Date - March 26, 1978
Official name - Grand Concours de la Chanson Française 1978
Organising broadcasters - TF1
Venue - Studios des Buttes Chaumont, Paris
Hosts - Évelyne Leclercq feat. La Compagnie André Tahon
Director - Bernard Lion
Stage designer - Jean-Jacques Faury
Producer - Emmanuel Robert
Musical director - François Rauber
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Opening sequence - instrumental arrangement of 'L'oiseau et l'enfant' (Jean-Paul Cara / arr. François Rauber)
Interval act - none
Number of entries - 6 in final (14 songs in total)
Winning entry - 'Il y aura toujours des violons' Joël Prévost
Winning songwriters - Didier Barbelivien / Gérard Stern
Winning orchestrator - Alain Goraguer
Note - Semi-finals broadcast on March 12 and March 19, 1978, with seven songs competing in each for three places in the final.
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Laisse pleurer les rivières"
Rendition – Irvan & Indira
Lyrics – Georges Pétrowsky
Composition – Mat Camison
Studio arrangement – Mat Camison
Live orchestration – Mat Camison
Conductor – Mat Camison
Score semi-final 2 – 1st place (8445 votes)
Score final – 2nd place (8915 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Au revoir, et peut-être à bientôt"
Rendition – Malvina
Lyrics – Jean-Jacques Debout
Composition – Jean-Jacques Debout
Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric
Live orchestration – Jean Claudric
Conductor – Jean Claudric
Score semi-final 2 – 3rd place (5589 votes)
Score final – 6th place (2000 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Je te promets de revenir"
Rendition – Violette Vial
Lyrics – Jean-Yves Gran
Composition – Jean-Yves Gran
Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric
Live orchestration – Jean Claudric
Conductor – Jean Claudric
Score semi-final 2 – 2nd place (6346 votes)
Score final – 5th place (2870 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Alors prends le soleil"
Rendition – Jean-Paul Cara
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – Benoît Kaufman
Live orchestration – Benoît Kaufman
Conductor – Benoît Kaufman
Score semi-final 1 – 1st place (7528 votes)
Score final – 3rd place (4896 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Il y aura toujours des violons"
Rendition – Joël Prévost
Lyrics – Didier Barbelivien
Composition – Gérard Stern
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Alain Goraguer
Score semi-final 1 – 2nd place (6511 votes)
Score final – 1st place (13,791 votes)
Song 6
Title – "Tombe l'eau"
Rendition – Noëlle Cordier
Lyrics – Boris Bergman
Composition – François Bernheim
Studio arrangement – Jean Musy
Live orchestration – Jean Musy
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 1 – 3rd place (4932 votes)
Score final – 4th place (2870 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 1)
Eliminated song 1
Title – "Sans lui"
Rendition – Marie Azaro
Lyrics – unknown
Composition – unknown
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 4th place (4725 votes)
Eliminated song 2
Title – "T'as l'air"
Rendition – Jean-François Doll
Lyrics – Jean-François Doll
Composition – Jean-François Doll
Studio arrangement – Tony Rallo
Live orchestration – Tony Rallo
Conductor – Tony Rallo
Score semi-final 1 – 5th place (4325 votes)
Eliminated song 3
Title – "Pour un train qui part"
Rendition – Alphabet
Lyrics – Michael Jouveaux
Composition – Jeff Barnel
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 6th place (3986 votes)
Eliminated song 4
Title – "Seul"
Rendition – Patrick Lemaître
Lyrics – Jacques Demarny
Composition – Patrick Lemaître
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 7th place (3646 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 2)
Eliminated song 5
Title – "Joue ta musique"
Rendition – Christian Villers
Lyrics – Gilles de Loonois
Composition – Christian Loigerot-Villers
Studio arrangement – Tony Rallo
Live orchestration – Tony Rallo
Conductor – Tony Rallo
Score semi-final 2 – 4th place (5158 votes)
Eliminated song 6
Title – "C'était pour toi"
Rendition – Jean-Pierre Savelli
Lyrics – Jean-Pierre Savelli
Composition – Patrick Loubié
Studio arrangement – Raoul Duflot
Live orchestration – Raoul Duflot
Conductor – Raoul Duflot
Score semi-final 2 – 5th place (4579 votes)
Eliminated song 7
Title – "Ne m'oublie pas"
Rendition – Caroline Grant
Lyrics – Jean Schmitt
Composition – Jean Fredenucci
Studio arrangement – Aldo Franck
Live orchestration – Aldo Franck
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – 6th place (4173 votes)
Eliminated song 8
Title – "Dessine pour moi"
Rendition – Liliane Davis
Lyrics – Pierre-André Dousset
Composition – Christian Gaubert
Studio arrangement – Christian Gaubert
Live orchestration – Christian Gaubert
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – 7th place (3381 votes)
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