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1978 Eurovision Song Competition, 23. Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was held in Palais des Congrès, located in Paris, the capital of France on 22 April 1978. Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone made the server of the competition. France hosted the contest for the third time.

The winner of the competition was Izhar Kohen & Alphabeta with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi", representing the '. Israel won the competition for the first time. Even if they did not participate in the competition, they led to problems in many North African and Middle East countries that publish the competition.

Location

The event took place in Paris, the capital of France and the largest city, and the homeowner was Palais des congrès de Paris, the concert hall in the 17th region of Paris, the center of the congress and the shopping center. The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet and opened in 1974.

Format
Bjeg Skifs was not satisfied with the rule that each country must send songs in their own language. Yet I was planning to say English song, but at the last time it changed his idea and caused singing words to completely forget. Along with 20 countries, the show was also broadcast live in Yugoslavia, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakya, Dubai, Hong Kong, Soviet Union and Japan.

Exhibitor Countries

The contest has been the first highest participation contest on Eurovision by joining 20 countries. After the first time returned and also returned to the competition. Turkey and Greece have been held in the same competition for the first time after protesting each other due to the Cyprus War.

Orkestra chefs
Each performance had a orchestra chef that manages the orchestra.

- Christmas Kelehan
Carsten Klouman
- Nicolas
- Ossi Runne
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Returned participants
There are many participants returning this year in the previous competitions: Norbert Niedermeyer, a member of the Springtime music group, was the member of the Milestones music group, representing the year. Ireen Sheer was represented in 1974; Jean Vallée was represented in 1970;

Results

Notes:
a. Some words contain French language.
b. Some words contain English language.

Score table

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

International publication and vote
The table below shows the ranking, which voted in the 1978 contest, along with the spokesperson, responsible for announceing votes of their country. Each national broadcaster sent a commenter to the competition to ensure that the competition is located in their native languages. The details of the representatives and the publish bodies they represent also to the table below