The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg City, following the country's win at the previous edition, thanks to the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" performed by France Gall. No country made its debut, returned or withdrew.
The winner was Austria for the first time with the song "Merci, chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens. This would remain the country's only win in the contest until their second victory forty-eight years later in Copenhagen. The rule stating that a country could only sing in any of its national languages was originally created in this year, possibly due to the 1965 edition's Swedish entry which was sung in English.
Location[]
Venue[]
The venue chosen to host the 1966 contest was the Villa Louvigny, which also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1962. The building served as the headquarters of Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, the forerunner of RTL Group. It is located in Municipal Park, in the Ville Haute quarter of the centre of the city.
Participants[]
Returning artists[]
Artist | Note |
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Udo Jürgens | Represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 in Copenhagen with the song "Warum nur, warum?", finishing in 6th place with 11 points. He returned the following year in Naples with the song "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen". finishing in 4th place with 16 points. |
Domenico Modugno | Represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 in Hilversum with the song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", finishing in 3rd place with 13 points. He returned the following year in Cannes with the song "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)", finishing in 6th place with 9 points. |
Results[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Germany | Margot Eskens | "Die Zeiger der Uhr" | German | The Hands of Time | 10 | 7 |
02 | Denmark | Ulla Pia | "Stop – mens legen er go'" | Danish | Stop - while the going is good | 14 | 4 |
03 | Belgium | Tonia | "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" | French | A little bit of pepper, a little bit of salt | 4 | 14 |
04 | Luxembourg | Michèle Torr | "Ce soir je t'attendais" | French | This evening I waited for you | 10 | 7 |
05 | Yugoslavia | Berta Ambrož | "Brez besed" | Slovene | Without words | 7 | 9 |
06 | Norway | Åse Kleveland | "Intet er nytt under solen" | Norwegian | There's nothing new under the sun | 3 | 15 |
07 | Finland | Ann Christine | "Playboy" | Finnish | - | 10 | 7 |
08 | Portugal | Madalena Iglésias | "Ele e ela" | Portuguese | He and she | 13 | 6 |
09 | Austria | Udo Jürgens | "Merci, chérie" | German | Thank you, darling | 1 | 31 |
10 | Sweden | Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson | "Nygammal vals" | Swedish | New old-fashioned waltz | 2 | 16 |
11 | Spain | Raphael | "Yo soy aquél" | Spanish | I am the one | 7 | 9 |
12 | Switzerland | Madeleine Pascal | "Ne vois-tu pas?" | French | Do you see nothing? | 6 | 12 |
13 | Monaco | Téréza | "Bien plus fort" | French | Much Stronger | 17 | 0 |
14 | Italy | Domenico Modugno | "Dio, come ti amo" | Italian | God, How I Love You | 17 | 0 |
15 | France | Dominique Walter | "Chez nous" | French | Our house | 16 | 1 |
16 | The Netherlands | Milly Scott | "Fernando en Filippo" | Dutch | Fernando & Filippo | 15 | 2 |
17 | Ireland | Dickie Rock | "Come Back to Stay" | English | - | 4 | 14 |
18 | United Kingdom | Kenneth McKellar | "A Man Without Love" | English | - | 9 | 8 |
Notes[]
- Austria's entry also contains phrases in French.