Eurovision Song Contest 1975

The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 1974 contest with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR), the contest was held at Stockholmsmässan on 22 March 1975, and was hosted by Swedish television director Karin Falck. It was the first time that the contest had taken place in Sweden.

Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Dates
Final22 March 1975
Host
VenueStockholmsmässan
Stockholm, Sweden
Presenter(s)Karin Falck
Musical directorMats Olsson
Directed byBo Billtén
Executive supervisorClifford Brown
Executive producerRoland Eiworth
Host broadcasterSveriges Radio (SR)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/stockholm-1975
Participants
Number of entries19
Debuting countries Turkey
Returning countries
Non-returning countries Greece
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the countries of Europe
         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1975
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Netherlands
"Ding-a-dong"

Nineteen countries participated in the contest, beating the previous record of eighteen, that was first set in the 1965 edition. France and Malta returned after their one-year and two-year absences, respectively. Turkey made its debut, while Greece decided not to enter after its debut the year prior.[1]

The winner of the contest was the Netherlands who won with the song "Ding-a-dong", performed by Teach-In, written by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens, and composed by Dick Bakker. The country would not win again until 2019.

Location
Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm – host venue of the 1975 contest.

The contest took place in Stockholm, the capital and largest city of Sweden, which has long been one of the country's cultural, media, political, and economic centres as well as the most populated urban area in Scandinavia.[2][3]

The venue for the contest was Stockholmsmässan (or Stockholm International Fairs in English). The main building is in Älvsjö – a southern suburb of Stockholm Municipality. It was constructed in 1971 and holds 4,000 people.

Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Teach-In leaving from Amsterdam Airport for the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Nineteen countries took part in the contest; As a result of Turkey competing in the competition for the very first time, Greece decided not to enter after its 1974 debut in protest at the Turkish participation due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that had occurred the year before. Meanwhile, France and Malta returned to the contest after having been absent for one and two years, respectively .[1]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1975[4][5][6][7]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Belgium BRT Ann Christy "Gelukkig zijn" Dutch, English Mary Boduin Francis Bay
 Finland YLE Pihasoittajat "Old Man Fiddle" English
  • Hannu Karlsson
  • Kim Kuusi
  • Arthur Ridgway Spencer
 Ossi Runne
 France TF1 Nicole "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" French
Jean Musy
 Germany HR[lower-alpha 1] Joy Fleming "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" German, English
Rainer Pietsch
 Ireland RTÉ The Swarbriggs "That's What Friends Are For" English
Colman Pearce
 Israel IBA Shlomo Artzi "At Ve'Ani" (את ואני) Hebrew
Eldad Shrem
 Italy RAI Wess and Dori Ghezzi "Era" Italian
Natale Massara
 Luxembourg CLT Géraldine "Toi" French
Phil Coulter
 Malta MBA Renato "Singing This Song" English
  • Sammy Galea
  • M. Iris Misfud
 Vince Tempera
 Monaco TMC Sophie "Une chanson c'est une lettre" French
André Popp
 Netherlands NOS Teach-In "Ding-a-dong" English
Harry van Hoof
 Norway NRK Ellen Nikolaysen "Touch My Life with Summer" English
  • Svein Hundnes
  • Johnny Sareussen
 Carsten Klouman
 Portugal RTP Duarte Mendes "Madrugada" Portuguese José Luis Tinoco Pedro Osório
 Spain TVE Sergio and Estíbaliz "Tú volverás" Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón Juan Carlos Calderón
 Sweden SR Lars Berghagen "Jennie, Jennie" English Lars Berghagen Lars Samuelson
  Switzerland SRG SSR Simone Drexel "Mikado" German Simone Drexel Peter Jacques
 Turkey TRT Semiha Yankı "Seninle Bir Dakika" Turkish
  • Hikmet Münir Ebcioğlu
  • Kemal Ebcioğlu
 Timur Selçuk
 United Kingdom BBC The Shadows "Let Me Be the One" English Paul Curtis Alyn Ainsworth
 Yugoslavia JRT Pepel in kri[lower-alpha 2] "Dan ljubezni" Slovene
Mario Rijavec

Returning artists
Artist Country Previous year(s)
Ellen Nikolaysen  Norway 1973 (as part of Bendik Singers)
1974 (as part of Bendik Singers)
John Farrar (as part of The Shadows)  United Kingdom 1973 (as backing singer for Cliff Richard)

Format

To introduce each song, all the artists were recorded on videotape painting a portrait of themselves during the rehearsal period, incorporating their nation's flag into the illustration. Some artists included their backing artists in the painting, others chose only to paint the lead singer.

This year a new scoring system was implemented. Each country would be represented by a jury of 11 members, at least half of whom had to be under the age of 26. Each jury member had to award every song a mark of between 1 and 5 points, but could not vote for their own nation's entry. The votes were cast immediately after the song was performed and collected by the adjudicator straight away. After the last song was performed, the jury secretary added up all the votes cast and awarded 12 points to the song with the highest score, 10 to the second highest score, then 8 to the third, and so forth down to 1 point for the song ranked 10th. The 12–1 points system remained in use until 2015. Unlike today, the points were not given in order (from 1 up to 12), but in the order the songs were performed. The current procedure of announcing the scores in ascending order, beginning with 1 point, was not established until 1980.

