Saturday, 6 February 1999

1979 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Edition number - 24
Date - March 31, 1979
Host broadcaster - IBA, Israel
Host city - Jerusalem
Venue - Binyanei Ha-Uma
Hosts - Daniel Pe'er / Yardena Arazi
Director - Yossi Zemach
Producer - Alex Giladi assisted by Ralph Inbar
Stage designer - Dov Ben-David
Musical director - Yitzhak Graziani
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Interval act - "Shalom '79", dance group performance to a medley of Israeli songs (including 'Lakotsrim heidad' / 'Belev ehad' / 'Shir sameach' / 'Shibolet ba-saddeh' / 'Etz ha-rimon' / 'Hevenu shalom aleichem')
Scrutineer - Frank Naef
Number of entries - 19
Winning entry - 'Hallelujah' Milk & Honey (Israel)
Winning songwriters - Shimrit Orr / Kobi Oshrat
Winning orchestrator - Kobi Oshrat
Winning conductor - Kobi Oshrat

Note 1 - Although Turkey held a national final to determine a candidate for Jerusalem, the country withdrew under economic and political pressure of a group of Arab states. Its chosen entry is given at the bottom of the participants' list below

Note 2 - Italy's contribution 'Raggio di luna' by Matia Bazar was the first Eurovision entry officially not to make use of the Eurovision orchestra, preferring a full backing track. In Eurovision 1966, Domenico Modugno had also disdained making use of the festival orchestra, but he had been accompanied live by a combo of musicians of his own choice instead, led by Angelo Giacomazzi

Designer of the remarkable stage of the 1979 contest in Jerusalem was Dov Ben-David

RESULT

1st place (125 votes)

ISRAEL
Song title – “Hallelujah”
Rendition – Milk & Honey = Chalav Oudvash (Gali Atari / Samuel Bilu / Reuven Gvritz / Yehuda Tamir)
Lyrics – Shimrit Orr
Composition – Kobi Oshrat
Studio arrangement – Kobi Oshrat
(studio orchestra conducted by Kobi Oshrat)
Live orchestration – Kobi Oshrat
Conductor – Kobi Oshrat

2nd place (116 votes)

SPAIN
Song title – "Su canción"
Rendition – Betty Missiego
Lyrics – Fernando Moreno
Composition – Fernando Moreno
Studio arrangement – Rafael Ferro
(studio orchestra conducted by José Luis Navarro)
Live orchestration – Rafael Ferro / José Luis Navarro
Conductor – José Luis Navarro

3rd place (106 votes)

FRANCE
Song title – "Je suis l'enfant-soleil"
Rendition – Anne-Marie David
Lyrics – Eddy Marnay
Composition – Hubert Giraud
Studio arrangement – Guy Matteoni
Live orchestration – Guy Matteoni
Conductor – Guy Matteoni

4th place (86 votes)

WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Dschinghis Khan"
Rendition – Dschinghis Khan (Steve Bender / Henriette Heichel-Strobel / Wolfgang Heichel / Leslie Mándoki / Edina Popp / Louis Hendrik Potgieter)
Lyrics – Bernd Meinunger
Composition – Ralph Siegel
Studio arrangement – Norbert Daum
Live orchestration – Norbert Daum
Conductor – Norbert Daum

5th place (80 votes)

IRELAND
Song title – “Happy Man”
Rendition – Cathal Dunne
Lyrics – Cathal Dunne
Composition – Cathal Dunne
Studio arrangement – Cathal Dunne
Live orchestration – Cathal Dunne
Conductor – Proinnsías Ó Duinn

6th place (76 votes)

DENMARK
Song title – "Disco tango"
Rendition – Tommy Seebach
Lyrics – Keld Heick
Composition – Tommy Seebach
Studio arrangement – Ole Høyer
(studio orchestra conducted by Ole Høyer)
Live orchestration – Ole Høyer
Conductor – Allan Botschinsky

7th place (73 votes)

UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Mary-Ann"
Rendition – Black Lace (Alan Barton / Terry Dobson / 
Colin Routh / Steve Scholey)
Lyrics – Peter Morris
Composition – Peter Morris
Studio arrangement – Peter Morris
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – Ken Jones

8th place (69 votes)

GREECE
Song title – "Socrates"
Rendition – Elpida
Lyrics – Sotia Tsotou
Composition – Doros Georgiadis
Studio arrangement – Doros Georgiadis
Live orchestration – Doros Georgiadis
Conductor – Lefteris Chalkiadakis

