VENUE Palais des Congres, Paris		ENTRIES 20
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".

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