Eurovision Song Contest 1977
| Eurovision Song Contest 1977 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 7 May 1977 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre London, United Kingdom |
| Presenter(s) | Angela Rippon |
| Conductor | Ronnie Hazlehurst |
| Directed by | 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 |
| Returning countries |
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| Withdrawing countries |
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Participation map
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| 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" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following Brotherhood of Man's win at the 1976 contest in The Hague, Netherlands with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me". It was the sixth time the contest took place in the UK, after 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972, and 1974. The contest was held at the Wembley Conference Centre on Saturday 7 May 1977, marking the first time the event took place in the month of May.[1] The show was hosted by Angela Rippon.
Eighteen countries participated in the contest - the same number that took part the year before. Sweden returned after their absence from the previous edition. Meanwhile, Yugoslavia withdrew, and wouldn't return until 1981.
The winner was France with the song "L'oiseau et l'enfant", performed by Marie Myriam, written by Joe Gracy, and composed by Jean-Paul Cara. This was France's fifth victory in the contest, following their wins in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1969 (the latter being in the infamous four-way tie). This was also a record at the time, and one that France held onto for seven years, until being equalled by Luxembourg in 1984, and later by the United Kingdom in 1997.
Contents
1 Location
2 Format
3 Participating countries
3.1 Conductors
3.2 Returning artists
4 Results
5 Scoreboard
5.1 12 points
6 International broadcasts and voting
6.1 Voting and spokespersons
6.2 Television commentators
6.3 Radio commentators
7 References
8 External links
Location
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.[2]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, which was 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. As a result, this was the first Eurovision Song Contest to be staged in May, as it is today. [1]
Participating countries
At one point before the contest Tunisia was going to participate but it withdrew. Had Tunisia gone ahead they would have appeared fourth on stage.[1]Yugoslavia also withdrew, and did not 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.[3]
The British conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst used an umbrella and wore a bowler hat during the UK entry.[4][5]
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.[6]
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
Italy - Maurizio Fabrizio
Finland - Ossi Runne
Belgium - Alyn Ainsworth
France - Raymond Donnez
Returning artists
Several artists returned to the 1977 Contest. Beatrix Neundlinger and Günter 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. Michèle 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
The following tables reflect the final official scores, verified after the contest transmission. During the voting sequence of the live show, several errors were made in the announcement of the scores, which were then adjusted after the broadcast. Both Greece and France duplicated scores, awarding the same points to multiple countries. From the Greek scores, The UK, Netherlands, Austria & Finland all had 1 point deducted after the contest and from the French scores, Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy & Portugal all had 1 point deducted. None of the adjustments affected the placing of any of the songs.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language[7] | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Ireland | The Swarbriggs Plus Two | "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" | English | 3 | 119 |
| 02 |  Monaco | Michèle Torr | "Une petite française" | French | 4 | 96 |
| 03 |  Netherlands | Heddy Lester | "De mallemolen" | Dutch | 12 | 35 |
| 04 |  Austria | Schmetterlinge | "Boom Boom Boomerang" | Germana | 17 | 11 |
| 05 |  Norway | Anita Skorgan | "Casanova" | Norwegian | 14 | 18 |
| 06 |  Germany | Silver Convention | "Telegram" | English | 8 | 55 |
| 07 |  Luxembourg | Anne-Marie B | "Frère Jacques" | French | 16 | 17 |
| 08 |  Portugal | Os Amigos | "Portugal no coração" | Portuguese | 14 | 18 |
| 09 |  United Kingdom | Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran | "Rock Bottom" | English | 2 | 121 |
| 10 |  Greece | Paschalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy | "Mathima solfege" (Μάθημα σολφέζ) | Greek | 5 | 92 |
| 11 |  Israel | Ilanit | "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" (אהבה היא שיר לשניים) | Hebrew | 11 | 49 |
| 12 |  Switzerland | Pepe Lienhard Band | "Swiss Lady" | German | 6 | 71 |
| 13 |  Sweden | Forbes | "Beatles" | Swedish | 18 | 2 |
| 14 |  Spain | Micky | "Enséñame a cantar" | Spanish | 9 | 52 |
| 15 |  Italy | Mia Martini | "Libera" | Italian | 13 | 33 |
| 16 |  Finland | Monica Aspelund | "Lapponia" | Finnish | 10 | 50 |
| 17 |  Belgium | Dream Express | "A Million in One, Two, Three" | English | 7 | 69 |
| 18 | France | Marie Myriam | "L'oiseau et l'enfant" | French | 1 | 136 |
Notes:
- a. ^ Contains some words in English.
Scoreboard
| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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:
| 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
Ireland - Brendan Balfe
Monaco - Carole Chabrier
Netherlands - Ralph Inbar
Austria - Jenny Pippal
Norway - Sverre Christophersen[8]
Germany - Ekkehard Böhmer
Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey
Portugal – Ana Zanatti[9]
United Kingdom - Colin Berry
Greece - Naki Agathou[10]
Israel - Yitzhak Shim'oni[11]
Switzerland - Michel Stocker[12]
Sweden - Sven Lindahl[13]
Spain - Isabel Tenaille[14]
Italy - Mariolina Cannuli
Finland - Kaarina Pönniö[15]
Belgium - An Ploegaerts
France - Marc Menant[16]
Each national broadcaster [with the exception of Israel] also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.
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