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Eurovision Song Contest 1967
The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 8 April 1967 at the Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, Austria, and presented by Erica Vaal. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), who staged the event after winning the 1966 contest for Austria with the song "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens. It was the first contest held in the month of April.
Broadcasters from seventeen countries participated in the contest, one fewer than the record eighteen that had competed in the 1965 and 1966 editions. Denmark decided not to enter and left the contest at this point, not returning until 1978.
The United Kingdom won the contest for the first time with the song "Puppet on a String", written and composed by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, and performed by Sandie Shaw. The entry had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition; it garnered more than twice as many votes as the second-placed song. Shaw intensely disliked the composition, though her attitude towards the song somewhat mellowed in later years, even releasing a new version in 2007.
This was the last contest to be produced in black and white as it would begin to be produced in colour from the 1968 edition onwards.
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) staged the 1967 contest in Vienna, after winning the 1966 contest for Austria with the song "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens. The venue selected was the Festival Hall of the Hofburg Palace. With its 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) of floor space, the Festival Hall is the largest room in the entire palace complex and was originally built as a throne room, but was never used as such. The Hofburg Palace was the principal winter residence of the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and it currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria.
Broadcasters from seventeen countries participated in the 1967 contest. Of the eighteen countries that participated in 1966 only Denmark was absent. Danmarks Radio (DR) chose not to participate this year and left the contest at this point, not to be returning again until 1978. The reason was that the new director of the television entertainment department thought that the money could be spent in a better way.
The contest featured three representatives who had previously performed as lead artists for the same country. Claudio Villa had represented Italy in 1962, Kirsti Sparboe had represented Norway in 1965, and Raphael had represented Spain in 1966.
The entry from Luxembourg, "L'amour est bleu", sung by Vicky Leandros, came in fourth; nonetheless, it went on to become one of the biggest hits of the 1967 contest, and a year later would be a big instrumental hit for French musician, Paul Mauriat, under the English title, "Love Is Blue". Portugal was represented by Eduardo Nascimento, who was the first black male singer in the history of the contest. After winning the Sanremo Music Festival 1967, Italian participant Claudio Villa was due to perform the song "Non pensare a me", but the song was disqualified due to being commercially released too early, and was replaced with "Non andare più lontano".
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Eurovision Song Contest 1967
The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 8 April 1967 at the Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, Austria, and presented by Erica Vaal. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), who staged the event after winning the 1966 contest for Austria with the song "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens. It was the first contest held in the month of April.
Broadcasters from seventeen countries participated in the contest, one fewer than the record eighteen that had competed in the 1965 and 1966 editions. Denmark decided not to enter and left the contest at this point, not returning until 1978.
The United Kingdom won the contest for the first time with the song "Puppet on a String", written and composed by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, and performed by Sandie Shaw. The entry had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition; it garnered more than twice as many votes as the second-placed song. Shaw intensely disliked the composition, though her attitude towards the song somewhat mellowed in later years, even releasing a new version in 2007.
This was the last contest to be produced in black and white as it would begin to be produced in colour from the 1968 edition onwards.
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) staged the 1967 contest in Vienna, after winning the 1966 contest for Austria with the song "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens. The venue selected was the Festival Hall of the Hofburg Palace. With its 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) of floor space, the Festival Hall is the largest room in the entire palace complex and was originally built as a throne room, but was never used as such. The Hofburg Palace was the principal winter residence of the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and it currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria.
Broadcasters from seventeen countries participated in the 1967 contest. Of the eighteen countries that participated in 1966 only Denmark was absent. Danmarks Radio (DR) chose not to participate this year and left the contest at this point, not to be returning again until 1978. The reason was that the new director of the television entertainment department thought that the money could be spent in a better way.
The contest featured three representatives who had previously performed as lead artists for the same country. Claudio Villa had represented Italy in 1962, Kirsti Sparboe had represented Norway in 1965, and Raphael had represented Spain in 1966.
The entry from Luxembourg, "L'amour est bleu", sung by Vicky Leandros, came in fourth; nonetheless, it went on to become one of the biggest hits of the 1967 contest, and a year later would be a big instrumental hit for French musician, Paul Mauriat, under the English title, "Love Is Blue". Portugal was represented by Eduardo Nascimento, who was the first black male singer in the history of the contest. After winning the Sanremo Music Festival 1967, Italian participant Claudio Villa was due to perform the song "Non pensare a me", but the song was disqualified due to being commercially released too early, and was replaced with "Non andare più lontano".