Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
- Rolf Soja
- Frank Dostal
- Peter Zentner
◄1977 • | 1978 | • 1979► |
Luxembourg was represented by Spanish duo Baccara, with the song "Parlez-vous français ?", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 April in Paris. For only the second time, broadcaster RTL organised a public national final rather than their usual method of internal selection.
Baccara were one of the most internationally famous acts ever to appear at Eurovision, being already known throughout Europe from two recent hugely successful singles, "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" (which had spent a week at the top of the UK Singles Chart in late 1977) and "Sorry, I'm a Lady". "Parlez-vous français ?" was written by Frank Dostal, who had also penned the duo's previous recordings. There was some degree of facetious comment that so similar was it to the two hits that it should have been called "Yes Sir, I'm a Lady". However Baccara were to find (as had Silver Convention the year before) that being a big-name act did not necessarily translate into Eurovision success.
Before Eurovision
Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1978
The Luxembourgish national final, Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1978, was broadcast live on RTL at 20:00 CET on 21 March 1978.[1] No information on the venue, host(s), or voting system is known. Five acts took part, including Gitte Hænning who had represented Germany in 1973 and Liliane Saint-Pierre who would sing for Belgium in 1987.[2]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jean-Paul Cara | "Un arbre dans la ville" | Joe Gracy, Jean-Paul Cara | 62 | 2 |
2 | Gitte Hænning | "Rien qu'une femme" | Hans-Georg Moslener, R. Frank | 56 | 3 |
3 | Jairo | "Dans les yeux d'un enfant" | Jairo, Michel Jourdan | 51 | 5 |
4 | Baccara | "Parlez-vous français ?" | Rolf Soja, Frank Dostal, Peter Zentner | 80 | 1 |
5 | Liliane Saint-Pierre | "Mélodie" | Claude Barzotti, Michel Detry | 52 | 4 |
At Eurovision
The contest was broadcast on RTL Télé-Luxembourg with Jacques Navadic and André Torrent [fr] as commentators.[3]
On the night of the final Baccara performed 17th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding eventual contest winners Israel. Although their commercial success made them among the favourites to win prior to the contest, ultimately, "Parlez-vous français ?" was never in contention for victory and finished the evening with 73 points. This placed Luxembourg 7th of the 20 entries.[4] The song had received maximum 12s from Italy, Portugal and (unsurprisingly) Spain, but had been ignored completely by seven other national juries. The Luxembourgish jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.[5]
Voting
|
|
References
- ^ "RTL Luxembourg". Revue. 18 March 1978. p. 106.
- ^ "LUXEMBOURG NATIONAL FINAL 1978". natfinals.50webs.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Großer Eurovisionspreis für Israel". Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 23 April 1978. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - Luxembourg 1978
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- v
- t
- e
- Michèle Arnaud
- Hugues Aufray
- Baccara
- Anne-Marie B
- Chris Baldo
- Solange Berry
- Sarah Bray
- Sophie Carle
- Céline Carzo
- Anne-Marie David
- Danièle Dupré
- Lara Fabian
- Camillo Felgen
- France Gall
- Sophie Garel
- Géraldine
- Corinne Hermès
- Kontinent
- Sherisse Laurence
- Vicky Leandros
- Margo
- Jeane Manson
- Jürgen Marcus
- Monique Melsen
- Modern Times
- Nana Mouskouri
- Franck Olivier
- Park Café
- Jean-Claude Pascal
- Plastic Bertrand
- Chris Roberts
- Malcolm Roberts
- Romuald
- Ireen Sheer
- Diane Solomon
- Sophie and Magaly
- Svetlana
- Tali
- Michèle Torr
- Marion Welter
- David Alexandre Winter
- "100% d'amour"
- "À force de prier"
- "Les Amants de minuit"
- "L'Amour de ma vie"
- "L'amour est bleu"
- "Amour, amour"
- "Amours mortes (tant de peine)"
- "Après toi"
- "Un baiser volé"
- "Bye Bye I Love You"
- "Catherine"
- "Ce soir je t'attendais"
- "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"
- "Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment"
- "Children, Kinder, Enfants"
- "Cours après le temps"
- "Croire"
- "Dès que le printemps revient"
- "Donne-moi une chance"
- "Fighter"
- "Frère Jacques"
- "Un grand amour"
- "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux"
- "Je suis tombé du ciel"
- "Monsieur"
- "Ne crois pas"
- "Nous les amoureux"
- "Nous vivrons d'amour"
- "Papa Pingouin"
- "Parlez-vous français ?"
- "Petit bonhomme"
- "Pomme, pomme, pomme"
- "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
- "Quand je te rêve"
- "Si la vie est cadeau"
- "So laang we's du do bast"
- "Sou fräi"
- "Toi"
- "Tu te reconnaîtras"