Eurovision Song Contest 1969

The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the fourteenth Eurovision and was held on March 29, 1969 in Spain. With Laurita Valenzuela as the presenter, the contest was a draw and won between Salom who represented Spain, with her song "Vivo Cantando", Lulu who represented the United Kingdom, with her song "Boom Bang-a-bang", Lenny Kuhr who represented the Netherlands, with her song "De Troubadour" and Frida Boccara who represented France, with her song "Un Jour, un Enfant". This was the first Eurovision when there had been a tie for first place with four countries gaining 18 points. The problem was that at this time there was no rule for a tie, so all four countries were declared winner. This caused a problem with the medals given out to the winners as there were not enough for everyone. There was only enough for the singers and not the songwriters, who eventually got theirs after the contest. This whole event caused a number of countries to be quite angry and caused a lot of fuss. Austria did not wish to enter this Eurovision because it did not want to send a singer to a country that was ruled by a dictator, Francisco Franco was ruling Spain at the time. Salvador Dal was responsible for the publicity of this Eurovision. Liechtenstein wished to participate in this Eurovision and chose the song, "Un beau matin" (A Beautiful Morning). Unfortunately as Liechtenstein had no broadcasting company at all and hence not a member of the EBU, they were not allowed to participate.

Results
Country
(Language)		 Artist(s) Song
(Translation)		 Place Points
Belgium Louis Neefs Jennifer Jennings 7 10
Finland Jarkko & Laura Kuin Silloin Ennen 12 6
France Frida Boccara Un Jour, un Enfant 1 18
Germany Siw Malmkvist Primaballerina 9 8
Ireland
(English)		 Muriel Day & The Lindsays The Wages of Love
 		 7 10
Italy Iva Zanicchi Due Grosse Lacrime Bianche 13 5
Luxembourg Romuald Catherine 11 7
Monaco Jean Jacques Maman Maman 6 11
Netherlands Lenny Kuhr De Troubadour 1 18
Norway Kirsti Sparboe Oj, Oj, Oj, S Glad Jeg Skal Bli 16 1
Portugal Simone De Oliveira Desfolhada 15 4
Spain Salom Vivo Cantando 1 18
Sweden Tommy Korberg Judy Min Vn 9 8
Switzerland
(German)		 Paola Del Medico Bonjour, Bonjour
(Good Morning, Good Morning)		 5 13
United Kingdom
(English)		 Lulu Boom Bang-a-bang
 		 1 18
Yugoslavia
(Croatian)		 Ivan Pozdrav svijetu 13 5
Venue: Teatro Real - Madrid, Spain
The table is ordered by the countries names.

Voting Structure

Each Country had 10 Jury Members who each decided the best song and each awarded 1 point.

Score Sheet
  Juries








Contestants Yugoslavia   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Luxembourg 1   0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Spain 1 2   3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 2 0
Monaco 0 0 2   0 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland 0 0 0 0   0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 3
Italy 1 0 0 1 1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
United Kingdom 2 4 0 0 0 3   1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Netherlands 0 2 0 1 0 3 0   0 1 4 1 0 6 0 0
Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   0 0 3 0 0 1 3
Belgium 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0   2 2 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1   1 2 0 0 2
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   0 0 0 0
Germany 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1   1 0 0
France 0 1 0 2 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1   2 0
Portugal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1   0
Finland 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0  
The table is ordered by appearance.

 

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