Eurovision Song Contest 1959
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1959 |
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| Final | 11 March 1959 |
| Presenter(s) | Jacqueline Joubert |
| Conductor | Franck Pourcel |
| Host broadcaster |  RTF |
| Venue | Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, France |
| Winning song |  Netherlands"Een Beetje" |
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| Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song. | |
| Number of entries | 11 |
| Debuting countries |  Monaco |
| Returning countries |  United Kingdom |
| Withdrawing countries |  Luxembourg |
| Nul points | None |
| Interval act | None |
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| ◄1958 • 1960► | |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Cannes, following the French victory the previous year.
A new rule was created for this Eurovision, ensuring that no professional publishers or composers were allowed in the national juries.
The Netherlands' win was their second and the first time a country had won the contest twice. Willy van Hemert was also the lyricist of Net Als Toen, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1957. Van Hemert was the first person to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice. In the press it was suggested that Italy and France gave more points to the Netherlands because neither of those two countries wanted the other to win. This has never been verified.
[edit] Results
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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| 1 | France |
French | Jacques Phiilipe | Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui | Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes | 3 | 15 |
| 2 |  Denmark |
Danish | Birthe Wilke | Uh - Jeg Ville Ønske Jeg Var Dig | Oh - I Wish I Were You | 5 | 12 |
| 3 |  Italy |
Italian | Domenico Modugno | Piove | It's Raining | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Monaco |
French | Jacques Pills | Mon Ami Pierrot | My Friend Pierrot | 11 | 1 |
| 5 | Netherlands |
Dutch | Teddy Scholten | Een Beetje | A Little Bit | 1 | 21 |
| 6 |  Germany |
German | Alice & Ellen Kessler | Heute Abend Wollen Wir Tanzen Geh'n | Tonight We Want To Go Dancing | 8 | 5 |
| 7 |  Sweden |
Swedish | Brita Borg | Augustin | Augustin | 9 | 4 |
| 8 |  Switzerland |
German | Christa Williams | Irgendwoher | From Somewhere | 4 | 14 |
| 9 |  Austria |
German | Ferry Graf | Der K Und K Kalypso Aus Wien | The K And K Calypso From Vienna | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | United Kingdom |
English | Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson | Sing, Little Birdie | - | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Dutch | Bob Benny | Hou Toch Van Mij | Please Love Me | 6 | 9 |
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France | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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