Back مسابقة الأغنية الأوروبية 1979 Arabic 1979 Avroviziya Mahnı Müsabiqəsi Azerbaijani Конкурс песні Еўрабачанне 1979 Byelorussian Конкурс песьні Эўрабачаньне-1979 BE-X-OLD Евровизия 1979 Bulgarian Eurosong 1979. BS Festival de la Cançó d'Eurovisió 1979 Catalan Eurovision Song Contest 1979 Danish Eurovision Song Contest 1979 German Διαγωνισμός Τραγουδιού Eurovision 1979 Greek
| Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | |
| Final | 31 March 1979 |
| Host | |
| Venue | International Convention Center Jerusalem, Israel |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Musical director | Izhak Graziani |
| Directed by | Yossi Zemach |
| Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
| Executive producer | Alex Gilady |
| Host broadcaster | Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) |
| Website | eurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | None |
| Non-returning countries |  Turkey |
| |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song |  Israel"Hallelujah" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the 1978 contest with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the contest was held at the International Convention Centre on 31 March 1979, and was hosted by Israeli television presenter Daniel Pe'er and singer Yardena Arazi. This was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was held outside Europe.
Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Turkey deciding not to participate after Arab countries had pressured it into not participating in a contest held in Israel.[1] Yugoslavia, which had missed the 1977 and 1978 contests, also did not take part in or broadcast the contest this year for political reasons,[2] despite an earlier public poll in which almost 100,000 people supported a Yugoslav return to the contest.[3]
For the second year in a row, Israel won with the song "Hallelujah", performed by the Israeli group Milk and Honey featuring Gali Atari.
- ^ "Jerusalem 1979". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ "Yugoslavya da Eurovision'a katılmama kararı verdi" [Yugoslavia also decided not to participate in Eurovision]. Milliyet (in Turkish). Istanbul, Turkey. 27 March 1979. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Milionski žiri čitalaca domaćih TV magazina zahteva: Vratimo najzad Jugoslaviju na Pesmu Evrovizije". yugopapir.com.