:
0:11:35 5) 🇮🇪 Ireland / 86 points
0:15:18 20) 🇳🇴 Norway / 0 points
0:19:15 12) 🇮🇹 Italy / 53 points
0:23:44 18) 🇫🇮 Finland / 2 points (tie)
0:27:44 17) 🇵🇹 Portugal / 5 points
0:32:08 3) 🇫🇷 France /🥉119 points
0:35:46 9) 🇪🇸 Spain / 65 points (tie)
0:40:00 11) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / 61 points
0:44:14 9) 🇨🇭 Switzerland / 65 points (tie)
0:48:32 2) 🇧🇪 Belgium /🥈125 points
0:53:33 13) 🇳🇱 Netherlands / 37 points
0:56:53 18) 🇹🇷 Turkey / 2 points (tie)
1:01:04 6) 🇩🇪 Germany / 84 points
1:05:29 4) 🇲🇨 Monaco / 107 points
1:09:24 8) 🇬🇷 Greece / 66 points
1:14:12 16) 🇩🇰 Denmark / 13 points
1:18:06 7) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg / 73 points
1:22:33 1) 🇮🇱 Israel /🥇🏆157 points
1:27:06 15) 🇦🇹 Austria / 14 points
1:30:53 14) 🇸🇪 Sweden / 26 points
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