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VENUE
Rai Congrescentrum, Amsterdam |
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ENTRIES 12 |
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HOST Willy
Dobbe
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DEBUTS None |
This was the year of the boycott:
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Portugal all protested at the previous years
voting
farce. This made it the briefest contest since 1959, it was all done and
dusted in seventy-five minutes.
Julio Iglesias
appeared in his
powder-blue suit. He seems to have forgotten this nowadays; good job he
didn't win then. Luxembourg scored an atypical nul points before winning
two of the next three contests.
Belgium awarded
nine out of its
ten votes to Ireland. Although 'All Kinds of Everything' was a worthy
winner, the voting system meant that one jury could have a
disproportionate impact on the result if it 'block' voted like this. This
voting system was replaced the following year, and only used one
more time ever (in 1974).
| Netherlands |
Waterman |
The Hearts Of Soul |
7 |
| Switzerland |
Retour |
Henri Dès |
4 |
| Italy |
Occhi Di Ragazza |
Gianni Morandi |
8 |
| Yugoslavia |
Pridi Dala Ti Bom Cvet |
Eva Srsen |
11 |
| Belgium |
Viens L'Oublier |
Jean Vallée |
8 |
| France |
Marie Blanche |
Guy Bonnet |
4 |
| United Kingdom |
Knock Knock Who's There? |
Mary Hopkin |
2 |
| Luxembourg |
Je Suis Tombé Du Ciel |
David Alexander Winter |
12 |
| Spain |
Gwendolyne |
Julio Iglesias |
4 |
| Monaco |
Marlène |
Dominique Dussault |
8 |
| Germany |
Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder |
Katja Ebstein |
3 |
| Ireland |
All Kinds Of Everything |
Dana |
1 |
Voting
 
IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:
The New English Bible is
published for the first time. |
