Eurovision Song Contest 1969
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The Eurovision Song Contest
1969 was the 14th in the series. It was the first time that the contest resulted in a tie for first place, with four countries each gaining 18 votes. Since there was at the time no rule to cover such an eventuality, all four countries were declared joint winners. This caused an unfortunate problem concerning the medals due to be distributed to the winners as there were not enough to go round, so that only the singers received their medals on the night: the songwriter
s, to some disgruntlement, were not awarded theirs until after the date of the contest. Had the later tie-break rule been in place (i.e. the song receiving votes from the most countries, then the song receiving the most high votes in case of another tie), France
would have been the overall winner.
The surrealist Spanish artist Salvador Dalí
was responsible for designing the publicity
material for the 1969 contest as well as the metal sculpture which was used on stage.
France's win was their fourth. France became the first country to win the contest four times. The Netherlands' win was their third. Spain and the United Kingdom each won for the second time. And it was the first time that any country (Spain, in this case) had a winning ESC entry two years in a row.
Austria
was absent from the contest, refusing to participate in a contest staged in Franco
-ruled Spain.
(Televizija Zagreb), Tomaž Terček (Televizija Ljubljana
) - Jacques Navadic
(Télé-Luxembourg
) - José Luis Uribarri
(TVE1), Miguel de los Santos
(Primer Programa RNE
) - Pierre Tchernia
(Télé Monte Carlo
) - Gay Byrne
(RTÉ Television) - Renato Tagliani (Secondo Programma) - Michael Aspel
(BBC 1
), Tony Brandon
(BBC Radio 1
) – Pim Jacobs
(Nederland 1
) - Christina Hansegård (Sveriges Radio-TV
and SR P3) - Herman Verelst
(BRT
), Paule Herreman
(RTB
) - Theodor Haller (TV DRS
), Georges Hardy (TSR
), Giovanni Bertini
(TSI) - Sverre Christophersen (NRK
), Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1
) - Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach (ARD Deutsches Fernsehen
) - Pierre Tchernia
(Première Chaîne ORTF
) - Henrique Mendes (I Programa) - Aarno Walli (YLE TV2
) (Non-participating country) - Willy Kralik (2. Programm
)
- TBC - Joaquín Prat - TBC - John Skehan
- Mike Bongiorno
- Colin-Ward Lewis
– Leo Nelissen - Edvard Matz - Nand Baert
- Alexandre Burger - Janka Polanyi - Armin Maiwald
- Roger Stéphane - Maria Manuela Furtado - Aarre Elo
(PhD in Medicine), Manuel Gil (actor), José Ramón Barrera (iron and steel technician), Pilar Suárez (student), José Luis García
(student), Andrés Sobrevalls (agricultural worker), Román Alcalá (student)
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...
1969 was the 14th in the series. It was the first time that the contest resulted in a tie for first place, with four countries each gaining 18 votes. Since there was at the time no rule to cover such an eventuality, all four countries were declared joint winners. This caused an unfortunate problem concerning the medals due to be distributed to the winners as there were not enough to go round, so that only the singers received their medals on the night: the songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
s, to some disgruntlement, were not awarded theirs until after the date of the contest. Had the later tie-break rule been in place (i.e. the song receiving votes from the most countries, then the song receiving the most high votes in case of another tie), France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
would have been the overall winner.
The surrealist Spanish artist Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
was responsible for designing the publicity
Publicity
Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject. The subjects of publicity include people , goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment.From a marketing perspective, publicity is one component of promotion which is one...
material for the 1969 contest as well as the metal sculpture which was used on stage.
France's win was their fourth. France became the first country to win the contest four times. The Netherlands' win was their third. Spain and the United Kingdom each won for the second time. And it was the first time that any country (Spain, in this case) had a winning ESC entry two years in a row.
Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
was absent from the contest, refusing to participate in a contest staged in Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
-ruled Spain.
