Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Above: Logo of this year's Eurovision Song Contest

Location	France
Host Broadcaster	RTF
Venue	Palais des Festivals
Host(s)	Jacqueline Joubert
Date	Wednesday, March 11, 1959
Participants	11
Interval Act	Franck Pourcel's Orchestra

Voting method

Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favorite song

The glamorous French Mediterrenean coast skylined the 4th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in sunny Cannes.

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Participants at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	France RTF	Jean Philippe	Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui	015	03
02	Denmark DSR	Birthe Wilke	Uh-jeg Ville Ønske Jeg Var Dig	012	05
03	Italy RAI	Domenico Modugno	Piove	009	06
04	Monaco TMC	Jacques Pills	Mon Ami Pierrot	001	11
05	The Netherlands NTS	Teddy Scholten	Een Beetje	021	01
06	Germany ARD	Alice and Ellen Kessler	Heut' Woll'n Wir Tanzen Geh'n	005	08
07	Sweden SR	Brita Borg	Augustin	004	09
08	Switzerland SSR SRG	Christa Williams	Irgendwoher	014	04
09	Austria ORF	Ferry Graf	Der K. Und K. Kalypso Aus Wien	004	09
10	United Kingdom BBC	Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson	Sing Little Birdie	016	02
11	Belgium NIR	Bob Benny	Hou Toch Van Mij	009	06

73 minutes live from Cannes

The Eurovision Song Contest of 1959 welcomed the small principality of Monaco. Moreover, the United Kingdom re-entered the contest after one year of absence, and Luxembourg decided not to participate. A new rule was introduced to this fourth Eurovision Song Contest; music experts were not allowed into the national juries any longer, but other than that, the same voting system as in 1957 and 1958 was applied.

About the winner

The Netherlands won for already the second time in the short history of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Net Als Toen performed by Teddy Scholten. The lyrics of the song were written by Willy van Hemert, who also wrote the winning song of 1957. The winner was once again outscored by Domenico Modugno though who got yet another world-wide hit with his Italian entry Piove - which is better known under the title Ciao Ciao Bambina.

Facts & figures

For the first and the last time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, not only the winning song by Teddy Scholten got a reprise, but also the second and third placed songs from the UK and France had the honour of being sung again at the end of the 73-minute show from Cannes.