Eurovision Song Contest 1975

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Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Dates
Finaldate 22 March 1975
Host
Venue Stockholm International Fairs
Sweden
Presenter(s) Karin Falck
Conductor Mats Olsson
Executive supervisor Clifford Brown
Hostbroadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR)
Intervalact The World of John Bauer
Participants
Numberofentries 19
Debutingcountries
Turkey
Returningcountries
France
Malta
Withdrawingcountries
Greece
Vote
Votingsystem Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nulpoints None
Winningsong
Netherlands
"Ding-a-dong"
Eurovision Song Contest
1974 1976
The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the contest hosted by SR and held in Stockholm,
Sweden. The arena for the event was the newly built Stockholm International Fairs in lvsj in southern Stockholm.
ABBA's victory in Brighton the previous year gave Sweden the right to host the contest for the first time. The
Contest was won by Teach-In, who sang "Ding-a-dong" in English, representing the Netherlands.
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Location
For more details on the host city, see Stockholm.
Stockholm International Fairs in lvsj, Stockholm. Host venue of
the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest.
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden
and constitutes the most populated urban area in
Scandinavia. Founded no later than c. 1250, possibly as
early as 1187, Stockholm has long been one of
Sweden's cultural, media, political, and economic
centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the
south-central east coast of Sweden at the mouth of
Lake Mlaren, by the Stockholm archipelago, has been
historically important. Stockholm has been nominated
by GaWC as a global city, with a ranking of Alpha-.
Stockholmsmssan (or Stockholm International Fairs
in English) was the venue for the twentieth edition of
Eurovision. The main building is in lvsj a southern
suburb of Stockholm Municipality for which the building got its nickname and was constructed in 1971, and holds
4,000 people.
Format
This year a new scoring system was implemented, one which is still used today. Each jury would now give 12 points
to the best song, 10 to the second best, then 8 to the third, 7 to the fourth, 6 to the fifth and so forth until the tenth
best song (in the jury's opinion) received a single point. The host Karin Falck several times confused the new system
with questions like "How much is seven in France?" Unlike today, the points were not given in order (from 1 up to
12), but in the order the songs were performed. The current procedure was not established until 1980.
Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Teach-In leaving from Amsterdam Airport for the
European Song Contest 1975
Greece withdrew from this contest in response to the 1974 Turkish
invasion of Cyprus, in protest of Turkey's participation. Despite this, a
record of nineteen countries took part. Turkey made their dbut, while
France and Malta returned to the contest.
The Portuguese entry "Madrugada" was an unabashed celebration of
the Carnation Revolution, during which the country's 1974 Eurovision
entry had played a pivotal practical role. According to author and
historian John Kennedy O'Connor in his book The Eurovision Song
Contest - The Official History, the Portuguese performer had to be
dissuaded from wearing his Portuguese army uniform and carrying a
gun onto the stage.
[1]
Some competitors (notably Portugal and Yugoslavia) opted to perform their songs in English
for the rehearsals heard by the judges, but in their native tongue at the final. Others, such as Belgium and Germany,
opted for a mix of their own language and English.
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Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.
Netherlands - Harry van Hoof
Ireland- Colman Pearce
France - Jean Musy
Germany - Rainer Pietsch
Luxembourg - Phil Coulter
Norway - Carsten Klouman
Switzerland - Peter Jacques
Yugoslavia - Mario Rijavec
United Kingdom - Alyn Ainsworth
Malta - Vince Tempera
Belgium - Francis Bay
Israel - Eldad Shrem
Turkey - Timur Seluk
Monaco - Andr Popp
Finland - Ossi Runne
Portugal - Pedro Osrio
Spain - Juan Carlos Caldern
Sweden - Lars Samuelson
Italy - Pier Natale Massara
Returning artists
Norway's Ellen Nikolaysen was the only participant to return to the contest this year. Ellen's previous participations
where with the band Bendik Singers in 1973 and 1974.
