The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 8 April 1967 in Vienna, Austria following Udo Jürgens win at the 1966 contest. The presenter was Erica Vaal.
The winning entry "Puppet on a String", sung by Sandie Shaw had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition; it garnered more than twice as many points as the second placed song. (Only Italy, in the 1964 contest, beats this record with a margin of 47 to 17, almost three times as many points). 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. Shaw intensely disliked the composition, though her attitude towards the song somewhat mellowed in later years, even releasing a new version in 2007.[1]
The contest long remained the only time Austria had hosted the event, until 2014 when the victory of Conchita Wurst secured Austria's hosting of the contest in 2015.
Contents[]
[hide] *1 Location
- 2 Format
- 3 Participating countries
- 4 Results
- 5 Scoreboard
- 6 International broadcasts and voting
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Location[edit][]
For more details on the host city, see Vienna.[1][2]Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg, Vienna. Host venue of the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest.
Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Until the beginning of the 20th century it was the largest German speaking city in the world. Vienna is host to many majorinternational organizations, including the United Nations and OPEC. The city lies in the east of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] It is regarded as the City of Music[3] because of its musical legacy, Vienna is also said to be "The City of Dreams" because it was home to the world's first psycho-analyst Sigmund Freud,[4] The City's roots lie in early Celtic and Roman settlements that transformed into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles and gardens, as well as the late-19th-century Ringstrasse lined with grand buildings, monuments and parks.[5]
The venue for the 1967 contest was the Hofburg Palace, which was the principal winter residence theHabsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire.[6] It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria.
Format[edit][]
The stage setup was a little bit unusual this year. There were two revolving mirrored walls on both ends of the stage and started revolving at the start of each song and stopped revolving at the end of each song. The hostess, Erika Vaal ended the program by congratulating the winning song, country and saying good bye in several different languages.[1]
Participating countries[edit][]
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
The entry from Luxembourg, "L'amour est bleu", sung by Vicky Leandros, came in fourth; nonetheless, it went on to become the biggest international hit of the 1967 contest, and a year later would be a big instrumental hit for French musician, Paul Mauriat, under the English version, "Love is Blue". Denmark chose not to participate and left the contest at this point, to return in 1978. The reason was that the new director for the TV entertainment department at DR thought that the money could be spent in a better way.[1]
The United Kingdom's win was their first. Television presenter, artist and musician, Rolf Harris provided the commentary for BBC Television viewers. Switzerland received zero votes for the second time. Portugal was represented by Eduardo Nascimento who was the first black male singer in the history of Eurovision Song Contest, performing "O vento mudou" ("The wind changed"). Rumours claimed that Portuguese prime minister Salazar had chosen this particular singer to show the rest of Europe that he wasn't racist.[1]
Conductors[edit][]
Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.[7]
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Returning artists[edit][]
Three artists returned in this year's contest. Claudio Villa from Italy who's previous participations were in 1962; and Kirsti Sparboe from Norway, who last participated in 1965; and Raphael for Spain who last represented the Iberian nation in 1966.[1]
Results[edit][]
Scoreboard[edit][]
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[3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | |||
[21] | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
France | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Belgium | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom | 47 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Spain | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Monaco | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Ireland | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
International broadcasts and voting[edit][]
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1967 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.[1]