Eurovision Song Contest 1977

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Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Dates
Finaldate 7 May 1977
Host
Venue Wembley Conference Centre
London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Angela Rippon
Conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst
Director Stewart Morris
Executive supervisor Clifford Brown
Hostbroadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Openingact An aerial tour of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom
Intervalact Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Men
Participants
Numberofentries 18
Debutingcountries
Tunisia
(But later withdrew)
Returningcountries
Sweden
Withdrawingcountries Yugoslavia
Vote
Votingsystem Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nulpoints None
Winningsong
France
"L'oiseau et l'enfant"
Eurovision Song Contest
1976 1978
The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd contest, and was held on 7 May 1977 in London. With Angela
Rippon as the presenter, the contest was won by Marie Myriam who represented France, with her song "L'oiseau et
l'enfant" (The Bird and the Child). This was France's fifth victory, a record, which was equalled by Luxembourg in
1983, the United Kingdom in 1997, and most recently Sweden in 2012. It was equalled and beaten by Ireland in
1993 and 1994, respectively. It was France's last victory in the contest, so far.
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Location
For more details on the host city, see London.
Located on the River Thames, London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest
metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the Europe by most measures. London has
been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it
Londinium.
Wembley Conference Centre, which opened in 1977, was the first purpose built Conference Centre in the United
Kingdom. The centre was chosen as host venue for the Song Contest presented by Angela Rippon.
Format
The language rule was brought back in this contest, four years after it had been dropped in 1973. However Germany
and Belgium were allowed to sing in English, because they had already chosen the songs they were going to perform
before the rule was reintroduced.
As noted in The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor, the
contest was originally planned to be held on 2 April 1977, but because of a strike of BBC cameramen and
technicians, it had to be postponed for a month.
Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
At one point before the contest Tunisia was going to participate but they withdrew. Had Tunisia gone ahead they
would have appeared fourth on stage. Yugoslavia also withdrew, and didn't return until 1981.
The Belgian act Dream Express had created some controversy in the press with reports that the three female
members would wear transparent tops; this did not materialise for the actual event.
Although Marie Myriam won, the song which finished second, "Rock Bottom", written and performed by Lynsey De
Paul and Mike Moran, was the most commercial with the European public since this song went on to become a top
10 hit in most European countries, unlike the winner "L'oiseau et l'enfant". The British conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst
used an umbrella and wore a bowler hat.
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.
Ireland - Noel Kelehan
Monaco - Yvon Rioland
Netherlands - Harry van Hoof
Austria - Christian Kolonovits
Norway - Carsten Klouman
Germany - Ronnie Hazlehurst
Luxembourg - Johnny Arthey
Portugal - Jose Calvario
United Kingdom - Ronnie Hazlehurst
Greece - George Hatzinassios
Israel - Eldad Shrim
Switzerland - Peter Jacques
Sweden - Anders Berglund
Spain - Rafael Ibarbia
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Italy - Maurizio Fabrizio
Finland - Ossi Runne
Belgium - Alyn Ainsworth
France - Raymond Donnez
Returning artists
Several artists returned to the 1977 Contest. Beatrix Neundlinger and Gnter Grosslercher from the group
Schmetterlinge both represented Austria in 1972 as part of the band The Milestones. Patricia Maessen, Bianca
Maessen, and Stella Maessen had previously represented the Netherlands in 1970 as part of the group Hearts of Soul,
in 1977 they represented Belgium under the band name Dream Express.
Ireland's participant The Swarbriggs returned after their previous appearance back in 1975. Ilanit from Israel
returned after previously representing the nation in 1973. Michle Torr, Luxembourg's 1966 entrant participated for
Monaco. And finally Fernando Tordo and Paulo de Carvalho (part of Os Amigos) returned once more after they
previously represented the nation as solo acts back in 1973 and 1974 respectively.
