Eurovision Song Contest 1971
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| Dates | ||||
| Final date | 3 April 1971 | |||
| Host | ||||
| Venue | Gaiety Theatre Dublin, Ireland | |||
| Presenter(s) | Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir | |||
| Conductor | Colman Pearce | |||
| Director | Tom McGrath | |||
| Executive supervisor | Clifford Brown | |||
| Host broadcaster | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) | |||
| Interval act | Bunratty Castle Entertainers | |||
| Participants | ||||
| Number of entries | 18 | |||
| Debuting countries |  Malta | |||
| Returning countries | ||||
| Withdrawing countries | None | |||
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| Vote | ||||
| Voting system | Each country had two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and another aged between 26 and 55. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song immediately after it was performed (other than the song from their own country) & the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. The juries watched the show on TV from a backstage area of the theatre and then appeared on stage to confirm their scores. | |||
| Nul points | None | |||
| Winning song |  Monaco"Un banc, un arbre, une rue" | |||
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Dublin, Ireland. The new voting system that was introduced in this Eurovision did have one big problem: some juries gave fewer points out than others. Whether this was done in some cases to increase their respective countries' chances of winning is impossible to say, but the shortcomings of the system were nevertheless plain.[1]
Monaco's win was their first and only victory. The song was performed by a French singer, living in France, sung in French, conducted by a French native and written by a French team. Séverine later claimed she never visited Monaco before or after her victory - a claim easily disproved by the preview video submitted by Télé-Monte-Carlo featuring the singer on location in the Principality.[2]
Location
The contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, the capital and most populous city of Ireland.[3][4] This was the first time that the contest was held in Ireland.
Format
For the first time, each participating broadcaster was required to televise all the songs in "previews" prior to the live final. Belgium's preview video featured Nicole & Hugo performing the song "Goeiemorgen, morgen", but Nicole was struck with a sudden illness days before the contest final, with Jacques Raymond & Lily Castel stepping in at very short notice to perform the entry in their place. Reports suggested that Castel hadn't even had enough time to buy a suitable dress for the show.
The BBC were worried about the possible audience reaction to the British song due to the hostilities raging in Northern Ireland. They specifically selected a singer from Northern Ireland, Clodagh Rodgers who was popular in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland, to ease any ill-feeling from the Dublin audience. Despite this choice, Clodagh still received death threats from the IRA for representing the UK.
Groups of up to six people were allowed to perform for the first time, with the rule in previous contests of performing either solo or as a duet abolished.[1] This was only RTÉ's second outside broadcast in colour. The contest was broadcast in Iceland, USA & Hong Kong few days later.[5]
Participating countries
Malta made their début in this year's contest, along Austria, Finland, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden, who all returned after a brief absence from the contest. This brought the total number of countries to eighteen.
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who directed the orchestra.[6]
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Austria - Robert Opratko - Malta - Twanny Chircop
- Monaco - Jean-Claude Petit
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Switzerland - Hardy Schneiders -
Germany - Dieter Zimmermann -
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Spain - Waldo de los Rios -
France - Franck Pourcel -
Luxembourg - Jean Claudric -
United Kingdom - Johnny Arthey -
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Belgium - Francis Bay -
Italy - Enrico Polito -
Sweden - Claes Rosendahl -
Ireland - Noel Kelehan -
Netherlands - Dolf van der Linden -
Portugal - Jorge Costa Pinto -
Yugoslavia - Miljenko Prohaska -
Finland - Ossi Runne -
Norway - Arne Bendiksen
Returning artists
Two artists returned to the competition this year. Belgium's Jacques Raymond who last performed for the nation in 1963; and Katja Ebstein for Germany who last participated in 1970.
Results
Scoreboard
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Austria | 66 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Malta | 52 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Monaco | 128 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Switzerland | 78 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Germany | 100 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Spain | 116 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |||
| France | 82 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Luxembourg | 70 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| United Kingdom | 98 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Belgium | 68 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Italy | 91 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Sweden | 85 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Ireland | 79 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Netherlands | 85 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Portugal | 83 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Yugoslavia | 68 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Finland | 84 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Norway | 65 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
10 points
Below is a summary of all perfect 10 scores that were given during the voting.