Results
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01
Netherlands
English Teach-In "Ding-a-dong" - 1 152
02 Ireland English The Swarbriggs "That's What Friends Are For" - 9 68
03
France
French Nicole Rieu "Et bonjour toi l'artiste" And Hello To You, The
Artist
4 91
04 Germany German,
English
Joy Fleming "Ein Lied kann eine Brcke
sein"
A Song Can Be A Bridge 17 15
05 Luxembourg French Geraldine "Toi" You 5 84
06
Norway
English Ellen Nikolaysen "Touch My Life (With
Summer)"
- 18 11
07
Switzerland
German Simone Drexel "Mikado" Mikado 6 77
08 Yugoslavia Slovene Pepel In Kri "Dan ljubezni" A Day Of Love 13 22
09 United
Kingdom
English The Shadows "Let Me Be The One" - 2 138
10
Malta
English Renato "Singing This Song" - 12 32
11
Belgium
Dutch, English Ann Christy "Gelukkig zijn" Being Happy 15 17
12
Israel
Hebrew Shlomo Artzi "At Va'Ani" ( ) You And Me 11 40
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13
Turkey
Turkish Semiha Yank "Seninle Bir Dakika" One Minute With You 19 3
14
Monaco
French Sophie "Une chanson c'est une lettre" A Song Is A Letter 13 22
15 Finland English Pihasoittajat "Old Man Fiddle" - 7 74
16
Portugal
Portuguese Duarte Mendes "Madrugada" Dawn 16 16
17
Spain
Spanish Sergio y Estbaliz "T volvers" You'll Return 10 53
18
Sweden
English Lasse Berghagen "Jennie, Jennie" - 8 72
19
Italy
Italian Wess & Dori
Ghezzi
"Era" It Was 3 115
Scoreboard
Results
Netherlands 152 8 5 8 10 12 6 8 12 12 3 12 4 10 10 7 12 12 1
Ireland 68 6 6 4 7 1 6 4 12 1 4 3 10 4
France 91 8 12 3 8 7 2 7 1 7 12 8 8 8
Germany 15 8 3 4
Luxembourg 84 12 10 3 7 3 5 6 5 5 8 6 4 10
Norway 11 2 2 7
Switzerland 77 7 2 10 6 2 1 5 6 8 7 5 4 2 12
Yugoslavia 22 3 4 2 5 1 7
United Kingdom 138 4 3 12 10 12 7 8 12 8 10 10 12 7 5 10 5 3
Malta 32 1 8 5 2 4 2 7 1 2
Belgium 17 5 7 3 2
Israel 40 10 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 6 3 6 2
Turkey 3 3
Monaco 22 3 4 2 1 2 2 3 5
Finland 74 5 12 6 10 12 5 4 8 8 1 3
Portugal 16 2 12 2
Spain 53 7 5 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 8 6
Sweden 72 7 7 8 1 6 7 2 3 8 6 6 6 5
Italy 115 6 4 4 3 6 10 10 10 10 6 5 10 1 12 10 7 1
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12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. Contestant Voting nation
6 Netherlands Israel, Malta, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
4 United Kingdom France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Yugoslavia
2 Finland Germany, Switzerland
France Ireland, Portugal
1 Ireland Belgium
Italy Finland
Luxembourg Netherlands
Portugal Turkey
Switzerland Italy
International broadcasts and voting
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1975 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 Spokesperson Commentator Broadcaster
01
Netherlands
Dick van Bommel Willem Duys Nederland 2
02 Ireland Brendan Balfe Mike Murphy RT Television
Liam Devally RT Radio 1
03
France
Michel Drucker Georges de Caunes TF1
04 Germany TBC Werner Veigel ARD Deutsches Fernsehen
Wolf Mittler Deutschlandfunk
05 Luxembourg TBC Jacques Navadic RTL Tl Luxembourg
Camillo Felgen RTL Radio
06
Norway
Sverre Christophersen
[2]
John Andreassen NRK
Erik Heyerdahl NRK P1
07
Switzerland
Michel Stocker
[3]
Theodor Haller TV DRS
Georges Hardy TSR
Giovanni Bertini TSI
08 Yugoslavia Dragana Markovi Milovan Ili TVB1
Oliver Mlakar TVZ 2
Toma Terek TVL2
09 United Kingdom Ray Moore Pete Murray
BBC1
[4]
Terry Wogan BBC Radio 2
Richard Astbury British Forces Radio
10
Malta
TBC Norman Hamilton
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Belgium
Staf Van Berendoncks Herman Verelst BRT
Paule Herreman RTB
Nand Baert & Jan Theys BRT Radio 1
Jacques Bauduin RTB La Premire
12
Israel
Yitzhak Shim'oni No commentator Israeli Television
13
Turkey
Blent Osma Blend zveren TRT
ebnem Sava TRT Radyo 1
14
Monaco
Carole Chabrier Georges de Caunes Tl Monte Carlo
15 Finland Kaarina Pnni Heikki Seppl YLE TV1
Jertta Blomstedt YLE Radio 1
16
Portugal
Ana Zanatti Jlio Isidro RTP1
Amadeu Meireles RDP Antena 1
17
Spain
Jos Mara igo Jos Luis Uribarri TVE1
18
Sweden
Sven Lindahl ke Strmmer SR TV1
Ursula Richter SR P3
19
Italy
Anna Maria Gambineri Silvio Noto Programma Nazionale
Non-participating countries
Austria - Ernst Grissemann (FS1)
Denmark - Claus Toksvig (DR TV)
Greece - Mako Georgiadou (ERT)
Iceland - Dra Hafsteinsdttir (Sjnvarpi)
[5]
Notable incidents
Intelligence reports at the time pointed out the festival as a possible target for a terrorist attack by the Red Army
Faction which forced the organizers to tighten security considerably. The attack struck the West German embassy in
Stockholm instead about a month later (see West German embassy siege).
The Swedish left movement protested against the contest and its commercial aspect. At first the criticism was
directed towards SR for the huge amount of money they spent on the contest but soon the protests developed into a
movement against commercial music overall. When the Eurovision Song Contest took place an alternative festival
was organized in another part of Stockholm where anybody who wanted could perform a song. Most popular became
Sillstryparn's entry "Doing the omoralisk schlagerfestival" (Doing the immoral Eurovision festival). In the autumn of
1975 SR informed that Sweden would not participate in the 1976 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest due to the
high costs that came with hosting the show. The rules later changed so that the costs were split more equally between
the participating broadcasters. In the end, SR did not broadcast the 1976 Contest.
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References
[1] [1] O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
[2] [2] Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
[3] [3] Baumann, Peter Ramn (OGAE Switzerland)
[4] Eurovision Song Contest 1975 BBC Archives (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ programmes/ p007x8zp)
[5] http:/ / timarit.is/ view_page_init. jsp?issId=221304& pageId=2844647& lang=is& q=Eurovision
External links
Official website (http:/ / www. eurovision. tv/ )
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