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Intervision Song Contest 1977
Dates
Final	24–27 August 1977
Host
Venue	Forest Opera, Sopot, Poland[1]
Presenter(s)	Irena Dziedzic, Marek Gaszyński, Jacek Bromski
Participants
Number of entries	27 entries (from 11 countries).
Debuting countries	Bulgaria  Cuba  Czechoslovakia  East Germany  Finland  Hungary  Poland  Romania  Soviet Union  Spain  Yugoslavia
Vote
Winning song	Czechoslovakia "Malovaný džbánku"
Intervision Song Contest

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.^[1]

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).^[2] The Forest Opera played host to the first Intervision Song Contest, between 24 and 27 August 1977.^[1]

The following countries confirmed their participation in the first edition of the contest:

Draw	Country[1]	Language	Artist[1]	Song(s)[1]	English translation	Points[1]	Place[1]
01	Hungary	Hungarian	Kati és a Kerek Perec	"Egy dal neked" "Hinta"	"A song for you" "Swing"	20	14
02	Soviet Union	Russian	Roza Rymbayeva	"Ozarenie" "Stada"	"Insight" "Herds"	38	6
03	Bulgaria	Bulgarian	Biser Kirov	"W moim śnie" "Koniec lata"	"In my dream" "The End of Summer"	23	12
04	Cuba	Spanish	Farah Maria	"El Recuerdo de Aquel Largo Viaje" "Un cuento"	"Memory of That Long Journey" "A Tale"	150	2
05	Hungary	Hungarian	Kati Kovács	"Elégia" "Ha legközelebb látlak"	"Elegy" "If I see you again"	8	16
06	Spain	Spanish	Nubes Grises	"Marinero" "Nace el sentimiento"	"Sailor" "The feeling is born"	5	19
07	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovak	Helena Vondráčková	"Lásko má já stůňu" "Malovaný džbánku"	"I am ill my love" "Painted jug"	174	1
08	Bulgaria	Bulgarian	Lili Ivanova	"Khrizantemi"	"Chrysanthemums"	112	4
09	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovak	Jiří Korn	"Jak se člověk mýlí"	"How wrong, man"	22	13
10	Finland	Finnish, English	Kirka	"Neidonryöstö" "The Swallow"	"Maid abduction" "The Swallow"	18	15
11	Spain	Spanish	José Vélez	"Romántica"	"Romance"	4	20
12	Yugoslavia	Serbo-Croatian	Oliver Dragojević	"Majko, Da Li Znaš"	"Mother, you know"	31	8
13	Cuba	Spanish	Louis Pedro Ferrer	"Mi canto por la paz" "Mariposa"	"My song for peace" "Butterflies"	36	7
14	East Germany	German	Frank Schöbel	"O Lady" "Wenn du willst"	"O Lady" "If You Want"	39	5
15	East Germany	German	Kreis Group	"Doch ich wollt es wißen"	"But I wanted to know"	25	10
16	Poland	Polish	Maryla Rodowicz	"Kolorowe jarmarki"	"Colorful fairs"	24	11
17	Poland	Polish	Czerwone Gitary	"Nie spoczniemy" "Niebo z moich stron"	"We will not rest" "Heaven from my side"	126	3
18	Romania	Romanian	Olimpia Panciu & Angela Similea & Marius Ţeicu	"Ţurai" "Oamenii trebuie să se iubească"	"You're going" "People must love each other"	27	9
19	Romania	Romanian	Angela Similea	"Nici tu, nici eu"	"Neither You Nor I"	7	18
20	Soviet Union	Latin, Russian	Vladimir Migulya and Roza Rymbayeva	"Ave Maria" "Pobeda zhit"	"victory live"	24	11

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]