Jerusalem, Saturday, 31 March 1979
Eurovision 1979, vote by vote
19 songs, 19 countries voting. Israel won with “Hallelujah (הללויה)” on 125 points, 9 ahead of Spain.
The result
In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.
- 1 125 pts
Israel Milk and Honey “Hallelujah (הללויה)”
Sang no. 10
Top marks from Portugal, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Norway and United Kingdom
- 2 116 pts
Spain Betty Missiego “Su canción”
Sang no. 19
Top marks from Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium
- 3 106 pts
France Anne-Marie David “Je suis l'enfant soleil”
Sang no. 11
Top marks from Luxembourg and Netherlands
- 4 86 pts
Germany Dschinghis Khan “Dschinghis Khan”
Sang no. 9
Top marks from Denmark, Monaco, France and Spain
- 5 80 pts
Ireland Cathal Dunne “Happy Man”
Sang no. 4
- 6 76 pts
- 7 73 pts
United Kingdom Black Lace “Mary Ann”
Sang no. 17
- 8 69 pts
- 9 64 pts
Portugal Manuela Bravo “Sobe, sobe, balão sobe”
Sang no. 1
- 10 60 pts
Switzerland Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri “Trödler und Co.”
Sang no. 8
Top marks from Austria
- 11 57 pts
Norway Anita Skorgan “Oliver”
Sang no. 16
- 12 51 pts
Netherlands Xandra “Colorado”
Sang no. 14
- 13 44 pts
Luxembourg Jeane Manson “J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux”
Sang no. 13
- 14 38 pts
Finland Katri Helena “Katson sineen taivaan”
Sang no. 5
- 15 27 pts
Italy Matia Bazar “Raggio di luna”
Sang no. 2
- 16 12 pts
Monaco Laurent Vaguener “Notre vie c'est la musique”
Sang no. 6
- 17 8 pts
Sweden Ted Gärdestad “Satellit”
Sang no. 15
- 18 5 pts
Belgium Micha Marah “Hey Nana”
Sang no. 12
- 18 5 pts
Austria Christina Simon “Heute in Jerusalem”
Sang no. 18
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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Portugal
- 12 Israel
- 10 Greece
- 8 Italy
- 7 Luxembourg
- 6 France
- 5 Ireland
- 4 United Kingdom
- 3 Norway
- 2 Germany
- 1 Monaco
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Italy
- 12 Spain
- 10 France
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Finland
- 6 Portugal
- 5 Ireland
- 4 Austria
- 3 Norway
- 2 Monaco
- 1 Germany
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Denmark
- 12 Germany
- 10 United Kingdom
- 8 Netherlands
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Israel
- 5 Ireland
- 4 Monaco
- 3 Spain
- 2 Belgium
- 1 Greece
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Ireland
- 12 Israel
- 10 Netherlands
- 8 Norway
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Sweden
- 5 Germany
- 4 Greece
- 3 Luxembourg
- 2 Denmark
- 1 Switzerland
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Finland
read out by Kaarina Pönniö
- 12 Israel
- 10 Switzerland
- 8 Italy
- 7 United Kingdom
- 6 Ireland
- 5 Netherlands
- 4 Luxembourg
- 3 Germany
- 2 Portugal
- 1 France
-
Monaco
- 12 Germany
- 10 France
- 8 Israel
- 7 Greece
- 6 Norway
- 5 Portugal
- 4 Luxembourg
- 3 Denmark
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 United Kingdom
-
Greece
- 12 Denmark
- 10 Ireland
- 8 France
- 7 Finland
- 6 Spain
- 5 Luxembourg
- 4 Israel
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 Switzerland
- 1 Sweden
-
Switzerland
- 12 Spain
- 10 France
- 8 Finland
- 7 Greece
- 6 Ireland
- 5 Israel
- 4 Portugal
- 3 Luxembourg
- 2 United Kingdom
- 1 Denmark
-
Germany
- 12 Spain
- 10 Denmark
- 8 United Kingdom
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Ireland
- 5 Finland
- 4 Portugal
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 Greece
- 1 Belgium
-
Israel
- 12 Denmark
- 10 Greece
- 8 Spain
- 7 Netherlands
- 6 Germany
- 5 France
- 4 Switzerland
- 3 Ireland
- 2 Norway
- 1 Sweden
-
France
- 12 Germany
- 10 Portugal
- 8 Spain
- 7 Switzerland
- 6 Denmark
- 5 Finland
- 4 Greece
- 3 Monaco
- 2 Luxembourg
- 1 Israel
-
Belgium
- 12 Spain
- 10 Ireland
- 8 Norway
- 7 Denmark
- 6 France
- 5 Portugal
- 4 Germany
- 3 Netherlands
- 2 Israel
- 1 Greece
-
Luxembourg
- 12 France
- 10 Spain
- 8 Israel
- 7 Ireland
- 6 Finland
- 5 Greece
- 4 Denmark
- 3 Portugal
- 2 Norway
- 1 Germany
-
Netherlands
read out by Ivo Niehe
- 12 France
- 10 Spain
- 8 Denmark
- 7 Greece
- 6 Norway
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Luxembourg
- 3 Portugal
- 2 Germany
- 1 Israel
-
Sweden
read out by Sven Lindahl
- 12 Israel
- 10 Norway
- 8 Ireland
- 7 Spain
- 6 Germany
- 5 France
- 4 Netherlands
- 3 Portugal
- 2 Greece
- 1 Denmark
-
Norway
- 12 Israel
- 10 United Kingdom
- 8 Switzerland
- 7 France
- 6 Portugal
- 5 Ireland
- 4 Netherlands
- 3 Italy
- 2 Luxembourg
- 1 Spain
-
United Kingdom
read out by Colin Berry
- 12 Israel
- 10 Luxembourg
- 8 Germany
- 7 Norway
- 6 France
- 5 Spain
- 4 Ireland
- 3 Denmark
- 2 Belgium
- 1 Austria
-
Austria
- 12 Switzerland
- 10 Spain
- 8 Israel
- 7 Portugal
- 6 United Kingdom
- 5 France
- 4 Netherlands
- 3 Denmark
- 2 Greece
- 1 Norway
-
Spain
- 12 Germany
- 10 Israel
- 8 Italy
- 7 Greece
- 6 Portugal
- 5 United Kingdom
- 4 Denmark
- 3 France
- 2 Monaco
- 1 Norway
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 19 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.
| Song | Total | Portugal | Italy | Denmark | Ireland | Finland | Monaco | Greece | Switzerland | Germany | Israel | France | Belgium | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Sweden | Norway | United Kingdom | Austria | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 64 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| Italy | 27 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 76 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Ireland | 80 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Finland | 38 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Monaco | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Greece | 69 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Switzerland | 60 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||
| Germany | 86 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | |||||
| Israel | 125 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | |||
| France | 106 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 44 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 51 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 57 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 73 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| Austria | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 116 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- in the interval
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- Shalom ’79
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.