🔴 1969 Eurovision Song Contest Full Show In Madrid (Norwegian Commentary by Sverre Christophersen)

Date: 29 March 1969 Host Venue: Teatro Real - Madrid, Spain Presenter: Laurita Valenzuela Musical director: Augusto Algueró Directed by Ramón Díez Executive supervisor: Clifford Brown Host broadcaster: Televisión Española (TVE) Interval act: "La España diferente" film This is the version with NORWEGIAN commentary. If you prefer to watch the show with Spanish commentary you can find the show here: 🔴 1969 Eurovision Song Contest full show in Madrid (Spanish Commentary by José Luis Uribarri)    • 🔴 1969 Eurovision Song Contest full show i...   The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Four countries (the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and France) won the contest, the first time ever a tie had occurred. However, there was no rule at the time to cover such an eventuality, so all four countries were declared joint winners. France's win was their fourth, thus making it the first country to win the contest four times. The Netherlands' win was their third. Spain and the United Kingdom each won for the second time. And it was the first time that any country (Spain, in this case) had a winning ESC entry two years in a row. This is so far the only occasion Spain has hosted the contest, as well as their last win to date. The venue selected to host the 1969 contest was the Teatro Real, an opera house located in Madrid. The theatre reopened in 1966 as a concert theatre and the main concert venue of the Spanish National Orchestra and the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. The final featured an onstage metal sculpture created by surrealist Spanish artist, Amadeo Gabino. Austria was absent from the contest, officially because they could not find a suitable representative, but it was rumoured that they refused to participate in a contest staged in Franco-ruled Spain. Wales wanted to debut with Welsh language broadcaster BBC Cymru, and also made a national selection called Cân i Gymru, but in the end it was decided they would not participate in the competition – their participation was rejected because Wales is not a sovereign state. Only the BBC has the exclusive right to represent the United Kingdom. Tie for first place For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, the outcome of the voting resulted in a tie for first place. Four countries gained 18 points each: France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Since there was no solution for this situation, all four countries were declared winners. Luckily, there were four medals available to the four winning singers - the four medals were originally intended for the winning singer and three winning songwriters. About the winners The four winners differed a lot from one another: France had a haunting ballad performed by Frida Boccara, the Netherlands sent in Lenny Kuhr with a guitar, Spain and Salomé performed the energetic Vivo Cantando whereas the star from the United Kingdom, Lulu, the uptempo Boom Bang a Bang. However, having four winners caused a lot of criticism from the media and several TV-stations re-considered participating in the following Eurovision Song Contest. Results: Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points 01 Yugoslavia Ivan [hr] & 4M [hr] "Pozdrav svijetu" (Поздрав свијету) Serbo-Croatian 13 5 02 Luxembourg Romuald "Catherine" French 11 7 03 Spain Salomé "Vivo cantando" Spanish 1 18 04 Monaco Jean Jacques "Maman, Maman" French 6 11 05 Ireland Muriel Day & The Lindsays "The Wages of Love" English 7 10 06 Italy Iva Zanicchi "Due grosse lacrime bianche" Italian 13 5 07 United Kingdom Lulu "Boom Bang-a-Bang" English 1 18 08 Netherlands Lenny Kuhr "De troubadour" Dutch 1 18 09 Sweden Tommy Körberg "Judy, min vän" Swedish 9 8 10 Belgium Louis Neefs "Jennifer Jennings" Dutch 7 10 11 Switzerland Paola del Medico "Bonjour, Bonjour" German 5 13 12 Norway Kirsti Sparboe "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" Norwegian 16 1 13 Germany Siw Malmkvist "Primaballerina" German 9 8 14 France Frida Boccara "Un jour, un enfant" French 1 18 15 Portugal Simone de Oliveira "Desfolhada portuguesa" Portuguese 15 4 16 Finland Jarkko & Laura "Kuin silloin ennen" Finnish 12 6