| N. | Contestant | Voting nation |
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| 6 | Monaco | Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Finland | Belgium, United Kingdom |
| Spain | France, Monaco | |
| 1 | Portugal | Spain |
International broadcasts and voting
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1971 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]
| Voting order | Country | Jury members | Commentator | Broadcaster |
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| 01 | Austria |
Beatrix Neundlinger | Ernst Grissemann | FS1 |
| Hubert Gaisbauer | Hitradio Ö3 | |||
| 02 | Malta |
Spiro Sillato and Gaetan Abela[8] | Victor Aquilina[8] | MTV |
| TBC | TBC | |||
| 03 | Monaco |
TBC | Georges de Caunes | Télé Monte Carlo |
| TBC | TBC | |||
| 04 | Switzerland |
TBC | Theodor Haller | TV DRS |
| Georges Hardy | TSR | |||
| Giovanni Bertini | TSI | |||
| TBC | TBC | |||
| 05 | Germany |
TBC | Hanns Verres | ARD Deutsches Fernsehen[9] |
| Wolf Mittler | Deutschlandfunk/Bayern 2 | |||
| 06 | Spain |
Noelia Afonso and Francisco Madariaga | Joaquín Prat | TVE1[10] |
| Miguel de los Santos | Primer Programa RNE | |||
| 07 | France |
TBC | Georges de Caunes | Deuxième Chaîne ORTF[11] |
| TBC | France Inter | |||
| 08 | Luxembourg |
TBC | Jacques Navadic | Télé-Luxembourg |
| Camillo Felgen | RTL Radio | |||
| 09 | United Kingdom |
Gay Lowe and Jeremy Patterson-Fox[12] | Dave Lee Travis | BBC1[13] |
| Terry Wogan | BBC Radio 1[14] | |||
| John Russel | British Forces Radio[15] | |||
| 10 | Belgium |
TBC | Herman Verelst | BRT |
| Janine Lambotte | RTB | |||
| Nand Baert | BRT Radio 1 | |||
| André Hagon | RTB La Première | |||
| 11 | Italy |
TBC | Renato Tagliani | Programma Nazionale |
| Renato Tagliani | Secondo Programma Radio | |||
| 12 | Sweden |
Eva Blomqvist and Putte Wickman[16] | Åke Strömmer | SR TV1[16] |
| Ursula Richter | SR P3[16] | |||
| 13 | Ireland |
TBC | Noel Andrews | RTÉ Television |
| Kevin Roche | Radio Éireann[17] | |||
| 14 | Netherlands |
Jos Cléber | Pim Jacobs | Nederland 1[18] |
| TBC | TBC | |||
| 15 | Portugal |
Pedro Albergaria and Luís Filipe Costa[19] | Henrique Mendes | RTP1[19] |
| TBC | RDP Antena 1 | |||
| 16 | Yugoslavia |
Miso Kukic and Zoran Krzisnik[20] | Milovan Ilić | Televizija Beograd |
| Oliver Mlakar | Televizija Zagreb | |||
| Tomaž Terček | Televizija Ljubljana | |||
| TBC | TBC | |||
| 17 | Finland |
Markku Veijalainen and Vieno Kekkonen[21] | Heikki Seppälä | TV-ohjelma 1[22] |
| Poppe Berg | YLE Radio 1 | |||
| 18 | Norway |
Sten Fredriksen and Liv Ustemd | Sverre Christophersen | NRK[23] |
| Erik Heyerdahl | NRK P1 | |||
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(Non-participating country) | Mako Georgiadou | EIRT |
| - |  Iceland |
(Non-participating country) | TBC | RÚV |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Eurovision Song Contest 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ↑ "Eurovision 1971 PREVIEW Monaco - SÉVERINE "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue"". YouTube. 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "The Growth and Development of Dublin" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ↑ "Primate City Definition and Examples". Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ↑ "Eurovision 1971 - Opening ceremony". YouTube. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ http://www.andtheconductoris.eu
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1971". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "It was all in the game", Fred Barry, Times of Malta, 7 April 1971
- ↑ Rau, Oliver (OGAE Germany)
- ↑ "FORO FESTIVAL DE EUROVISIÓN • Ver Tema - Uribarri comentarista Eurovision 2010". Eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Christian Masson. "1971 - Dublin". Songcontest.free.fr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Dubliner Jury bestochen?", Hamburger Abendblatt, 6 April 1971
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 1971 BBC Archive
- ↑ Wogan quits Eurovision role
- ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Two: The 1970's. UK: Telos Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p. 88. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN 91-89136-29-2
- ↑ "RTÉ Archives". Stills Library. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Nederlandse televisiecommentatoren bij het Eurovisie Songfestival". Eurovision Artists (in Dutch).
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "A África também vai ver o Grande Prémio da Eurovisão", Diário de Lisboa, 3 April 1971
- ↑ Vladimir Pinzovski
- ↑ "Muistathan: Eurovision laulukilpailu 1971". Viisukuppila.fi. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
Bibliography
- The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History, John Kennedy O'Connor, Carlton Books Ltd, ISBN 1-84442-994-6
External links
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