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1979 - 24th edition

Venue: International Convention Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
Date: Saturday, 31 March 1979
Presentation: Daniel Pe'er & Yardena Arazi
Voting: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to its top 10 (by a jury).
Number of countries: 19
- Scoreboard -


Draw Order by starting order Country Order by country Title Order by song title [ONLY SHOW ESC VERSIONS] Artist(s) Pos. Order by placing Score
1. Portugal Sobe, sobe, balão sobe (Portuguese) less
Flying up with my balloon, my balloon, my balloon (English)
Tu t'envoles mon ballon, mon ballon, mon ballon (French)		 Manuela Bravo 9 64
2. Italy Raggio di luna (Italian) less
Moonshine (English)
Rayo de luna (Spanish)		 Matia Bazar 15 27
3. Denmark Disco Tango (Danish) less
Disco Tango (English)
• new version (1998) (Danish) [3:58]
• alternate version (English)		 Tommy Seebach 6 76
4. Ireland Happy man (English) Cathal Dunne 5 80
5. Finland Katson sineen taivaan (Finnish) less
I will follow starlight (English)		 Katri Helena 14 38
6. Monaco Notre vie c'est la musique (French) less
• alternate version (French) [2:53]		 Laurent Vaguener 16 12
7. Greece Sokrati /
  Σωκράτη (Greek) less
Socrates (English)		 Elpida /
  Ελπίδα		 8 69
8. Switzerland Trödler und Co (German) less
Second Hand Co. (English)		 Peter, Sue & Marc + Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri 10 60
9. Germany Dschinghis Khan (German) less
Genghis Khan (English)
• new remix (1999) (German) [3:07]
• karaoke version		 Dschinghis Khan 4 86
10. Israel Hallelujah /
  הללויה (Hebrew) less
Hallelujah (English)
Alléluia (French)
Hallelujah (German)		 Gali Atari & Milk and Honey /
  גלי עטרי עם חלב ודבש		 1 125
11. France Je suis l'enfant-soleil (French) less
Sonnenkind (German)
Ragazza sole (Italian)		 Anne-Marie David 3 106
12. Belgium Hey nana (Dutch) (NEVER RECORDED) Micha Marah 18 5
13. Luxembourg J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux (French) less
I've already seen it in your eyes (*) (English)		 Jeane Manson 13 44
14. Netherlands Colorado (Dutch) less
Colorado (German)
Colorado (English)		 Xandra 12 51
15. Sweden Satellit (Swedish) less
Satellite (English)		 Ted Gärdestad 17 8
16. Norway Oliver (Norwegian) less
Oliver (English)
Il faut danser la vie (French)
(Tanz mit mir) Oliver (German)
Oliver (Swedish)		 Anita Skorgan 11 57
17. United Kingdom Mary Ann (English) Black Lace 7 73
18. Austria Heute in Jerusalem (German) less
Jerusalem (English)		 Christina Simon 18 5
19. Spain Su canción (Spanish) less
Dès qu'un enfant chante (French)
Der Mann im Mond (German)
Vola l'amore (Italian)		 Betty Missiego 2 116

Non-participating entries

Draw  Country  Title  [ONLY SHOW ESC VERSIONS] Artist(s) Pos.  Score
- Turkey Seviyorum (Turkish) less
I love you (*) (English)		 Maria Rita Epik & 21.Peron Ret.-