Eurovision Song Contest 1979

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Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Date	31 March 1979
Presenter(s)	Daniel Peer & Yardena Arazi
Host Conductor	Kobi Oshrat
Host Broadcaster	IBA
Venue	International Convention Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Winning Song	Hallelujah (Israel)
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of Songs	19
Countries Making Debut	None
Nul points	None
Interval Act	Shalom ‘79

The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on March 31, 1979 in Jerusalem. The presenters were Daniel Pe'er and Yardena Arazi. Representing Israel, Gali Atari and Milk and Honey were the winners of this Eurovision with the song, Hallelujah. This was a second victory in a row for Israel, it was also their second victory in the contest.

At one point before the contest Turkey was going to participate but they withdrew. If they had gone ahead they would have appeared eleventh on stage.

Contents 1 Results 2 Voting structure 3 Score sheet 4 Map

[edit] Results

Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Austria	Christine Simon	Heute In Jerusalem	18	5
Belgium	Micha Marah	Hay Nana	18	5
Denmark	Tommy Seebach	Disco Tango	6	76
Finland	Katri Helena	Katson Sineen Taivaan	14	38
France	Anne-Marie David	Je Suis L'Enfant-Soleil	3	106
Germany	Dschinghis Khan	Dschinghis Khan	4	86
Greece	Elpida	Socrates	8	69
Ireland	Cathal Dunne	Happy Man	5	80
Israel	Gali Atari and Milk and Honey	Hallelujah	1	125
Italy	Matia Bazar	Raggio Di Luna	15	27
Luxembourg	Jeane Manson	J'ai Déjà Vu Ça Dans Tes Yeux	13	44
Monaco	Laurent Vaguener	Notre Vie C'est La Musique	16	12
Netherlands	Xandra	Colorado	12	51
Norway	Anita Skorgan	Oliver	11	57
Portugal	Manuela Bravo	Sobe, Sobe Balão Sobe	9	64
Spain	Betty Missiego	Su Cancion	2	116
Sweden	Ted Gärdestad	Satellit	17	8
Switzerland	Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri Gorps and Kniri	Troedler Und Co	10	60
United Kingdom	Black Lace	Mary Ann	7	73
Venue: Binyaney Ha'ouma Centre - Jerusalem, Israel
The table is ordered by the countries' names.

[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

		Juries
	Portugal		6	0	0	2	5	0	4	4	0	10	5	3	3	3	6	0	7	6
	Italy	8		0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8
	Denmark	0	0		2	0	3	12	1	10	12	6	7	4	8	1	0	3	3	4
	Ireland	5	5	5		6	0	10	6	6	3	0	10	7	0	8	5	4	0	0
	Finland	0	7	0	0		0	7	8	5	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Monaco	1	2	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Greece	10	0	1	4	0	7		7	2	10	4	1	5	7	2	0	0	2	7
	Switzerland	0	0	7	1	10	2	2		7	4	7	0	0	0	0	8	0	12	0
	Germany	2	1	12	5	3	12	0	0		6	12	4	1	2	6	0	8	0	12
	Israel	12	0	6	12	12	8	4	5	0		1	2	8	1	12	12	12	8	10
	France	6	10	0	0	1	10	8	10	0	5		6	12	12	5	7	6	5	3
	Belgium	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	Luxembourg	7	0	0	3	4	4	5	3	0	0	2	0		4	0	2	10	0	0
	Netherlands	0	0	8	10	5	0	3	0	3	7	0	3	0		4	4	0	4	0
	Sweden	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	Norway	3	3	0	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	8	2	6	10		7	1	1
	United Kingdom	4	8	10	7	7	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	5	0	10		6	5
	Austria	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0
	Spain	0	12	3	0	0	0	6	12	12	8	8	12	10	10	7	1	5	10
The table is ordered by appearance.

[edit] Map

• Green = Participating countries
• Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but didn't this year