Eurovision Song Contest 1977

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Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Final	7 May 1977
Presenter(s)	Angela Rippon
Conductor	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Host broadcaster	BBC
Venue	Wembley Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
Winning song	France "L'oiseau et l'enfant"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Sweden
Withdrawing countries	Tunisia  Yugoslavia
Nul points	None
Interval act	Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Men
Eurovision Song Contest
◄1976    •    1978►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition series, and was held on May 7, 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 and the United Kingdom in 1997. It was equalled and beaten by Ireland in 1993 and 1994.

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 sing 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 April 2, but because of a strike of BBC cameramen and technicians, it had to be postponed.^[1]

At one point before the contest Tunisia was going to participate but they withdrew. If they had gone ahead they would have appeared fourth on stage.^[2]

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.^[3]

Although Marie Myriam won, the song finishing 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 "L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant". However, the performance of Marie Myriam is considered among the best in the history of ESC and the song has achieved a classic status and is still well remembered. An honourable mention also goes to Silver Convention for their entry, "Telegram".

Contents 1 Results 2 Voting structure 3 Score sheet 3.1 12 points 4 Map 5 References

[edit] Results

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English Translation	Place	Points
1	Ireland	English	The Swarbriggs Plus Two	It's Nice To Be In Love Again	-	3	119
2	Monaco	French	Michele Torr	Une Petite Française	A Little French Girl	4	96
3	Netherlands	Dutch	Heddy Lester	De Mallemolen	The Merry-Go-Round	12	35
4	Austria	German	Schmetterlinge	Boom Boom Boomerang	Boom Boom Boomerang	17	11
5	Norway	Norwegian	Anita Skorgan	Casanova	Casanova	14	18
6	Germany	English	Silver Convention	Telegram	-	8	55
7	Luxembourg	French	Anne-Marie B	Frère Jacques	Brother John	16	17
8	Portugal	Portuguese	Os Amigos	Portugal No Coração	Portugal In My Heart	14	18
9	United Kingdom	English	Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran	Rock Bottom	-	2	121
10	Greece	Greek	Paschalis, Marianna Toli, Robert Williams, Bessy Argyraki	Mathima Solfege (Μάθημα σολφέζ)	Solfege Lesson	5	92
11	Israel	Hebrew	Ilanit	Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim (אהבה היא שיר לשניים)	Love Is A Song For Two	11	49
12	Switzerland	German	Pepe Lienhard Band	Swiss Lady	Swiss Lady	6	71
13	Sweden	Swedish	Forbes	Beatles	Beatles	18	2
14	Spain	Spanish	Micky	Enséñame A Cantar	Teach Me To Sing	9	52
15	Italy	Italian	Mia Martini	Libera	Free	13	32
16	Finland	Finnish	Monica Aspelund	Lapponia	Lapponia	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

[edit] Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

[edit] Score sheet

		Results
	Ireland		8	1	5	12	5	8	1	12	10	12	8	12	4	8	0	3	10
	Monaco	5		0	8	1	6	1	6	7	12	2	6	10	8	12	5	2	5
	Netherlands	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	0	1	0	0	10	8
	Austria	0	5	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Norway	0	0	0	0		0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	5	0
	Germany	1	1	3	2	0		2	8	8	8	5	0	5	5	6	0	0	1
	Luxembourg	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	8	0	0
	Portugal	0	2	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	6
	United Kingdom	0	12	7	12	7	10	12	12		0	8	0	8	3	2	4	12	12
	Greece	0	10	10	4	4	4	6	10	5		3	1	7	12	1	6	6	3
	Israel	7	7	5	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	6	0	0	1	2
	Switzerland	6	0	0	10	10	0	5	4	4	6	4		0	0	4	10	8	0
	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
	Spain	0	0	6	1	0	7	7	0	3	4	0	3	0		7	7	7	0
	Italy	8	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2		2	0	7
	Finland	12	0	4	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	2	0	0		0	4
	Belgium	4	0	12	0	6	8	4	7	10	5	6	0	4	0	0	3		0
	France	10	4	8	7	3	12	10	5	6	7	10	12	6	10	10	12	4
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] 12 points

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

N.	To	From
6	United Kingdom	Monaco, Austria, Luxemburg, Portugal, Belgium, France
4	Ireland	Norway, United Kingdom, Israel, Sweden
3	France	Germany, Switzerland, Finland
2	Monaco	Greece, Italy
1	Belgium	the Netherlands
1	Greece	Spain
1	Finland	Ireland

[edit] Map

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