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| VENUE
St Eriks Massan Alvsjoe, Stockholm
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ENTRIES 19 |
| HOST
Karin Falck |
DEBUTS Turkey |
A noticeably bigger arena
than usual (or at least appeared to be on television) greeted Eurovisions
largest field to date, as (despite Greece sitting it out after
their debut) France and Malta returned and Turkey debuted to
make nineteen nations in the Swedish capital. Presenter Karin Falck promised us 'a certain amount of light entertainment with music'
in an evening peppered with classic quotes.
Bruce Welch of the Shadows
fluffed his lines on the UK entry 'Let Me Be The One'. Well, they were more
used to doing instrumentals. This was the first year of the current
scoring system, 12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 votes awarded for a jury's ten favourite songs, although at this time the votes weren't announced in
ascending order so there was plenty of scope for problems.
The strengths
of this voting system are that even mediocre songs will tend to pick up a
few points here and there (to maintain their dignity) and also that no one
jury can exert disproportionate influence by awarding a higher top vote
than other juries. The Netherlands became the first country to win
Eurovision with the song that opened the contest, although we
wouldn't have to wait too long for the second one....
| Netherlands |
Ding Ding-A-Dong |
Teach-In |
1 |
| Ireland |
That's What Friends Are For |
The Swarbriggs |
9 |
| France |
Et Bonjour À Toi L'Artiste |
Nicole Rieu |
4 |
| Germany |
Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein |
Joy Fleming |
17 |
| Luxembourg |
Toi |
Géraldine |
5 |
| Norway |
You Touched My Life With Summer |
Ellen Nikolaysen |
18 |
| Switzerland |
Mikado |
Simone Drexel |
6 |
| Yugoslavia |
Dan Ljubezni |
Blood & Ashes |
13 |
| United Kingdom |
Let Me Be The One |
The Shadows |
2 |
| Malta |
Singing This Song |
Renato |
12 |
| Belgium |
Gellukig Zihn |
Ann Christy |
15 |
| Israel |
At Va'Ani |
Shlomo Artzi |
11 |
| Turkey |
Seninle Bir Dakika |
Semiha Yanki |
19 |
| Monaco |
Une Chanson C'est Une Lettre |
Sophie |
13 |
| Finland |
Old Man Fiddler |
Pihasoittajat |
7 |
| Portugal |
Madrugada |
Duarte Mendes |
16 |
| Spain |
Tú Volverás |
Sergio Y Estíbaliz |
10 |
| Sweden |
Jennie Jennie |
Lars Berghagen & The Dolls |
8 |
| Italy |
Era |
Wess & Dori Ghezzi |
3 |
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