VENUE Wembley Conference Centre, London		ENTRIES 18
HOST Angela Rippon		DEBUTS None

This was the contest that almost didn't happen. It was originally postponed by industrial action at the BBC but eventually went ahead later that spring, as the BBC brought UK hosting temporarily back to the capital. The between song postcards were abandoned during the rehearsals when Norwegian TV objected to the shots of their contestant enjoying herself maybe a little too much in a nightclub, meaning that between songs the TV audience were treated to shots of the live audience fidgetting in their seats.

A major chart act of the time, Silver Convention represented Germany, fresh from two top 2 singles in the USA with 'Fly Robin Fly' and 'Get Up and Boogie'. However, by '77 their appeal was on the wane and they never looked like winning. Their song 'Telegram' only made no. 103 in America.  Even at its height of world domination, disco never did itself justice at the contest.

Presenter Angela Rippon (still basking in her new-found celebrity after wowing the previous years Morecambe and Wise Christmas show) and prize presenter Sir Charles Curran were kept waiting by winner Marie Myriam as a cameraman tripped over backstage. Today Marie regularly pops up to present the French votes on the big night as a stark reminder of French glory gone by.  1977 saw the last victory to date of this colossus of early Eurovision.  

WINNER: France

L'OISEAU ET L'ENFANT by Marie Myriam

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