1977

A list of people who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977.

The Contest was hosted by Angela Rippon at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, United Kingdom.

See national final entries for 1977.

Artists who had performed at Eurovision before 1977

Name	Previous appearances
Georges Costa	4
Michel Costa	4
Dominique Poulain	3
Wanda Stellaard	2
Titia Dekker	2
Francine Chantereau	2
Michèle Torr	1
Anne Lise Gjøstøl	1
Bianca Maessen	1
Patricia Maessen	1
Stella Maessen	1
Beatrix Neundlinger	1
Jimmy Swarbrigg	1
Nicola Kerr	1
Tommy Swarbrigg	1
Ilanit	1
Fernando Tordo	1
Paulo de Carvalho	1

Writers who had written Eurovisions songs before 1977

Name	Previous songs
Pierre Cour	6
José Carlos Ary dos Santos	3
Peter Reber	2
Jimmy Swarbrigg	1
Tommy Swarbrigg	1
Jean-Paul Cara	1
Fernando Tordo	1
Michael Kunze	1

Artists who performed in 1977

Named artists	Backing artists
Austria	Boom Boom Boomerang
Beatrix Neundlinger (Schmetterlinge) Erich Meixner (Schmetterlinge) Herbert Zöchling-Tampier (Schmetterlinge) Schurli Herrnstadt (Schmetterlinge) Willi Resetarits (Schmetterlinge)
Herbert Zöchling-Tampier, Schurli Herrnstadt, Willi Resetarits, Lukas Resetarits
Jenny Pippal	Christian Kolonovits
Belgium	A Million In One, Two, Three
Bianca Maessen (Dream Express) Luc Smets (Dream Express) Patricia Maessen (Dream Express) Stella Maessen (Dream Express)
Luc Smets
An Ploegaerts	Alyn Ainsworth
Finland	Lapponia
Monica Aspelund	Aarno Raninen Kari Fall Kari Kuusamo Reijo Karvonen
Aarno Raninen, Monica Aspelund
Kaarina Pönniö	Ossi Runne
France	L'oiseau et l'enfant[Winning song]
Marie Myriam	Dominique Poulain Francine Chantereau Georges Costa Jean-Claude Briodin Michel Costa
Jean-Paul Cara, Joe Gracy
Marc Menant	Raymond Donnez
Germany	Telegram
Penny McLean (Silver Convention) Ramona Wulf (Silver Convention) Rhonda Heath (Silver Convention)	Gary Unwin Martin Harrison Sylvester Levai
Sylvester Levai, Michael Kunze
Armin Maiwald	Ronnie Hazlehurst
Greece	Mathima Solfège
Bessy Argyraki Marianna Toli Paschalis Arvanitidis Robert Williams
George Hatzinassios, Sevy Tilliaku
Naki Agathou	George Hatzinassios
Ireland	It's Nice To Be In Love Again
Alma Carroll (The Swarbriggs Plus Two) Jimmy Swarbrigg (The Swarbriggs Plus Two) Nicola Kerr (The Swarbriggs Plus Two) Tommy Swarbrigg (The Swarbriggs Plus Two)
Jimmy Swarbrigg, Tommy Swarbrigg
Brendan Balfe	Noel Kelehan
Israel	Aa-haa-vah Hee Sheer Lish-naa-yim
Ilanit	Katherine Dyer Kiera Birch Susan Galloway
Eldad Shrem, Edna Peleg
Yitzhak Shim'oni	Eldad Shrem
Italy	Libera
Mia Martini	Andrea Surdi Cristina Paltrinieri Salvatore Fabrizio
Salvatore Fabrizio, Luigi Albertelli
Mariolina Cannuli	Maurizio Fabrizio
Luxembourg	Frère Jacques
Anne-Marie B.	Anne Vassiliu Annie Chouard Chantal Sitruk Liliane Davies
Guy Béart, Pierre Cour
Jacques Harvey	Johnny Arthey
Monaco	Une Petite Française
Michèle Torr	Françoise Walle Nicolas de Angelis
Olivier Toussaint, Paul de Senneville, Jean Albertini
Carole Chabrier	Yvon Rioland
Netherlands	De Mallemolen
Heddy Lester	Carmen Affolter Titia Dekker Wanda Stellaard
Frank Affolter, Wim Hogenkamp
Ralph Inbar	Harry van Hoof
Norway	Casanova
Anita Skorgan	Anne Lise Gjøstøl George Keller Gro Bergsland
Svein Strugstad, Dag Nordtømme
Sverre Christophersen	Carsten Klouman
Portugal	Portugal No Coração
Ana Bola (Os Amigos) Edmundo Silva (Os Amigos) Fernanda Piçarra (Os Amigos) Fernando Tordo (Os Amigos) Luísa Basto (Os Amigos) Paulo de Carvalho (Os Amigos)
Fernando Tordo, José Carlos Ary dos Santos
Ana Zanatti	José Calvário
Spain	Enseñame A Cantar
Micky	Amadeo Alvarez Fernandez Jasmin Wilson Judy Clericuzio Mary Jamison Paloma Villasevil
Fernando Arbex
Isabel Tenaille	Rafael Ibarbia
Sweden	Beatles
Anders Hector (Forbes) Chino Mariano (Forbes) Claes Bure (Forbes) Peter Björk (Forbes) Peter Forbes (Forbes) Roger Capello (Forbes)
Claes Bure, Sven-Olof Bagge
Sven Lindahl	Anders Berglund
Switzerland	Swiss Lady
Bill von Arx (Pepe Lienhard Band) Christian von Hoffmann (Pepe Lienhard Band) Georges Walther (Pepe Lienhard Band) Mostafa Kafa'i Azimi (Pepe Lienhard Band) Pepe Lienhard (Pepe Lienhard Band) Pino Gasparini (Pepe Lienhard Band)
Peter Reber
Michel Stocker	Peter Jacques
United Kingdom	Rock Bottom
Lynsey de Paul Mike Moran	Chas Mills Clare Torry Jill Mackintosh Neil Lancaster
Lynsey de Paul, Mike Moran
Colin Berry	Ronnie Hazlehurst

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