Eurovision Song Contest 1969

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Location	Spain
Host Broadcaster	TVE
Venue	Teatro Real
Host(s)	Laurita Valenzuela
Date	Saturday, March 29, 1969
Participants	16
EBU Scrutineer	Clifford Brown
Director	Ramon Diaz
Interval Act	La España diferente

Voting method

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

The Spanish capital of Madrid hosted the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest after Massiel won the trophy in London the year before. Austria decided to stay home for political reasons, so the number of participants went down to 16 as no new countries entered.

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Participants at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	Yugoslavia JRT	Ivan	Pozdrav Svijetu	005	13
02	Luxembourg CLT	Romuald	Cathérine	007	11
03	Spain TVE	Salomé	Vivo Cantando	018	01
04	Monaco TMC	Jean-Jacques	Maman, Maman	011	06
05	Ireland RTÉ	Muriel Day and the Lindsays	The Wages Of Love	010	07
06	Italy RAI	Iva Zanicchi	Due Grosse Lacrime Bianche	005	13
07	United Kingdom BBC	Lulu	Boom Bang-a-bang	018	01
08	The Netherlands NTS	Lenny Kuhr	De Troubadour	018	01
09	Sweden SR	Tommy Körberg	Judy, Min Vän	008	09
10	Belgium BRT	Louis Neefs	Jennifer Jennings	010	07
11	Switzerland SSR SRG	Paola del Medico	Bonjour, Bonjour	013	05
12	Norway NRK	Kirsti Sparboe	Oj, Oj, Oj, Så Glad, Jeg Skal Bli	001	16
13	Germany ARD	Siw Malmkvist	Primaballerina	008	09
14	France ORTF	Frida Boccara	Un Jour, Un Enfant	018	01
15	Portugal RTP	Simone de Oliveira	Desfolhada Portuguesa	004	15
16	Finland YLE	Jarkko and Laura	Kuin Silloin Ennen	006	12

Tie for the first place

For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, the outcome of the voting resulted in a tie for the first place. Four countries gained 18 points each: France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Since there was no solution for this situation, all four countries were declared winners. Luckily, there were four medals available to the four winning singers - the four medals were intended for the winning singer and three winning songwriters.

About the winners

The four winners differed a lot from one another: France had a haunting ballad performed by Frida Boccara, the Netherlands sent in Lenny Kuhr with a guitar, Spain and Salomé performed the energetic Vivo Cantando whereas the star from the British islands, Lulu, had a happy, clap-along song. However, having four winners caused lots of criticism from the media and several TV-stations re-considered participating in the following Eurovision Song Contest. Had the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest still attracted 16 countries, the number went down to only 12 in the 1970 edition of the contest.