Intervision Song Contest 1977
{{Short description|International song competition}}
{{Expand Russian|Интервидение-1977|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox Eurovision
|name = Intervision Song Contest
|year = 1977
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|final = 24–27 August 1977
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|presenters = Irena Dziedzic, Marek Gaszyński, Jacek Bromski
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|venue = Forest Opera, Sopot, Poland{{cite web|title=Sopot Festival '77|url=http://bart.sopot.pl/sopotfestival/1977|publisher=bart.sopot.pl|accessdate=31 May 2014|language=Polish|archive-date=28 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628050907/http://bart.sopot.pl/sopotfestival/1977|url-status=dead}}
|winner = {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
"Malovaný džbánku"
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|entries = 27 entries
(from 11 countries).
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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, a venue located in the Polish city of Sopot.
Location
{{Further|topic=the host city and venue|Sopot|Forest Opera}}
The Forest Opera is an open-air amphitheatre located in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 4400 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).{{cite web|last=Szpilman|first=Wladyslaw|title=Songs composed by Wladyslaw Szpilman|url=http://www.szpilman.net/framesongs.html|publisher=szpilman.net|accessdate=30 May 2014|date=1 December 2005}} The Forest Opera played host to the first Intervision Song Contest, between 24 and 27 August 1977.
Participants
The following countries confirmed their participation in the first edition of the contest:
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| Draw
! Language ! English translation |
|---|
| 01
| {{flag|Hungary}} | Kati és a Kerek Perec | "Egy dal neked" | "A song for you" | 20 | 14 |
| 02
| {{flag|Soviet Union}} | Russian | "Ozarenie" | "Insight" | 38 | 6 |
| 03
| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}} | "W moim śnie" | "In my dream" | 23 | 12 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| 04 | {{flag|Cuba}} | Spanish | Farah Maria | "El Recuerdo de Aquel Largo Viaje" | "Memory of That Long Journey" | 150 | 2 |
| 05
| {{flag|Hungary}} | "Elégia" | "Elegy" | 8 | 16 |
| 06
| {{flag|Spain|1977}} | Spanish | Nubes Grises | "Marinero" | "Sailor" | 5 | 19 |
| style="font-weight:bold;background:gold"
| 07 | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | "Lásko má já stůňu" | "I am ill my love" | 174 | 1 |
| 08
| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}} | "Khrizantemi" | "Chrysanthemums" | 112 | 4 |
| 09
| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | "Jak se člověk mýlí" | "How wrong, man" | 22 | 13 |
| 10
| {{flag|Finland}} | Kirka | "Neidonryöstö" "The Swallow" | "Maid abduction" "The Swallow" | 18 | 15 |
| bgcolor="#FE8080"
| 11 | {{flag|Spain|1977}} | Spanish | "Romántica" | "Romance" | 4 | 20 |
| 12
| {{flag|Yugoslavia}} | "Majko, Da Li Znaš? " | "Mother,do you know? " | 31 | 8 |
| 13
| {{flag|Cuba}} | Spanish | Louis Pedro Ferrer | "Mi canto por la paz" "Mariposa" | "My song for peace" "Butterflies" | 36 | 7 |
| 14
| {{flag|German Democratic Republic|name=East Germany}} | German | "O Lady" "Wenn du willst" | "O Lady" "If You Want" | 39 | 5 |
| 15
| {{flag|German Democratic Republic|name=East Germany}} | German | Kreis Group | "Doch ich wollt es wißen" | "But I wanted to know" | 25 | 10 |
| 16
| {{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}} | Polish | "Kolorowe jarmarki" | "Colorful fairs" | 24 | 11 |
| bgcolor="#CC9966"
| 17 | {{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}} | Polish | "Nie spoczniemy" "Niebo z moich stron" | "We will not rest" "Heaven from my side" | 126 | 3 |
| 18
| {{flag|Romania|1965}} | Romanian | Olimpia Panciu & Angela Similea & Marius Ţeicu | "Ţurai" "Oamenii trebuie să se iubească" | "You're going" "People must love each other" | 27 | 9 |
| 19
| {{flag|Romania|1965}} | Romanian | "Nici tu, nici eu" | "Neither You Nor I" | 7 | 18 |
| 20
| {{flag|Soviet Union}} | Vladimir Migulya and Roza Rymbayeva | "Ave Maria" | "victory live" | 24 | 11 |
Broadcasts
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.