Eurovision 1979 - Voting Part 5/5

[@ylevy5]

“Vienna what are you doing here” lol

[@Escul1960]

This was one of the most nail-biting votes ever!

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

And so sad for Spain, 'killed' by their own jury.

[@joaquinpacheco9407]

When Spain was a honest country ...

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

Why honest? They couldn't change their results anymore.

[@kicogz]

Mocro boy If I remember correctly (I was 14 years old) After the end of transmission, the members of the spanish jury appeared on TVE screen to speak about their impressions of the winning song like usually done at that time. They told to the Spanish audience that Yes! if they had wanted; they would have changed the result because there was no presence of a notary or affidavit. But nobody present proposed something like that. They would be dishonest, emphasized a member of the jury. I remember it was bitter, but a good example of honesty.

[@irondasgr]

@@kicogz Ηοw could there not be a legal representation in there? On the other hand changing the result would be a common crime with many accomplices. People would start to talk after the contest. It'd be still a huge scandal for Spain. Each and everyone would have fear of each and everyone in that jury. Doing the right thing was one way street for them and good they saw it this way. IMO they shouldn't have voted for the Israeli song in the first place. There were many other better ones.

[@kicogz]

irondasgr We are talking about a time with a few contestants and no televote. Just a simple jury elected by the national broadcast system of each country; with a common EUB rules (different ages and different professional status) That jury was free to vote whoever it wanted and was no subject to control according to the explanation of the spokesman to the spanish viewers. I know that years later a notary kept a record of the decisions. So that's what I remember. If they had wanted, they would not have given any point to Israel. And Israel would not win.

[@pedroluzdivina2355]

@@Tomek-mf2ln Qué chorradas hay que leer. Los votos ya estaban emitidos antes de comenzar el reparto.

[@sannev8407]

Spain should have hosted 1980, because they were 2nd

[@Euroviking86]

They were actually approached for this job, but they turned it down. The UK were asked as well, and for the first time turned it down. Finally the Netherlands stepped in at a late stage.

[@jpaob]

The EBU could have helped Spain to host the contest.

[@JackWalker12993]

A wonderful moment, Israel deserved their host victory. Hallelujah is one of the best ESC winners of all time. I love Betty's sportsmanship after Israel were called by Spanish spokesperson which is what everyone needed to hear regardless of the points mark. The 2 hosts struggled a bit but they still did very good from my point of view. "Vienna what are you doing here?" Quality quote! xD

[@Escul1960]

One of the greatest moments in our musical history. We look forward to welcoming our European friends to Eurovision 2019 in Tel-Aviv in May, which promises to be a huge celebration of love, friendship and music.

[@VoilaBarti]

Escul1960 Can’t wait 💖 Israel is the best ESC country 💖

[@sefarad83]

@pmr1973 In fact, since the beggining of the ESC, points were given in order of appareance unitl 1980.

[@Keithbarber]

It was 1975 that the 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Voting system came in In 1973, they used the 2 jurors giving 1-5 points each, which was used 1971/2/3 - and in 1974 the 10 jurors 1 vote each had its final use, ABBA winning with 24votes

[@georgedc80]

A nice relieving round of applause when Luxembourg finally got a high score of 10 points from the uk, which they deserved.

[@Euroviking86]

"Hold it!" Lol XD One of the biggest thrillers ever. Israel keep soaring back, jumping right into the foray in the final stretch and fighting neck-and-neck with Spain. And of course they had to draw out the excitement as much as possible, with Spain one point in the lead before they had to give their (final) votes. It's a good thing Israel overtook them or Spain would have had the lowest winning total ever. The atmosphere of this contest was so jovial, and Israel's song is a true classic (though I personally prefer "Su Cancion", I would not have liked it to win). Fortunately this was the last contest with performance order of points, as Daniel and Yardena got notably confused due to poor telephone lines. On a personal note, I love that the UK jury gave 10 points to Luxembourg, an underappreciated song that was clearly popular in the audience.

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

Together with 1988, 1991 and 2003.

[@ylevy5]

What happened to Frank this year? Looks as if he was slightly confused 🤷‍♂️

[@lindakristinekjlibraten777]

Slightly?

[@kram2one]

A little mistake in the last jury: Spain gave Portugal 6 points, and not 10 points, because Israel got those 10 points.... No one noticed??? not even Mr. Frank Naef!

