Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 20 March 1965 |
Host | |
Venue | Sala di Concerto della RAI Naples, Italy |
Presenter(s) | Renata Mauro |
Musical director | Gianni Ferrio |
Directed by | Romolo Siena |
Executive supervisor | Miroslav Vilček |
Host broadcaster | Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) |
Interval act | Mario Del Monaco |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 18 |
Debuting countries | ![]() |
Returning countries | ![]() |
Non-returning countries | None |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Ten-member juries awarded points (5, 3 and 1, or combinations thereof) to their three favourite songs. |
Nul points in final | |
Winning song | ![]() "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the tenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Naples, Italy, following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), the contest was held at Sala di Concerto della RAI on Saturday 20 March 1965, and was hosted by Italian singer Renata Mauro.
Eighteen countries participated in the contest - setting a new record for the highest number of entrants in the competition until that point. Sweden returned after being absent from the previous edition, while Ireland made its debut.
Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son sung by the french singer France Gall, and written by Serge Gainsbourg, which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries. It was the first winning song since the Netherlands' "Een beetje" in 1959 to not be a ballad, being the first pop song to ever win the competition. For the fourth consecutive year, four countries all scored nul points; Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain - all of which finished with no points for the second time in the contest's history.[1]
Location
The contest took place in Naples, the capital of region Campania in southern Italy and the third-largest city in Italy, after Rome and Milan. This was Italy's first hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. The host venue was the then new Sala di Concerto della RAI (RAI Production Centre of Naples), founded few years prior to the contest, in the late fifties and early sixties. It is located in Viale Marconi in the district of Fuorigrotta. The structure has three TV studios for a total of 1227 m2 and capacity of 370 persons, used for the filming of programs and fiction and an auditorium. The Neapolitan song archives are also housed in it.[1][2]
Format
Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totalled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order.
Ingvar Wixell, the Swedish participant performed his song in English instead of the original Swedish title "Annorstädes vals". The native languages were used for all of the other participants. This led to a rule being introduced for the next 1966 edition, that meant all participants had to perform their songs using one of their national languages.[1]
Participating countries
18 countries took part, with the Eurovision Song Contest reaching its highest number until then. Sweden returned after a one-year absence, and Ireland entered for the first time. Ireland would later become the most successful country in the competition, scoring seven wins in total.
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Conchita Bautista | ![]() |
1961 |
Vice Vukov | ![]() |
1963 |
Udo Jürgens | ![]() |
1964 |
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who led the orchestra.[3][4]
Netherlands – Dolf van der Linden
United Kingdom – Eric Robinson
Spain – Adolfo Ventas Rodríguez
Ireland – Gianni Ferrio
Germany – Alfred Hause
Austria – Gianni Ferrio
Norway – Øivind Bergh
Belgium – Gaston Nuyts
Monaco – Raymond Bernard
Sweden – William Lind
France – Franck Pourcel
Portugal – Fernando de Carvalho
Italy – Gianni Ferrio
Denmark – Arne Lamberth
Luxembourg – Alain Goraguer
Finland – George de Godzinsky
Yugoslavia – Radivoje Spasić
Switzerland – Mario Robbiani
Results
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language[5][6] | Place[7] | Points |
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01 | ![]() |
Conny Vandenbos | "'t Is genoeg" | Dutch | 11 | 5 |
02 | ![]() |
Kathy Kirby | "I Belong" | English | 2 | 26 |
03 | ![]() |
Conchita Bautista | "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" | Spanish | 15 | 0 |
04 | ![]() |
Butch Moore | "Walking the Streets in the Rain" | English | 6 | 11 |
05 | ![]() |
Ulla Wiesner | "Paradies, wo bist du?" | German | 15 | 0 |
06 | ![]() |
Udo Jürgens | "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" | German | 4 | 16 |
07 | ![]() |
Kirsti Sparboe | "Karusell" | Norwegian | 13 | 1 |
08 | ![]() |
Lize Marke | "Als het weer lente is" | Dutch | 15 | 0 |
