Eurovision Song Contest 1977

The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the Wembley Conference Centre on 7 May 1977, marking the first time the event took place in the month of May since the first contest in Template:Escyr.<ref name="O'Connor">Template:Cite book</ref> The contest was directed by Stewart Morris and hosted by English journalist Angela Rippon.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Eighteen countries participated in the contest; Template:Esccnty returned after its absence from the previous edition, while Template:Esccnty decided not to enter.

The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", performed by Marie Myriam, written by Joe Gracy, and composed by Jean-Paul Cara. The Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty rounded out the top five. Greece's fifth place finish was their best result up to that point. France' fifth win was also a record at the time, and one that France held onto for six years, until being equalled by Luxembourg in Template:Escyr.

Location

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) staged the contest at the Wembley Conference Centre. The venue was the first purpose-built conference centre in the United Kingdom, and opened on 31 January 1977—making it a newly built venue at the time. It was demolished in 2006.

At the night of the contest, 2,000 spectators were present in the audience.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>

Host selection

Glasgow was the first bidder for hosting the contest, with the venues either the Kelvin Hall or the King's Theatre.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Participants

Template:Further Template:Interlanguage link info Template:ESC 1977 participants Template:Esccnty was set to participate in the contest and had been drawn to participate in fourth place, but later withdrew.<ref name="O'Connor" /> Template:Esccnty decided not to enter and would not return to the contest until 1981 due to bad results in the years prior,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while Sweden returned to the competition, having missed out the year before.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This made for eighteen participating nations.

Several of the performing artists had previously competed as lead artists representing the same country in past editions: Beatrix Neundlinger and Günter Grosslercher as part of Schmetterlinge had represented Template:Esccnty as part of Milestones; Ilanit had represented Template:Esccnty; The Swarbriggs had represented Template:Esccnty; and Fernando Tordo and Paulo de Carvalho as part of Os Amigos had represented Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty respectively. In addition, Patricia Maessen, Bianca Maessen, and Stella Maessen as part of Template:Ill representing Belgium, had represented the Template:Esccnty as Hearts of Soul; and Michèle Torr representing Monaco, had represented Template:Esccnty.

The language rule was brought back in this contest, four years after it had been dropped in Template:Escyr. However Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty were allowed to sing in English, because they had already chosen the songs they were going to perform before the rule was reintroduced.

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Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Template:Esc	ORF	Template:Ill	"Boom Boom Boomerang"	German	Template:Hlist	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	BRT	Template:Ill	"A Million in One, Two, Three"	English	Template:Ill	Alyn Ainsworth
Template:Esc	YLE	Monica Aspelund	"Lapponia"	Finnish	Template:Hlist	Ossi Runne
Template:Esc	TF1	Marie Myriam	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Raymond Donnez
Template:Esc	HRTemplate:Efn	Silver Convention	"Telegram"	English	Template:Hlist	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Template:Esc	ERT	Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Robert and Bessy	lang}}" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	Greek	Template:Hlist	Giorgos Hatzinasios
Template:Esc	RTÉ	The Swarbriggs Plus Two	"It's Nice to Be in Love Again"	English	Template:Hlist	Noel Kelehan
Template:Esc	IBA	Ilanit	lang}}" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	Hebrew	Template:Hlist	Eldad Shrem
Template:Esc	RAI	Mia Martini	lang}}"	Italian	Template:Hlist	Maurizio Fabrizio
Template:Esc	CLT	Template:Ill	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Johnny Arthey
Template:Esc	TMC	Michèle Torr	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Yvon Rioland
Template:Esc	NOS	Heddy Lester	lang}}"	Dutch	Template:Hlist	Harry van Hoof
Template:Esc	NRK	Anita Skorgan	"Casanova"	Norwegian	Template:Hlist	Carsten Klouman
Template:Esc	RTP	Os Amigos	lang}}"	Portuguese	Template:Hlist	José Calvário
Template:Esc	TVE	Micky	lang}}"	Spanish	Fernando Arbex	Rafael Ibarbia
Template:Esc	SR	Forbes	"Beatles"	Swedish	Template:Hlist	Anders Berglund
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Pepe Lienhard Band	"Swiss Lady"	German	Template:Ill	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	BBC	Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran	"Rock Bottom"	English	Template:Hlist	Ronnie Hazlehurst

Format

The contest was originally planned to be held on 2 April 1977, but because of a strike of the BBC cameramen and its technicians, it got postponed for a month. The BBC considered moving the contest to the Television Centre, where people who work for the outside broadcast are not involved. However, it would require a guarantee by the Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs, which didn't come to fruition.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 3 countries offered to stage the contest, including the Netherlands, which hosted last year's contest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This was the first Eurovision Song Contest to be staged in May since the inaugural edition.<ref name="O'Connor"/>

Due to strikes by the BBC camera staff, and lack of time to organise the contest, there were no postcards for the viewers in between the songs. However, various shots of the contest's audience were shown, with the various countries' commentators informing the viewers of the upcoming songs. The intended postcards had been devised using footage of the artists in London during a party hosted by the BBC at a London nightclub. When the postcards were seen for the first time by the participant heads of delegation at the Friday dress rehearsal the day before the final, the Norwegian delegation objected to the way their artist was portrayed. However, as it was not possible for the BBC to edit or revise footage, all the postcards had to be dropped from the broadcast. Footage from the party still formed the interval act broadcast prior to the voting sequence.<ref>O'Connor, John Kennedy. 'The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official Celebration'. Carlton Books 2015. ASIN: B0182Q85CS</ref>

Contest overview

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 United Kingdom, Netherlands, Austria, and Finland all had 1 point deducted after the contest and from the French scores, Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy, and Belgium all had 1 point deducted. None of the adjustments affected the placing of any of the songs.