[@joulemaitre3185]

Et le Portugal a dit six points en Français

[@joulemaitre3185]

Pardon l'Espagne a donné 6 points

[@Euroviking86]

The official site says, quite correctly, that the Netherlands hosted the 1980 contest. Israel won the 1979 contest, but they didn't take part in that contest in 1980.

[@pandemits]

@sushifornico yes... the old system had not the escalating anxiety that current system does...

[@chainatprachatree]

I simply think that Betty (Spain) is a nice person, and just happen to win and lose with same spirit, try see her actions while the winning song is being performed. Yes, the Netherands hosted the following year (as far as I remember the last time that the winning country didn't host the following year), this was due to the date which happen to be an Israeli public holiday, and therefore Israel didn't even participate.

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

chainatprachatree Sad that Spain only hosted once :/

[@rafiba9982]

That was not the case! Israel could not afford another host

[@Euroviking86]

rafi ba It was both, actually. Israel gave up the hosting rights, but then when the date fell on their Remembrance Day, they declined to compete at all. That's the only time in Eurovision history that a country has not defended its title.

[@rafaellorentepozo6085]

Para mi fue la mejor España, sin duda

[@dramaticScar]

Betty was happier with her loss than all the times she was in the lead

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

@@TheDRMISTERY Actually the 2nd place is the best place :-P

[@MiguelRodriguez-ox4bd]

A ver escuchen bien la votación el jurado español le da 6 votos a portugal no 10 la que se equivoco y dijo 10 fue la presentadora el fallo fue q el jurado español no la corrigio

[@whatsun1209]

I don't think she knew one of the times, but then she caught on and she was pleased She's just a nice person, i guess :)

[@Christophevalere]

En faite, le jury espagnol a donné 6 points au Portugal et non 10 points

[@joulemaitre3185]

Exactement

[@SimsMoyal]

@LCScampi that's what i can't understand either..... she looks as if she didn't want to win

[@salamander6088]

Micha Marah (Belgian entry) didn't like the song she had to sing at the time. But 44 years after, she released in the summer of 2023 for the first time a single and video clip of "Hey nana". You find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGLGapuof6eXjMk

[@benrafter9172]

Portugal and Israel both got 10....

[@Christophevalere]

En faite, c'est Portugal 6 points et Israel 10 points

[@benrafter9172]

Christophevalere merci, vous etês sympas!

[@Christophevalere]

Je sais

[@quizmaster85]

@@Christophevalere La qualité du son de la ligne téléphonique était peut-être mauvaise, mais j’ai bien entendu « *Six* points » pour le Portugal.

[@javierl2794]

Spain didn't want to win at all... you can tell by the singer's reactions (and the man next to her) throughout the whole voting...

[@dramaticScar]

+Javier Lopez i noticed that and she was haapier with the israeilian victory

[@ylevy5]

Javier L of course they did! They were just very shocked to have emerged in the table after they had started so bad

[@ani2755]

Why couldn't they just read the points by order? I'm confused

[@Euroviking86]

At this time they were still holding on to the old way to do it, which was announce in performance order. From the next year, 1980, they introduced the ascending order.

[@sefarad83]

@pmr1973 Spain in Hebrew is Sefarad ;)

[@נחיוורמן-ת5ג]

באותו אירוויזיון השיר כמעט הכי גרוע זכה. מי שהיו צריכים לזכות זה או יוון או פורטוגל או ספרד

[@g.r6872]

Todá rabá from sefarad

[@נחיוורמן-ת5ג]

@@g.r6872 in 1979 the best songs was from Spain and Greece and Portugal

[@נחיוורמן-ת5ג]

@@g.r6872 you well come

[@PARDI62]

what a confusion at this particular moment of the votes, it certainly had an impact on the stress of the israelian and spanish singers. But finaly israel won it, with a very good song, and a marvelous second place for spain.

[@xavallokiyo]

Spanish song was so much better...

[@scorpioninpink]

so spain is the one who made israel won it's second win...

[@ani2755]

scorpioninpink Spain and the rest of Europe :)

[@marirodriguezgarcia8458]

Lo recuerdo con mucha claridad,cuando eso pasó,mi cabreo fue bestial

[@sushifornico]

tbh I dont get the whole voting system, I am happy they changed it to 1-8.10 and 12 points!

