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Eurovision Song Contest 1966

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" by France Gall. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (CLT), the contest was held at the Villa Louvigny on 5 March 1966 and was hosted by Luxembourgish television presenter Josiane Chen.

Eighteen countries participated in the contest, the same that had competed the year before.

The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", performed and composed by Udo Jürgens, and written by Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was Udo Jürgens third consecutive entry in the contest, finally managing to score a victory for his native country. Austria would not go on to win again until the Template:Escyr edition. This was also the first winning song to be performed in German. The contest is also noted for its historic results for several countries. Austria who came first, Template:Esccnty who came second, Template:Esccnty who came third and Template:Esccnty who came fourth all achieved their best results up until then, some of which would stand for several decades. In contrast, traditional Eurovision heavyweights such as Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty all achieved their worst result by far up till that point, with the general public in the aforementioned countries meeting these results with a degree of consternation.

The rule stating that a country could only sing in any of its national languages was created this year, possibly due to the Template:Esccnty which was sung in English.<ref name=ESC1966/>

LocationEdit

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Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg – host venue of the 1966 contest

The 1966 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Luxembourg City. The venue chosen to host the 1966 contest was the Villa Louvigny, which was also the venue for the Template:Escyr edition. The building served as the headquarters of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, the forerunner of RTL Group. It is located in Municipal Park, in the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} quarter of the centre of the city.

ParticipantsEdit

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Template:Esccnty Milly Scott was the first black singer to compete in the contest

The same 18 countries which had participated in the previous year's event returned for a second consecutive contest.<ref name="ESC1966">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn

The event featured two artists which had previously competed in the contest for their countries: Udo Jürgens made a third consecutive appearance in the contest, after previously representing Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty;<ref name="Jürgens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Domenico Modugno also participated in the contest a third time, after representing Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Also notable among the participants was Milly Scott, representing the Template:Esccnty, who was the first black singer to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest.<ref name="ESC1966" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
Template:Esc ORF Udo Jürgens lang}}" German Template:Hlist Template:Ill
Template:Esc RTB Tonia lang}}" French Template:Hlist Jean Roderès
Template:Esc DR Ulla Pia lang}}" Danish Erik Kåre Template:Ill
Template:Esc YLE Ann-Christine "Playboy" Finnish Ossi Runne Ossi Runne
Template:Esc ORTF Dominique Walter lang}}" French Template:Hlist Franck Pourcel
Template:Esc HRTemplate:Efn Margot Eskens lang}}" German Template:Hlist Willy Berking
Template:Esc RÉ Dickie Rock "Come Back to Stay" English Rowland Soper Noel Kelehan
Template:Esc RAI Domenico Modugno lang}}" Italian Domenico Modugno Template:Ill
Template:Esc CLT Michèle Torr lang}}" French Template:Hlist Jean Roderès
Template:Esc TMC Téréza lang}}" French Template:Hlist Alain Goraguer
Template:Esc NTS Milly Scott lang}}" Dutch Template:Hlist Dolf van der Linden
Template:Esc NRK Åse Kleveland lang}}" Norwegian Arne Bendiksen Øivind Bergh
Template:Esc RTP Madalena Iglésias lang}}" Portuguese Template:Ill Template:Ill
Template:Esc TVE Raphael lang}}" Spanish Manuel Alejandro Rafael Ibarbia
Template:Esc SR Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson lang}}" Swedish Template:Hlist Gert-Ove Andersson
Template:Esc SRG SSR Template:Ill lang}}" French Template:Hlist Jean Roderès
Template:Esc BBC Kenneth McKellar "A Man Without Love" English Template:Hlist Harry Rabinowitz
Template:Esc JRT Berta Ambrož lang}}" Slovene Template:Hlist Mojmir Sepe

Production and formatEdit

The contest was organised and broadcast by CLT.<ref name="ESC1966" /> The same production team which had worked on the 1962 contest returned to help stage this event, with Jos Pauly and René Steichen serving as producers and directors and Jean Roderès serving as musical director.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Each participating broadcaster was allowed to appoint their own musical director to lead the orchestra during the performance of their entry, with the host musical director also conducting for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.Template:Sfn The contest was presented by Josiane Shen.<ref name="ESC1966" />

Following the confirmation of the eighteen competing countries, the draw to determine the running order of the contest was held on 13 January 1966.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A new change in rules was introduced this year, allowing music experts to be present in the juries again.

