Eurovision 1978 - Recap of all 20 songs

Final date 22 April 1978
Presenter(s) Denise Fabre
Léon Zitrone
Conductor François Rauber [1]
Host broadcaster France TF1
Venue Palais des Congrès
Paris, France
Winning song Israel
"A-Ba-Ni-Bi"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 20
Debuting countries None
Returning countries Denmark
Turkey
Withdrawing countries None
Nul points Norway
Interval act
Stéphane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson,
Yehudi Menuhin,
Kenny Clarke,
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Draw↓ Country↓ Language↓ Artist↓ Song↓ English translation↓ Place↓ Points↓
01 Ireland English Colm C. T. Wilkinson "Born to Sing" -- 5 86
02 Norway Norwegian Jahn Teigen "Mil etter mil" Mile after mile 20 0
03 Italy Italian Ricchi e Poveri "Questo amore" This love 12 53
04 Finland Finnish Seija Simola "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" Give love a chance 18 2
05 Portugal Portuguese Gemini "Dai li dou" -- 17 5
06 France French Joël Prévost "Il y aura toujours des violons" There will always be violins 3 119
07 Spain Spanish José Vélez "Bailemos un vals" Let's dance a waltz 9 65
08 United Kingdom English Co-Co "The Bad Old Days" -- 11 61
09 Switzerland French Carole Vinci "Vivre" Living 9 65
10 Belgium French Jean Vallée "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" Love, it makes life sing 2 125
11 Netherlands Dutch Harmony "'t Is OK" It's OK 13 37
12 Turkey Turkish Nilüfer & Nazar "Sevince" When someone loves... 18 2
13 Germany German Ireen Sheer "Feuer" Fire 6 84
14 Monaco French Caline & Olivier Toussaint "Les jardins de Monaco" The gardens of Monaco 4 107
15 Greece Greek Tania Tsanaklidou "Charlie Chaplin"
(Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν) -- 8 66
16 Denmark Danish Mabel "Boom Boom" -- 16 13
17 Luxembourg French Baccara "Parlez-vous français?" Do you speak French? 7 73
18 Israel Hebrew Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (א-ב-ני-בי) I love you 1 157
19 Austria German Springtime "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" -- 15 14
20 Sweden Swedish Björn Skifs "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" It always becomes worse
when the night comes 14 26

Category:

Music

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