Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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Location	Denmark
Host Broadcaster	DR
Venue	Tivolis Koncertsal
Host(s)	Lotte Waever
Date	Saturday, March 21, 1964
Participants	16
EBU Scrutineer	Miroslav Vilcek
Director	Poul Leth Sørensen
Interval Act	Ballet-Harlequinade

Voting method

Every national jury gave 5, 3 and 1 points to their three favourite songs.

The Eurovision Song Contest of 1964 in Copenhagen saw an unrivaled first Italian victory with a song performed by the only 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti who had already won the Italian San Remo Festival with her entry Non Ho l’Età.

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Participants at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	Luxembourg CLT	Hugues Aufray	Dès Que Le Printemps Revient	014	04
02	The Netherlands NTS	Anneke Grönloh	Jij Bent Mijn Leven	002	10
03	Norway NRK	Arne Bendiksen	Spiral	006	08
04	Denmark DR	Bjørn Tidmand	Sangen Om Dig	004	09
05	Finland YLE	Lasse Mårtenson	Laiskotellen	009	07
06	Austria ORF	Udo Jürgens	Warum Nur, Warum?	011	06
07	France RTF	Rachel	Le Chant De Mallory	014	04
08	United Kingdom BBC	Matt Monro	I Love The Little Things	017	02
09	Germany ARD	Nora Nova	Man Gewöhnt Sich So Schnell An Das Schöne	000	13
10	Monaco TMC	Romuald	Où Sont-elles Passées?	015	03
11	Portugal RTP	António Calvário	Oração	000	13
12	Italy RAI	Gigliola Cinquetti	Non Ho L'étà	049	01
13	Yugoslavia JRT	Sabahudin Kurt	Zivot Je Sklopio Krug	000	13
14	Switzerland SSR SRG	Anita Traversi	I Miei Pensieri	000	13
15	Belgium RTB	Robert Cogoi	Près De Ma Rivière	002	10
16	Spain TVE	Tim, Nelly and Tony	Caracola	001	12

Protest on stage

The 1964 Eurovision Song Contest took place in the famous Tivoli in Copenhagen. This year, the event was highly political and there were demands that the right-wing dictatorships in Spain and Portugal should be excluded from the contest. There was even some trouble during the contest as just before the Belgian entry, a man entered the stage holding a banner saying "Boycott Franco and Salazar". He was quickly removed from the stage though.

As in the three years before, 16 countries participated in the competition. Portugal made its debute, and Sweden chose not to enter the contest. Germany, Portugal and Switzerland each scored zero points for the first time. In the case of Portugal, it was the first time in the history of the contest that a newcomer did not receive any points at all.

About the winner

Italy celebrated its first victory with the song Non Ho l’Età, performed by 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti. Gigliola would also take part in 1974 and would become the host of Eurovision Song Contest of 1991, together with Toto Cutugno.