Eurovision Song Contest 1979

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Eurovision Song Contest 1979
ESC 1979 logo.png
Dates
Final31 March 1979
Host
Venue International Convention Center
Jerusalem, Israel
Presenter(s)
Musical director Izhak Graziani
Directed byYossi Zemach
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producer Alex Gilady
Host broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Website eurovision.tv/event/jerusalem-1979 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries19
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
  • ESC 1979 Map 2.svg
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1979
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning songFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
"Hallelujah"
1978  Eurovision Song Contest  1980

The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the 1978 contest with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the contest was held at the International Convention Centre on 31 March 1979, and was hosted by Israeli television presenter Daniel Pe'er and singer Yardena Arazi. This was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was held outside Europe.

Contents

Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Turkey deciding not to participate after Arab countries had pressured it into not participating in a contest held in Israel. [1] Yugoslavia, which had missed the 1977 and 1978 contests, also did not take part in or broadcast the contest this year for political reasons, [2] despite an earlier public poll in which almost 100,000 people supported a Yugoslav return to the contest. [3]

For the second year in a row, Israel won with the song "Hallelujah", performed by the Israeli group Milk and Honey featuring Gali Atari.

Location

International Convention Center, Jerusalem - host venue of the 1979 contest. Binyanei-HaUmah.JPG
International Convention Center, Jerusalem – host venue of the 1979 contest.

The contest took place at the International Convention Centre, also called Binyenei HaUma in Jerusalem, following Israel's win at the 1978 edition with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta. The venue, the largest convention center in the Middle East, hosted the contest in the Ussishkin Auditorium which seats an audience of more than 3,000 and where it traditionally hosts other musical events including classical and pop stars concerts. [4]

The city's ancient, religious and modern scenery was reflected through a film which opened the broadcast. The city's history as one of the oldest and holiest in the world, was shown through the biblical and medieval monuments and sites sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as well as visitors and city's residents who frequent them while practicing their faiths. The city's governmental, cultural and educational institutions and monuments, as well as the streets and people outside the ancient wall, were shown at the opening and conclusion of the film.

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 1979 Participation summaries by country

At one point before the contest Turkey had planned to participate. The country would have appeared 11th on stage (between Israel and France), represented by Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron with the song "Seviyorum". However, Turkey later ended up withdrawing from the contest following pressure from Arab states, who objected to a predominantly Muslim country taking part in a contest held in Israel. [5] [6]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 [7] [8] [9]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)Conductor
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Christina Simon "Heute in Jerusalem" German Richard Oesterreicher
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium BRT Micha Marah "Hey Nana" Dutch
  • Guy Beyers
  • Charles Dumolin
Francis Bay
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Tommy Seebach "Disco Tango" Danish Allan Botschinsky
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Katri Helena " Katson sineen taivaan " Finnish Ossi Runne
Flag of France.svg  France TF1 Anne-Marie David " Je suis l'enfant soleil " French Guy Mattéoni
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BR [lower-alpha 1] Dschinghis Khan " Dschinghis Khan "German Norbert Daum
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Elpida "Socrates" (Σωκράτη) Greek
Lefteris Halkiadakis
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ Cathal Dunne "Happy Man" English Cathal Dunne Proinnsías Ó Duinn
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Milk and Honey "Hallelujah" (הללויה) Hebrew
Kobi Oshrat
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI Matia Bazar "Raggio di luna" Italian No conductor
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg CLT Jeane Manson "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux"FrenchJean Renard Hervé Roy
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco TMC Laurent Vaguener "Notre vie c'est la musique"FrenchGérard Salesses
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Xandra "Colorado"Dutch Harry van Hoof
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Anita Skorgan "Oliver" Norwegian Sigurd Jansen
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP Manuela Bravo "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" Portuguese Carlos Nóbrega e SousaThilo Krasmann
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain TVE Betty Missiego " Su canción " Spanish Fernando MorenoJosé Luis Navarro
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SR Ted Gärdestad " Satellit " Swedish Lars Samuelson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri "Trödler und Co."GermanPeter Reber Rolf Zuckowski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Black Lace "Mary Ann"EnglishPeter Morris Ken Jones

Returning artists

Bold indicates a previous winner

ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Peter, Sue and Marc Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1971, 1976
Xandra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1972 (Along with Andres Holten), 1976 (as Sandra Reemer)
Anne-Marie David Flag of France.svg  France 1973 (for Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg )
Anita Skorgan Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1977

Format

The 24th contest's logo featured a combination of a G-clef, the IBA logo, and the names of all participating countries in order of appearance.

The stage concept was designed by Dov Ben David. On stage there was a moving symbol which was based on the IBA logo (which was built like a lamp with 3 concentric rings) using a small projected model. [11]

Since Israeli Television had yet to broadcast in colour at that point (except for a few special occasions), the production had to borrow cameras from the BBC - the same had happened when RTÉ had hosted the 1971 contest in Dublin.

The IBA Symphony Orchestra, directed by conductor Izhak Graziani played the music of each song (except for the Italian entry, which did not use the orchestra). This was the only contest where the orchestra was composed of 39 musicians.

This year, the postcards between each song featured mime artists rather than the participating singers. The mime artists featured were the Yoram Boker Mime Group, and included some of Israel's leading mime artists, among them Ezra Dagan and Hanoch Rozen. The group performed on a background of illustrations created by Dudu Geva and Yochanan Lakitzevitz, that featured landmarks and typical landscapes of the respective countries.

