Eurovision Song Contest 1972
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The Eurovision Song Contest
1972 was the 17th edition series. Monaco
was unable to host this year's Eurovision as they were unable to provide the resources. They approached French TV, who agreed to produce the contest, but only if the contest was staged in France and not the planned Monte Carlo Opera House. Rejecting the offer, RMC Monaco invited the President of the EBU, Charles Curran
of the BBC
to host, so the United Kingdom
stepped in to host it again. For the first time, however, the BBC chose a venue outside London
. Séverine
made the trip to the Scottish
capital Edinburgh
to pass on the 'Grand Prix' to Vicky Leandros
. However, she looked thoroughly uninterested in the Monegasque entry when seen by viewers checking her watch after the song was performed. This is the only time when UK has been host that the contest has been held outside England.
The Irish
entry was in the Irish language
, so far the country's only entry in that language.
Luxembourg's win was their third. Yves Dessca also wrote the text for "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" that won in 1971
, and other than conductors of the winning song, became the second person to win the Contest twice, the first person to win for two different countries and the first person to win two years in a row.
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Country
! Language
! Artist
! Song
! English translation
! Place
! Points
|-
| 01 || || German
|| Mary Roos
|| "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben
" || Only Love Lets Us Live || 3 || 107
|-
| 02 || || French
|| Betty Mars
|| "Comé-comédie" || Comic Comedy || 11 || 81
|-
| 03 || || Irish
|| Sandie Jones
|| "Ceol an Ghrá
" || The Music of Love || 15 || 72
|-
| 04 || || Spanish
|| Jaime Morey
|| "Amanece
" || It's Dawning || 10 || 83
|-
| 05 || || English
|| The New Seekers
|| "Beg, Steal or Borrow
" || - || 2 || 114
|-
| 06 || || Norwegian
|| Grethe Kausland
and Benny Borg
|| "Småting
" || Little Things || 14 || 73
|-
| 07 || || Portuguese
|| Carlos Mendes || "A festa da vida
" || The Party of Life || 7 || 90
|-
| 08 || || French
|| Véronique Müller
|| "C'est la chanson de mon amour
" || This is the Song of My Love || 8 || 88
|-
| 09 || || Maltese
|| Helen and Joseph || "L-imħabba" || Love || 18 || 48
|-
| 10 || || Finnish
|| Päivi Paunu
& Kim Floor || "Muistathan
" || Remember || 12 || 78
|-
| 11 || || German
|| Milestones
|| "Falter im Wind
" || Moth in the Wind || 5 || 100
|-
| 12 || || Italian
|| Nicola di Bari
|| "I giorni dell'arcobaleno
" || The Rainbow Days || 6 || 92
|-
| 13 || || Serbo-Croatian
|| Tereza Kesovija
|| "Muzika i ti
" || Music and You || 9 || 87
|-
| 14 || || Swedish
|| Family Four
|| "Härliga sommardag
" || Lovely Summer Day || 13 || 75
|-
| 15 || || French
|| Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane || "Comme on s'aime
" || How We Love Each Other || 16 || 65
|-
| 16 || || French
|| Serge & Christine Ghisoland
|| "À la folie ou pas du tout
" || Madly or Not At All || 17 || 55
|- bgcolor=#FFDEAD
| 17 || || French
|| Vicky Leandros
|| "Après toi
" || After You || 1 || 128
|-
| 18 || || Dutch
|| Sandra
and Andres
|| "Als het om de liefde gaat" || When It's All About Love || 4 || 106
|}
The voting procedure itself turned out to be a rather dull affair, there was no real challenge to Vicky Leandros. Interestingly the winning score of 128 was exactly the same as Monaco's the year before.
!colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
!colspan="43"|Results
|-
Germany
8
6
9
5
6
6
5
4
5
5
7
5
8
8
7
7
6
France
5
5
2
9
7
2
3
5
4
2
3
5
2
6
7
8
6
Ireland
4
3
4
4
6
4
3
6
3
4
3
3
5
5
4
6
5
Spain
7
5
5
3
8
6
3
4
4
5
3
2
7
8
3
5
5
United Kingdom
8
9
6
2
10
4
8
2
7
7
7
9
6
9
4
8
8
Norway
4
3
6
5
4
5
2
5
7
3
2
5
4
4
4
6
4
Portugal
3
4
7
7
4
2
6
5
2
4
9
4
7
4
7
10
5
Switzerland
4
5
6
5
4
7
2
4
7
8
5
5
4
6
4
7
5
Malta
3
2
4
2
6
2
2
2
5
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
4
Finland
4
3
3
6
5
6
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
8
6
8
Austria
6
6
6
6
3
5
5
7
5
4
6
8
10
5
4
5
9
Italy
4
5
3
2
3
6
7
9
6
6
6
4
8
6
6
6
5
Yugoslavia
7
4
5
8
5
4
5
2
4
3
3
2
4
9
8
8
6
Sweden
5
3
5
3
3
5
4
2
4
5
4
3
7
5
7
5
5
Monaco
4
3
4
3
5
6
2
2
5
5
3
3
4
3
4
4
5
Belgium
2
3
4
2
5
2
3
3
5
4
2
3
2
2
4
6
3
Luxembourg
9
8
9
2
10
8
7
6
4
6
8
9
10
8
7
8
9
Netherlands
6
6
8
8
9
8
5
6
3
9
6
3
9
6
5
2
7
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE
|-
! Artist
! Country
! Previous year(s)
|-
| Vicky Leandros
|
| 1967
|-
| Carlos Mendes
|
| 1968
|-
| Family Four
|
| 1971
|-
| Tereza Kesovija
|
| 1966
(for Monaco
)
|}
) - Pierre Tchernia
(Première Chaîne ORTF
) - Frank Hall
(RTÉ Television), Mike Murphy (RTÉ Radio 1
) - Julio Rico (TVE1) - Tom Fleming (BBC 1), Pete Murray (BBC Radio 1
) - Roald Øyen
(NRK
), Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1
) - Henrique Mendes (I Programa) - Theodor Haller (TV DRS
), Georges Hardy (TSR
), Giovanni Bertini
(TSI) - TBC - Heikki Seppälä (YLE TV2
) - Willy Kralik (2. Programm
) - Renato Tagliani (Programma Nazionale) - Milovan Ilić
(TVB1), Oliver Mlakar
(TVZ1), Tomaž Terček (TVL1
) - Bo Billtén (SR TV1
), Björn Bjelfvenstam (SR P3
) - Pierre Tchernia
(Télé Monte Carlo
) - Arlette Vincent (RTB
), Herman Verelst
(BRT
) - Jacques Navadic
(RTL Télé Luxembourg
) – Pim Jacobs
(Nederland 1
) (Non-participating country) - Mako Georgiadou (EIRT)
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...
1972 was the 17th edition series. Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , 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...
was unable to host this year's Eurovision as they were unable to provide the resources. They approached French TV, who agreed to produce the contest, but only if the contest was staged in France and not the planned Monte Carlo Opera House. Rejecting the offer, RMC Monaco invited the President of the EBU, Charles Curran
Charles Curran (broadcaster)
Sir Charles John Curran , was a British television executive.Charles Curran was born in Dublin. He served in the Indian army from 1942-45, but left to work in the BBC Talks department. He resigned following a dispute to edit the "Canadian Fishing News", but he returned in 1951 to join BBC Monitoring...
of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
to host, so the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
stepped in to host it again. For the first time, however, the BBC chose a venue outside London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Séverine
Séverine (singer)
Séverine is a French singer.Séverine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 for Monaco, performing "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" , with music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and words by Yves Dessca...
made the trip to the Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
capital Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
to pass on the 'Grand Prix' to Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou...
. However, she looked thoroughly uninterested in the Monegasque entry when seen by viewers checking her watch after the song was performed. This is the only time when UK has been host that the contest has been held outside England.
The Irish
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , 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,...
entry was in the Irish language
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
, so far the country's only entry in that language.
Luxembourg's win was their third. Yves Dessca also wrote the text for "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" that won in 1971
Eurovision Song Contest 1971
The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth Eurovision Song Contest and the first held in Dublin, Ireland. The new voting system that was introduced in this Eurovision did have one big problem: some juries gave fewer points out than others...
, and other than conductors of the winning song, became the second person to win the Contest twice, the first person to win for two different countries and the first person to win two years in a row.
Results
{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100%|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Draw
! Country
! Language
! Artist
! Song
! English translation
! Place
! Points
|-
| 01 || || 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....
|| Mary Roos
Mary Roos
-1949-1970:Schwab was born in Bingen. At the age of nine, she recorded her first song "Ja die Dicken sind ja so gemütlich" as Die kleine Rosemarie. It was no major commercial success. In 1958, she also appeared in the film Die Straße. Over the following years she would release many records and she...
|| "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben
Nur Die Liebe Läßt Uns Leben
Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in German by Mary Roos....
