Contest year
- Host City
- Paris, France
- Venue
- Palais des Congrès
- Final Date
- January 1, 1978
- Entries
- 20
- Notable for being the first contest hosted by more than one presenter—and the first to include a male presenter since 1956—1978 also set a then-record with 20 participating countries, aided by Denmark’s first appearance since 1966 and Turkey’s return.
- The native-language rule prompted Sweden’s Björn Skifs to begin in gibberish after nearly switching to English.
- Israel won for the first time with “A-Ba-Ni-Bi,” the first Semitic-language winner and the only winning song conducted by a woman (Nurit Hirsh), while some Arab broadcasters reportedly cut transmission or misreported the result.
- via Wikipedia
Presenters
Denise Fabre, Léon Zitrone
Winner
Host Country
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta A-Ba-Ni-Bi | 1 | 157 |
 Belgium | Jean Vallée L'amour ça fait chanter la vie | 2 | 125 |
 France | Joël Prévost Il y aura toujours des violons | 3 | 119 |
 Monaco | Caline and Olivier Toussaint Les jardins de Monaco | 4 | 107 |
 Ireland | Colm T. Wilkinson Born to Sing | 5 | 86 |
 Germany | Ireen Sheer Feuer | 6 | 84 |
 Luxembourg | Baccara Parlez-vous français ? | 7 | 73 |
 Greece | Tania Tsanaklidou Charlie Chaplin | 8 | 66 |
 Spain | José Vélez Bailemos un vals | 9 | 65 |
 Switzerland | Carole Vinci Vivre | 9 | 65 |
 United Kingdom | Co-Co The Bad Old Days | 11 | 61 |
 Italy | Ricchi e Poveri Questo amore | 12 | 53 |
 Netherlands | Harmony 't Is OK | 13 | 37 |
 Sweden | Björn Skifs Det blir alltid värre framåt natten | 14 | 26 |
 Austria | Springtime Mrs. Caroline Robinson | 15 | 14 |
 Denmark | Mabel Boom Boom | 16 | 13 |
 Portugal | Gemini Dai-li-dou | 17 | 5 |
 Finland | Seija Simola Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus | 18 | 2 |
 Turkey | Nazar Sevince | 18 | 2 |
 Norway | Jahn Teigen Mil etter mil | 20 | 0 |