Eurovision Song Contest 1969

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**Eurovision Song Contest 1969**
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Date:	March 29, 1969
Presenter:	Laurita Valenzuela
Host Broadcaster:	TVE
Venue:	Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain
Winning Songs:	"Vivo cantando " by Salomé (music by Maria José de Cerato, text by Aniano Alcalde) for Spain. "Boom Bang-a-bang" by Lulu (music by Alan Moorhouse, text by Peter Warne) for United Kingdom. "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr (music by David Hartsema, text by Lenny Kuhr) for Netherlands. "Un jour, un enfant" by Frida Boccara (music by Émile Stern, text by Eddy Marnay) for France.
Voting system:	Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 points to their favorite song.
Number of Songs:	16
Countries Making Debut	None
Nul points:	None
Interval Act:	To come
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the fourteenth Eurovision Song Contest. This was the first Eurovision that resulted in a tie for first place, with four countries gaining 18 points each. Unfortunately, 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 were only enough for the singers and not the songwriters, who eventually got theirs after the contest, leading to considerable controversy.

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 Dalí 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 was thus not a member of the EBU, the country was not allowed to participate.

France's win was their fourth. France became the first country to win the contest four times. Netherlands' win was their third. Spain and United Kingdom each won for the second time.

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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, Så Glad Jeg Skal Bli	16	1
Portugal	Simone De Oliveira	Desfolhada	15	4
Spain	Salomé	Vivo Cantando	1	18
Sweden	Tommy Körberg	Judy Min Vän	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
Countries are listed in alphabetical order.

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Voting structure

Each country had 10 jurors voting on the best song, with each awarding 1 point.

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Score sheet

		Juries
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Image:ESCConJ.png	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
Countries are listed in order of their appearance.