This was one of the first contests in which an entry was not accompanied by an orchestra. The Italian entry "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" performed by Domenico Modugno had been rearranged since its performance at the Sanremo Music Festival and officially broke the EBU rule that stated the arrangement should be finalised well in advance. During the Saturday afternoon rehearsal Modugno performed the new arrangement with three of his own musicians as opposed to the orchestra, which went over the three-minute time limit. Following his rehearsal Modugno was confronted by the show's producers about exceeding the time limit and was asked to use the original arrangement with the orchestra. Modugno was so dissatisfied with the orchestra that he threatened to withdraw from the contest. Both the producers and EBU scrutineer Clifford Brown felt it was too short notice to fly Gigliola Cinquetti to Luxembourg to represent Italy, so the EBU gave in and allowed Modugno to use his own ensemble instead of the orchestra. Despite websites and the official programme listing Angelo Giacomazzi as the conductor, Giacomazzi actually played the piano for the entry.Template:Sfn

Contest overviewEdit

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Udo Jürgens, 1966 winner, with his winner's medallion, presented by the previous year's winner France Gall

The contest was held at 5 March 1966 at 22:00 (CET) and lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.Template:Sfn<ref name="LW" /> The interval act was a performance by the French Dixieland jazz group Template:Ill.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The prize for the winning artist and songwriters, a medallion engraved with the Eurovision logo designed by Template:Ill, was presented by the previous year's winning artist France Gall.Template:Sfn

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1 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 7 10
2 Template:Esc Ulla Pia lang}}" 4 14
3 Template:Esc Tonia lang}}" 14 4
4 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 7 10
5 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 9 7
6 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 15 3
7 Template:Esc Ann-Christine "Playboy" 7 10
8 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 6 13
9 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 31 1
10 Template:Esc Template:Sortname and Svante Thuresson lang}}" 16 2
11 Template:Esc Raphael lang}}" 9 7
12 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 12 6
13 Template:Esc Téréza lang}}" 0 17
14 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 0 17
15 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 1 16
16 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 2 15
17 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Come Back to Stay" 14 4
18 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "A Man Without Love" 8 9

SpokespersonsEdit

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson, connected to the contest venue via telephone lines and responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country.<ref name="Rules">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Known spokespersons at the 1966 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting resultsEdit

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Denmark 4 1 3
Belgium 14 5 3 1 5
Luxembourg 7 1 5 1
Yugoslavia 9 3 1 5
Norway 15 1 3 3 3 5
Finland 7 3 3 1
Portugal 6 1 5
Austria 31 5 5 5 1 1 3 5 3 3
Sweden 16 5 5 5 1
Spain 9 1 5 3
Switzerland 12 1 5 3 3
Monaco 0
Italy 0
France 1 1
Netherlands 2 1 1
Ireland 14 3 3 5 3
United Kingdom 8 3 5

5 pointsEdit

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BroadcastsEdit

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The contest was reportedly broadcast in 25 countries, including in the participating countries and Morocco; and in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union via Intervision; with an estimated global audience of 500 million viewers.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu ORF ORF Template:Ill <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="INAde">Template:Cite AV media</ref>
Template:Flagu RTB RTB, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:N/A <ref name="Le Soir">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Le Soir radio">Template:Cite news</ref>
BRT BRT Template:N/A <ref name="Le Soir" />
Template:Flagu DR DR TV Skat Nørrevig <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Flagu YLE lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Ill <ref name="HS2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="HS">Template:Cite news</ref>
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Template:Flagu ORTF lang}} François Deguelt <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
France Inter Template:N/A <ref name="Radio" />
Template:Flagu ARD lang}} Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach <ref name="INAde" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu RÉ lang}} Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
lang}} Kevin Roche <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu RAI lang}} Template:Ill <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu CLT lang}}, Radio Luxembourg Template:N/A <ref name="LW">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Le Soir radio" />
Template:Flagu NTS lang}} Teddy Scholten <ref name="Dutch" /><ref name="Telegraaf">Template:Cite news</ref>
NRU lang}} Template:N/A <ref name="Telegraaf" />
Template:Flagu NRK lang}}, NRK Template:Ill <ref name="Sarpsborg">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu RTP RTP Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu TVE TVE Template:Ill <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
RNE Template:Ill Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu SR lang}}, SR P1 Sven Lindahl <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu SRG SSR TV DRS Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach <ref name="INAde" /><ref name="Schweiz">Template:Cite news</ref>
TSR, Radio Sottens Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Radio">Template:Cite news</ref>
TSI Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu BBC BBC1 David Jacobs <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
BFBS BFBS Radio Ian Fenner Template:Sfn
Template:Flagu JRT lang}} Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
lang}} Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu ČST ČST Template:Ill <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu MTV MTV Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu TP lang}} Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu TVR TVR Template:N/A <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Notes and referencesEdit

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