Скачать или смотреть 🔴 1978 Eurovision Song Contest full show from Paris (Norwegian commentary by Bjørn Scheele)

Date: 22 April 1978
Host Venue: Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
Presenters: Denise Fabre, Léon Zitrone
Musical director: François Rauber
Directed by Bernard Lion
Executive supervisor: Frank Naef
Host broadcaster: Télévision Française 1 (TF1)
Interval act: Stéphane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson, Yehudi Menuhin,
Kenny Clarke, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual
Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. The
contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented
Israel with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". Although 'A-Ba-Ni-Bi' is the correct
title, French television mistakenly captioned on screen the song title
as 'Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee'. The presenters were Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone,
and this was the first time more than one presenter hosted an edition of
the Contest and the first to have a male presenter since 1956. In
addition, the two presenters served as commentators for France. Twenty
countries participated, a record at the time.

The winning entry was a love song sung in the Hebrew equivalent of Ubbi
dubbi (the title is an expansion of the Hebrew word ani אני, meaning
"I"). This was Israel's first Eurovision win, which was also the first
winning song to be performed in one of the Semitic languages. The win
caused problems for several North African and Middle-Eastern nations
that were televising the contest, even though they were not
participating. According to author and political commentator John
Kennedy O'Connor in his book The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official
History, when Israel became the clear winners during the voting, most of
the Arabic stations ended their transmission of the contest. Jordanian
TV finished the show with a photo of a bunch of daffodils on screen,
later announcing that the Belgian entry (which finished second) was the
winner. Television of the USSR for the first time showed a competition,
and until 1988 only performances of several participants, each time with
the exception of representatives of Israel. Norway finished last for
the fifth time, gaining the first nul points during the current voting
system was implemented in 1975.

The event took place in Paris, the capital and largest city of France,
with the host venue being the Palais des congrès de Paris which is a
concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall in the 17th
arrondissement of Paris. The venue was built by French architect
Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974.

The postcards were filmed live, featuring the artists making their way
to the stage. They took a corridor, then an elevator. Leaving the lift,
they were greeted by the previous participants and then made their
entrances to the stage. The camera also made several shots of the
audience, notably Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.

Björn Skifs was unhappy with the rule that every country would have to
perform in their native language. He planned to sing in English anyway,
but changed his mind at the last moment, causing him to completely
forget the lyrics. He therefore sang the first few lines in gibberish
before finding the words again. Along with the 20 participating
countries, the show was also broadcast live in Yugoslavia, Tunisia,
Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia,
Dubai, Hong Kong, the Soviet Union and Japan.

Denmark returned to the competition after eleven years of absence, while
Turkey did so after missing out two years


Results:

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