Contest overview

The following tables reflect the confirmed, verified scores, which were adjusted after the live broadcast. During the voting announcement, due to a misunderstanding by the presenter Yardena Arazi, Spain appeared to award 10 points to both Portugal and Israel and these scores were added to the scoreboard. After the programme, verification confirmed that Portugal should only have received six points, leaving the total Portuguese score reduced by four points to 64.

The intermission between the songs and the voting was presented by a performance of the Shalom '79 Dancing Ensemble, who performed a variety of Israeli folk dances. The performance was directed by the ensemble's manager and choreographer Gavri Levy.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 [12]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Manuela Bravo "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe"649
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Matia Bazar "Raggio di luna"2715
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Tommy Seebach "Disco Tango"766
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Cathal Dunne "Happy Man"805
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Katri Helena " Katson sineen taivaan "3814
6Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Laurent Vaguener "Notre vie c'est la musique"1216
7Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Elpida "Socrates"698
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri "Trödler und Co."6010
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dschinghis Khan " Dschinghis Khan "864
10Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Milk and Honey "Hallelujah"1251
11Flag of France.svg  France Anne-Marie David " Je suis l'enfant soleil "1063
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Micha Marah "Hey Nana"518
13Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Jeane Manson "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux"4413
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Xandra "Colorado"5112
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ted Gärdestad " Satellit "817
16Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Anita Skorgan "Oliver"5711
17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Black Lace "Mary Ann"737
18Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Christina Simon "Heute in Jerusalem"518
19Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain Betty Missiego " Su canción "1162

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1979 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting results

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. This was the last year in which the points were announced via order of appearance, as opposed to order of preference. From the next year's contest onwards, the points were announced in ascending order instead. This has remained in place ever since.

The voting was extremely close. Israel gained a good lead in the early stages of the voting, but Spain eventually caught up and took a good lead themselves. At the close of the penultimate jury's votes, Israel were one point behind Spain, and only the Spanish jury had yet to give their votes. Spain ended up giving Israel 10 points, causing the crowd to erupt into enormous cheers.

Detailed voting results [16] [17]
Total score
Portugal
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
Finland
Monaco
Greece
Switzerland
Germany
Israel
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Sweden
Norway
United Kingdom
Austria
Spain
Contestants
Portugal6462544105333676
Italy278838
Denmark7623121101267481334
Ireland80555610663107854
Finland38778556
Monaco1212432
Greece691014772104157227
Switzerland60711022747812
Germany86211253126124126812
Israel12512612128451281121212810
France10661011081056121257653
Belgium5212
Luxembourg4473445324210
Netherlands5181053373444
Sweden8611
Norway573386282610711
United Kingdom7348107712851065
Austria541
Spain116123612128812101071510

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
6Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco , Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Italy.svg  Italy , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. [18]

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Hong Kong, Iceland and Romania. The contest was not broadcast in Yugoslavia for the first time since 1961, as the nation had no diplomatic ties with Israel. [8]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF FS1 Ernst Grissemann [19] [20]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium BRT TV1 [21]
RTBF RTBF1 Paule Herreman
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV Jørgen de Mylius [22]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE TV1, Rinnakkaisohjelma  [ fi ] Matti Paalosmaa  [ fi ] [23] [24]
Flag of France.svg France TF1 Marc Menant [25] [26]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Gaby Schnelle and Ado Schlier  [ de ] [19] [27]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ 1 Mike Murphy [28] [29]
RTÉ Radio [30]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA Israeli Television [31]
Army Radio [32]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Rete Uno [lower-alpha 2] Rosanna Vaudetti [33]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg CLT RTL Télé-Luxembourg [34]
RTL Radio [35]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 2 Willem Duys [35] [36]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Egil Teige  [ no ] [37]
NRK Erik Heyerdahl  [ no ]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1 Fialho Gouveia [38] [39]
RDP Programa 1 [40]
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Spain TVE TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos  [ es ] [41] [42]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SR TV1 Ulf Elfving [15] [37]
SR P3 Kent Finell
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS [lower-alpha 3] Max Rüeger  [ de ] [19]
TSR Georges Hardy  [ fr ] [26]
TSI [43] [44]
RSI 1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC1 John Dunn [45]
BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 1 VHF Ray Moore [8] [46]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong TVB TVB Jade [lower-alpha 4] Regina Hing Yue Tsang and Lee Chi-chung [47]
TVB Pearl [lower-alpha 4] George Lam
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið [lower-alpha 5] Björn Baldursson [48]
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg Netherlands Antilles TeleAruba [lower-alpha 6] [49]
TeleCuraçao [lower-alpha 7] [50]

See also

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [10]
  2. Deferred broadcast at 21:50 CET (20:50 UTC) [33]
  3. Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSR [19]
  4. 1 2 Deferred broadcast on 1 April at 10:30 HKT (02:30 UTC) [47]
  5. Delayed broadcast on 16 April 1979 at 21:20 WET (21:20 UTC) [48]
  6. Delayed broadcast on 18 June 1979 at 21:00 (ADT) [49]
  7. Delayed broadcast on 13 April 1979 at 21:11 (ADT) [50]

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