AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1978

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1978
Dates
Final	16th of May 1978
Host
Venue	Krakovisech Theatre and Performing Arts Centre, Pyalivostokgrad, PY
Presenter(s)	Beyranne Alveshovskiy
Musical director	Dereyner Abernovich
Directed by	Deltou Rankovich
Executive supervisor	Alberto Aleksovich
Executive producer	Berin Halvensov
Host broadcaster	Radio Pyalivostok
Participants
Number of entries	18
Vote
Voting system	Each region sends two juries and two public votes where each votes 1-5 for the best 5 songs
Winning song	"أ - با - تا - ث" by Harun Samaruddin and the Creams

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1978 is the twenty-first edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. The competition is held by the authorities in Radio Pyalivostok. This is the sixth time that Pyalivostok hosted the event, after doing so in 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1970, after Aziz Goridagyev Novogrody won for the third time representing Pyalivostok last year.

The competition was won by Harun Samaruddin and the Creams with the song "أ - با - تا - ث" representing Zafizamarrah. They were the second group to win after NEVESLENA and is Zafizamarrah's eighth victory after previously winning in 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972, and 1974. This is also the second time that two songs were in tie for the winning position after 1964.

This year marks Pantabang Islands' first top 3, with Elkinda Ma'uei Salem earning second. With her achievement, as of 1978, all regions in North Alezia has atleast earned top 3 in the AleziRadio Festival of Songs at least once. This is also the first time since 1971 that one region (which in this case is Zafizamarrah) successfully put both of its entries on the top 3.

The City of Pyalivostok is the coldest capital city in Mainland North Alezia and the second coldest capital city (after Aaren, Daya Island) in the entirety of North Alezia.During the year of the competititon, the city of Pyalivostokgrad reportedly have 1,332,381 people living in it according to the latest survey.

Krakovisech Theatre and Performing Arts Centre, which is located near the crossroads of Makovich St. and Novoldenyy' St. Was able to host around 1,200 attendees which sees no reduction since the space for the orchestra pit and the scrutineer spot has been prepared due to the fact that the place has hosted ARFOS before in 1959. Previously called only Krakovisech Theatre, the building was expanded in 1975 with hosting ARFOS in mind making them look like an easy choice for any time that Pyalivostok was given the right to host the competition.

This year saw the return of the previous 1-5 point system, however, it was updated to add another public voting group to the competition. From this year onwards, North Alezian regions and territories shall be divided in two so postal services can be relaxed and so it won't put a strain on other essential usage of the Alezians' local postal office.

The AleziRadio Team initiated the plan so that each year, the postal office who handled public votes for ARFOS shall be different as long as it stayed on its ARFOS' regional classification.

And for the first time, AleziRadio Festival of Songs was broadcasted live on AleziRadio Television Programme One nationwide. During this time, television usage skyrocketed with 1,7 million television sets (from the total of 2,4 million television sets in North Alezia at the time) recorded tuning in to the festival. However, the live broadcast while innovative, was met with criticism for frequency problems, occasionally disrupting people from watching performances in full. This would end up being fixed next year.

Postal Offices

In 3rd of April 1978, around a month before the competition's live broadcast and around two months after all entries has been announced, AleziRadio with the cooperation with the North Alezian Postal Services released the locations of the 18 postal offices that will receive ARFOS public votes throughout the month. The postal offices are:

