The song "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" was the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978

The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd of its kind, and was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone as the presenters - the first time more than one presenter hosted the contest - the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their...

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Springtime

Springtime (band)

Springtime was an Austrian band of the 1970s.The band consisted of Norbert Niedermayer, Walter Markel, Gerhard Markel and Erwin Broswimmer. The group represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, in Paris, performing the entry Mrs. Caroline Robinson...

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The song was performed nineteenth on the night (following Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

's Izhar Cohen

Izhar Cohen

Izhar Cohen is an Israeli singer and actor.Representing Israel, he won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest with the group Alphabeta performing "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" with music by Nurit Hirsh and words by Ehud Manor...

 and Alphabeta

Alphabeta

Alphabeta were a group of Israeli singers who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 with Izhar Cohen.The group consisted of Reuven Erez, Lisa Gold-Rubin, Nehama Shutan, Ester Tzuberi, and Itzhak Okev.The winning song was called A-Ba-Ni-Bi....

 with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi

A-Ba-Ni-Bi

"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed for Israel by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta....

" and preceding Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

's Björn Skifs

Björn Skifs

Björn Nils Olof Skifs is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter.Björn Skifs formed his first musical group Slam Creepers’ in 1963. Slam Creepers’ split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new band, Blåblus, in 1972. As Blue Swede, the band had a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100 in 1974...

 with "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten

Det blir alltid värre framåt natten

"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Swedish by Björn Skifs....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 14 points, placing 15th in a field of 18.

The song is about the tititular Caroline Robinson, the "top-witch of this town", who has considerable sex appeal now that she doesn't use her broomstick.

The song was succeeded as Austrian representative

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria has appeared frequently at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has won once, in 1966, with the song "Merci Chérie".In recent years, Austria's entries have tended towards the humorous, in contrast with the dance-pop achieving success. 2003 saw comedian and personality Alf Poier perform...

 at the 1979 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 31 March 1979 in Jerusalem, Israel. The presenters were Daniel Pe'er and Yardena Arazi, and the event was staged at the International Convention Center. Representing Israel, Gali Atari and Milk and Honey were the...

 by Christina Simon

Christina Simon

Christina Simon is an Austrian singer and composer.Simon was selected to represent Austria in Eurovision Song Contest 1979. She has performed in that contest the entry "Heute in Jerusalem ". This song had lyrics by André Heller and music by Peter Wolf...

 singing "Heute in Jerusalem

Heute In Jerusalem

"Heute in Jerusalem" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in German by jazz singer Christina Simon....

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