The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the twenty third Eurovision and was held on April 22, 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Leon Zitrone as the presenters, the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".
Results
| Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
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| Austria | Springtime | Mrs Caroline Robinson | 15 | 14 |
| Belgium | Jean Vallee | L'amour ça fait chanter la vie | 2 | 125 |
| Denmark | Mabel | Boom-Boom | 16 | 13 |
| Finland | Seija Simola | Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus | 18 | 2 |
| France | Joel Prevost | Il y aura toujours des violons | 3 | 119 |
| Germany | Ireen Sheer | Feuer | 6 | 84 |
| Greece | Tania Tsanaclidou | Charlie Chaplin | 8 | 66 |
| Ireland | Colm C T Wilkinson | Born to Sing | 5 | 86 |
| Israel | Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta | A-Ba-Ni-Bi | 1 | 157 |
| Italy | Ricchi e Poveri | Questo Amore | 12 | 53 |
| Luxembourg | Baccara | Parlez-Vous Francais | 7 | 73 |
| Monaco | Caline& Olivier Toussaint | Les Jardins de Monaco | 4 | 107 |
| Netherlands | Harmony | 'T Is OK | 13 | 37 |
| Norway | Jahn Teigen | Mil Etter Mil | 20 | 0 |
| Portugal | Gemini | Dai-Li-Dou | 17 | 5 |
| Spain | Jose Veiez | Bailemos un Vals | 9 | 65 |
| Sweden | Björn Skifs | Det Blir Alltid Värre Framåt Natten | 14 | 26 |
| Switzerland | Carole Vinci | Vivre | 9 | 65 |
| Turkey | Nazar | Sevince | 18 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | Co-Co | The Bad Old Days | 11 | 61 |
| Venue: Palais des Congres - Paris, France | ||||
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Voting Structure
Each Country had a Jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.
Score Sheet
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| Contestants | Ireland | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Italy | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| France | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Switzerland | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Monaco | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Greece | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Israel | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Sweden | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| The table is ordered by appearance. | |||||||||||||||||||||
