Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Date 21 March 1964
Presenter(s) Lotte Wæver
Host Broadcaster DR
Venue Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Winning Song Non ho l'età (per amarti) (Italy)
Voting system Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favorite songs. The points were totaled 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.
Number of Songs 16
Countries Making Debut Portugal
Nul points Germany, Portugal, Switzerland & Yugoslavia
Interval Act Ballet-harlequinade

The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the ninth Eurovision Song Contest. A political protest occurred after the Swiss entry: a man trespassed onto the stage holding a banner that read "Boycott Franco & Salazar". Whilst this was going on, television viewers were shown a shot of the scoreboard; once the man was removed the contest went on.

Italy's win was their first. Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia each scored nul points for the first time. Portugal was the first country to score no points on their debut. The Netherlands became the first country to send a singer of non-European ancestry. Anneke Grönloh was of Indonesian descent. It would take until 1966 before the first black singer, Milly Scott also of the Netherlands, would appear on Eurovision stage. Milly was born and raised in Suriname.

As with the 1956 contest, no video recording of this contest is known to survive; again like the 1956 contest, an audio recording does exist.

Reports say that this is because there was a fire at the studios of DR, the Danish Broadcaster, in the 1970s. No other broadcaster recorded the entire show other than for the Winners' reprise.

[edit] Results

Country
(Language)
Artist(s) Song
(Translation)
Place Points
Austria Austria
(German)
Udo Jürgens Warum nur, warum?
(Why only, Why?)
6 11
Belgium Belgium
(French)
Robert Cogoi Pres De Ma Riviere 10 2
Denmark Denmark
(Danish)
Bjørn Tidemand Sangen om dig
(The Song About you)
9 4
Finland Finland
(Finnish)
Lasse Mårtenson Laiskotellen 7 9
France France
(French)
Rachel Le Chant De Mallory 4 14
Germany Germany
(German)
Nora Nova Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne
(One gets so easily used to beauty)
13 0
Italy Italy
(Italian)
Gigliola Cinquetti Non ho l'età 1 49
Luxembourg Luxembourg
(French)
Hugues Aufray Des Que Le Printemps Revient 4 14
Monaco Monaco
(French)
Romuald Ou Sont-Elles Passees? 3 15
Netherlands Netherlands
(Dutch)
Anneke Groenloh Jij Bent Mijn Leven
(You are my Life)
10 2
Norway Norway
(Norwegian)
Arne Bendiksen Spiral
(Spiral)
8 6
Portugal Portugal
(Portuguese)
Antonio Calvário Oração
(Prayer)
13 0
Spain Spain
(Español)
Nelly, Tim & Tony Caracola
(Shell)
12 1
Switzerland Switzerland
(Italian)
Anita Traversi I Miei Pensieri
(My Thoughts)
13 0
United Kingdom United Kingdom
(English)
Matt Monro I Love the Little Things
 
2 17
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
(Bosnian)
Sabahudin Kurt Život je sklopio krug 13 0
Venue: Tivoli Concert Hall - Copenhagen, Denmark
The table is ordered by the countries names.

[edit] Score sheet

  Juries
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Netherlands
Norway Denmark
Denmark
Finland Austria
Austria
France
France
United Kingdom Germany
Germany
Monaco Portugal Italy
Italy
Yugoslavia Switzerland
Switzerland
Belgium
Belgium
Spain
Contestants Luxembourg   3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 0   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 0 0   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Finland 0 0 3 3   0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austria 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5
France 1 0 0 0 0 3   0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 1
United Kingdom 0 1 5 0 3 1 1   1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaco 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0   0 5 3 1 3 0
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0
Italy 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 5 3 3 5   5 3 5 0
Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0   0
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  
The table is ordered by appearance.

[edit] Map

Image:ESC1964.GIF

  • Green = Participating countries
  • Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year


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