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Eurovision Song Contest 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the eleventh Eurovision and was held on March 5, 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 languagess was origanly 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 the Les Haricots.

Results

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Country
(Language)
Artist(s) Song
(Translation)
Place Points
Austria Udo Jürgens Merci Chérie 1 31
Belgium Tonia Un Peu De Poivre Un Peu De Sel 4 14
Denmark Ulla Pia Stop, Ja Stop - Ja Stop, Mens Legen Er Go 14 4
Finland Ann Christine Nyström Play Boy 10 7
France Dominique Walter Chez Nous 16 1
Germany Margot Eskens Die Zeiger der Uhr 10 7
Ireland Dickie Rock Come Back to Stay 4 14
Italy Domenico Modugno Dio Come Ti Amo 17 0
Luxembourg Michele Torr Ce Soir Je T'attendais 10 7
Monaco Tereza Bien Plus Fort 17 0
Netherlands Milly Scott Fernando en Philippo 15 2
Norway Åse Kleveland Intet Er Nytt Under Solen 3 15
Portugal Madalena Iglesias Ele E Ela 13 6
Spain Raphael Yo Soy Aquél 7 9
Sweden Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson Nygammal Vals Eller Hip Man Svinaherde 2 16
Switzerland Madeleine Pascal Ne Vois-tu Pas? 6 12
United Kingdom Kenneth McKellar A Man Without Love 9 8
Yugoslavia Berta Ambrož Brez besed 7 9
Venue: Grand Auditorium de RTL - Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg
The table is ordered by the countries 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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Germany   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0   0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 5 0   0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Luxembourg 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Yugoslavia 3 0 0 0   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Norway 1 0 0 0 0   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   0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austria 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 1   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   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   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   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   0
United Kingdom 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5  
The table is ordered by appearance.


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Junior Eurovision Song Contests

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