The 24th edition of the annual Eurovision song Contest was in 1979. A total of 19 countries participate on this edition, which was reported by Israel. It was the second time this country won the competition, and, the first time a country win the festival for the second time
Hallelujah get only 9 points more than the second classified, Betty Missiego and "su canción".
This year was the last time that the points where given by order of participation instead of the preference order