Morten Thomassen writes today about the second place in 1978. ESC Covers google translated the post from Norwegian to English.

Today we take the road back to the 70s for the first time in this series and we are in the year we remember best with Jahn Teigen’s split jump.

One who took it more calmly on stage was Belgian Jean Vallee and it obviously paid off because he was second.

And the Belgians are not spoiled for podium finishes so to speak, this was actually their first ever, so they were probably fine with being 32 points up to first place.

As a curiosity, it can be mentioned that on Jordanian TV, which showed the final, there was a total crisis when the “enemy” Israel won, so they cut the broadcast before it finished and just as easily announced that it was Belgium who won.

Down to third place, Jean only had 6 points more than the French contribution.

Fittingly, since the final was in Paris, there were a total of 5 French-language songs in the top 10.

Jean whose real name is Paul Goeders sang “L’Amour Ca Fait Chanter La Vie” and this was a French cream chanson is the right kind..

Mr. Vallee already had an ESC participation under his belt, it was in 1970 and then he came in 8th place.

Besides singing, this fellow was also an actor and composer.

It may seem that he was a popular guest in music programs in Belgium, the list of participation in such is long.

He kept it going almost until he died in 2014, so we will remember then having a song about love making life sing, some actually say it quite beautifully I would say.