Eurovision Song Contest 1979 Results Page


For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are the results for 1979.

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The 1979 Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Binyaney Ha'ouma Centre in Jerusalem, Israel on Saturday 31 March 1979. Presented by Daniel Pe'er and Yardena Arazi.

(*) Indicate the number of times that a country was awarded 12 points.

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Position Country Score Song Artist Draw Order
01 Israel (6) 125 Halleluyah Gali Atari & Milk and Honey 10
02 Spain (4) 116 Su canción Betty Missiego 19
03 France (2) 106 Je suis l'enfant soleil Anne Marie David 11
04 Germany (4) 86 Dschinghis Khan Dschinghis Khan 9
05 Ireland 80 Happy man Cathal Dunne 4
06 Denmark (2) 76 Disco tango Tommy Seebach 3
07 United Kingdom 73 Mary Ann Black Lace 17
08 Greece 69 Sokrátí esú soúperstar Elpida 7
09 Portugal 64 Sobe, sobe balão sobe Manuela Bravo 1
10 Switzerland (1) 60 Trödler und co Peter, Sue, Marc 8
11 Norway 57 Oliver Anita Skorgan 16
12 Netherlands 51 Colorado Xandra 14
13 Luxembourg 44 J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux Jeane Manson 13
14 Finland 38 Katson sineen taivaan Katri Helena 5
15 Italy 27 Raggio di luna Matia Bazar 2
16 Monaco 12 Notre vie c'est la musique Laurent Vaguener 6
17 Sweden 8 Satellit Ted Gärdestad 15
18= Belgium 5 Hay na na Micha Marah 12
18= Austria 5 Heute in Jerusalem Christine Simon 18

The winner was Israel for the second year running.


The full jury score sheet can be downloaded from here, including the entries. Please click here for details.


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