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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