Results
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro... |
Ivan & 4M | "Pozdrav svijetu Pozdrav svijetu "Pozdrav svijetu" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Serbo-Croatian by Ivan and the band M´s .... " |
Greetings to the world | 13 | 5 | |
| 02 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Romuald Romuald Figuier Romuald Figuier is a French singer aka Romuald.He represented Monaco in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest with "Où sont-elles passées" and finished 3rd.... |
"Catherine Catherine (song) "Catherine" was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in French by French singer Romuald .... " |
— | 11 | 7 | |
| 03 | Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... |
Salomé Salomé (singer) Salomé , born Maria Rosa Marco Poquet, is a Spanish Catalan singer.Salomé was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the Eurovision Song Contest held in Madrid in 1969, she performed "Vivo Cantando", composed by Maria José Cerato with words by Aniano Alcalde... |
"Vivo cantando Vivo Cantando "Vivo cantando" was one of four songs which tied for first place in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. Performed in Spanish by Salomé for Spain, the song was joint winner with the United Kingdom's "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr representing the Netherlands, and... " |
I live singing | 1 | 18 | |
| 04 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Jean Jacques Jean Jacques Jean Jacques is a French singer.He represented Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Maman, Maman", at the time just 12 years old. With 11 points, he came in 6th position.... |
"Maman, Maman Maman, Maman "Maman, Maman" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in French by French singer Jean Jacques, at the time just 12 years old.... " |
Mum, mum | 6 | 11 | |
| 05 | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
Muriel Day Muriel Day Muriel Day is an Irish singer. Born in Newtownards, County Down, she was the first singer from Northern Ireland to represent the Republic of Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. She was also the first woman to perform for Ireland, which had been competing since 1965... |
"The Wages of Love The Wages Of Love "The Wages of Love" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in English by Muriel Day with backing vocals by The Lindsays.... " |
— | 7 | 10 | |
| 06 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Iva Zanicchi Iva Zanicchi Iva Zanicchi is an Italian pop singer.Iva Zanicchi's career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Festival of New Voices, where she gained third place. She won the Sanremo song festival in 1967 with Non pensare a me, in 1969 with Zingara and again in 1974 with Ciao cara, come stai?... |
"Due grosse lacrime bianche Due Grosse Lacrime Bianche "Due grosse lacrime bianche" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Italian by Iva Zanicchi. The song was performed sixth on the night, following Ireland's Muriel Day with "The Wages of Love" and preceding the United Kingdom's Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang"... " |
Two big white tears | 13 | 5 | |
| 07 | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
Lulu Lulu (singer) Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day... |
"Boom Bang-a-Bang Boom Bang-a-Bang "Boom Bang-a-Bang" was the United Kingdom entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1969It was sung by Lulu, and was co-written by Alan Moorhouse and Peter Warne aka Michael Julien, the latter of who also wrote "Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" for Shirley Bassey.... " |
— | 1 | 18 | |
| 08 | Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... |
Lenny Kuhr Lenny Kuhr Lenny Kuhr is a Dutch singer-songwriter.In 1967 she started a singing career in the Netherlands, performing songs in the French chanson tradition. In 1969 she represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest with her own composition De Troubadour... |
"De troubadour De Troubadour "De troubadour" , sung in Dutch by Lenny Kuhr representing the Netherlands, was – together with "Boom Bang-a-Bang", "Un jour, un enfant", and "Vivo cantando" from, respectively, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain – one of the four winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 1969.In a ballad inspired... " |
The troubadour | 1 | 18 | |
| 09 | Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
Tommy Körberg Tommy Körberg Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician. In 1969, he won Swedish Recording Industry Award Grammis in a category Best Debut Performance. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role in the Benny Andersson–Björn Ulvaeus–Tim Rice musical Chess... |
"Judy, min vän Judy, min vän "Judy, min vän" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Swedish by Tommy Körberg, the winner of Melodifestivalen 1969... " |
Judy, my friend | 9 | 8 | |
| 10 | Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... |
Louis Neefs | "Jennifer Jennings Jennifer Jennings "Jennifer Jennings" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Dutch by Louis Neefs.The song was performed tenth on the night... " |
— | 7 | 10 | |
| 11 | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
Paola Del Medico Paola del Medico Paola Felix-del Medico is a Swiss singer.Born in Saint-Gall, she has sung in German, mainly, and in French. She represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the entry "Bonjour, Bonjour", finishing in fifth place.... |
"Bonjour, Bonjour Bonjour, Bonjour "Bonjour, Bonjour" was the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in German by Paola del Medico.The song is a ballad with Paola del Medico describing how the days are when she and her lover are together and her lover loves her: "The sky laughs like my heart, when you love me... " |
Hello, hello | 5 | 13 | |
| 12 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Kirsti Sparboe Kirsti Sparboe Kirsti Sparboe was born on 7 December 1946 in Tromsø, Norway. She Is a musical performer, and an actress. Most of her musical career is based around the widely popular Eurovision Song Contest.... |
"Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Norwegian by Kirsti Sparboe.... " |
Wow, wow, wow, how happy I'll be | 16 | 1 | |
| 13 | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
Siw Malmkvist Siw Malmkvist Siw "Siwan" Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer who is popular in Scandinavia and Germany... |
"Primaballerina Primaballerina "Primaballerina" is a 1969 song performed by Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist and written by Hans Blum. It was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969... " |
— | 9 | 8 | |
| 14 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Frida Boccara Frida Boccara Frida Boccara was a French singer.Frida Boccara was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She submitted the song "Autrefois" to the French Eurovision Song Contest selection panel in 1964 but she was unsuccessful... |
"Un jour, un enfant Un Jour, Un Enfant "Un jour, un enfant" was one of four winning songs in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, this one being sung in French by Frida Boccara representing France... " |
A day, a child | 1 | 18 | |
| 15 | Portuguese Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095... |
Simone de Oliveira Simone de Oliveira Simone de Oliveira, GCIH is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese father had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe , and her mother was Belgian. She started singing in high school... |
