Eurovision Song Contest 1975

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Location	Sweden
Host Broadcaster	SR
Venue	St. Eriks Mässan Alvsjö
Host(s)	Karin Falck
Date	Saturday, March 22, 1975
Participants	19
Interval Act	The World of John Bauer

Voting method

Each national jury awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points

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Participants at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	The Netherlands NOS	Teach-In	Ding-A-Dong	152	01
02	Ireland RTÉ	The Swarbriggs	That's What Friends Are For	068	09
03	France TF1	Nicole Rieu	Et Bonjour à Toi L'artiste	091	04
04	Germany ARD	Joy Fleming	Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein	015	17
05	Luxembourg CLT	Géraldine	Toi	084	05
06	Norway NRK	Ellen Nikolaysen	You Touched My Life With Summer	011	18
07	Switzerland SSR SRG	Simone Drexel	Mikado	077	06
08	Yugoslavia JRT	Pepel In Kri	Dan Ljubezni	022	13
09	United Kingdom BBC	The Shadows	Let Me Be The One	138	02
10	Malta MTPBS	Renato	Singing This Song	032	12
11	Belgium BRT	Ann Christy	Gelukkig Zijn	017	15
12	Israel IBA	Shlomo Artzi	At Ve'ani	040	11
13	Turkey TRT	Semiha Yanki	Seninle Bir Dakika	003	19
14	Monaco TMC	Sophie	Une Chanson C'est Une Lettre	022	13
15	Finland YLE	Pihasoittajat	Old Man Fiddle	074	07
16	Portugal RTP	Duarte Mendes	Madrugada	016	16
17	Spain TVE	Sergio y Estíbaliz	Tú Volverás	053	10
18	Sweden SR	Lars Berghagen and the Dolls	Jennie, Jennie	072	08
19	Italy RAI	Wess and Dori Ghezzi	Era	115	03

Stockholm calling!

Sweden and its capital Stockholm were the frame for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, and yet again, another voting system was implemented which is still in use today. Juries in every country would give 1 - 12 points to their 10 favourite songs, starting with 12 points to their top favourite, then 10 to the second favourite, 8 to their third favourite, 7 to their fourth favorite and ending with 1 point for their tenth favourite. The votes were cast in the order the songs were performed.A record of 19 participating countries took part in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. After its debut in the preceding year, Greece withdrew from the contest again. On the other hand, Turkey sent its first entry to the song contest and France and Malta returned.

Ellen Nikolaysen from Norway performed for the third consecutive year on the Eurovision Song Contest stage which was only preceded in the 1950s by Lys Assia and Corry Brokken and in the 1960s by Udo Jürgens, but was never repeated afterwards. Portugal's entry was a highly political one. Singer Duarte Mendes dedicated his song to the country's peaceful revolution the previous year. 1975 saw a disappointing result for the German entry Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein, which was performed by Joy Fleming. The song ended up 17th with just 15 points altogether, but is nowadays seen as a highlight in Eurovision Song Contest history.

About the winner

The first entry of the night was the one of the Netherlands. The Dutch performers gave a magnificent perfomance and ended up with the trophy singing Ding-A-Dong. It was the fourth time that the Netherlands won the event.

Facts & figures

The host of the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, Karin Falck, charmingly presented the show but got confused during the voting at one point, when she exclaimed "How much is 7 in French?".