Kategorie: 1978


  • The Swedish Final was held on February 11th at the Cirkus in Stockholm, hosted by Ulf Elfving.  The winning song was chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries.  After the voting, there was a tie for first place, therefore the 11 juries were contacted again and asked to choose between the 2 songs –…

  • 1 Un arbre dans la ville A tree in the town Jean-Paul Cara 62 2nd 2 Rien qu’une femme Only a woman Gitte Henning 56 3rd 3 Dans les yeux d’un enfant In the eyes of a child Jairo 51 5th 4 Parlez-vous français Do you speak French Baccara 80 1st 5 Mélodie Melody Liliane…

  • The Danish Final was held on February 25th at the Tivoli Concerthall in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 8 regional juries. 1 San Francisco San Francisco Brødrene Olsen 37 2nd 2 Du var superstar You were a superstar Flair 29 3rd 3 Tornerose Sleeping beauty Daimi…

  • The German Final was held on February 20th at the SWF in Baden Baden – the contest was only broadcast on the radio, hosted by Detlef Werner. The winner was due to be chosen by the radio listeners (who would make up one third of the vote) and an „expert“ jury (who would make up…

  • The Dutch Final was held on February 22nd at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Willem Duys.  The winning song was chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries and a jury of „experts“ which included Teddy Scholten, Greetje Kauffeld, Conny Vandenbosch, Lenny Kuhr, Maggie MacNeal, Getty Kaspers, Sandra Reemer and Heddy Lester, all…

  • The Belgian Final was held on February 8th.  The winner was chosen by an „expert“ jury. 1 L’Odyssée The Odyssey Henri Seroka ? 2 À qui parler d’amour To whom do you speak about love Frank Michael ? 3 L’amour ça fait chanter la vie Love that made life sing Jean Vallée 1st 4 L’an…

  • The Swiss Final was held on January 18th at the DRS TV Studios in Zürich.  The winning song was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries, a press jury and a jury of „experts“. 1 Quand l’amour rencontre un jour une chanson When one day love meets a song Françoise Rime 23 3rd 2…

  • The UK Final was held on March 31st at the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Terry Wogan. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 14 regional juries. 1 Shine it on Christian 114 3rd= 2 Oh no, look what you’ve done Brown Sugar 49 11th= 3 Door in my face The Fruit…

  • The French Semi-Finals were hosted by Evelyne Leclercq. The top 3 songs (chosen by televoting) qualified for the final. Semi-Final 1 – March 12th 1 Sans lui Without him Marie Azaro 4725 4th – 2 T’as l’air You look like Jean-François Doll 4325 5th – 3 Il y aura toujours des violons There will always…

  • The French Final was held on March 26th, hosted by Evelyne Leclercq. Before the final there were 2 semi-finals .  The winner was chosen by televoting. 1 Laisse pleurer les rivières Let the rivers cry Irvin & Indira 8915 2nd 2 Au-revoir, et peut-être à bientôt Goodbye, and perhaps we’ll meet again soon Malvina 2000…