1979

VENUE

Binyaney Ha'ouma Centre, Jerusalem

ENTRIES

HOSTS

Yardena Arazi

Daniel Pe'er

DEBUTS

None

The contest took place in Jerusalem following Israel's win in 1978, and, consciously or not, there was a lot of peace and love in the air. Not really a surprise then that Israel's uplifting, simple repetitive anthem fought it out with Spain's sugar-coated kiddies anthem. Austria submitted a classy, distinctly non-Euro song called "Heute in Jerusalem" that was just too different to hit the spot.

This year was also the peak of the disco boom, and Germany's contribution to the joy and love was a tribute to Genghis Khan that owed more than a little in both style and substance to Boney M's "Rasputin". The song though, along with Denmark's "Disco Tango" has become a Eurovision evergreen.

One of the truly unique performances in Eurovision history occurred when Switzerland took the stage. Now we've seen some props on stage over the years, but these guys were "playing" garden tools and dustbin lids. Peter Reber called it 'trash music', a term which could be applied to many entries over the years.

Portugal	Sobe Sobe Balão Sobe	Manuela Bravo	9
Italy	Raggio Di Luna	Matia Bazar	15
Denmark	Disco Tango	Tommy Seebach	6
Ireland	Happy Man	Cathal Dunne	5
Finland	Katson Sineen Taivaan	Katri-Helena	14
Monaco	Notre Vie C'est La Musique	Jean Baudlot	16
Greece	Socrates	Elpida	8
Switzerland	Trödler Und Company	Peter,Sue & Marc,wi. Pfuri,Gorps & Kniri	10
Germany	Dschingis Khan	Dschingis Khan	4
Israel	Hallelujah	Milk & Honey	1
France	Je Suis L'Enfant Soleil	Anne-Marie David	3
Belgium	Hey Nana	Micha Marah	18
Luxembourg	J'ai Déjà Vu Ça Dans Tes Yeux	Jeane Manson	13
Netherlands	Colorado	Xandra	12
Sweden	Satellit	Ted Gärdestad	17
Norway	Oliver	Anita Skorgan	11
United Kingdom	Mary Ann	Black Lace	7
Austria	Heute In Jerusalem	Christine Simon	18
Spain	Su Canción	Betty Missiego	2

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