Region	Area	Address
Pyalivostok 1	Pyalivostokgrad, Western and Eastern and Northern Pyalivostok	Velyansk Rd. No. 172, Pyalivostokgrad, PY
Pyalivostok 2	Yovonykk, Central, Southern and Pyalivostokian Mountain Area	Bredonsk St. No. 162A, Yovonykk, PY
Bristol 1	Victoria, Elton, and Outer Bristol	Elsville Park Rd. No. 1, Victoria, BR
Bristol 2	Aubergine, Drennou, Outre-Ville, and Bristolie de Francaise	Rue de Alezie No. 71, Aubergine, BR
Zafizamarrah 1	Metropolitan Zafizamarrah, Oldport-Newport, and Coast of Zafizamarrah	Ruslanurrahman Blvd. No. 18, Metropolitan Zafizamarrah, ZF
Zafizamarrah 2	Al Husna, Dawridan, and Northern Zafizamarrah	Ismamaruddin Rd. No. 9, Al Husna, ZF
Aramna 1	Las Araminhaes, Costa Delhavais, Olvenney, and Ribennou	Rou Alhambraise No. 99L, Las Araminhaes, AR
Aramna 2	Chitellha, Bonsere, Caltou, and Outer Reubenniere	Rou Livindez No. 182, Chitellha, AR
Daya Island 1	Aaren, Maava, and Yltesin	Naalinen Rd. No. 18, Aaren, DI
Daya Island 2	Miitsonen and Raakenin	Maehta St. No. 1, Miitsonen, DI
Mosin - Nagan 1	Trishi and The Islands of Mosin	Raknashvel Walkway no. 3, Trishi, MN
Mosin - Nagan 2	Nerishpatuyan and The Islands of Nagan	Bershan Beach no. 18, Nerishpatuyan, MN
Pantabang Islands 1	Bucinnois and The Communities of Dadon and Salem	Na'ule'i St. No. 88, Bucinnois, PI
Pantabang Islands 2	Baranate Joint Community and Border Area	Ile'i Rd. No. 188, Baranate, PI
Basna 1	Kota Basna, Pantai Area, and Kepulauan Basna Luar	Jl. Putri Empat No. 82, Kota Basna, BN
Basna 2	Kota Kencana, Outer Kencana, and Inner Basna Area	Jl. Angsa No. 100, Kota Kencana, BN
Tel Hadiv 1	City of Tel Hadiv and Western Tel Hadiv	Mechalaim St. No. 72, Tel Hadiv, TH
Tel Hadiv 2	Yezateinu and Eastern Tel Hadiv	Lo'amech-Deshveret Rd. No. 188, Yezateinu, TH

Conductors

The list of conductors can be seen below.

Region	Conductor
Pyalivostok	Glenn Hashenkov
Bristol	Dorothy Wayne
Zafizamarrah	Muhammad Alif-Alamein
Aramna	Levonders Aurevais
Daya Island	Auri Nokainen
Mosin-Nagan	Beni Kalvayan
Pantabang Islands	Emile Ra'ela'u Dadon
Basna	Putrawan Setyo
Tel Hadiv	Shiru Akhlan

Participating Entries and Results

No.	Region	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Points
01	Pyalivostok	Alkov Yanerovich	Моя лилия	My Lily	Russian	14	20
02	Bristol	Calten Robbieniere	Écoute moi	Listen To Me	French	5	39
03	Zafizamarrah	Harun Samaruddin and the Creams	أ - با - تا - ث	A-B-C-D	Arabic	1	65
04	Aramna	Levie Group	Hommais Russiaise	Russian Man	Aramnan	11	26
05	Zafizamarrah	Sadiq Rafnur	بصدق	For Real	Arabic	3	46
06	Daya Island	Rooni and Nuuri Mako	Liukua pois	Slide Away	Finnish	18	3
07	Aramna	Beyne Rabe-Lilstavais	Minoute	Minute	Aramnan	16	7
08	Pyalivostok	Maria Lakeliyanova	Никогда не подведу	Never Letting You Down	Russian	6	36
09	Mosin-Nagan	Hilda, Ben, Roy, Mali	რაღაც დიდი	Something Big	Georgian	9	31
10	Mosin-Nagan	Yezla Arganan	პრობლემები	Problems	Georgian	12	26
11	Daya Island	Yaava Raakai	Täytyy olla hauska	Must Be Funny	Finnish	10	29
12	Pantabang Islands	Elkinda Ma'uei' Salem	Ka'ana'aka Wa'i'awa'i	Wealthy Man	Alezian	2	65
13	Bristol	Hartwing Dwells	Somewhere Else Or Here	-none-	English	15	8
14	Basna	KEEMASAN	Seindah Emas	As Beauty As Gold	Indonesian	13	23
15	Tel Hadiv	Shima Slaveshi	הצד שלך	Your Side	Hebrew	4	43
16	Tel Hadiv	Lika Hareshmi	כמוני	Like Me	Hebrew	17	6
17	Pantabang Islands	Belina Ra'uda'e Salem	'Ae	Yes	Alezian	7	35
18	Basna	Muhammad Soewardji	Bumi	Earth	Indonesian	8	32

