Eurovision Song Contest 1966
The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the eleventh Eurovision and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg. With Josiane Shen as the presenter, the contest was won by Udo Jürgens who represented Austria, with his song "Merci Cherie".
The rule stating that a country could only sing in any of its national languages was originally created in this year. This was possibly created due to the 1965 Swedish entry, "Absent Friend" which was sung in English.
Interval Act
The interval act was music by Austria
(
German)
Udo Jürgens |
|
1 |
31 |
Belgium
(French) |
Denmark
(Danish) |
Finland
(Finnish) |
France
(French) |
Germany
(German) |
Ireland
(English) |
Italy
(Italian) |
Domenico Modugno |
|
17 |
0 |
Luxembourg
(French) |
Monaco
(French) |
Netherlands
(Dutch) |
Norway
(Norwegian) |
Portugal
(Portuguese) |
Spain
(Spanish) |
Sweden
(Swedish) |
Lill Lindfors & Switzerland
(French) |
United Kingdom
(English) |
Kenneth McKellar |
|
9 |
8 |
Yugoslavia
(Slovene) |
Grand Auditorium de RTL - Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg |
| The table is ordered alphabetically by country names. |
Voting Structure
Each country had 10 jury members and each jury had 9 points to award. The
song that got the most votes within the jury got 5 points, the song with the second most votes got 3 points and the song with the third most votes got 1 point. If only one song got every vote within the jury it would get 9 points and if only two songs were chosen, the song most voted for would get 6 points and the other song would get 3 points.
Score Sheet
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Juries |
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Germany |
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0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Denmark |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Belgium |
5 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Luxembourg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Yugoslavia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Norway |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Finland |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Portugal |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Austria |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sweden |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Spain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Switzerland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Monaco |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Italy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| France |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| Netherlands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
| Ireland |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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0 |
| United Kingdom |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
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| The table is ordered by appearance. |
