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Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Dates
Final20 March 1965
Host
VenueSala di Concerto della RAI
Naples, Italy
Presenter(s)Renata Mauro
Musical directorGianni Ferrio
Directed byRomolo Siena
SupervisorMiroslav Vilček
Host broadcasterRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/naples-1965 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countries Ireland
Returning countries Sweden
Non-returning countriesNone
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemTen-member juries awarded points (5, 3 and 1, or combinations thereof) to their three favourite songs.
Winning song Luxembourg
"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
1964 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the tenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Naples, Italy, following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held at Sala di Concerto della RAI on 20 March 1965, and was hosted by Italian singer Renata Mauro.

Eighteen countries participated in the contest - setting a new record for the highest number of entrants in the competition until that point. Sweden returned after being absent from the previous edition, while Ireland made its debut.

Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" sung by the French singer France Gall, and written by Serge Gainsbourg, which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries. It was the first winning song since the Netherlands' "Een beetje" in 1959 to not be a ballad, being the first pop song to ever win the competition. For the fourth consecutive year, four countries all scored nul points; Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain - all of which finished with no points for the second time in the contest's history.[1]

Location

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Sala di Concerto della RAI, Naples – host venue of the 1965 contest.

The contest took place in Naples, the capital of region Campania in southern Italy and the third-largest city in Italy, after Rome and Milan. This was Italy's first hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. The host venue was the then new Sala di Concerto della RAI (RAI Concert Hall) belonging to the RAI Production Centre of Naples, founded few years prior to the contest. It is located in Viale Marconi in the district of Fuorigrotta. The structure has three TV studios for a total of 1227 m2 and capacity of 370 persons, used for the filming of programs and fiction and an auditorium. The Neapolitan song archives are also housed in it.[1][2]

Participating countries

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Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1965 – Participation summaries by country

18 countries took part, with the Eurovision Song Contest reaching its highest number until then. Sweden returned after a one-year absence, and Ireland entered for the first time. Ireland and Sweden would later become the most successful countries in the competition, scoring seven wins each.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1965[3][4][5][6]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF Udo Jürgens "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" German
Gianni Ferrio
 Belgium BRT Lize Marke "Als het weer lente is" Dutch
  • Jaak Dreesen
  • Jef Van den Berg
 Gaston Nuyts
 Denmark DR Birgit Brüel "For din skyld" Danish
Arne Lamberth
 Finland YLE Viktor Klimenko "Aurinko laskee länteen" Finnish
George de Godzinsky
 France ORTF Guy Mardel "N'avoue jamais" French
Franck Pourcel
 Germany NDR[a] Ulla Wiesner "Paradies, wo bist du?" German
Alfred Hause
 Ireland RÉ Butch Moore "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain" English
  • Teresa Conlon
  • Joe Harrigan
  • George Prendergast
 Gianni Ferrio
 Italy RAI Bobby Solo "Se piangi, se ridi" Italian
Gianni Ferrio
 Luxembourg CLT France Gall "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" French Serge Gainsbourg Alain Goraguer
 Monaco TMC Marjorie Noël "Va dire à l'amour" French
  • Raymond Bernard
  • Jacques Mareuil
 Raymond Bernard
 Netherlands NTS Conny Vandenbos "Het is genoeg" Dutch
  • Johnny Holshuyzen
  • Joke van Soest
 Dolf van der Linden
 Norway NRK Kirsti Sparboe "Karusell" Norwegian Jolly Kramer-Johansen Øivind Bergh
 Portugal RTP Simone de Oliveira "Sol de inverno" Portuguese
  • Jerónimo Bragança
  • Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa
 Fernando de Carvalho
 Spain TVE Conchita Bautista "Qué bueno, qué bueno" Spanish Antonio Figueroa Egea Adolfo Ventas Rodríguez
 Sweden SR Ingvar Wixell "Absent Friend" English
William Lind
  Switzerland SRG SSR Yovanna "Non, à jamais sans toi" French
  • Bob Calfati
  • Jean Charles
 Mario Robbiani
 United Kingdom BBC Kathy Kirby "I Belong" English
Eric Robinson
 Yugoslavia JRT Vice Vukov "Čežnja" (Чежња) Serbo-Croatian
  • Julio Marić
  • Žarko Roje
 Radivoje Spasić

Returning artists

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Artist Country Previous year(s)
Conchita Bautista  Spain 1961
Vice Vukov  Yugoslavia 1963
Udo Jürgens  Austria 1964

Format

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Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totalled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order.