Results
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 Ireland English The Swarbriggs Plus Two "It's Nice to Be in Love
Again"
3 119
02
Monaco
French Michle Torr "Une petite franaise" A little French girl 4 96
03
Netherlands
Dutch Heddy Lester "De mallemolen" The merry-go-round 12 35
04
Austria
German,
English
Schmetterlinge "Boom Boom
Boomerang"
17 11
05
Norway
Norwegian Anita Skorgan "Casanova" 15 18
06 Germany English Silver Convention "Telegram" 8 55
07 Luxembourg French Anne-Marie B "Frre Jacques" Brother John 16 17
08
Portugal
Portuguese Os Amigos "Portugal no corao" Portugal in my heart 14 18
09 United
Kingdom
English Lynsey De Paul and Mike
Moran
"Rock Bottom" 2 121
10
Greece
Greek Paschalis, Marianna, Robert &
Bessy
"Mathima Solfege"
( )
Music lesson 5 92
11
Israel
Hebrew Ilanit "Ahava Hi Shir
Lishnayim"
( )
Love is a song for
two
11 49
12
Switzerland
German Pepe Lienhard Band "Swiss Lady" 6 71
13
Sweden
Swedish Forbes "Beatles" 18 2
14
Spain
Spanish Micky "Ensame a cantar" Teach me to sing 9 52
15
Italy
Italian Mia Martini "Libera" Free 13 33
16 Finland Finnish Monica Aspelund "Lapponia" Lapland 10 50
17
Belgium
English Dream Express "A Million in One, Two,
Three"
7 69
18
France
French Marie Myriam "L'oiseau et l'enfant" The bird and the
child
1 136
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Scoreboard
Results
Ireland 119 8 1 5 12 5 8 1 12 10 12 8 12 4 8 3 10
Monaco 96 5 8 1 6 1 6 7 12 2 6 10 8 12 5 2 5
Netherlands 35 3 3 1 1 1 7 1 10 8
Austria 11 5 2 3 1
Norway 18 3 2 2 1 5 5
Germany 55 1 1 3 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 1
Luxembourg 17 2 7 8
Portugal 18 2 2 1 4 3 6
United Kingdom 121 12 7 12 7 10 12 12 8 8 3 2 4 12 12
Greece 92 10 10 4 4 4 6 10 5 3 1 7 12 1 6 6 3
Israel 49 7 7 5 3 5 10 3 6 1 2
Switzerland 71 6 10 10 5 4 4 6 4 4 10 8
Sweden 2 2
Spain 52 6 1 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
Italy 33 8 6 3 3 2 2 2 7
Finland 50 12 4 6 8 2 7 5 2 4
Belgium 69 4 12 6 8 4 7 10 5 6 4 3
France 136 10 4 8 7 3 12 10 5 6 7 10 12 6 10 10 12 4
The table is ordered by appearance
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
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N. Contestant Voting nation
6 United Kingdom Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal
4 Ireland Israel, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
3 France Finland, Germany, Switzerland
2 Monaco Greece, Italy
1 Belgium Netherlands
Finland Ireland
Greece Spain
International broadcasts and voting
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1977 contest along with the spokesperson who
was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.
Voting and spokespersons
1. Ireland - Brendan Balfe
2. Monaco - Carole Chabrier
3. Netherlands - Ralph Inbar
4. Austria - Jenny Pippal
5. Norway - Sverre Christophersen
[1]
6. Germany - Max Schautzer
7. Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey
8. Portugal Ana Zanatti
9. United Kingdom - Colin Berry
10. Greece - Naki Agathou
11. Israel - Yitzhak Shim'oni
12. Switzerland - Michel Stocker
[2]
13. Sweden - Sven Lindahl
14. Spain - Isabel Tenaille
15. Italy - Mariolina Cannuli
16. Finland - Kaarina Pnni
17. Belgium - Anne Ploegaerts
18. France - Michel Drucker
Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their
own native language.
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Television commentators
Ireland - Mike Murphy (RT Television)
Monaco - Georges de Caunes (Tl Monte Carlo)
Netherlands - Ati Dijckmeester (Nederland 2)
Austria - Ernst Grissemann (FS1)
Norway - John Andreassen (NRK)
Germany - Werner Veigel (ARD Deutsches Fernsehen)
Luxembourg - Jacques Navadic (RTL Tl Luxembourg)
Portugal TBC (RTP1)
United Kingdom - Pete Murray (BBC1)
[3]
Greece - Mako Georgiadou (ERT)
Israel - No commentator (Israeli Television)
Switzerland - Theodor Haller (TV DRS), Georges Hardy (TSR), Giovanni Bertini (TSI)
Sweden - Ulf Elfving (SR TV1)
Spain - Miguel de los Santos (TVE1)
Italy - Silvio Noto (Rete 1)
Finland - Erkki Toivanen (YLE TV1)
Belgium - Luc Appermont (BRT TV1),
[4]
Patrick Duhamel (RTB1)
France - Georges de Caunes (TF1)
Denmark (Non-participating country) - Claus Toksvig (DR TV)
Greenland (Non-participating country) - TBC
[5]
Iceland (Non-participating country) - No commentator (RV)
[6]
Turkey (Non-participating country) - Blend zveren (Ankara Television)
Yugoslavia (Non-participating country) - Oliver Mlakar
Radio commentators
Ireland - Liam Devally (RT Radio 1)
Monaco - N/A
Netherlands - N/A
Austria - Hubert Gaisbauer (Hitradio 3)
Norway - Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1)
Germany - Wolf Mittler (Deutschlandfunk/Bayern 2)
Luxembourg - Andr Torrent (RTL Radio)
Portugal - Amadeu Meireles (RDP Antena 1)
United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC Radio 2)
Greece - Dimitris Konstantaras (Proto Programma)
Israel - N/A
Switzerland - TBC
Sweden - Ursula Richter & ke Strmmer (SR P3)
Spain - N/A
Italy - Silvio Noto (RAI Radiouno)
Finland - N/A
Belgium - Nand Baert & Herwig Haes (BRT Radio 1), Andr Zaleski (RTBF La Premire)
France - Grard Klein (France Inter)
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References
[1] [1] Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
[2] [2] Baumann, Peter Ramn (OGAE Switzerland)
[3] Eurovision Song Contest 1977 BBC Archives (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ programmes/ p007x9cs)
[4] Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kiken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 ISBN 90-209-5274-9
[5] http:/ / timarit.is/ view_page_init. jsp?issId=268161& pageId=3797856& lang=is& q=Melodi%20Grand%20Prix
[6] http:/ / timarit.is/ view_page_init. jsp?pageId=1767318
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