Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Date(s)	7 May 1977
Presenter(s)	Angela Rippon
Conductor	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Host broadcaster	BBC
Venue	Wembley Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
Winning song	France "L'oiseau et l'enfant"
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Sweden
Withdrawing countries	Tunisia  Yugoslavia
Null points	None
Interval act	Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Men

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. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Angela Rippon, OBE (born October 12, 1944) is a well-known British television journalist and lesbian. ... Ronnie Hazlehurst (GR) (born Dukinfield, Cheshire, in ?1931) is a composer and jazz musician, and after joining the BBC in 1961, was BBC Light Entertainment Musical Director. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Wembley Conference Centre was a conference centre near Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... LOiseau Et LEnfant (English translation: The Bird And The Child) was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 performed in French by Marie Myriam representing France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: South Slavia, or literary The Land of South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... The term Eurovision has several meanings: technically, the Eurovision Network created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Angela Rippon, OBE (born October 12, 1944) is a well-known British television journalist and lesbian. ... Marie Myriam (born Miriam Lopes, May 8, 1957 in Braga, Portugal) is a French singer. ... LOiseau Et LEnfant (English translation: The Bird And The Child) was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 performed in French by Marie Myriam representing France. ...

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 reintroduced. The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision and was held on April 7, 1973 in Luxembourg. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

As noted in The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor, 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.^[1] John Kennedy OConnor is an author, entertainment and political commentator, based in the USA. Born in North London, UK, in 1964, he has written for numerous publications as well as writing, creating and producing media events for a number of International Corporations all over the world. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... A photographer at the Calgary Folk Music Festival Paparazzi at the Tribeca Film Festival A photographer is a person who takes a photograph using a camera. ... A technician is generally someone in a technological field who has a relatively practical understanding of the general theoretical principles of that field, e. ...

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.^[2]

The Belgian act Dream Express had created some controversy in the press with reports that the three female members would wear transparent tops; this did not materialise for the actual event.^[3]

Although Marie Myriam won, it could be argued that the song finishing second, "Rock Bottom" written and performed by Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran was the real winner with the European public since this song went on to become a top 10 hit in most European countries, unlike "L'oiseau et l'enfant". An honourable mention also goes to Silver Convention for their entry, "Telegram". Marie Myriam (born Miriam Lopes, May 8, 1957 in Braga, Portugal) is a French singer. ... Lynsey Rubin (born June 11, 1950 in London) is a songwriter and singer. ... Mike Moran is a keyboard musician. ... Silver Convention was a German disco recording act of the 1970s. ...

Although France won the competition, some people say United Kingdom were the 'real winners' because they received twice as many 12 points than France, clearly ignoring the fact the winning means gaining the most points overall (see bad loser). ...

Results

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

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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
	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.

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Map

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

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References

1. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. Page 68. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
2. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. Page 68. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
3. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. Page 71. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3