1979 Eurovision song contest
31.3.1979 at "Binyani ha'oma hall ",Jerusalem
presenters: Daniel Peer & Yardena Arazi
Director: Yossi Tzemach
Producer: Alex  Giladi

Just before 20 years Israel won in the eurovision song contest for the very first time with Izhar cohen & Alfa-bitha with The Israeli entry for 1978 contest "A-BA-NI-BI"
so the Israeli nation went to sleep back in the 24.4.1978 very happy And really looking for 1979 contest.
1979 came fast and became to the one of the greatest song contest ever!
1998 song contest after Israeli 20 years try to bring back to song contest to Jerusalem
Israel did it
a very close voting almost let the Israelis down again and this kind of voting remember me 1991 voting when Israel lead all the way but Sweden won
1998 Israel bring Dana International to the eurovision and Israel won with only six more points from UK and seven from Malta
1999 EUROVISION song contest israel looking forward to host the contest!! and eurofans i'm ehud Tzveali eurovision song contest fan from Israel happy too!
for 1999 information  click here
    BACK TO 1979....THE SONG'S:
if you would like to listen 1979 song's you can here listen for 35 sec each song on WAV.
must of the entries i have is on record's and some from CD's too but  you can here live contest because the sound much  better then the good old record's
recorder on the 31/3/1979 from the Israeli radio RESHET B
 PORTUGAL "SOBE,SOBE, BALAO SOBE" MANUELA BRAVO  63 POPINTS
ITALY "RAGGIO DI LUNA" MATIA BAZAR GROPE  27 POINTS
DENMARK "DISCO TANGO" TOMMY SEEBACH  76 POINTS
IRELAND "HAPPY MAN" CATHAL DUNNE  80 POINTS
FINLAND "I WILL FOLLOW STARLIGHT" KATRI HELENA  38 POINTS
MONACO "NOTRE VIE CEST LA MUSIQUE" JEAN BAUDLOT  12 POINTS
GREECE "SOCRATES ESI SUPERSTAR" ELPIDA  69 POINTS
SWITZERLAND "SECOND HAND CO." PETER SUE & MARK WITH P.F & KNIRI  60 POINTS
GERMANY "DCHINGES HAN" DCHINGES  HAN GROPE  86 POINTS
ISRAEL (WINNER) "HALLELUJIA" MILK & HONEY FEAT GALI ATARY  125 POINTS
FRANCE "JE SUIS L'ENFANT SOLEIL" ANNE MARIE DAVID 106 POINTS
BELGIUM "HEY-NANA" MICHA MARA 5 POINTS
LUXEMBOURG "JE DEJA VU CA DANS TES YEUX" JEAN  MANSON 44 POINTS
NETHERLANDS "COLORADO" XASANDA GROPE  31 POINTS
SWEDEN "SATELLLITE" TED 8 POINTS
NORWAY "OLIVER" ANITA SKORGAN 57 POINTS
UK "MARY ANN" BLACK LACE GROPE  74 POINTS
AUSTRIA "HEUTE IN JERUSALEM" CHIRSTINA SIMONE 5 POINTS
SPAIN "SU CANSION" BETTY MISSIEGO 116 POINTS
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