Contest overview
Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1975[9]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Netherlands Teach-In "Ding-a-dong" 152 1
2  Ireland The Swarbriggs "That's What Friends Are For" 68 9
3  France Nicole "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" 91 4
4  Germany Joy Fleming "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" 15 17
5  Luxembourg Géraldine "Toi" 84 5
6  Norway Ellen Nikolaysen "Touch My Life with Summer" 11 18
7   Switzerland Simone Drexel "Mikado" 77 6
8  Yugoslavia Pepel in kri[lower-alpha 2] "Dan ljubezni" 22 13
9  United Kingdom The Shadows "Let Me Be the One" 138 2
10  Malta Renato "Singing This Song" 32 12
11  Belgium Ann Christy "Gelukkig zijn" 17 15
12  Israel Shlomo Artzi "At Ve'Ani" 40 11
13  Turkey Semiha Yankı "Seninle Bir Dakika" 3 19
14  Monaco Sophie "Une chanson c'est une lettre" 22 13
15  Finland Pihasoittajat "Old Man Fiddle" 74 7
16  Portugal Duarte Mendes "Madrugada" 16 16
17  Spain Sergio and Estíbaliz "Tú volverás" 53 10
18  Sweden Lars Berghagen "Jennie, Jennie" 72 8
19  Italy Wess and Dori Ghezzi "Era" 115 3

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1975 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting results
Detailed voting results[12][13]
Total score
Netherlands
Ireland
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Norway
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Malta
Belgium
Israel
Turkey
Monaco
Finland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Contestants
 Netherlands 152858101268121231241010712121
Ireland 68664716412143104
France 91812387271712888
Germany 15834
Luxembourg 841210373565586410
Norway 11227
Switzerland 777210621568754212
Yugoslavia 22342517
United Kingdom 1384312101278128101012751053
Malta 32185242712
Belgium 175732
Israel 4010111152116362
Turkey 33
Monaco 2234212235
Finland 7451261012548813
Portugal 162122
Spain 5375354443486
Sweden 727781672386665
Italy 115644361010101065101121071

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
6  Netherlands  Israel,  Malta,  Norway,  Spain,  Sweden,  United Kingdom
4  United Kingdom  France,  Luxembourg,  Monaco,  Yugoslavia
2  Finland  Germany,   Switzerland
 France  Ireland,  Portugal
1  Ireland  Belgium
 Italy  Finland
 Luxembourg  Netherlands
 Portugal  Turkey
  Switzerland  Italy

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[1][14]

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast via Intervision to Eastern European countries, and in Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Jordan and South Korea.[5][15] A planned broadcast in Chile by TVN was prevented by Sveriges Radio, following pressure from the Swedish Musicians' Union in opposition to the military dictatorship in the country.[16][17][18][19]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Belgium BRT BRT Unknown [20][21][22]
BRT Radio 1 Unknown
RTB RTB Unknown [20][21][23]
 Finland YLE TV1 Heikki Seppälä [16][24]
Rinnakkaisohjelma Erkki Melakoski
 France TF1 Georges de Caunes [23][25]
 Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Werner Veigel [21][26][27]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Mike Murphy [28][29]
RTÉ Radio Unknown [30]
 Israel IBA Israeli Television Unknown [31]
 Italy RAI Programma Nazionale, Secondo Programma Silvio Noto [32]
 Luxembourg CLT RTL Télé-Luxembourg Unknown [23]
 Malta MBA TVM, Radio Malta Norman Hamilton [33][34]
 Monaco Télé Monte-Carlo Unknown [35]
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 2 Willem Duys [21][36]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet, NRK John Andreassen [37]
 Portugal RTP I Programa Unknown [38]
 Spain TVE TVE 1 José Luis Uribarri [39][40]
 Sweden SR TV1 Åke Strömmer [11][24][37]
SR P3 Ursula Richter
  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Unknown [25][26][41][42]
TSR Georges Hardy
TSI[lower-alpha 3] Unknown
RSR 1 Robert Burnier
 Turkey TRT TRT Televizyon Unknown [43]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Pete Murray [5][44]
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 Terry Wogan [5][45][46]
BFBS BFBS Radio [5]
 Yugoslavia JRT TV Koper-Capodistria Unknown [32][47][48]
TV Ljubljana 1 Unknown
TV Zagreb 1 Unknown
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS2 Ernst Grissemann [26][49]
 Denmark DR DR TV Per Møller Hansen [50]
 Greece EIRT EIRT Mako Georgiadou [51]
 Hungary MTV MTV1[lower-alpha 4] Unknown [52]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið[lower-alpha 5] Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir [53]

Notes
  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[8]
  2. Credited on screen as "Ashes and Blood"
  3. Deferred broadcast on 23 March at 15:15 CET (14:15 UTC)[42]
  4. Delayed broadcast on 20 April 1975 at 16:05 CET (15:05 UTC)[52]
  5. Delayed broadcast on 13 April 1975 at 21:10 WET (21:10 UTC)[53]

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