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| Transmission Date: | Friday 31st March 1978 |
| Channel: | BBC One |
| Time: | 19.30-21.00 |
| Venue: | Royal Albert Hall London |
Presenter: | Terry Wogan |
| Musical Director: | Alyn Ainsworth |
Producer: | Stewart Morris |
| Sound: | Chris Holcombe |
| Lighting: | Bert Robinson |
| Design: | Victor Meredith |
Voting: | Fourteen regional juries: Aberdeen, Norwich, Manchester, Bangor, Southampton, Leeds, Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Newcastle & Plymouth |
Winning Song: | The Bad Old Days Co-Co |
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Songs
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| SONG | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Group Members | Points | Position | |
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| 1 | Shine It On | Bill Martin & Phil Coulter | Christian (Christopher Gill McClure) | - | 114 | 3 |
| 2 | Oh, No, Look What You've Done | Wayne Bickerton & Tony Waddington | Brown Sugar | Uti Kooffreh, Stellina McCarthy & Salli Kamara | 49 | 11 |
| 3 | Door In My Face | Chris Crash, Gary Croudace & Neville Crozier | The Fruit Eating Bears | Chris Crash, Gary Croudace & Neville Crozier | 49 | 11 |
| 4 | Moments | Jacquie Sullivan | Jacquie Sullivan | - | 106 | 6 |
| 5 | Too Much In Love | Wayne Bickerton & Tony Waddington | Sunshine | Bryce Norrie, Stuart Bingham, Rosaleen McCerlaine & James Meredith | 81 | 8 |
| 6 | Lonely Nights | Paul Curtis | Ronnie France | - | 68 | 9 |
| 7 | One Glance | Paul Curtis | The Jarvis Brothers | Anderson,Steven,Michael & Tony Jarvis | 114 | 3 |
| 8 | The Bad Old Days | Stephanie De-Sykes & Stuart Slater | Co-Co | Terry Bradford, Keith Hasler, Cheryl Baker, Josephine Andrews, Paul Rogers & Charlie Brennon | 135 | 1 |
| 9 | We Got It Bad | Bob James & Labi Siffre | Bob James | - | 66 | 10 |
| 10 | Don't Bother To Knock | Kenny Lynch, Colin-Horton Jennings & Steve O'Donnell | Midnight | Jimmy Chambers, Ruby James & Tony Stackton | 116 | 2 |
| 11 | Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way | Irving Martin & Peter Morris | Babe Rainbow | Patricia Henry, Ellen Warren, Nikki Wright & Cheryl Augustine | 84 | 7 |
| 12 | Solid Love | Labi Siffre | Labi Siffre | - | 110 | 5 |
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Scoreboard
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| SONG | Aberdeen | Norwich | Manchester | Bangor | Southampton | Leeds | Belfast | Bristol | Glasgow | Birmingham | London | Cardiff | Newcastle | Plymouth | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shine It On | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 114 | 3= |
| 2 | Oh, No, Look What You've Done | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 11= |
| 3 | Door In My Face | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 11= |
| 4 | Moments | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 106 | 6 |
| 5 | Too Much In Love | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 81 | 8 |
| 6 | Lonely Nights | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 68 | 9 |
| 7 | One Glance | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 114 | 3= |
| 8 | The Bad Old Days | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 135 | 1 |
| 9 | We Got It Bad | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 66 | 10 |
| 10 | Don't Bother To Knock | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 116 | 2 |
| 11 | Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 84 | 7 |
| 12 | Solid Love | 10 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 110 | 5 |
| Voting information taken with permission from Songs For Europe Volume Two - The 1970s by Gordon Roxburgh |
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Co-Co at The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 |
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At The Eurovision Song Contest 1978
| At the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 in Paris, France on Saturday 22nd April 1978, The Bad Old Days finished in 11th place with 61 points. The song was conducted by Alyn Ainsworth. Terry Wogan provided the commentary for BBC One Television. Ray Moore provided the commentary for both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. |