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Template:Abbr	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname Plus Two	"It's Nice to Be in Love Again"	119	3
2	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	96	4
3	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	35	12
4	Template:Esc	Schmetterlinge	"Boom Boom Boomerang"	11	17
5	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Casanova"	18	14
6	Template:Esc	Silver Convention	"Telegram"	55	8
7	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	17	16
8	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	18	14
9	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname and Mike Moran	"Rock Bottom"	121	2
10	Template:Esc	Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy	lang}}"	92	5
11	Template:Esc	Ilanit	lang}}"	49	11
12	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Swiss Lady"	71	6
13	Template:Esc	Forbes	"Beatles"	2	18
14	Template:Esc	Micky	lang}}"	52	9
15	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	33	13
16	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Lapponia"	50	10
17	Template:Esc	Dream Express	"A Million in One, Two, Three"	69	7
18	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	136	1

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1977 contest are listed below.

• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKaarina Pönniö<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndBrendan Balfe<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndRalph Inbar<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSven Lindahl<ref name="Melfest">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndColin Berry<ref name=Roxburgh>Template:Cite book</ref>

Detailed voting results

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rowspan="18" Template:Vert header	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

12 points

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

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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Algeria, Denmark, Iceland, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia; in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union via Intervision; in Hong Kong and the countries in South America.<ref name="Roxburgh" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At least 36 television organizations were reported to broadcast the final.<ref name="Leidse">Template:Cite news</ref> Estimates for the global viewership ranged from 250 to 500 million viewers.<ref name="Leidse" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	ORF	FS1	Ernst Grissemann	<ref name="Fernsehen">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	BRT	TV1	Luc Appermont	<ref name="Voorpost">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Limburgs" />
		BRT Radio 1	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	RTB	RTB1	Template:N/A	<ref name="Voorpost" />
Template:Flagu	YLE	TV1	Template:N/A	<ref name="HS">Template:Cite news</ref>
		Template:Ill	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	TF1		Georges de Caunes	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Je vois tout" />
Template:Flagu	ARD	lang}}	Werner Veigel	<ref name="Fernsehen" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	ERT	ERT	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTÉ	RTÉ	Mike Murphy	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="IrishInd">Template:Cite news</ref>
		RTÉ Radio	Liam Devally	<ref name="IrishInd" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	IBA	Israeli Television	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RAI	Rete UnoTemplate:Efn	Silvio Noto	<ref name="Radiocorriere">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu	CLT	lang}}	Template:N/A	<ref name="Luxemburger">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	NOS	lang}}	Template:Ill	<ref name="Limburgs">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	NRK	lang}}	John Andreassen	<ref name="Norsk">Template:Cite news</ref>
		NRKTemplate:Efn	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	RTP	lang}}	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVE	TVE 1	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	SR	TV1	Ulf Elfving	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		SR P3	Template:Ill and Åke Strömmer	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	TV DRS	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		TSR	Template:Ill	<ref name="Je vois tout">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		TSI	Template:N/A	<ref name="SwissItalian">Template:Cite news</ref>
		RSR 2	Robert Burnier	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		RSI 2	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC1	Pete Murray	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		BBC Radio 2Template:Efn	Terry Wogan	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	CyBC	RIK	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	ČST	ČST2Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Czechoslovakia">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	DR	DR TV	Claus Toksvig	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	Nuuk TVTemplate:Efn		Template:N/A	<ref name="Greenland">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVB	TVB PearlTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="HongKong">Template:Cite news</ref>
	RTV	RTV-2Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	MTV	MTV2Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Hungary">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu	RÚV	lang}}Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Iceland">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TeleArubaTemplate:Efn		Template:N/A	<ref name="Aruba">Template:Cite news</ref>
	TeleCuraçaoTemplate:Efn		Template:N/A	<ref name="Curaçao">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TP	TP1Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Poland">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVR	lang}}Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Romania">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TRT	lang}}	Bülend Özveren	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		Template:N/A	Ümit Tunçağ
Template:Flagu	JRT	TV Beograd 1	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		TV Koper-Capodistria	Template:N/A	<ref name="Delo">Template:Cite news</ref>
		TV Ljubljana 1Template:Efn	Template:N/A
		TV Zagreb 1	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• OTI Festival 1977

External links

• Template:Official website