Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Image:ESC 1964 logo.png
Final 21 March 1964
Presenter(s) Lotte Wæver
Conductor Kai Mortensen
Host broadcaster Flag of Denmark DR
Venue Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Winning song Flag of Italy Italy
"Non ho l'età"
Voting system
Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite 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 entries 16
Debuting countries Flag of Portugal Portugal
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries Flag of Sweden Sweden
Nul points Flag of Germany Germany
Flag of Portugal Portugal
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Interval act Ballet-harlequinade
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the ninth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark after the Danish victory the previous year. Sweden did not participate because of a boycott by singers. They did however broadcast it. 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.

The immediate response of the Koncertsal audience to the Italian entry was markedly enthusiastic and prolonged and, most unusually for a contest performance, after leaving the stage Gigliola Cinquetti was allowed to return to take a second bow. Her performance was given an unscheduled repeated on British television the following afternoon.

As with the 1956 contest, no video recording of the actual contest performance is known to survive (although one does of the shorter winning reprise); however like the 1956 contest an audio recording does exist. (Videos of Cinquetti's Sanremo performance and her Eurovision winning reprise have both appeared on YouTube.) 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

Draw Country Language Artist Song English Translation Place Points
1 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg French Hugues Aufray Dès que le printemps revient Once Spring Returns 4 14
2 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Anneke Groenloh Jij Bent Mijn Leven You Are My Life 10 2
3 Flag of Norway Norway Norwegian Arne Bendiksen Spiral Spiral 8 6
4 Flag of Denmark Denmark Danish Bjørn Tidmand Sangen Om Dig The Song About You 9 4
5 Flag of Finland Finland Finnish Lasse Mårtenson Laiskotellen Idling 7 9
6 Flag of Austria Austria German Udo Jürgens Warum Nur Warum? Why Only, Why? 6 11
7 Flag of France France French Rachel Le Chant De Mallory Mallory's Song 4 14
8 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom English Matt Monro I Love The Little Things - 2 17
9 Flag of Germany Germany German Nora Nova Man Gewöhnt Sich So Schnell An Das Schöne How Quickly We Get Used To Nice Things 13 0
10 Flag of Monaco Monaco French Romuald Ou Sont-Elles Passees? Where Have They Gone? 3 15
11 Flag of Portugal Portugal Portuguese Antonio Calvário Oração Prayer 13 0
12 Flag of Italy Italy Italian Gigliola Cinquetti Non Ho L'Età I Am Not Old Enough (To Love You) 1 49
13 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Croatian Sabahudin Kurt Život Je Sklopio Krug Life Has Come Full Circle 13 0
14 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Italian Anita Traversi I Miei Pensieri My Thoughts 13 0
15 Flag of Belgium Belgium French Robert Cogoi Près de ma rivière Nearby My River 10 2
16 Flag of Spain Spain Spanish Nelly, Tim & Tony (TNT) Caracola Conch 12 1

[edit] Score sheet

Results
Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Denmark Finland Austria France United Kingdom Germany Monaco Portugal Italy Yugoslavia Switzerland 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 0 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

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