Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Dates
Finaldate 21 March 1964
Host
Venue Tivolis Koncertsal
Copenhagen, Denmark
Presenter(s) Lotte Wver
Conductor Kai Mortensen
Executive supervisor Miroslav Vilek
Hostbroadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR)
Intervalact Ballet-harlequinade
Participants
Numberofentries 16
Debutingcountries
Portugal
Returningcountries None
Withdrawingcountries
Sweden
Vote
Votingsystem 5, 3, and 1 points for 3 favourite songs from each country.
Nulpoints Germany
Portugal
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Winningsong
Italy
"Non ho l'et"
Eurovision Song Contest
1963 1965
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. Italy won the contest for their first time scoring 49 points
with the song "Non ho l'et", performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.
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Location
For more details on the host city, see Copenhagen.
"Tivolis Koncertsal"-Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen - Host venue
of the contest.
The host venue for the contest was Tivoli Concert
Hall-Tivolis Koncertsal in Denmark's capital city
Copenhagen, which lies within Denmark's famous
amusement park and pleasure garden Tivoli Gardens.
The park, alluding by its name to the Jardin de Tivoli
that existed in Paris, was opened on August 15, 1843,
and is the second oldest amusement park in the world,
after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg.
[1]
Copenhagen has a strategic location and excellent
infrastructure, with the largest airport in Scandinavia, Kastrup, located 14 minutes by train from the city centre,
making it a regional hub and a popular location for regional headquarters and conventions.
Format
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.
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.
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 repeat on British television the following afternoon.
In the event, she won the most crushing victory in the history of the contest, with a score almost three times that of
her nearest rival, a feat extremely unlikely ever to be beaten under the post-1974 scoring system.
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 (although segments of the contest do exist in the archives of NDR Germany) other than for
the Winners' reprise. It has been speculated that the BBC once held a copy of the show, as an empty tape canister
marked "Eurovision 1964" was found during a storage cleanup, but the tape was missing, presumably wiped.
[2]
Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden did not participate because of a boycott by singers. They did however broadcast it. Portugal made its dbut
in the contest, however they became the first country to score nul points on their dbut. Germany, Switzerland, and
Yugoslavia also scored nul points for the first time. The Netherlands became the first country to send a singer of
non-European ancestry, Anneke Grnloh was of Indonesian descent. The Spanish group Los TNT was the first group
of three or more participants of the history of the ESC.
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Returning artists
One artist returned to the contest this year, Switzerland's Anita Traversi that represented the country in 1960.
Conductors
Luxembourg - Jacques
Denjean
Netherlands - Dolf van der
Linden
Norway - Karsten Andersen
Denmark - Kai Mortensen
Finland - George de
Godzinsky
Austria - Johannes Fehring
France - Franck Pourcel
United Kingdom - Harry
Rabinowitz
Germany - Willy
Berking
Monaco - Michel
Colombier
Portugal - Kai
Mortensen
Italy - Gianfranco
Monaldi
Yugoslavia - Radivoj
Spasi
Switzerland - Fernando
Paggi
Belgium - Henri Segers
Spain - Rafael de Ibarbia
Serra
Results
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 Luxembourg French Hugues Aufray "Ds que le printemps revient" Once spring returns 4 14
02
Netherlands
Dutch Anneke Grnloh "Jij bent mijn leven" You are my life 10 2
03
Norway
Norwegian Arne Bendiksen "Spiral" 8 6
04
Denmark
Danish Bjrn Tidmand "Sangen om dig" The song about you 9 4
05 Finland Finnish Lasse
Mrtenson
"Laiskotellen" Idling 7 9
06
Austria
German Udo Jrgens "Warum nur warum?" Only why, why? 6 11
07
France
French Rachel "Le chant de Mallory" Mallory's song 4 14
08 United
Kingdom
English Matt Monro "I Love the Little Things" 2 17
09 Germany German Nora Nova "Man gewhnt sich so schnell an
das Schne"
How quickly we get used to
nice things
13 0
10
Monaco
French Romuald "O sont-elles passes" Where have they gone? 3 15
11
Portugal
Portuguese Antnio
Calvrio
"Orao" Prayer 13 0
12
Italy
Italian Gigliola
Cinquetti
"Non ho l'et" I'm not old enough 1 49
13 Yugoslavia Bosnian Sabahudin Kurt "ivot je sklopio krug" Life has come full circle 13 0
14
Switzerland
Italian Anita Traversi "I miei pensieri" My thoughts 13 0
15
Belgium
French Robert Cogoi "Prs de ma rivire" Nearby my river 10 2
16
Spain
Spanish Tim, Nelly &
Tony
"Caracola" Conch 12 1
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Scoreboard
Dutch contestant Anneke Grnloh's dress
Voting results
Luxembourg 14 3 3 5 3
Netherlands 2 1 1
Norway 6 5 1
Denmark 4 1 3
Finland 9 3 3 3
Austria 11 5 1 5
France 14 1 3 5 3 1 1
United Kingdom 17 1 5 3 1 1 1 5
Germany 0
Monaco 15 3 5 3 1 3
Portugal 0
Italy 49 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 3 5
Yugoslavia 0
Switzerland 0
Belgium 2 1 1
Spain 1 1
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The table is ordered by appearance
5 points
Below is a summary of all 5 points in the final:
N. Contestant Voting nation
8 Italy Austria, Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
2 Austria Italy, Spain
United Kingdom Norway, Switzerland
1 France Monaco
Luxembourg Germany
Monaco France
Norway Denmark
International broadcasts and voting
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1964 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.
Voting order Country Spokespersons Commentator Broadcaster
01 Luxembourg TBC Jacques Navadic Tl-Luxembourg
02
Netherlands
Pim Jacobs Ageeth Scherphuis NTS
03
Norway
Sverre Christophersen Odd Grythe
NRK
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04
Denmark
Pedro Biker No commentator DR TV
05 Finland Poppe Berg Aarno Walli Suomen Televisio
06
Austria
Ernst Grissemann Emil Kollpacher ORF
07
France
Claude Darget Robert Beauvais Premire Chane RTF
08 United Kingdom Desmond Carrington David Jacobs BBC TV
Tom Sloan BBC Light Programme
09 Germany Lia Whr Hermann Rockmann ARD Deutsches Fernsehen
10
Monaco
TBC Robert Beauvais Tl Monte Carlo
11
Portugal
Maria Manuela Furtado
Gomes Ferreira
[3]
RTP
12
Italy
Rosanna Vaudetti Renato Tagliani Programma Nazionale
13 Yugoslavia TBC Miloje Orlovi Televizija Beograd
Gordana Bonetti Televizija Zagreb
Toma Terek Televizija Ljubljana
14
Switzerland
Alexandre Burger Theodor Haller TV DRS
Georges Hardy TSR
Giovanni Bertini TSI
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15
Belgium
Andr Hagon Paule Herreman RTB
Herman Verelst BRT
16
Spain
TBC Federico Gallo TVE
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Sweden
(non participating country) Sven Lindahl
Sveriges Radio-TV
[4]
References
[1] Tivoli Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen Copenhagen Portal Tourist Guide (http:/ / www. copenhagenet. dk/ cph-map/ cph-tivoli. asp).
Copenhagenet.dk. Retrieved on 15 August 2011.
[2] [2] The Lost Tapes: BBC documentary about wiping during the 60s, aired on BBC Three in 2009
[3] [3] Dirio de Lisboa, 22 March 1964
[4] Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p.48. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN
91-89136-29-2
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