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Eurovision Song Contest 1977

Eurovision Song Contest 1977

Dates

Final date 7 May 1977

Host

Venue Wembley Conference CentreLondon, United Kingdom

Presenter(s) Angela Rippon

Conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst

Director Stewart Morris

Executive supervisor Clifford Brown

Host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Opening act An aerial tour of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom

Interval act Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Men

Participants

Number of entries 18

Debuting countries •  Tunisia(But later withdrew)

Returning countries •  Sweden

Withdrawing countries •  Yugoslavia

Vote

Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs

Nul points None

Winning song  France"L'oiseau et l'enfant"

Eurovision Song Contest

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd contest, and was held on 7 May 1977 in London. With AngelaRippon as the presenter, the contest was won by Marie Myriam who represented France, with her song "L'oiseau etl'enfant" (The Bird and the Child). This was France's fifth victory, a record, which was equalled by Luxembourg in1983, the United Kingdom in 1997, and most recently Sweden in 2012. It was equalled and beaten by Ireland in1993 and 1994, respectively. It was France's last victory in the contest, so far.

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LocationFor 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 largestmetropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the Europe by most measures. London hasbeen a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named itLondinium.Wembley Conference Centre, which opened in 1977, was the first purpose built Conference Centre in the UnitedKingdom. The centre was chosen as host venue for the Song Contest presented by Angela Rippon.

FormatThe language rule was brought back in this contest, four years after it had been dropped in 1973. However Germanyand Belgium were allowed to sing in English, because they had already chosen the songs they were going to performbefore the rule was reintroduced.As noted in The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor, thecontest was originally planned to be held on 2 April 1977, but because of a strike of BBC cameramen andtechnicians, it had to be postponed for a month.

Participating countriesFurther information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song ContestAt one point before the contest Tunisia was going to participate but they withdrew. Had Tunisia gone ahead theywould 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 femalemembers 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 DePaul and Mike Moran, was the most commercial with the European public since this song went on to become a top10 hit in most European countries, unlike the winner "L'oiseau et l'enfant". The British conductor Ronnie Hazlehurstused an umbrella and wore a bowler hat.

ConductorsEach 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 artistsSeveral artists returned to the 1977 Contest. Beatrix Neundlinger and Günter Grosslercher from the groupSchmetterlinge both represented Austria in 1972 as part of the band The Milestones. Patricia Maessen, BiancaMaessen, 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 Israelreturned after previously representing the nation in 1973. Michèle Torr, Luxembourg's 1966 entrant participated forMonaco. And finally Fernando Tordo and Paulo de Carvalho (part of Os Amigos) returned once more after theypreviously 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 LoveAgain"

– 3 119

02  Monaco French Michèle Torr "Une petite française" 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 BoomBoomerang"

– 17 11

05  Norway Norwegian Anita Skorgan "Casanova" – 15 18

06  Germany English Silver Convention "Telegram" – 8 55

07  Luxembourg French Anne-Marie B "Frère Jacques" Brother John 16 17

08  Portugal Portuguese Os Amigos "Portugal no coração" Portugal in my heart 14 18

09  UnitedKingdom

English Lynsey De Paul and MikeMoran

"Rock Bottom" – 2 121

10  Greece Greek Paschalis, Marianna, Robert &Bessy

"Mathima Solfege"(Μάθημα σολφέζ)

Music lesson 5 92

11  Israel Hebrew Ilanit "Ahava Hi ShirLishnayim"(אהבה היא שיר לשניים)

Love is a song fortwo

11 49

12   Switzerland German Pepe Lienhard Band "Swiss Lady" – 6 71

13  Sweden Swedish Forbes "Beatles" – 18 2

14  Spain Spanish Micky "Enséñame 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 thechild

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 pointsBelow 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 votingThe table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1977 contest along with the spokesperson whowas responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.

Voting and spokespersons1.  Ireland - Brendan Balfe2.  Monaco - Carole Chabrier3.  Netherlands - Ralph Inbar4.  Austria - Jenny Pippal5.  Norway - Sverre Christophersen[1]

6.  Germany - Max Schautzer7.  Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey8.  Portugal – Ana Zanatti9.  United Kingdom - Colin Berry10.  Greece - Naki Agathou11.  Israel - Yitzhak Shim'oni12.   Switzerland - Michel Stocker[2]

13.  Sweden - Sven Lindahl14.  Spain - Isabel Tenaille15.  Italy - Mariolina Cannuli16.  Finland - Kaarina Pönniö17.  Belgium - Anne Ploegaerts18.  France - Michel DruckerEach national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in theirown native language.

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Television commentators•  Ireland - Mike Murphy (RTÉ Television)•  Monaco - Georges de Caunes (Télé 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 Télé 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 (RÚV)[6]

•  Turkey (Non-participating country) - Bülend Özveren (Ankara Television)•  Yugoslavia (Non-participating country) - Oliver Mlakar

Radio commentators•  Ireland - Liam Devally (RTÉ Radio 1)•  Monaco - N/A•  Netherlands - N/A•  Austria - Hubert Gaisbauer (Hitradio Ö3)•  Norway - Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1)•  Germany - Wolf Mittler (Deutschlandfunk/Bayern 2)•  Luxembourg - André 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 & Åke Strömmer (SR P3)•  Spain - N/A•  Italy - Silvio Noto (RAI Radiouno)•  Finland - N/A•  Belgium - Nand Baert & Herwig Haes (BRT Radio 1), André Zaleski (RTBF La Première)•  France - Gérard Klein (France Inter)

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References[1][1] Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)[2][2] Baumann, Peter Ramón (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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