9th place (64 votes)

PORTUGAL
Song title – "Sobe, sobe balão sobe"
Rendition – Manuela Bravo
Lyrics – Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa 
Composition – Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa
Studio arrangement – Fernando Correia Martins
Live orchestration – Fernando Correia Martins
Conductor – Thilo Krasmann

10th place (60 votes)

SWITZERLAND
Song title – “Trödler und co.”
Rendition – Peter, Sue & Marc feat. Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri (Peter Reber / Susan Schell / Marc Dietrich / Pfuri Baldenweg / Anthony Fischer / Kniri Knaus)
Lyrics – Peter Reber
Composition – Peter Reber
Studio arrangement – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Live orchestration – Peter Reber / Rolf Zuckowski
Conductor – Rolf Zuckowski

11th place (57 votes)

NORWAY
Song title – "Oliver"
Rendition – Anita Skorgan
Lyrics – Philip A. Kruse
Composition – Anita Skorgan
Studio arrangement – George Keller
Live orchestration – George Keller
Conductor – Sigurd Jansen

12th place (51 votes)

NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Colorado"
Rendition – Xandra (Sandra Reemer / Mac Sell / Paul Vink / Ton op 't Hof / Ferdy Lancée / Okkie Huijsdens)
Lyrics – Gerard Cox
Composition – Ferdi Bolland / Rob Bolland
Studio arrangement – Piet Souer
(studio orchestra conducted by Harry van Hoof)
Live orchestration – Piet Souer
Conductor – Harry van Hoof

13th place (44 votes)

LUXEMBOURG
Song title – “J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux”
Rendition – Jeane Manson
Lyrics – Jean Renard
Composition – Jean Renard
Studio arrangement – Hervé Roy
Live orchestration – Hervé Roy
Conductor – Hervé Roy

14th place (38 votes)

FINLAND
Song title – “Katson sineen taivaan”
Rendition – Katri Helena
Lyrics – Veikki 'Vexi' Salmi
Composition – Matti Siitonen
Studio arrangement – Paul Fagerlund
Live orchestration – Paul Fagerlund
Conductor – Ossi Runne

15th place (27 votes)

ITALY
Song title – “Raggio di luna”
Rendition – Matia Bazar (Antonella Ruggiero / Giancarlo Golzi / Carlo Marrale / Aldo Stellita / Piero Cassano)
Lyrics – Salvatore Stellita / Giancarlo Golzi
Composition – Piero Cassano / Carlo Marrale / Antonella Ruggiero
Studio arrangement – Matia Bazar
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none

16th place (12 votes)

MONACO
Song title – “Notre vie c'est la musique”
Rendition – Laurent Vaguener (Jean Baudlot)
Lyrics – Jean Albertini / Didier Barbelivien
Composition – Jean Baudlot / Gérard Salesses / Paul De Senneville
Studio arrangement – Gérard Salesses
Live orchestration – Gérard Salesses
Conductor – Gérard Salesses

17th place (8 votes)

SWEDEN
Song title – “Satellit”
Rendition – Ted Gärdestad 
Lyrics – Kenneth Gärdestad
Composition – Ted Gärdestad
Studio arrangement – Lars Samuelson / Janne Schaffer
Live orchestration – Lars Samuelson / Janne Schaffer
Conductor – Lars Samuelson

18th & 19th place (ex aequo, 5 votes)

BELGIUM
Song title – "Hey nana"
Rendition – Micha Marah
Lyrics – Guy Beyers
Composition – Charles Dumolin
Studio arrangement (Charles Dumolin version)Charles Blackwell
Live orchestration – Willy Heynen / Francis Bay
Conductor – Francis Bay

AUSTRIA
Song title – “Heute in Jerusalem”
Rendition – Christina Simon
Lyrics – André Heller
Composition – Peter Wolf
Studio arrangement – Peter Wolf
Live orchestration – Peter Wolf
Conductor – Richard Oesterreicher

Withdrawn entry

TURKEY
Song title – “Seviyorum”
Rendition – Maria Rita Epik & 21. Peron (Gökhan Akçay / Erden Erdem / Haluk Öztekin / Andreas Wildermann)
Lyrics – Maria Rita Epik
Composition – Maria Rita Epik
Studio arrangement – Tuğrul Karataş & 21. Peron
Live orchestration – Tuğrul Karataş
Conductor (Turkish final) – Tuğrul Karataş

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