" || Only Love Lets Us Live || 3 || 107
|-
| 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...
|| Betty Mars
Betty Mars
Betty Mars was a French singer and actress, best known for her participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early life :...
|| "Comé-comédie" || Comic Comedy || 11 || 81
|-
| 03 || || Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
|| Sandie Jones
Sandie Jones
- Eurovision :She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song Ceol an Ghrá . This was the only occasion on which Ireland performed a song in their own language...
|| "Ceol an Ghrá
Ceol An Ghrá
"Ceol an Ghrá" was Ireland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Irish by Sandie Jones.Lyrically, the song is a ballad, with Jones singing about hearing "the music of love" wherever she is. She sings about being in The Land of the Young, which may also refer to Ireland itself...
" || The Music of Love || 15 || 72
|-
| 04 || || 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...
|| Jaime Morey
Jaime Morey
Jaime García Morey is a Spanish singer, best known for representing at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest in Edinburgh with the song "Amanece". He finished 10th in a field of 18.-References:...
|| "Amanece
Amanece
"Amanece" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Spanish by Jaime Morey....
" || It's Dawning || 10 || 83
|-
| 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...
|| The New Seekers
The New Seekers
The New Seekers are a British-based pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music had rock as well as folk influences...
|| "Beg, Steal or Borrow
Beg, Steal or Borrow
"Beg, Steal or Borrow" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in English by The New Seekers.The song was composed and written by Tony Cole, Steve Wolfe and Graeme Hall. In the night of the contest, the song was directed by David Mackay.The song is directed to a...
" || - || 2 || 114
|-
| 06 || || 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...
|| Grethe Kausland
Grethe Kausland
Grethe Kausland was a Norwegian singer, performer and actress. As a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers , and she participated in several films as a child. She represented Norway in the European Song Contest 1972 singing Småting with Benny Borg...
and Benny Borg
Benny Borg
Benny Borg is a Swedish singer and composer.He was born in Gothenburg, but moved to Norway in 1968, and was married to Kirsti Sparboe from 1972 to 1978. He is known for his cooperation with the Dizzie Tunes, and with Grethe Kausland...
|| "Småting
Småting
"Småting" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Norwegian by Grethe & Benny.The song is a ballad, with the duo comparing the great successes of human life with the "little things", such as watching a sunset, which they sing are superior experiences.The song was...
" || Little Things || 14 || 73
|-
| 07 || || 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...
|| Carlos Mendes || "A festa da vida
A Festa Da Vida
"A festa da vida" was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Portuguese by Carlos Mendes....
" || The Party of Life || 7 || 90
|-
| 08 || || 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...
|| Véronique Müller
Véronique Müller
Véronique Müller, born in Morat February 9, 1948) is a Swiss singer.- Biography :Before debut her musical career, she was Petula Clark´s secretary...
|| "C'est la chanson de mon amour
C'est la chanson de mon amour
"C'est la chanson de mon amour" was the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in French by Véronique Müller....
" || This is the Song of My Love || 8 || 88
|-
| 09 || || Maltese
Maltese language
Maltese is the national language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English,while also serving as an official language of the European Union, the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic...
|| Helen and Joseph || "L-imħabba" || Love || 18 || 48
|-
| 10 || || 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...
|| Päivi Paunu
Päivi Paunu
Päivi Paunu is a Finnish singer from Tampere. Paunu performed in the 1972 Eurovision contest in the United Kingdom with the song "Muistathan" .-Albums:* Päivi Paunu, 1966* Päivi, 1969* Hei vain, 1971...
& Kim Floor || "Muistathan
Muistathan
"Muistathan" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Finnish by Päivi Paunu & Kim Floor....
" || Remember || 12 || 78
|-
| 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....
|| Milestones
Milestones (band)
Milestones, also referred as The Milestones in the Eurovision official web site, were an Austrian rock band, active between 1968 and 1975. They are known for their participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.- 1968-1972 :...
|| "Falter im Wind
Falter Im Wind
"Falter im Wind" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in German by Milestones....
" || Moth in the Wind || 5 || 100
|-
| 12 || || 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...
|| Nicola di Bari
Nicola Di Bari
Nicola di Bari is an Italian singer. He was born in Zapponeta, Apulia, as Michele Scommegna.He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1971 and 1972...
|| "I giorni dell'arcobaleno
I Giorni Dell'Arcobaleno
"I giorni dell'arcobaleno" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Italian by Nicola di Bari....