Voting by Region

	PY-1	PY-2	BR-1	BR-2	ZF-1	ZF-2	AR-1	AR-2	DI-1	DI-2	MN-1	MN-2	PI-1	PI-2	BN-1	BN-2	TH-1	TH-2		PY-P1	PY-P2	BR-P1	BR-P2	ZF-P1	ZF-P2	AR-P1	AR-P2	DI-P1	DI-P2	MN-P1	MN-P2	PI-P1	PI-P2	BN-P1	BN-P2	TH-P1	TH-P2		TOTAL
Моя лилия	XX	XX		4	2									4			2			XX	XX	3					2	3											20
Écoute moi		2	XX	XX	5		3	4					4				4					XX	XX		1	3	1		2		1			1		4	4		39
أ - با - تا - ث				3	XX	XX			5	5		3	5		5			5		5	3	5	2	XX	XX			5	1		4	4			2	2	1		65
Hommais Russiaise	4		4				XX	XX									5							2		XX	XX			5	3		2		1				26
بصدق	2	5			XX	XX	5	3			3									4	2	4		XX	XX				5	3		5					5		46
Liukua pois			1			1			XX	XX		1																XX	XX										3
Minoute	5						XX	XX			1															XX	XX			1									7
Никогда не подведу	XX	XX		2		4				1		4	3			5		3		XX	XX	2		3								3	3		3				36
რაღაც დიდი					3						XX	XX		1	4	3										4	5		4	XX	XX		4			3			31
პრობლემები		4				3				3	XX	XX		2	3								1			5				XX	XX			5					26
Täytyy olla hauska		3					2		XX	XX			2			1				2	5			1	5		3	XX	XX						5				29
Ka'ana'aka Wa'i'awa'i			2	5	4		1		4		5	2	XX	XX	2		3	4			4	1		5			4	4	3	4		XX	XX	3		5			65
Somewhere Else Or Here			XX	XX				1		2						4						XX	XX													1			8
Seindah Emas			5			5								3	XX	XX	1	2							2					2	2	1		XX	XX				23
הצד שלך	1							5	1		4		1	5	1		XX	XX		3			5	4	3	1		2				2	1	4		XX	XX		43
כמוני							4	2									XX	XX																		XX	XX		6
Ae		1	3		1				2	4	2		XX	XX		2				1	1		3					1			5	XX	XX	2	4		3		35
Bumi	3			1		2			3			5			XX	XX		1					4		4	2							5	XX	XX		2		32

Tiebreaker

After the voting round was completed, the audience erupted into gasps as two songs, one from Zafizamarrah and one from Pantabang Islands earned the same amount of points which is 65. However, these two songs is also leading on the scoreboard. The Scrutineer of the AleziRadio Festival of Songs initiated a tiebreaker using the system already enacted since 1965, and with the consideration as decided below:

No.	Region	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Round 1 Points	Amount of "5" points
03	Zafizamarrah	Harun Samaruddin and the Creams	أ - با - تا - ث	A-B-C-D	Arabic	1	65	8
12	Pantabang Islands	Elkinda Ma'uei' Salem	Ka'ana'aka Wa'i'awa'i	Wealthy Man	Alezian	2	65	4