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VENUE
Grosser Festsaal, Vienna |
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ENTRIES 17 |
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HOST
Erica Vaal |
DEBUTS None |
This was the last contest to only be filmed in black and white
and the staging was rather peculiar. A revolving door with mirrored faces spun
round behind the performers, which was a little too distracting at times. Each
song was prefaced with a caption of the song title in French, English and
German.
There were many problems with the scoring. The (obviously
manually operated) scoreboard continually malfunctioned, although thankfully scrutineer Clifford Brown was vigilant enough to correct things when necessary.
Presenter Erica Wahl added to the chaos when announcing the winner before the
Irish jury had delivered it's votes!.
At long last the United Kingdom had a winner. In the preceding
11 years if Eurovision, the UK had competed 9 times (all bar 1956 and 1958) and
had finished second in 1959,1960,1961,1964 and 1965 ! Sandie Shaw's victory this
time however was a runaway one and never in doubt.
| Netherlands |
Ringe-Dinge |
Thérèse Steinmetz |
14 |
| Luxembourg |
L'Amour Est Bleu |
Vicky |
4 |
| Austria |
Warum Es Hundert Tausend Sterne Gibt |
Peter Horten |
14 |
| France |
Il Doit Faire Beau Là-Bas |
Noëlle Cordier |
3 |
| Portugal |
O Vento Mudou |
Eduardo Nascimento |
12 |
| Switzerland |
Quel Coeur Vas Tu Briser? |
Géraldine |
17 |
| Sweden |
Som En Dröm |
Östen Warnerbring |
8 |
| Finland |
Varjoon-Suojaan |
Fredi |
12 |
| Germany |
Anouschka |
Inge Brück |
8 |
| Belgium |
Ik Heb Zorgen |
Louis Neefs |
7 |
| United Kingdom |
Puppet On A String |
Sandie Shaw |
1 |
| Spain |
Hablemos Del Amour |
Raphael |
6 |
| Norway |
Dukkemann |
Kirsti Sparboe |
14 |
| Monaco |
Boum-Badaboum |
Minouche Barelli |
5 |
| Yugoslavia |
Vse Rose Sveta |
Lado Leskovar |
8 |
| Italy |
Non Andare Piu Lontanto |
Claudio Villa |
11 |
| Ireland |
If I Could Choose |
Sean Dunphy |
2 |
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