" || The Rainbow Days || 6 || 92
|-
| 13 || || 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...
|| Tereza Kesovija
Tereza Kesovija
Tereza Ana Kesovija is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer, one of the most recognisable figures on the Balkan music scene, renowned for her wide vocal range and operatic style and one of the most important artists of the former Yugoslavia. She also had a very successful career in France...
|| "Muzika i ti
Muzika i ti
"Musika i ti" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Serbo Croatian by Tereza Kesovija....
" || Music and You || 9 || 87
|-
| 14 || || 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...
|| Family Four
Family Four
Family Four were a Swedish pop group who recorded during the 1960s and 1970s. They were made up of Berdnt Öst, Marie Bergman, Agnetha Munther and Pierre Isacsson. They won Melodifestivalen twice, in 1971 with "Vita vidder" and in 1972 with "Härliga sommardag". They went on to represent Sweden in...
|| "Härliga sommardag
Härliga sommardag
Härliga sommardag" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Swedish by Family Four....
" || Lovely Summer Day || 13 || 75
|-
| 15 || || 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...
|| Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane || "Comme on s'aime
Comme On S'Aime
"Comme on s'aime" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in French by the duo Peter McLane and Anne-Marie Godart....
" || How We Love Each Other || 16 || 65
|-
| 16 || || 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...
|| Serge & Christine Ghisoland
Serge & Christine Ghisoland
Serge & Christine Ghisoland are a singing duo from Mouscron, Belgium, best known for their participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.- Eurovision Song Contest :...
|| "À la folie ou pas du tout
À La Folie Ou Pas Du Tout
"À la folie ou pas du tout" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in French by Serge & Christine Ghisoland....
" || Madly or Not At All || 17 || 55
|- bgcolor=#FFDEAD
| 17 || || 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...
|| Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou...
|| "Après toi
Après Toi
"Après toi" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 performed in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros, representing Luxembourg. The song was co-written by Leandros' father Leandros Papathanasiou, also known as Leo Leandros, under his pseudonym Mario Panas. This was Vicky...
" || After You || 1 || 128
|-
| 18 || || 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...
|| Sandra
Sandra Reemer
Barbara Alexandra "Sandra" Reemer is a Dutch Indo singer of Dutch, Chinese and Javanese extraction...
and Andres
Dries Holten
Dries Holten is a Indonesian born Dutch singer, Songwriter. He represented the Netherlands at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Sandra Reemer. After he and Reemer broke up Holten formed a new group with Rosy Pereira and called it Rosy & Andres...
|| "Als het om de liefde gaat" || When It's All About Love || 4 || 106
|}
Voting structure
Each country had two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song, other than the song from their own country. The jury was stationed in the safety of the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle. The jurors cast their votes immediately after each song was performed and they were then collected and counted. During the voting sequence on screen, they displayed their scores for each song, which were visual verifications of the scores they had awarded earlier. Meanwhile the interval act also came from the Castle, this time the vast Esplanade outside.The voting procedure itself turned out to be a rather dull affair, there was no real challenge to Vicky Leandros. Interestingly the winning score of 128 was exactly the same as Monaco's the year before.
Score sheet
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 85%"!colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
!colspan="43"|Results
|-
Returning artists
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Artist
! Country
! Previous year(s)
|-
| Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros
Vicky Leandros is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou...
|
| 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...
|-
| Carlos Mendes
Carlos Mendes
Carlos Mendes is an American soccer player who most recently played for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.-College:...
|
| 1968
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song "La, la, la", performed by Massiel....
|-
| Family Four
Family Four
Family Four were a Swedish pop group who recorded during the 1960s and 1970s. They were made up of Berdnt Öst, Marie Bergman, Agnetha Munther and Pierre Isacsson. They won Melodifestivalen twice, in 1971 with "Vita vidder" and in 1972 with "Härliga sommardag". They went on to represent Sweden in...
|
| 1971
Eurovision Song Contest 1971
The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth Eurovision Song Contest and the first held in Dublin, Ireland. The new voting system that was introduced in this Eurovision did have one big problem: some juries gave fewer points out than others...
|-
| Tereza Kesovija
Tereza Kesovija
Tereza Ana Kesovija is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer, one of the most recognisable figures on the Balkan music scene, renowned for her wide vocal range and operatic style and one of the most important artists of the former Yugoslavia. She also had a very successful career in France...
|
| 1966
Eurovision Song Contest 1966
The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The rule stating that a country could only sing in any of its national languages was originally created in this year. This was possibly created due to the 1965 Swedish entry, "Absent...
