The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the twenty third Eurovision and was held on April 22, 1978 in France. With Denise Fabre and Leon Zitrone as the presenters, the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".
| Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Springtime | Mrs Caroline Robinson | 15 | 14 |
| Belgium | Jean Vallee | L'Amour Ca Fait Chanter la Vie | 2 | 125 |
| Denmark | Mabel | Boom-Boom | 16 | 13 |
| Finland | Seija Simola | Anna Rakkaudelle Tilaisuus | 18 | 2 |
| France | Joel Prevost | Il Y Aura Toujours des Violons | 3 | 119 |
| Germany | Ireen Sheer | Feuer | 6 | 84 |
| Greece | Tania Tsanaclidou | Charlie Chaplin | 8 | 66 |
| Ireland | Colm C T Wilkinson | Born to Sing | 5 | 86 |
| Israel | Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta | A-Ba-Ni-Bi | 1 | 157 |
| Italy | I Ricchi e Poveri | Questo Amore | 12 | 53 |
| Luxembourg | Baccara | Parlez-Vous Francais | 7 | 73 |
| Monaco | Caline& Olivier Toussaint | Les Jardins de Monaco | 4 | 107 |
| Netherlands | Harmony | 'T Is OK | 13 | 37 |
| Norway | Jahn Teigen | Mil Etter Mil | 20 | 0 |
| Portugal | Gemini | Dai-Li-Dou | 17 | 5 |
| Spain | Jose Veiez | Bailemos un Vals | 9 | 65 |
| Sweden | Bjoern Skifs | Det Blir Alltid Varre Framaat Natten | 14 | 26 |
| Switzerland | Carole Vinci | Vivre | 9 | 65 |
| Turkey | Nazar | Sevince | 18 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | Co-Co | The Bad Old Days | 11 | 61 |
| Venue: Palais des Congres - Paris, France | ||||
| The table is ordered by the countries names. | ||||
| Juries | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Italy | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| France | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Switzerland | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Monaco | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Greece | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Israel | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Sweden | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| The table is ordered by appearance. | |||||||||||||||||||||
