The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 7 May 1977 in London, England, United Kingdom after the group Brotherhood of Man gave the nation its third victory the previous year with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me".
Eighteen countries participated. No country made its debut while Sweden returned. Yugoslavia withdrew from competing.
The Contest was won for the fifth time by France with the song "L'oiseau et l'enfant" by Marie Myriam. As of 2023, it remains the country's last victory in the Contest.
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Artist | Note |
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Beatrix Neundlinger & Günter Grosslercher | Represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh as part of the group Milestones with the song "Falter im Wind", finishing in 5th place with 100 points. |
Dream Express | Represented The Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 on home soil in Amsterdam as the group Hearts of Soul, performing the song "Waterman", finishing in 7th place with 7 points. |
The Swarbriggs | Represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm with the song "That's What Friends Are For", finishing in 9th place with 68 points. |
Ilanit | Represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in Luxembourg City with the song "Ey Sham", finishing in 4th place with 97 points. |
Michèle Torr | Represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 on home soil in Luxembourg City the song "Ce soir je t'attendais", finishing in 10th place with 7 points. |
Fernando Tordo | Represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in Luxembourg City with the song "Tourada", finishing in 10th place with 80 points. |
Paulo de Carvalho | Represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton with the song "E depois do adeus", finishing in joint last place with 3 points. |
Results[]
During the voting sequence of the live show, several errors were made in the announcement of the scores, which were then adjusted after the broadcast. Both Greece and France duplicated scores, awarding the same points to multiple countries. From the Greek scores, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Austria and Finland all had 1 point deducted after the contest and from the French scores, Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy and Belgium all had 1 point deducted. None of the adjustments affected the placing of any of the songs.
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Ireland | The Swarbriggs Plus Two | "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" | English | - | 3 | 119 |
02 | Monaco | Michèle Torr | "Une petite française" | French | A little Frenchwoman | 4 | 96 |
03 | The Netherlands | Heddy Lester | "De mallemolen" | Dutch | The merry-go-round | 12 | 35 |
04 | Austria | Schmetterlinge | "Boom Boom Boomerang" | German | - | 17 | 11 |
05 | Norway | Anita Skorgan | "Casanova" | Norwegian | - | 14 | 18 |
06 | Germany | Silver Convention | "Telegram" | English | - | 8 | 55 |
07 | Luxembourg | Anne-Marie B. | "Frère Jacques" | French | Brother John | 16 | 17 |
08 | Portugal | Os Amigos | "Portugal no coração" | Portuguese | Portugal in my heart | 14 | 18 |
09 | United Kingdom | Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran | "Rock Bottom" | English | - | 2 | 121 |
10 | Greece | Paschalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy | "Mathima solfege" | Greek | Solfège Lesson | 5 | 92 |
11 | Israel | Ilanit | "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" | Hebrew | Love is a song for two | 11 | 49 |
12 | Switzerland | Pepe Lienhard Band | "Swiss Lady" | German | - | 6 | 71 |
13 | Sweden | Forbes | "Beatles" | Swedish | - | 18 | 2 |
14 | Spain | Micky | "Enseñame a cantar" | Spanish | Teach Me to Sing | 9 | 52 |
15 | Italy | Mia Martini | "Libera" | Italian | Free | 13 | 33 |
16 | Finland | Monica Aspelund | "Lapponia" | Finnish | - | 10 | 50 |
17 | Belgium | Dream Express | "A Million in One, Two, Three" | English | - | 7 | 69 |
18 | France | Marie Myriam | "L'oiseau et l'enfant" | French | The bird and the child | 1 | 136 |