The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the 16th annual Eurovision Song Contest held on 3 April 1971 in Dublin, Ireland following Dana giving the country its first win with her song "All Kinds of Everything" at the 1970 Contest in Amsterdam.
Sixteen countries participated. Malta made its debut but finished in last place while Austria, Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden all made their return.
It was won by French singer Séverine with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", who represented the principality Monaco and gave it its only win.
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Artist | Note |
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Katja Ebstein | Represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 in Amsterdam with the song "Wunder gibt es immer wieder", which finished in 3rd place in with 12 points. |
Jacques Raymond | Represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 in London with the song "Waarom?", finishing in 10th place with 4 points. |
Results[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Austria | Marianne Mendt | "Musik" | Viennese German | Music | 16 | 66 |
02 | Malta | Joe Grech | "Marija l-Maltija" | Maltese | Maria the Maltese lass | 18 | 52 |
03 | Monaco | Séverine | "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" | French | A bench, A tree, A street | 1 | 128 |
04 | Switzerland | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Les illusions de nos vingt ans" | French | The illusion of our twenties | 12 | 78 |
05 | Germany | Katja Ebstein | "Diese Welt" | German | This World | 3 | 100 |
06 | Spain | Karina | "En un mundo nuevo" | Spanish | In a new world | 2 | 116 |
07 | France | Serge Lama | "Un jardin sur la terre" | French | A garden on earth | 10 | 82 |
08 | Luxembourg | Monique Melsen | "Pomme, pomme, pomme" | French | Apple, apple, apple | 13 | 70 |
09 | United Kingdom | Clodagh Rodgers | "Jack in the Box" | English | - | 4 | 98 |
10 | Belgium | Lily Castel & Jacques Raymond | "Goeiemorgen, morgen" | Dutch | Good morning, morning | 14 | 68 |
11 | Italy | Massimo Ranieri | "L'amore è un attimo" | Italian | Love is a morning | 5 | 91 |
12 | Sweden | Family Four | "Vita vidder" | Swedish | White horizons | 6 | 85 |
13 | Ireland | Angela Farrell | "One Day Love" | English | - | 11 | 79 |
14 | The Netherlands | Saskia & Serge | "Tijd" | Dutch | Time | 6 | 85 |
15 | Portugal | Tonicha | "Menina do alto da serra" | Portuguese | High ridge girl | 9 | 83 |
16 | Yugoslavia | Krunoslav Slabinac | "Tvoj dječak je tužan" | Croatian | Your boy is sad | 14 | 68 |
17 | Finland | Markku Aro & Koivistolaiset | "Tie uuteen päivään" | Finnish | Way to a new day | 8 | 84 |
18 | Norway | Hanne Krogh | "Lykken er" | Norwegian | Happiness is | 17 | 65 |