Ingvar Wixell, the Swedish participant performed his song in English instead of the original Swedish title "Annorstädes vals". The native languages were used for all of the other participants. This led to a rule being introduced for the next 1966 edition, that meant all participants had to perform their songs using one of their national languages.[1]

Contest overview

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The contest took place on 20 March 1965, beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC).[8]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1965[9]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Netherlands Conny Vandenbos "Het is genoeg" 5 11
2  United Kingdom Kathy Kirby "I Belong" 26 2
3  Spain Conchita Bautista "Qué bueno, qué bueno" 0 15
4  Ireland Butch Moore "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain" 11 6
5  Germany Ulla Wiesner "Paradies, wo bist du?" 0 15
6  Austria Udo Jürgens "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" 16 4
7  Norway Kirsti Sparboe "Karusell" 1 13
8  Belgium Lize Marke "Als het weer lente is" 0 15
9  Monaco Marjorie Noël "Va dire à l'amour" 7 9
10  Sweden Ingvar Wixell "Absent Friend" 6 10
11  France Guy Mardel "N'avoue jamais" 22 3
12  Portugal Simone de Oliveira "Sol de inverno" 1 13
13  Italy Bobby Solo "Se piangi, se ridi" 15 5
14  Denmark Birgit Brüel "For din skyld" 10 7
15  Luxembourg France Gall "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" 32 1
16  Finland Viktor Klimenko "Aurinko laskee länteen" 0 15
17  Yugoslavia Vice Vukov "Čežnja" 2 12
18   Switzerland Yovanna "Non, à jamais sans toi" 8 8

Spokespersons

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Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1965 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting results

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Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totalled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order.

Detailed voting results[12][13]
Total score
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Spain
Ireland
Germany
Austria
Norway
Belgium
Monaco
Sweden
France
Portugal
Italy
Denmark
Luxembourg
Finland
Yugoslavia
Switzerland
Contestants
 Netherlands 5 5
United Kingdom 26 5 1 6 3 1 5 5
Spain 0
Ireland 11 3 5 3
Germany 0
Austria 16 3 5 5 3
Norway 1 1
Belgium 0
Monaco 7 5 1 1
Sweden 6 3 3
France 22 1 3 1 3 5 3 1 5
Portugal 1 1
Italy 15 3 1 1 3 3 3 1
Denmark 10 5 5
Luxembourg 32 5 1 3 5 5 3 1 1 5 3
Finland 0
Yugoslavia 2 1 1
Switzerland 8 3 5

5 points

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Below is a summary of all 5 points in the final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 5 points
4  Luxembourg  Austria,  Finland,  Germany,  Netherlands
 United Kingdom  Belgium,[b]  Denmark,  Spain,   Switzerland
2  Austria  Ireland,  Portugal
 France  Monaco,  Yugoslavia
 Denmark  Luxembourg,  Sweden
1  Ireland  Italy
 Monaco  United Kingdom
 Netherlands  Norway
  Switzerland  France

Broadcasts

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Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[14]

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision.[4]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF ORF [15]
 Belgium BRT BRT [16]
RTB RTB
Radio Une [17]
 Denmark DR DR TV [18]
 Finland YLE TV-ohjelma 1 Aarno Walli [fi] [19][20]
Yleisohjelma [fi] Erkki Melakoski [fi]
Ruotsinkielinen ula-ohjelma Jerker Sundholm
 France ORTF Première Chaîne, France Inter Pierre Tchernia [21][17]
 Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen [22]
 Ireland RÉ Telefís Éireann Bunny Carr [23][24]
Radió Éireann [23]
 Italy RAI Programma Nazionale, Secondo Programma Renato Tagliani [it] [25][26]
 Luxembourg CLT Télé-Luxembourg [21]
 Netherlands NTS Nederland 1 Teddy Scholten [27][28]
NRU Hilversum 2 [27]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet, NRK Erik Diesen [29]
 Portugal RTP RTP [30]
 Spain TVE TVE, TVE Canarias [es][c] Federico Gallo [es] [31][32][33]
RNE RNE [32]
 Sweden SR Sveriges TV, SR P1 Berndt Friberg [sv] [11][29]
  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS [34]
TSR Jean Charles [fr] [35]
TSI [36][17]
RSR 1
RSI 1
 United Kingdom BBC BBC1 David Jacobs [4][37]
 Yugoslavia JRT Televizija Beograd [38]
Televizija Ljubljana [39]
Televizija Zagreb [40]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Czechoslovakia ČST ČST [41]
 Hungary MTV MTV[d] [42]
 Malta MBA MTV Victor Aquilina [43]
 Poland TP TV Polska[e] [44]

Notes

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  1. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[7]
  2. ^ Belgium gave the United Kingdom 6 points
  3. ^ Deferred broadcast on TVE Canarias on 27 March at 21:50 (WET)[31]
  4. ^ Delayed broadcast on 11 September 1965 at 21:00 CET (20:00 UTC)[42]
  5. ^ Delayed broadcast at 22:15 CET (21:15 UTC)[44]

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