The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the ninth annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Copenhagen on 21 March following the country's victory the previous year. Portugal made its debut while no country returned. Sweden withdrew from competing.
Italy won for the first time scoring 49 points with the song "Non ho l'età", performed by Gigliola Cinquetti. This would remain the country's only win until the 1990 Contest in Zagreb.
Location[]
The host venue for the contest was Tivolis Koncertsal (Tivoli Concert Hall) in Denmark's capital city Copenhagen, which lies within Denmark's famous amusement parkand pleasure garden Tivoli Gardens. The park, alluding by its name to the Jardin de Tivoli that existed in Paris, was opened on 15 August 1843, and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg.
Participants[]
Returning artists[]
Artist | Note |
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Anita Traversi | Represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 in London with the song "Cielo e terra", finishing in 8th place with 5 points. |
Results[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Luxembourg | Hugues Aufray | "Dès que le printemps revient" | French | Once Spring Returns | 4 | 14 |
02 | The Netherlands | Anneke Grönloh | "Jij bent mijn leven" | Dutch | You are my life | 10 | 2 |
03 | Norway | Arne Bendiksen | "Spiral" | Norwegian | - | 8 | 6 |
04 | Denmark | Bjørn Tidmand | "Sangen om dig" | Danish | The song about you | 9 | 4 |
05 | Finland | Lasse Mårtenson | "Laiskotellen" | Finnish | Lazing | 7 | 9 |
06 | Austria | Udo Jürgens | "Warum nur, warum?" | German | Only why, why? | 6 | 11 |
07 | France | Rachel | "Le chant de Mallory" | French | Mallory's song | 4 | 14 |
08 | United Kingdom | Matt Monro | "I Love the Little Things" | English | - | 2 | 17 |
09 | Germany | Nora Nova | "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" | German | How quickly we get used to nice things | 13 | 0 |
10 | Monaco | Romuald | "Où sont-elles passées" | French | Where have they gone? | 3 | 15 |
11 | Portugal | António Calvário | "Oração" | Portuguese | Prayer | 13 | 0 |
12 | Italy | Gigliola Cinquetti | "Non ho l'età" | Italian | I'm not old enough | 1 | 49 |
13 | Yugoslavia | Sabahudin Kurt | "Život je sklopio krug" | Bosnian | Life has come full circle | 13 | 0 |
14 | Switzerland | Anita Traversi | "I miei pensieri" | Italian | My thoughts | 13 | 0 |
15 | Belgium | Robert Cogoi | "Près de ma rivière" | French | Near my river | 10 | 2 |
16 | Spain | Los TNT | "Caracola" | Spanish | Conch shell | 12 | 1 |