[@lindakristinekjlibraten777]

It was like that back then. They went through the voting out from the running order list and not like you say here, starting with 1 - 8 and 10 and 12 points. That started first in 1980 or 1981. You could see someone in 1981 was not aware of the changes either.

[@Keithbarber]

@@lindakristinekjlibraten777 started 1980

[@lindakristinekjrlibraten5759]

@@Keithbarber Thanks.

[@berto5543]

When possible winners didn't blank each other out....

[@Euroviking86]

Well, there was no media back then, social or otherwise, telling you what to vote for.

[@mariajesusperezlinares8575]

Gracias mon amour 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

[@kwonsoonyoung5192]

I love this Eurovision Song Contest. They did really good job on hosting this. However, I think he said "six points" for Portugal and "dix points" for Israel. There shouldn't be double 10 points lol XD

[@ivil5]

The israelish hostess understood always dix points with the spanish jury.

[@alonsol8989]

Did spain just -

[@sefarad83]

@pmr1973 Thank you for the information ;)

[@kolbotnil]

Uhm.. the spanish jury gives 10p to Portugal and then Israel.. Even though I think he says 7 points to portugal, she announces 10p and the scoreboards gives them 10..

[@janhilpar122]

Elle a dit "six points" pour le Portugal, mais personne a correcté ça

[@lindakristinekjlibraten777]

@@janhilpar122 With a bad connection six points and dix points could sound quite similar.

[@makina4l]

si nos hubiera votao portugal!!!!!!!!!! If portugal had voted us ( spain ) with... 10 points...we had won.

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

If if if

[@japgr5876]

Spain gave 10pts to Portugal (58->68) and Israel (115->125) ?????????

[@LCScampi]

Why does Betty look so pleased when Israel get lots of points, and so unimpressed when she gets points I wonder?

[@eduardomg4066]

LCScampi because at that moment she didn’t know who had finally won the contest. In later interviews she expressed very sour memories of that event, having been relegated to the second place by her own country!

[@MusicianOfDarkness55]

I think he was thrilled on Israel's win XD

[@pedroluzdivina2355]

Qué chapuza de concurso...

[@Kevindawson182]

it says israel won but on the offical webside by year it said the netherlands won???????????

[@ourasiavisionsongcontest6362]

The Netherlands hosted it because it costed a lot for Israel both 1979 and 1980

[@autorstage7686]

Spain had to gave Israel 1 points hahaha

[@DrEurop]

So true

[@breizhcatalonia1993]

@pmr1973 also lots of names of countries hebrew come from germany :)

[@danieljano88]

@kram2one Well, but no matter if Spain gave 6 or 10 points to Israel...Israel would have won anyway!

[@TheGoaBase]

So Spain gave to Portugal & Israel 10 points

[@Euroviking86]

They misheard because of the bad connection. Portugal actually got 6 points. It was corrected after the show.

[@pandemits]

@LCScampi she applauded Israel more than her own llead!

[@esc9726]

My ranking from Turkey 🇹🇷 1-Greece 🇬🇷 2-Spain 🇪🇸 3-France 🇫🇷 4-Germany 🇩🇪 5-Portugal🇵🇹 6-Finland 🇫🇮 7-Belgıum 🇧🇪 8-Denmark 🇩🇰 9-Monaco 🇲🇨 10-Netherlands 🇳🇱 11-Israel 🇮🇱 12-United Kingdom 🇬🇧 13-Ireland 🇮🇪 14-Norway 🇳🇴 15-Sweden 🇸🇪 16-Switzerland 🇨🇭 17-Luxembourg 🇱🇺 18-Italy 🇮🇹 19-Austria 🇦🇹

[@JoseRodriguez-by4ln]

Voting SPAIN: Portugal 10 Points . Israel 10 Points????

[@Kevindawson182]

i think i know why, i think its cuz they couldn't affored to do it that year so the netherland sdid it lol :D

[@pandemits]

@db01031988 eixe vrettani gomeno fainetai... :D

[@eurofancabreado]

spain real winner

[@Tomek-mf2ln]

Why? I think Israel was the real winner. Probably you meant that you like the Spanish song the most.