09 | ![]() |
Marjorie Noël | "Va dire à l'amour" | French | 9 | 7 |
10 | ![]() |
Ingvar Wixell | "Absent Friend" | English | 10 | 6 |
11 | ![]() |
Guy Mardel | "N'avoue jamais" | French | 3 | 22 |
12 | ![]() |
Simone de Oliveira | "Sol de inverno" | Portuguese | 13 | 1 |
13 | ![]() |
Bobby Solo | "Se piangi, se ridi" | Italian | 5 | 15 |
14 | ![]() |
Birgit Brüel | "For din skyld" | Danish | 7 | 10 |
15 | ![]() |
France Gall | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" | French | 1 | 32 |
16 | ![]() |
Viktor Klimenko | "Aurinko laskee länteen" | Finnish | 15 | 0 |
17 | ![]() |
Vice Vukov | "Čežnja" (Чежња) | Serbo-Croatian | 12 | 2 |
18 | ![]() |
Yovanna | "Non, à jamais sans toi" | French | 8 | 8 |
Scoreboard
Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totalled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order.
Netherlands | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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United Kingdom | 26 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
Spain | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Austria | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Norway | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monaco | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Sweden | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
France | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Italy | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
Denmark | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||
Finland | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 8 | 3 | 5 |
5 points
Below is a summary of all 5 points in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 5 points |
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Spokespersons
Listed below is the order in which votes were cast during the 1965 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.
Netherlands – Dick van Bommel[10]
United Kingdom – Alastair Burnet
Spain – Pepe Palau
Ireland – Frank Hall
Germany – Lia Wöhr
Austria – Walter Richard Langer
Norway – Sverre Christophersen
Belgium – Ward Bogaert
Monaco – TBC
Sweden – Edvard Matz[11]
France – Jean-Claude Massoulier[12]
Portugal – Maria Manuela Furtado
Italy – Enzo Tortora
Denmark – Claus Toksvig
Luxembourg – TBC
Finland – Poppe Berg
Yugoslavia – Ljubo Jelčić
Switzerland – Alexandre Burger
Broadcasts
Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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ČST | Unknown | [4] |
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Deutscher Fernsehfunk | Unknown | [4] |
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RTV | Unknown | [4] |
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TVP | Unknown | [4] |
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TVR | Unknown | [4] |
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CT USSR | Igor Kirillov | [4] |
Notes
- ^ Belgium gave the United Kingdom 6 points
References
- ^ a b c "Eurovision Song Contest 1965". EBU. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ "Sala di Concerto della RAI". Radio.Rai. Retrieved 14 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 369–381. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1965". The Diggiloo Thursh. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1965". 4Lyrics.eu. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Final of Naples 1965". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Results of the Final of Naples 1965". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1965 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "18 landen azen op het Eurovisie-goud". Limburgsch Dagblad. 20 March 1965. p. 25. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Infosajten.com". Infosajten.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ Tchernia, Pierre et al. (20 March 1965). 14ème Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1965 [10th Eurovision Song Contest 1965] (Television production). Italy: RAI, ORTF (commentary).
- ^ "18 iskelmää osallistuu tänään Eurovisiokilpailuun Napolissa", Helsingin Sanomat, 20 March 1965
- ^ a b "Programme TV du 19 au 20 mars". Radio TV - Je vois tout. Lausanne, Switzerland: Le Radio SA. 11 March 1965.
- ^ a b Christian Masson. "1965 – Naples". Songcontest.free.fr. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Tag – TV-Programme". www.tvprogramme.net. Archived from the original on 22 November 2005.
- ^ "Nederlandse televisiecommentatoren bij het Eurovisie Songfestival". Eurovision Artists (in Dutch).
- ^ Thorsson, Leif (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna [Melodifestivalen through time]. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. p. 54. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.