Eurovision 1978 Results: Voting & Points
Eurovision 1978 Scoreboard
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 result: Israel won with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta with 157 points
Date: Saturday 22 April 1978Location: Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
Broadcaster: TF1
Hosts: Denise Fabre & Léon Zitrone
Voting: Each country's jury awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Interval act: Stéphane Grapelli and Oscar Peterson, Yehudi Menuhin, Kenny Clarke and Nils Henning Ørsted Pedersen
In 1978 Jordan showed some flowers instead of the Israeli entry on their screening of the show. When Israel went on to win they pretended it was Belgium
Titles of songs have included Boom Bang-a-bang (UK, 1969), A-Ba-Ni-Ba (Israel, 1978), Bana Bana (Turkey, 1989) and Bourn Badaboru (Monaco, 1967)
