| VENUE
Wembley Conference Centre, London |
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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, with a distinct
absence of trimmings: Between songs, there were no postcards, rather shots
of the audience in the Wembley Conference Centre, and the interval
consisted of some amateurish footage of Acker Bilk serenading the
contestants in a nightclub.
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.
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 Marie Myriam as a cameraman tripped over backstage.
Today Marie regularly pops up to present the French votes on the big
night.
| Ireland |
It's Nice To Be In Love Again |
The Swarbriggs Plus Two |
3 |
| Monaco |
Une Petite Française |
Michèle Torr |
4 |
| Netherlands |
De Mallemolen |
Heddy Lester |
12 |
| Austria |
Boom Boom Boomerang |
Schmetterlinge |
17 |
| Norway |
Casanova |
Anita Skorgan |
14 |
| Germany |
Telegram |
Silver Convention |
8 |
| Luxembourg |
Frère Jacques |
Anne-Marie B. |
16 |
| Portugal |
Portugal No Coração |
Os Amigos |
14 |
| United Kingdom |
Rock Bottom |
Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran |
2 |
| Greece |
Máthema Solfége |
Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy |
5 |
| Israel |
Ahava Hi Shir Lish-Nayim |
Ilanit |
11 |
| Switzerland |
Swiss Lady |
Pepe Lienhard Band |
6 |
| Sweden |
Beatles |
Forbes |
18 |
| Spain |
Enséñame A Cantar |
Micky |
9 |
| Italy |
Liberà |
Mia Martini |
13 |
| Finland |
Lapponia |
Monica Aspelund |
10 |
| Belgium |
A Million In One Two Three |
Dream Express |
7 |
| France |
L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant |
Marie Myriam |
1 |
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