23rd contest
Eurovision 1978
The 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, the 23rd edition, was held in Paris, France and was won by Israel — Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta with “A-Ba-Ni-Bi”.
The facts
- Host country
- France
- Host city
- Paris
- Winner
- Israel
- Artist
- Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta
- Song
- “A-Ba-Ni-Bi”
This was Israel’s 1st Eurovision win — not their last. Their full record
Compiled from the public record of the contest. Years, hosts, winners, songs and performers are stated; participant counts and pre-2000 venues are left blank rather than estimated, and will be filled in as each is checked against a primary source. This is a different standard from the two-independent-sources bar that a 2027 confirmation has to clear, and it is held to a lower one — spotted an error? It is worth telling us about.
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