"Desfolhada portuguesa Desfolhada Portuguesa Desfolhada portuguesa , or simply Desfolhada , was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Portuguese by Simone de Oliveira.... " |
Portuguese husking | 15 | 4 | |
| 16 | Finnish Finnish language Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a... |
Jarkko & Laura Jarkko & Laura Jarkko ja Laura are a Finnish pop-duo. They first had their break on the Finnish music scene in 1966, with a mildly successful song written by Laura, "Meidän laulumme"... |
"Kuin silloin ennen Kuin Silloin Ennen "Kuin silloin ennen" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Finnish by Jarkko & Laura.... " |
Like in those times | 12 | 6 |
Score sheet
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Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Monaco | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ireland | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Sweden | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Norway | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| France | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Finland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Neefs | 1967 Eurovision Song Contest 1967 The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the twelfth Eurovision Song Contest. The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom's entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes... |
|
| Siw Malmkvist Siw Malmkvist Siw "Siwan" Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer who is popular in Scandinavia and Germany... |
1960 Eurovision Song Contest 1960 The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth in the series, and was held on 29 March 1960 in London. France's win this year was their second in the contest.... (for Sweden Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest Sweden has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since their debut in 1958. Since 1959, the Swedish representative has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. Three times – 1964, 1970, and 1976 – Sweden didn't participate... ) |
|
| Romuald Romuald Figuier Romuald Figuier is a French singer aka Romuald.He represented Monaco in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest with "Où sont-elles passées" and finished 3rd.... |
1964 Eurovision Song Contest 1964 The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the ninth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark after the Danish victory the previous year. Sweden did not participate because of a boycott by singers. They did however broadcast it... (for Monaco Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest Monaco first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959. The country's first and only win in the contest came in 1971, when Séverine performed "Un banc, un arbre, une rue". In 1972 Monaco was expected to host the contest, but declined... ) |
|
| Kirsti Sparboe Kirsti Sparboe Kirsti Sparboe was born on 7 December 1946 in Tromsø, Norway. She Is a musical performer, and an actress. Most of her musical career is based around the widely popular Eurovision Song Contest.... |
1965 Eurovision Song Contest 1965 The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th in the series. Luxembourg's win was their second. Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain each scored "null points" for the second time. The 1965 contest marked the debut of Ireland, a country which later went on to dominate the competition. This was also... , 1967 Eurovision Song Contest 1967 The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the twelfth Eurovision Song Contest. The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom's entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes... |
|
| Simone de Oliveira Simone de Oliveira Simone de Oliveira, GCIH is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese father had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe , and her mother was Belgian. She started singing in high school... |
1965 Eurovision Song Contest 1965 The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th in the series. Luxembourg's win was their second. Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain each scored "null points" for the second time. The 1965 contest marked the debut of Ireland, a country which later went on to dominate the competition. This was also... |
Commentators
- Miloje Orlović (Televizija Beograd), Mladen DelićMladen Delic
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(Televizija Zagreb), Tomaž Terček (Televizija Ljubljana
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
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) - Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic was a Broadcasting editor and Television presenter who joined Radio Luxembourg in 1955. He worked with Robert Diligent. He was the regular Luxembourgian commentator in the Eurovision Song Contest and worked for RTL Luxembourg.-References:...
(Télé-Luxembourg
RTL9
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) - José Luis Uribarri
José Luis Uribarri
José Luis Uribarri is a Spanish television presenter and director for TVE.Uribarri was born in Avila, after finishing school at Marist school in Palencia he went on to study law but left to work for Spanish television as a television announcer.He debut as a television presenter in 1958 and has...
(TVE1), Miguel de los Santos
Miguel de los Santos
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(Primer Programa RNE
Radio Nacional de España
is Spain's national public radio service. Since 1973 it has formed, together with , a part of , the corporation responsible for managing national public-service broadcasting in Spain.-Origins of RNE:...
) - Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor.- Career :...
(Télé Monte Carlo
Télé Monte Carlo
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) - Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne
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(RTÉ Television) - Renato Tagliani (Secondo Programma) - Michael Aspel
Michael Aspel
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(BBC 1
BBC One
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), Tony Brandon
Tony Brandon
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(BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
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) – Pim Jacobs
Pim Jacobs
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(Nederland 1
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) - Christina Hansegård (Sveriges Radio-TV
SVT1
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and SR P3) - Herman Verelst
Herman Verelst
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(BRT
EEN
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), Paule Herreman
Paule Herreman
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(RTB
La Une
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) - Theodor Haller (TV DRS
SF 1
SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
), Georges Hardy (TSR
TSR 1
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), Giovanni Bertini
Giovanni Bertini
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(TSI) - Sverre Christophersen (NRK
NRK1
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), Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1
NRK P1
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) - Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach (ARD Deutsches Fernsehen
Das Erste
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) - Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor.- Career :...
