London, Saturday, 7 May 1977

Eurovision 1977, vote by vote

18 songs, 18 countries voting. France won with “L'Oiseau et l'Enfant” on 136 points, 15 ahead of the United Kingdom.

The result

In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.

  1. 1

    France Marie Myriam “L'Oiseau et l'Enfant”

    Sang no. 18

    Top marks from Germany, Switzerland and Finland

    136 pts
  2. 2

    United Kingdom Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran “Rock Bottom”

    Sang no. 9

    Top marks from Monaco, Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Belgium and France

    121 pts
  3. 3

    Ireland The Swarbriggs Plus Two “It's Nice to Be in Love Again”

    Sang no. 1

    Top marks from Norway, United Kingdom, Israel and Sweden

    119 pts
  4. 4

    Monaco Michèle Torr “Une petite française”

    Sang no. 2

    Top marks from Greece and Italy

    96 pts
  5. 5

    Greece Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy “Mathema solfege (Μάθημα σολφέζ)”

    Sang no. 10

    Top marks from Spain

    92 pts
  6. 6

    Switzerland Pepe Lienhard Band “Swiss Lady”

    Sang no. 12

    71 pts
  7. 7

    Belgium Dream Express “A Million in One, Two, Three”

    Sang no. 17

    Top marks from Netherlands

    69 pts
  8. 8

    Germany Silver Convention “Telegram”

    Sang no. 6

    55 pts
  9. 9

    Spain Micky “Enséñame a cantar”

    Sang no. 14

    52 pts
  10. 10

    Finland Monica Aspelund “Lapponia”

    Sang no. 16

    Top marks from Ireland

    50 pts
  11. 11

    Israel Ilanit “Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim (אהבה היא שיר לשניים)”

    Sang no. 11

    49 pts
  12. 12

    Netherlands Heddy Lester “De mallemolen”

    Sang no. 3

    35 pts
  13. 13

    Italy Mia Martini “Libera”

    Sang no. 15

    33 pts
  14. 14

    Norway Anita Skorgan “Casanova”

    Sang no. 5

    18 pts
  15. 14

    Portugal Os Amigos “Portugal no coração”

    Sang no. 8

    18 pts
  16. 16

    Luxembourg Anne-Marie B “Frère Jacques”

    Sang no. 7

    17 pts
  17. 17

    Austria Schmetterlinge “Boom Boom Boomerang”

    Sang no. 4

    11 pts
  18. 18

    Sweden Forbes “Beatles”

    Sang no. 13

    2 pts

Who gave what

Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down and the spokesperson who read them out, where our source names one.

  1. Ireland

    read out by Brendan Balfe

    • 12 Finland
    • 10 France
    • 8 Italy
    • 7 Israel
    • 6 Switzerland
    • 5 Monaco
    • 4 Belgium
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Luxembourg
    • 1 Germany
  2. Monaco

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Greece
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Israel
    • 6 Italy
    • 5 Austria
    • 4 France
    • 3 Netherlands
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 Germany
  3. Netherlands

    read out by Ralph Inbar

    • 12 Belgium
    • 10 Greece
    • 8 France
    • 7 United Kingdom
    • 6 Spain
    • 5 Israel
    • 4 Finland
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 Portugal
    • 1 Ireland
  4. Austria

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Monaco
    • 7 France
    • 6 Finland
    • 5 Ireland
    • 4 Greece
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 Germany
    • 1 Spain
  5. Norway

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 United Kingdom
    • 6 Belgium
    • 5 Israel
    • 4 Greece
    • 3 France
    • 2 Austria
    • 1 Monaco
  6. Germany

    • 12 France
    • 10 United Kingdom
    • 8 Belgium
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Monaco
    • 5 Ireland
    • 4 Greece
    • 3 Italy
    • 2 Sweden
    • 1 Portugal
  7. Luxembourg

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 France
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Greece
    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 Belgium
    • 3 Norway
    • 2 Germany
    • 1 Monaco
  8. Portugal

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Greece
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 Belgium
    • 6 Monaco
    • 5 France
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Italy
    • 2 Norway
    • 1 Ireland
  9. United Kingdom

    read out by Colin Berry

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Belgium
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 Monaco
    • 6 France
    • 5 Greece
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Spain
    • 2 Norway
    • 1 Netherlands
  10. Greece

    • 12 Monaco
    • 10 Ireland
    • 8 Germany
    • 7 France
    • 6 Switzerland
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 Spain
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 Finland
    • 1 Netherlands
  11. Israel

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 France
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Finland
    • 6 Belgium
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Greece
    • 2 Monaco
    • 1 Netherlands
  12. Switzerland

    • 12 France
    • 10 Israel
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Netherlands
    • 6 Monaco
    • 5 Finland
    • 4 Portugal
    • 3 Spain
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Greece
  13. Sweden

    read out by Sven Lindahl

    • 12 Ireland
    • 10 Monaco
    • 8 United Kingdom
    • 7 Greece
    • 6 France
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Belgium
    • 3 Israel
    • 2 Finland
    • 1 Norway
  14. Spain

    read out by Isabel Tenaille

    • 12 Greece
    • 10 France
    • 8 Monaco
    • 7 Luxembourg
    • 6 Israel
    • 5 Germany
    • 4 Ireland
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Netherlands
  15. Italy

    • 12 Monaco
    • 10 France
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Germany
    • 5 Norway
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Portugal
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Greece
  16. Finland

    read out by Kaarina Pönniö

    • 12 France
    • 10 Switzerland
    • 8 Luxembourg
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Greece
    • 5 Monaco
    • 4 United Kingdom
    • 3 Belgium
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Austria
  17. Belgium

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Netherlands
    • 8 Switzerland
    • 7 Spain
    • 6 Greece
    • 5 Norway
    • 4 France
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Monaco
    • 1 Israel
  18. France

    • 12 United Kingdom
    • 10 Ireland
    • 8 Netherlands
    • 7 Italy
    • 6 Portugal
    • 5 Monaco
    • 4 Finland
    • 3 Greece
    • 2 Israel
    • 1 Germany

The full scoreboard

Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.

The grid is 18 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.

Song Total Ireland Monaco Netherlands Austria Norway Germany Luxembourg Portugal United Kingdom Greece Israel Switzerland Sweden Spain Italy Finland Belgium France
Ireland 119 8 1 5 12 5 8 1 12 10 12 8 12 4 8 3 10
Monaco 96 5 8 1 6 1 6 7 12 2 6 10 8 12 5 2 5
Netherlands 35 3 3 1 1 1 7 1 10 8
Austria 11 5 2 3 1
Norway 18 3 2 2 1 5 5
Germany 55 1 1 3 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 1
Luxembourg 17 2 7 8
Portugal 18 2 2 1 4 3 6
United Kingdom 121 12 7 12 7 10 12 12 8 8 3 2 4 12 12
Greece 92 10 10 4 4 4 6 10 5 3 1 7 12 1 6 6 3
Israel 49 7 7 5 3 5 10 3 6 1 2
Switzerland 71 6 10 10 5 4 4 6 4 4 10 8
Sweden 2 2
Spain 52 6 1 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
Italy 33 8 6 3 3 2 2 2 7
Finland 50 12 4 6 8 2 7 5 2 4
Belgium 69 4 12 6 8 4 7 10 5 6 4 3
France 136 10 4 8 7 3 12 10 5 6 7 10 12 6 10 10 12 4

On the night

What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.

in the interval
  • Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Men
  • Film of the contestants at a party the BBC gave in a London nightclub, first shot for the postcards

Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.