For other uses, check Intervision (disambiguation).

The Intervision Song Contest (ISC) was the Eastern Bloc

Eastern bloc

The term Eastern Bloc or Communist Bloc refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact...

 equivalent to the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

. Its organiser was the Intervision

International Radio and Television Organisation

The International Radio and Television Organisation The International Radio and Television Organisation The International Radio and Television Organisation (official name in French: Organisation Internationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision or OIRT (before 1960 Organisation Internationale de...

, the network of Eastern Europe television stations. It took place in the Forest Opera

Forest Opera

The Forest Opera is a large, open-air amphitheatre located in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 4400 seats, the large orchestra pit can contain up to 110 musicians....

 in Sopot

Sopot

Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....

, Poland

Poland

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.

The ISC was organised between 1977 and 1980. It replaced the Sopot International Song Festival

Sopot International Song Festival

The Sopot International Song Festival is an international song contest held in Sopot, Poland. It was the biggest Polish music festival altogether with the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, and one of the biggest annual song contest in Europe...

 (Sopot ISF) that had been held in Sopot since 1961. In 1981 martial law

Martial law

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 was introduced in Poland and the ISC/Sopot ISF was cancelled. From 1984 Polish television TVP

Telewizja Polska

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 resumed the organisation of this festival, but with the old name of the Sopot ISF. The winners of the Sopot ISF receive the Amber Nightingale.

Winners

Contest	Country	Song	Performer
I ISC 1977 XVII Sopot ISF	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Socialist Republic The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was the official name of Czechoslovakia from 1960 until end of 1989 , a Soviet satellite state of the Eastern Bloc....	"Malovaný džbánku"	Helena Vondráčková Helena Vondrácková Helena Vondráčková is a Czech singer whose career has spanned five decades.- Early life/career :Vondráčková spent her childhood years in the town of Slatinany. She took piano lessons from an early age...
II ISC 1978 XVIII Sopot ISF	Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	"Все Могут Короли" -- "Vsio mogut koroli"	Alla Pugacheva Alla Pugacheva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva or Pugachova , born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day...
III ISC 1979 XIX Sopot ISF	Poland People's Republic of Poland The People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...	"Nim przyjdzie wiosna"	Czesław Niemen
IV ISC 1980 XX Sopot ISF	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	"Hyvästi yö" -- "Where Is the Love"	Marion Rung Marion Rung Marion Rung is a Finnish pop singer. She is known to have represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 and 1973. Her 1962 Eurovision song placed 7th and in 1973, she managed to bring Finland's second best result ever in this contest, placing 6th...
	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Socialist Republic The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was the official name of Czechoslovakia from 1960 until end of 1989 , a Soviet satellite state of the Eastern Bloc....	"Vyznanie Vyznanie "Vyznanie" is a song by the female singer Marika Gombitová released on OPUS in 1979.... " (also known as "Declaration")	Marika Gombitová Marika Gombitová Marika Gombitová is a female singer-songwriter. Having sold one million albums at least, she is considered as the most popular female vocalist in Slovakia. Her vocal range - falsetto excluding - overpasses two octaves; from e to fis2...
	Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	"Dance on a Drum"	Nikolai Gnatiuk