Paris, Saturday, 22 April 1978
Eurovision 1978, vote by vote
20 songs, 20 countries voting. Israel won with “A-Ba-Ni-Bi (א-ב-ני-בי)” on 157 points, 32 ahead of Belgium.
The result
In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.
- 1 157 pts
Israel Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta “A-Ba-Ni-Bi (א-ב-ני-בי)”
Sang no. 18
Top marks from Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey, Germany and Luxembourg
- 2 125 pts
Belgium Jean Vallée “L'amour ça fait chanter la vie”
Sang no. 10
Top marks from Ireland, France, United Kingdom, Monaco and Greece
- 3 119 pts
- 4 107 pts
- 5 86 pts
- 6 84 pts
- 7 73 pts
- 8 66 pts
Greece Tania Tsanaklidou “Charlie Chaplin (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν)”
Sang no. 15
- 9 65 pts
- 9 65 pts
Switzerland Carole Vinci “Vivre”
Sang no. 9
- 11 61 pts
United Kingdom Co-Co “The Bad Old Days”
Sang no. 8
- 12 53 pts
Italy Ricchi e Poveri “Questo amore”
Sang no. 3
- 13 37 pts
- 14 26 pts
Sweden Björn Skifs “Det blir alltid värre framåt natten”
Sang no. 20
- 15 14 pts
Austria Springtime “Mrs. Caroline Robinson”
Sang no. 19
- 16 13 pts
- 17 5 pts
- 18 2 pts
Finland Seija Simola “Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus”
Sang no. 4
- 18 2 pts
- 20 0 pts
Norway Jahn Teigen “Mil etter mil”
Sang no. 2
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.
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Ireland
- 12 Belgium
- 10 Italy
- 8 Israel
- 7 Greece
- 6 France
- 5 Sweden
- 4 Monaco
- 3 United Kingdom
- 2 Luxembourg
- 1 Germany
-
Norway
- 12 Ireland
- 10 Sweden
- 8 Israel
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Italy
- 5 Switzerland
- 4 Monaco
- 3 France
- 2 Finland
- 1 Turkey
-
Italy
- 12 Luxembourg
- 10 France
- 8 Israel
- 7 Monaco
- 6 Belgium
- 5 Netherlands
- 4 Portugal
- 3 Germany
- 2 Greece
- 1 Switzerland
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Finland
read out by Kaarina Pönniö
- 12 Germany
- 10 Israel
- 8 Monaco
- 7 Spain
- 6 Belgium
- 5 Greece
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Ireland
- 2 France
- 1 Switzerland
-
Portugal
- 12 Luxembourg
- 10 Israel
- 8 Greece
- 7 Germany
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 Monaco
- 4 Belgium
- 3 Austria
- 2 France
- 1 Italy
-
France
- 12 Belgium
- 10 Greece
- 8 Israel
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Denmark
- 5 Ireland
- 4 Italy
- 3 Sweden
- 2 United Kingdom
- 1 Monaco
-
Spain
read out by Matías Prats Luque
- 12 Luxembourg
- 10 Germany
- 8 Italy
- 7 Greece
- 6 Israel
- 5 France
- 4 Switzerland
- 3 United Kingdom
- 2 Belgium
- 1 Portugal
-
United Kingdom
read out by Colin Berry
- 12 Belgium
- 10 Monaco
- 8 France
- 7 Luxembourg
- 6 Italy
- 5 Israel
- 4 Sweden
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Turkey
-
Switzerland
- 12 Israel
- 10 Belgium
- 8 Spain
- 7 Ireland
- 6 France
- 5 Monaco
- 4 Greece
- 3 Germany
- 2 United Kingdom
- 1 Italy
-
Belgium
- 12 Israel
- 10 Ireland
- 8 France
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Monaco
- 5 Germany
- 4 United Kingdom
- 3 Luxembourg
- 2 Spain
- 1 Italy
-
Netherlands
- 12 Israel
- 10 Monaco
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 Germany
- 6 France
- 5 Belgium
- 4 Spain
- 3 Luxembourg
- 2 United Kingdom
- 1 Denmark
-
Turkey
read out by Meral Savcı
- 12 Israel
- 10 Ireland
- 8 Germany
- 7 Spain
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 Monaco
- 4 France
- 3 Austria
- 2 Luxembourg
- 1 Italy
-
Germany
read out by Sigi Harreis
- 12 Israel
- 10 France
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Monaco
- 6 Switzerland
- 5 Ireland
- 4 Netherlands
- 3 Belgium
- 2 Italy
- 1 Austria
-
Monaco
- 12 Belgium
- 10 Germany
- 8 Italy
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Luxembourg
- 5 France
- 4 Spain
- 3 Israel
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Netherlands
-
Greece
- 12 Belgium
- 10 Ireland
- 8 France
- 7 Germany
- 6 Spain
- 5 Israel
- 4 Monaco
- 3 United Kingdom
- 2 Italy
- 1 Luxembourg
-
Denmark
- 12 Spain
- 10 Monaco
- 8 France
- 7 Luxembourg
- 6 Israel
- 5 Netherlands
- 4 Greece
- 3 Switzerland
- 2 Austria
- 1 Germany
-
Luxembourg
- 12 Israel
- 10 Ireland
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Netherlands
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Greece
- 3 Italy
- 2 Spain
- 1 France
-
Israel
- 12 Netherlands
- 10 Greece
- 8 Monaco
- 7 Belgium
- 6 Spain
- 5 France
- 4 Denmark
- 3 Germany
- 2 United Kingdom
- 1 Switzerland
-
Austria
- 12 France
- 10 Switzerland
- 8 Israel
- 7 Spain
- 6 Ireland
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Belgium
- 3 Greece
- 2 Denmark
- 1 Monaco
-
Sweden
read out by Sven Lindahl
- 12 Monaco
- 10 France
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Germany
- 6 Luxembourg
- 5 Austria
- 4 Belgium
- 3 United Kingdom
- 2 Greece
- 1 Netherlands
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 20 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.
| Song | Total | Ireland | Norway | Italy | Finland | Portugal | France | Spain | United Kingdom | Switzerland | Belgium | Netherlands | Turkey | Germany | Monaco | Greece | Denmark | Luxembourg | Israel | Austria | Sweden |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 86 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| Norway | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 53 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Finland | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| France | 119 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | |
| Spain | 65 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 61 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Switzerland | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Belgium | 125 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Netherlands | 37 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 84 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Monaco | 107 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Greece | 66 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Denmark | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 73 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| Israel | 157 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Austria | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 26 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- in the interval
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- Stéphane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson with Yehudi Menuhin, Kenny Clarke and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
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.