1977, Music: Eurovision Song Contest

The 22nd Eurovision Song Contest was held on 7 May 1977 at the Wembley Conference Centre London, United Kingdom.Angela Rippon presented the festival and of the 18 participants Marie Myriam won for France with "L'oiseau et l'enfant" (The Bird and the Child). It was France's fifth victory.

The native language rule was brought back to the 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 perform before the rule was reintroduced.

First Place: Marie Myriam with "L'oiseau et l'enfant" for France

Second Place: Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran with "Rock Bottom" for The United Kingdom.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Ireland	The Swarbriggs Plus Two	"It's Nice to Be in Love Again"	3	119
02	Monaco	Michèle Torr	"Une petite française"	4	96
03	Netherlands	Heddy Lester	"De mallemolen"	12	35
04	Austria	Schmetterlinge	"Boom Boom Boomerang"	17	11
05	Norway	Anita Skorgan	"Casanova"	15	18
06	Germany	Silver Convention	"Telegram"	8	55
07	Luxembourg	Anne-Marie B	"Frère Jacques"	16	17
08	Portugal	Os Amigos	"Portugal no coração"	14	18
09	United Kingdom	Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran	"Rock Bottom"	2	121
10	Greece	Paschalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy	"Mathima Solfege"	5	92
11	Israel	Ilanit	"Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim"	11	49
12	Switzerland	Pepe Lienhard Band	"Swiss Lady"	6	71
13	Sweden	Forbes	"Beatles"	18	2
14	Spain	Micky	"Enséñame a cantar"	9	52
15	Italy	Mia Martini	"Libera"	13	33
16	Finland	Monica Aspelund	"Lapponia"	10	50
17	Belgium	Dream Express	"A Million in One, Two, Three"	7	69
18	France	Marie Myriam	"L'oiseau et l'enfant"	1	136

Video: Marie Myriam with "L'oiseau et l'enfant"

1963, Music: Eurovision Song Contest

The 8th Eurovision Song Contest was held on 23 March 1963 at the BBC Television Centre London, United Kingdom.

France had won the contest in 1962 but were incapable of hosting in 1963, due to financial shortcomings, the BBC stepped in to save the event. Katie Boyle presented the festival and of the 16 participants Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann won for Denmark with "Dansevise". It was Denmark's first win. Finland, Norway and Sweden all failed to score any points for the first time. The Netherlands received no points for the second time, and became the first country to go two years in a row without scoring a single point.

Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann

(top l-r) Heidi Bruhl (Germany), unknown, Monica Zetterlund (Sweden), Annie Palmen (Netherlands),

Anita Thalloug (Norway), Alain Barriere (France), Laila Halme (Finland), Carmela Corren (Austria),

Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann (Denmark), Ester Ofarini (Switzerland), Nana Mouskouri (Luxembourg)

and Jacques Raymond (Belgium) (front sitting) Jose Guardiola (Spain) and Emilio Pericoli (Italy)

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	Ronnie Carroll	"Say Wonderful Things"	4	28
02	Netherlands	Annie Palmen	"Een speeldoos"	13	0
03	Germany	Heidi Brühl	"Marcel"	9	5
04	Austria	Carmela Corren	"Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"	7	16
05	Norway	Anita Thallaug	"Solhverv"	13	0
06	Italy	Emilio Pericoli	"Uno per tutte"	3	37
07	Finland	Laila Halme	"Muistojeni laulu"	13	0
08	Denmark	Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann	"Dansevise"	1	42
09	Yugoslavia	Vice Vukov	"Brodovi"	11	3
10	Switzerland	Esther Ofarim	"T'en va pas"	2	40
11	France	Alain Barrière	"Elle était si jolie"	5	25
12	Spain	José Guardiola	"Algo prodigioso"	12	2
13	Sweden	Monica Zetterlund	"En gång i Stockholm"	13	0
14	Belgium	Jacques Raymond	"Waarom?"	10	4
15	Monaco	Françoise Hardy	"L'amour s'en va"	5	25
16	Luxembourg	Nana Mouskouri	"À force de prier"	8	13

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1976, Music: Eurovision Song Contest

The 21th Eurovision Song Contest was held on 3 April 1976 at the “Congresgebouw” in The Hague, Netherlands. Corry Brokken presented the festival and of the 18 participants Brotherhood of Man won for the United Kingdom with "Save Your Kisses for Me".

It was the first time that a previous winner hosted the contest. Corry Brokken won the festival in 1957 with the song "Net als toen" ("Like it used to be"). Liechtenstein submitted a song but as they had no broadcasting service of their own they were not allowed to participate. Greece's entry aroused some controversy because the song was about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus therefore Turkey withdrew from the contest. Sweden withdrew from the contest, as the broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR) did not have enough money to host another contest if Sweden won again.

Brotherhood of Man, left to right: Lee Sheriden, Nicky Stevens, Sandra Stevens and Martin Lee

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	Brotherhood of Man	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	1	164
02	Switzerland	Peter, Sue and Marc	"Djambo, Djambo"	4	91
03	Germany	Les Humphries Singers	"Sing Sang Song"	15	12
04	Israel	Chocolat, Menta, Mastik	"Emor Shalom"	6	77
05	Luxembourg	Jürgen Marcus	"Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment"	14	17
06	Belgium	Pierre Rapsat	"Judy et Cie"	8	68
07	Ireland	Red Hurley	"When"	10	54
08	Netherlands	Sandra Reemer	"The Party's Over"	9	56
09	Norway	Anne-Karine Strøm	"Mata Hari"	18	7
10	Greece	Mariza Koch	"Panagia Mou, Panagia Mou"	13	20
11	Finland	Fredi & Ystävät	"Pump-Pump"	11	44
12	Spain	Braulio	"Sobran las palabras"	16	11
13	Italy	Al Bano & Romina Power	"We'll Live It All Again"	7	69
14	Austria	Waterloo & Robinson	"My Little World"	5	80
15	Portugal	Carlos do Carmo	"Uma flor de verde pinho"	12	24
16	Monaco	Mary Christy	"Toi, la musique et moi"	3	93
17	France	Catherine Ferry	"Un, deux, trois"	2	147
18	Yugoslavia	Ambasadori	"Ne mogu skriti svoju bol"	17	10