Jeux sans frontières season 13

No. of episodes8ReleaseOriginal release1 June (1977-06-01) –
7 September 1977 (1977-09-07)Season chronology

The 13th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1977. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The different heats were hosted by each of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Marina di Carrara (Italy), Antwerp (Belgium), Ludwigsburg (West Germany), Doetinchem (Netherlands), Évry (France), Carouge (Switzerland), and Windsor (United Kingdom). The grand final was held in Ludwigsburg (West Germany). The head international referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi [it].^[1]

The season of was won by the teams from Schliersee, West Germany, being the runner-up the team from Uccle, Belgium.^[2][3]

Participants

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour
Belgium	RTBF / BRT	B	Yellow
France	Antenne 2	F	Green
Italy	RAI	I	Blue
Netherlands	NCRV	NL	Orange
Switzerland	SRG SSR	CH	Gold
United Kingdom	BBC	GB	Red
West Germany	WDR	D	Light blue

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by RAI on 1 June 1977 in Marina di Carrara, Italy.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	I	Marina di Carrara	50
2	D	Schliersee	38
3	NL	Dalfsen	31
4	CH	Freienbach	30
4	B	Alken	30
6	GB	Beverley	29
7	F	Ambarès	19

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by Antenne 2 on 15 June 1977 at Safari de Saint-Vrain in Évry, France.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	CH	Olivone	40
2	GB	Oldham	37
3	B	Frameries	35
4	D	Dahn	34
5	F	Évry	33
6	I	Solofra	32
7	NL	Buren	27

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by SRG SSR on 29 June 1977 in Carouge, Switzerland.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	NL	Nieuwegein	47
2	I	Moena	38
3	D	Schwäbisch Gmünd	36
4	B	Zwevegem	32
4	F	Blanzac	32
6	CH	Carouge	20
7	GB	Macclesfield	19

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by WDR on 13 July 1977 at Marktplatz in Ludwigsburg, West Germany.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	NL	Gilze en Rijen	40
1	F	Fontainebleau	40
3	CH	Zurzach	38
4	B	Spa	34
5	GB	Cwmbran	32
5	D	Ludwigsburg	32
7	I	Lagonegro	23

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by the BBC on 26 July 1977 at Home Park in Windsor, United Kingdom.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Uccle	43
2	NL	Landsmeer	40
2	F	Toulon	40
4	GB	Windsor and Maidenhead	38
5	CH	Tesserete	31
6	D	Bebra	30
7	I	Gubbio	14

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by BRT on 10 August 1977 at the Grote Markt in Antwerp, Belgium.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	NL	Ooststellingwerf	41
2	B	Antwerp	38
3	D	Seelze	36
4	I	Vignola	35
5	GB	Southend-on-Sea	27
6	F	Quimper	26
7	CH	Sion	20

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by NCRV on 24 August 1977 in Doetinchem, Netherlands.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	F	Bourgoin-Jallieu	43
2	NL	Doetinchem	40
3	CH	Scuol	39
4	GB	Crawley	36
5	B	Kelmis	26
5	D	Limburg	26
7	I	Viterbo	22

Qualifiers

The teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final:

Country	Town	Place won	Points won
I	Marina di Carrara	1	50
NL	Nieuwegein	1	47
B	Uccle	1	43
F	Bourgoin-Jallieu	1	43
CH	Olivone	1	40
D	Schliersee	2	38
GB	Oldham	2	37

Final

The final was hosted by WDR on 7 September 1977 at the grounds of the Residenzschloß in Ludwigsburg, West Germany.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Schliersee	47
2	B	Uccle	36
3	CH	Olivone	35
4	F	Bourgoin-Jallieu	32
4	GB	Oldham	32
6	NL	Nieuwegein	31
7	I	Marina di Carrara	27

References