(Première Chaîne ORTF
TF1
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) - Henrique Mendes (I Programa) - Aarno Walli (YLE TV2
YLE TV2
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) (Non-participating country) - Willy Kralik (2. Programm
ORF2
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Spokespersons
- Helga VlahovićHelga Vlahovic
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- TBC - Joaquín Prat - TBC - John Skehan
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- Mike Bongiorno
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- Colin-Ward Lewis
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– Leo Nelissen - Edvard Matz - Nand Baert
Nand Baert
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- Alexandre Burger - Janka Polanyi - Armin Maiwald
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- Roger Stéphane - Maria Manuela Furtado - Aarre Elo
National jury members
– Álvaro de la Iglesia (journalist and La Codorniz director), Paqui Crespo (student), Carmen Debén (TVE scriptwriter and journalist), Luis SánchezLuis Sánchez
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(PhD in Medicine), Manuel Gil (actor), José Ramón Barrera (iron and steel technician), Pilar Suárez (student), José Luis García
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(student), Andrés Sobrevalls (agricultural worker), Román Alcalá (student)
Trivia
- Jean-Jacques BertolaiJean JacquesJean Jacques is a French singer.He represented Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Maman, Maman", at the time just 12 years old. With 11 points, he came in 6th position....
, representing MonacoMonacoMonaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
, became one of the youngest Eurovision participants, at just 12 years old. - SaloméSalomé (singer)Salomé , born Maria Rosa Marco Poquet, is a Spanish Catalan singer.Salomé was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the Eurovision Song Contest held in Madrid in 1969, she performed "Vivo Cantando", composed by Maria José Cerato with words by Aniano Alcalde...
caused a stir because her outfit was made of porcelainPorcelainPorcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
(and weighed over 30 pounds (13.6 kg)). - Muriel DayMuriel DayMuriel Day is an Irish singer. Born in Newtownards, County Down, she was the first singer from Northern Ireland to represent the Republic of Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. She was also the first woman to perform for Ireland, which had been competing since 1965...
was the first singer from Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
to represent the Republic of IrelandRepublic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. - There are conflicting reports that before the contest started, host Laurita ValenzuelaLaurita ValenzuelaLaura "Laurita" Valenzuela is a Spanish television presenter of the 1950s and 1960s....
asked EBU voting scrutineer, Clifford BrownClifford Brown (scrutineer)Clifford Brown MBE was a British television editor and director who became the second E.B.U scrutineer for the Eurovision Song Contest....
what would happen if there was a tie. He assured her that it would never happen. After the last jury voted and four countries were tied, she laughed nervously and asked him in both Spanish and French to tell her who the winners were "exactly". - ESC 1969 was the second to be filmed and transmitted in colour, even though TVE did not have colour equipment at the time. It had to rent colour TV cameras from the ARD German network. The colour transmission was distributed through the EBU network as well the east-European IntervisionInternational Radio and Television OrganisationThe 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...
network, and through satellite also to ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. In Spain itself the broadcast was seen in black and white because the local transmitters did not support colour transmissions. - Benny Hill once parodied this in his very first episode for ThamesThames TelevisionThames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
. - Monty Python's Flying CircusMonty Python's Flying CircusMonty Python’s Flying Circus is a BBC TV sketch comedy series. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines...
parodied Lulu's performance with a similarly nonsensical number called "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong," written entirely in pictographs for sounds. - As NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
's representative, Kirsti SparboeKirsti SparboeKirsti Sparboe was born on 7 December 1946 in Tromsø, Norway. She Is a musical performer, and an actress. Most of her musical career is based around the widely popular Eurovision Song Contest....
, takes a bow at the end of her performance, she almost trips herself and falls over, she also caused a stir as a rumour was spread that her costume was made from the country's illegal sealskin. - For years, there has been a common misconception that the country of LiechtensteinLiechtensteinThe Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...
wanted to take part in the Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song ContestThe 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...
in 1969. They did not have their own broadcasting service, which is why they have not participated to date. It has been said that the song that would have represented them was "Un Beau Matin" ("A Beautiful Morning") by Vetty. The song is, in fact, a parodyParodyA parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of a typical ESC entry of the day---and is in French. Had Liechtenstein wanted, let alone been allowed, to participate for real, they would have had to submit a song in German, as a national language rule was then in effect. - Had the current rule preventing ties been in play, France would have been the only winner, followed by Spain, United Kingdom and Netherlands.