Eurovision Song Contest 1965

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Location	Italy
Host Broadcaster	RAI
Venue	Sala di Concerto della RAI
Host(s)	Renata Mauro
Date	Saturday, March 20, 1965
Participants	18
EBU Scrutineer	Miroslav Vilcek
Director	Romolo Siena
Interval Act	Mario del Monaco

Voting method

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

The 1965 Eurovision Song Contest in Naples saw a winner from Luxembourg again that later turned out to be a worldwide success and made its winner - France Gall - a popular singer all over Europe.

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Participants at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	The Netherlands NTS	Conny Van den bos	Het Is Genoeg	005	11
02	United Kingdom BBC	Kathy Kirby	I Belong	026	02
03	Spain TVE	Conchita Bautista	Qué Bueno, Qué Bueno	000	15
04	Ireland RÉ	Butch Moore	I'm Walking The Streets In The Rain	011	06
05	Germany ARD	Ulla Wiesner	Paradies, Wo Bist Du?	000	15
06	Austria ORF	Udo Jürgens	Sag Ihr, Ich Lass' Sie Grüßen	016	04
07	Norway NRK	Kirsti Sparboe	Karusell	001	13
08	Belgium BRT	Lize Marke	Als Het Weer Lente Is	000	15
09	Monaco TMC	Marjorie Noël	Va Dire à L'amour	007	09
10	Sweden SR	Ingvar Wixell	Absent Friend	006	10
11	France ORTF	Guy Mardel	N'avoue Jamais	022	03
12	Portugal RTP	Simone de Oliviera	Sol De Inverno	001	13
13	Italy RAI	Bobby Solo	Se Piangi, Se Ridi	015	05
14	Denmark DR	Birgit Brüel	For Din Skyld	010	07
15	Luxembourg CLT	France Gall	Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son	032	01
16	Finland YLE	Viktor Klimenko	Aurinko Laskee Länteen	000	15
17	Yugoslavia JRT	Vice Vukov	Ceznja	002	12
18	Switzerland SSR SRG	Yovanna	Non à Jamais Sans Toi	008	08

Sweden returns, Ireland debutes

Italy and its national broadcaster RAI hosted this year's contest for the first time. The number of participants was the highest ever as 18 countries took part. After a year of absence, Sweden returned to the competition and Ireland debuted. Belgium, Germany, Finland and Spain all scored nul points while Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son sung by teenager France Gall which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries.

Swedish participant Ingvar Wixell performed his song -originally called Annorstädes Vals - in English instead of Swedish while all the other participants sang in their native languages. This incident led to a rule demanding all participants should perform their songs in their respective national languages.

Facts & figures

For the first time, the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast not only by the European Broadcasting Union, but also by Intervision, its Eastern European counterpart.