Eurovision Song Contest 1977

The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the twenty second Eurovision and was held on May 7, 1977 in London. With Angela Rippon as the presenter, the contest was won by Marie Myriam who represented France, with her song "L'oiseau et l'enfant" ("The Bird and the Child"). This was France's fifth victory, as record, which was equalled by Luxembourg in 1983 and equalled and beaten by Ireland in 1993 and 1994.

The language rule was brought back in this contest, four years after it had been dropped in 1973. However Germany and Belgium were allowed to sing in English, because they had already chosen the songs they were going to sing before the rule was put back.

The contest was originally planned to be held on April 2, but because of a strike of BBC cameramen and technicians, it had to be postponed.

At one point before the contest Tunisia was going to participate but they withdrew. If they had gone ahead they would have appeared fourth on stage.

Results

Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Austria Austria	Schmetterlinge	Boom Boom Boomerang	17	11
Belgium Belgium	Dream Express	A Million In One, Two, Three	7	69
Finland Finland	Monica Aspelund	Lapponia	10	50
France France	Marie Myriam	L'oiseau Et L'enfant (The bird and the child)	1	136
Germany Germany	Silver Convention	Telegram	8	55
Greece Greece	Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy	Mathema Solfege	5	92
Ireland Ireland	The Swarbriggs plus Two	It's Nice To Be In Love Again	3	119
Israel Israel	Ilanit	Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim	11	49
Italy Italy	Mia Martini	Libera	13	32
Luxembourg Luxembourg	Anne-Marie B	Frere Jacques	16	17
Monaco Monaco	Michele Torr	Une Petite Française (A small French girl)	4	96
Netherlands Netherlands	Heddy Lester	De Mallemolen (The merry-go-round)	12	35
Norway Norway	Anita Skorgan	Casanova	14	18
Portugal Portugal	Os Amigos	Portugal No Coração	15	19
Spain Spain	Micky	Ensename A Cantar	9	52
Sweden Sweden	Forbes	Beatles	18	2
Switzerland Switzerland	Pepe Lienhard Band	Swiss Lady	6	71
United Kingdom United Kingdom	Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran	Rock Bottom	2	121
Venue: Wembley Conference Centre - London, United Kingdom
The table is ordered by the countries names.

Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

Score sheet

		Juries
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Contestants	Ireland		8	1	5	12	5	8	1	12	10	12	8	12	4	8	0	3	10
	Monaco	5		0	8	1	6	1	6	7	12	2	6	10	8	12	5	2	5
	Netherlands	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	0	1	0	0	10	8
	Austria	0	5	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Norway	0	0	0	0		0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	5	0
	Germany	1	1	3	2	0		2	8	8	8	5	0	5	5	6	0	0	1
	Luxembourg	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	8	0	0
	Portugal	0	2	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	6
	United Kingdom	0	12	7	12	7	10	12	12		0	8	0	8	3	2	4	12	12
	Greece	0	10	10	4	4	4	6	10	5		3	1	7	12	1	6	6	3
	Israel	7	7	5	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	6	0	0	1	2
	Switzerland	6	0	0	10	10	0	5	4	4	6	4		0	0	4	10	8	0
	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
	Spain	0	0	6	1	0	7	7	0	3	4	0	3	0		7	7	7	0
	Italy	8	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2		2	0	7
	Finland	12	0	4	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	2	0	0		0	4
	Belgium	4	0	12	0	6	8	4	7	10	5	6	0	4	0	0	3		0
	France	10	4	8	7	3	12	10	5	6	7	10	12	6	10	10	12	4
The table is ordered by appearance.

Map

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* Green = Participating countries
* Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year