24th contest
Eurovision 1979
The 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, the 24th edition, was held in Jerusalem, Israel and was won by Israel — Milk and Honey with “Hallelujah”.
The facts
This was Israel’s 2nd 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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