The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 31 March 1979 in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's win at the 1978 edition. The event was staged at the International Convention Center. The presenters were Daniel Pe'er and Yardena Arazi. Nineteen out of the twenty countries that participated in 1978 also participated, with the exception of Turkey, which withdrew after Arab countries pressured into not participating in Israel.

The winner was Israel with the song "Hallelujah", performed by Milk and Honey. Yugoslavia, who missed the 1978 Contest, also didn't want to take part nor transmit the 1979 show for political reasons. As well as being broadcast live in the 19 competing countries, the contest was broadcast in Romania, Hong Kong and Iceland.

Results

The following tables reflect the confirmed, verified scores, which were adjusted after the live broadcast. During the voting announcement, due to a misunderstanding by the presenter Yardena Arazi, Spain appeared to award 10 points to both Portugal and Israel and these scores were added to the scoreboard. After the programme, verification confirmed that Portugal should only have received six points, leaving the total Portuguese score reduced by four points to 64.

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01 Portugal Manuela Bravo "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" Portuguese 9 64
02 Italy Matia Bazar "Raggio di luna" Italian 15 27
03 Denmark Tommy Seebach "Disco Tango" Danish 6 76
04 Ireland Cathal Dunne "Happy Man" English 5 80
05 Finland Katri Helena "Katson sineen taivaan" Finnish 14 38
06 Monaco Laurent Vaguener "Notre vie c'est la musique" French 16 12
07 Greece Elpida "Sokrati" (Σωκράτη) Greek 8 69
08 Switzerland Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri "Trödler und Co" German 10 60
09 Germany Dschinghis Khan "Dschinghis Khan" German 4 86
10 Israel Milk and Honey "Hallelujah" (הללויה) Hebrew 1 125
11 France Anne-Marie David "Je suis l'enfant soleil" French 3 106
12 Belgium Micha Marah "Hey Nana" Dutch 18 5
13 Luxembourg Jeane Manson "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" French 13 44
14 Netherlands Xandra "Colorado" Dutch 12 51
15 Sweden Ted Gärdestad "Satellit" Swedish 17 8
16 Norway Anita Skorgan "Oliver" Norwegian 11 57
17 United Kingdom Black Lace "Mary Ann" English 7 73
18 Austria Christina Simon "Heute in Jerusalem" German 18 5
19 Spain Betty Missiego "Su canción" Spanish 2 116

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