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Intervision Song Contest 1977

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Intervision Song Contest 1977
Date and venue
Final
  • 24–27 August 1977
VenueForest Opera
Sopot, Poland[1]
Organisation
OrganiserInternational Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT)
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries20 entries
(from 11 countries).
Debuting countries
  •  Cuba
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Vote
Winning song Czechoslovakia
"Malovaný džbánku"
1968 ← Intervision Song Contest → 1978

The Intervision Song Contest 1977 was the fifth edition of the Intervision Song Contest, held between the 24–27 August 1977 in the Forest Opera, in Sopot, Poland.[1] It was hosted by Irena Dziedzic [pl], Marek Gaszyński [pl], and Jacek Bromski.

Location

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The Forest Opera is an open-air amphitheatre located in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 4,400 seats, the orchestra pit can contain up to 110 musicians. Each year, starting from 1964 (with some interruption in the early 1980s), the Sopot International Song Festival took place at the Forest Opera, events being organized by the Ministry of Culture and Art in cooperation with the Polish artistic agency Pagart [pl].[2] The Forest Opera played host to the fifth Intervision Song Contest, between 24 and 27 August 1977, replacing the 17th Sopot International Song Festival.[1]

Participants

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The following entries participated in the 1977 edition of the contest:

Country[1] Broadcaster Artist[1] Song[1] Language English translation
 Bulgaria BNT Biser Kirov "W moim śnie" Bulgarian "In my dream"
"Koniec lata" "The End of Summer"
Lili Ivanova "Khrizantemi" "Chrysanthemums"
 Cuba ICRT Farah Maria "El Recuerdo de Aquel Largo Viaje" Spanish "Memory of That Long Journey"
"Un cuento" "A Tale"
Louis Pedro Ferrer "Mi canto por la paz" "My song for peace"
"Mariposa" "Butterflies"
 Czechoslovakia CST Helena Vondráčková "Lásko má já stůňu" Czech "I am ill my love"
"Malovaný džbánku" "Painted jug"
Jiří Korn "Jak se člověk mýlí" "How wrong, man"
 East Germany DFF Frank Schöbel "O Lady" German "O Lady"
"Wenn du willst" "If You Want"
Kreis Group "Doch ich wollt es wißen" "But I wanted to know"
 Finland YLE Kirka "Neidonryöstö" Finnish "Maid abduction"
"The Swallow" English
 Hungary MTV Kati és a Kerek Perec [hu] "Egy dal neked" Hungarian "A song for you"
"Hinta" "Swing"
Kati Kovács "Elégia" "Elegy"
"Ha legközelebb látlak" "If I see you again"
 Poland TVP Maryla Rodowicz "Kolorowe jarmarki" Polish "Colorful fairs"
Czerwone Gitary "Nie spoczniemy" "We will not rest"
"Niebo z moich stron" "Heaven from my side"
 Romania TVR Olimpia Panciu & Angela "Ţurai" Romanian "You're going"
Similea & Marius Țeicu [ro] "Oamenii trebuie să se iubească" "People must love each other"
Angela Similea "Nici tu, nici eu" "Neither You Nor I"
 Soviet Union CT USSR Roza Rymbayeva "Ozarenie" Russian "Insight"
"Stada" "Herds"
Vladimir Migulya and Roza Rymbayeva "Ave Maria" Latin
"Pobeda zhit" Russian "Victory live"
 Spain TVE Nubes Grises "Marinero" Spanish "Sailor"
"Nace el sentimiento" "The feeling is born"
José Vélez "Romántica" "Romance"
 Yugoslavia JRT Oliver Dragojević "Majko, Da Li Znaš? " Serbo-Croatian "Mother, do you know?"

Contest overview

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R/O Country[1] Artist[1] Song(s)[1] Points[1] Place[1]
1  Hungary Kati és a Kerek Perec [hu] "Egy dal neked"
"Hinta"
20 15
2  Soviet Union Roza Rymbayeva "Ozarenie"
"Stada"
38 6
3  Bulgaria Biser Kirov "W moim śnie"
"Koniec lata"
23 13
4  Cuba Farah Maria "El Recuerdo de Aquel Largo Viaje"
"Un cuento"
150 2
5  Hungary Kati Kovács "Elégia"
"Ha legközelebb látlak"
8 17
6  Spain Nubes Grises "Marinero"
"Nace el sentimiento"
5 19
7  Czechoslovakia Helena Vondráčková "Lásko má já stůňu"
"Malovaný džbánku"
174 1
8  Bulgaria Lili Ivanova "Khrizantemi" 112 4
9  Czechoslovakia Jiří Korn "Jak se člověk mýlí" 22 14
10  Finland Kirka "Neidonryöstö"
"The Swallow"
18 16
11  Spain José Vélez "Romántica" 4 20
12  Yugoslavia Oliver Dragojević "Majko, Da Li Znaš? " 31 8
13  Cuba Louis Pedro Ferrer "Mi canto por la paz"
"Mariposa"
36 7
14  East Germany Frank Schöbel "O Lady"
"Wenn du willst"
39 5
15  East Germany Kreis Group "Doch ich wollt es wißen" 25 10
16  Poland Maryla Rodowicz "Kolorowe jarmarki" 24 11
17  Poland Czerwone Gitary "Nie spoczniemy"
"Niebo z moich stron"
126 3
18  Romania Olimpia Panciu & Angela
Similea & Marius Țeicu [ro]
"Ţurai"
"Oamenii trebuie să se iubească"
27 9
19  Romania Angela Similea "Nici tu, nici eu" 7 18
20  Soviet Union Vladimir Migulya and
Roza Rymbayeva
"Ave Maria"
"Pobeda zhit"
24 11

Broadcasts

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Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Ref(s)
 East Germany DFF DFF1 [3]
 Poland TP TP1 [4]
 Soviet Union CT USSR Programme One [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Sopot Festival '77" (in Polish). bart.sopot.pl. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. ^ Szpilman, Wladyslaw (1 December 2005). "Songs composed by Wladyslaw Szpilman". szpilman.net. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Funk und Fernshen heute". Neues Deutschland (in German). East Berlin, East Germany. 27–28 August 1977. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via Berlin State Library.
  4. ^ "Tygodniowy program telewizji od 27. VIII do 1. IX 1977 r." [Weekly TV schedule from 27 August to 1 September 1977]. Dziennik Polski (in Polish). Kraków, Poland. 27–28 August 1977. p. 8. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via Digital Library of Małopolska [pl].
  5. ^ "Телевидение с 22 по 28 августа" [Television 22 to 28 August] (PDF). Pravda (in Russian). Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 20 August 1977. p. 6. Retrieved 15 July 2024.