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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...
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Commentators
- Hanns Verres (ARD Deutsches FernsehenDas Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
) - 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
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
) - Frank Hall
Frank Hall
Frank Hall was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor. He is best remembered for his satirical revue programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.-Early life:...
(RTÉ Television), Mike Murphy (RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
) - Julio Rico (TVE1) - Tom Fleming (BBC 1), Pete Murray (BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
) - Roald Øyen
Roald Øyen
Roald Øyen is a Norwegian Television host and television personality for NRK. Øyen joined NRK in 1962 and hosted the programme Bit by bit, frame by frame and has commentated for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1968, 1972 and 1984, in addition Øyen gave out the Norwegian Result in the...
(NRK
NRK1
NRK1 is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main television channel. Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadcasts started in 20 August 1960. It is Norway's oldest and largest television channel...
), Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1
NRK P1
NRK P1 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It is the direct descendant of NRK's first radio station which began broadcasting in 1933...
) - Henrique Mendes (I Programa) - 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
TSR 1 is a Swiss public television channel owned by Télévision Suisse Romande.- History :Launched on 1 November 1954 to succeed Télé Geneva, TSR 1 is the first channel of the two French Swiss networks of television group TSR ....
), Giovanni Bertini
Giovanni Bertini
Giovanni Bertini is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 6 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, Ascoli Calcio 1898 and ACF Fiorentina.-External links:*...
(TSI) - TBC - Heikki Seppälä (YLE TV2
YLE TV2
YLE TV2 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by YLE.TV2 launched in 1964, and broadcasts public service programming, children's, youth, sport and music programmes.-Own Productions:* Ajankohtainen kakkonen* Akuutti* Jopet Show* Kummeli...
) - Willy Kralik (2. Programm
ORF2
ORF2 is an Austrian television channel owned by ORF.ORF2 was launched on 11 September 1961 as a technical test programme. Since 1970, ORF2 broadcasts on seven days a week. Today it is one of the three public TV channels in Austria.Where as ORF1 focuses on tv series and movies, ORF2 broadcasts...
) - Renato Tagliani (Programma Nazionale) - Milovan Ilić
Milovan Ilić Minimaks
Milovan Ilić Minimaks was a Serbian radio and TV journalist.He was born on 5 November 1938 in Lipnici, Kragujevac, Serbia. He completed primary and secondary school in Kragujevac, and studied law in Belgrade...
(TVB1), Oliver Mlakar
Oliver Mlakar
Oliver Mlakar is a Croatian television presenter, best known for hosting game shows. He was one of the most popular television personalities of Yugoslavia and Croatia.Mlakar was born in Ptuj and lived in Osijek from 1945 to 1954...
(TVZ1), Tomaž Terček (TVL1
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world...
) - Bo Billtén (SR TV1
SVT1
SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
), Björn Bjelfvenstam (SR P3
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
) - 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
Télé Monte Carlo or TMC Monte Carlo, traditionally known as TMC is a Monégasque general entertainment television channel.-History:The oldest private channel in Europe, TMC dates back to 1954, inaugurated by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco...
) - Arlette Vincent (RTB
La Une
La Une is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.- INR :The Institut National de Radiodiffusion began experimental television in Belgium on 2 June 1953, with the crowning of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom...
), Herman Verelst
Herman Verelst
Herman Verelst , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was the son of Pieter Hermansz Verelst and the father of the painters Cornelis and Maria Verelst. He became a pupil in the Confrerie Pictura at the same time as his brother Simon in 1663. He is known for portraits...
(BRT
EEN
EEN may refer to:* Eastern Educational Television Network, the original name for American Public Television.* Elemental Energy, a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game booster pack.* Emerald Energy, an oil company...
) - 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:...
(RTL Télé Luxembourg
RTL9
RTL9 is a Luxembourger television channel shown internationally to viewers in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and francophone Switzerland.- Télé-Luxembourg :...
) – Pim Jacobs
Pim Jacobs
Willem Bernard Jacobs was a Dutch jazz pianist and television presenter. He worked with Louis van Dijk and Rogier van Otterloo. He was married with Jazz-singer Rita Reys from 1960.Jacobs became famous with the Pim Jacobs Trio, which included Wim Overgaauw, Ruud Jacobs and Peter Ypma...
(Nederland 1
Nederland 1
Nederland 1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it was launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels Nederland 2 and 3. The several broadcasting organisations of the Publieke Omroep deliver programmes. A wide...
) (Non-participating country) - Mako Georgiadou (EIRT)