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VENUE
Palais des Congres, Paris |
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ENTRIES 20 |
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HOSTS
Denise Fabre
Leon Zitrone |
DEBUTS None |
The first contest to be presented by a duo: Leon
Zitrone entered Eurovision history as the first male presenter since the
very first contest twenty-two years earlier, in
whose footsteps such illustrious names as Ronan Keating, Morten Harket and
Sir Terry Wogan would follow. Greece and Turkey competed
together for the first time and Denmarks return after a dozen
years upped the field once more to a new record of twenty.
The first two entries were a double
whammy: Colm
Wilkinson, on his way to becoming a major musicals star, gave it loads for
Ireland, and then second up was Jan Teigen, with a performance not so much
over the top as over the horizon. Teigen gained notoriety for 'nul
pointing', although many songs had scored zero before and would do later.
His was however the first blank for 8 years. (From 1971 to 1973 the
scoring system made it impossible to score zero).
Not learning from the fate of Silver Convention the
previous year, another hit girly disco act was entered for Luxembourg. Baccara were at the peak of their powers in 1978 but could finish no
higher than 7th with their thinly-veiled clone of "Yes Sir, I Can
Boogie".
| Ireland |
Born To Sing |
Colm Wilkinson |
5 |
| Norway |
Mil Etter Mil |
Jahn Teigen |
20 |
| Italy |
Questo Amore |
Ricchi E Poveri |
12 |
| Finland |
Anna Rakkaudelle Tilaisuus |
Seija Simola |
18 |
| Portugal |
Dai-Il-Dou |
Gemini |
17 |
| France |
Il Y Aura Toujours Des Violons |
Joël Prévost |
3 |
| Spain |
Bailemos Un Vals |
José Vélez |
9 |
| United Kingdom |
The Bad Old Days |
Co-Co |
11 |
| Switzerland |
Vivre |
Carole Vinci |
9 |
| Belgium |
L'Amour Ça Fait Chanter La Vie |
Jean Vallée |
2 |
| Netherlands |
'T Is O.K |
Harmony |
13 |
| Turkey |
Sevince |
Nazar |
18 |
| Germany |
Feuer |
Ireen Sheer |
6 |
| Monaco |
Les Jardins De Monaco |
Caline And Olivier Toussaint |
4 |
| Greece |
Charlie Chaplin |
Tania Tsanaklidou |
8 |
| Denmark |
Boom-Boom |
Mabel |
16 |
| Luxembourg |
Parlez-Vous Français |
Baccara |
7 |
| Israel |
A-Ba-Ni-Bi |
Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta |
1 |
| Austria |
Mrs Caroline Robinson |
Springtime |
15 |
| Sweden |
Det Blir Alltid Värre Framåt Natten |
Björn Skifs |
14 |
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