Eurovision Song Contest 1964
| Eurovision Song Contest 1964 |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 21 March 1964 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Tivolis Koncertsal Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Presenter(s) | Lotte Wæver |
| Conductor | Kai Mortensen |
| Host broadcaster | Danmarks Radio (DR) |
| Interval act | Ballet-harlequinade |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Debuting countries |  Portugal |
| Returning countries | None |
| Withdrawing countries |  Sweden |
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| Voting system | Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totalled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order. |
| Nul points | |
| Winning song |  Italy"Non ho l'età" |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the ninth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark after the Danish victory the previous year. Italy won the contest for their first time scoring 49 points with the song "Non ho l'età", performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.[1]
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Location [edit]
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark was the host city for the ninth edition of Eurovision. First documentation of the city was in the 11th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the beginning of the 15th century. During the 17th century, under the reign of Christian IV, it became a significant regional centre. Its strategic location and excellent infrastructure, with the largest airport in Scandinavia,[2] Kastrup, located 14 minutes by train from the city centre, have made it a regional hub and a popular location for regional headquarters[3] and conventions.
The venue choice for the contest was Denmark's famous amusement park and pleasure garden Tivoli Gardens. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg. The amusement park was first called "Tivoli & Vauxhall";[4] "Tivoli" alluding to the Jardin de Tivoli in Paris (which in its turn had been named from Tivoli near Rome), and "Vauxhall" alluding to the Vauxhall Gardens in London.
Tivoli's founder, Georg Carstensen (b. 1812 – d. 1857), obtained a five-year charter to create Tivoli by telling King Christian VIII that "when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics". The monarch granted Carstensen use of roughly 15 acres (61,000 m²) of the fortified glacis outside Vesterport (the West Gate) for an annual rent. Therefore, until the 1850s, Tivoli was outside the city, accessible through Vesterport.
Format [edit]
Sweden did not participate because of a boycott by singers. They did however broadcast it. A political protest occurred after the Swiss entry: a man trespassed onto the stage holding a banner that read "Boycott Franco & Salazar". Whilst this was going on, television viewers were shown a shot of the scoreboard; once the man was removed the contest went on.
The immediate response of the Koncertsal audience to the Italian entry was markedly enthusiastic and prolonged and, most unusually for a contest performance, after leaving the stage Gigliola Cinquetti was allowed to return to take a second bow. Her performance was given an unscheduled repeat on British television the following afternoon. In the event, she won the most crushing victory in the history of the contest, with a score almost three times that of her nearest rival, a feat extremely unlikely ever to be beaten under the post-1974 scoring system.
As with the 1956 contest, no video recording of the actual contest performance is known to survive (although one does of the shorter winning reprise); however like the 1956 contest an audio recording does exist. (Videos of Cinquetti's Sanremo performance and her Eurovision winning reprise have both appeared on YouTube.) Reports say that this is because there was a fire at the studios of DR, the Danish broadcaster, in the 1970s. No other broadcaster recorded the entire show (although segments of the contest do exist in the archives of NDR Germany) other than for the Winners' reprise.[1] It has been speculated that the BBC once held a copy of the show, as an empty tape canister marked "Eurovision 1964" was found during a storage cleanup, but the tape was missing, presumably wiped.[5].
Participating countries [edit]
Sweden did not participate because of a boycott by singers. They did however broadcast it. Portugal made its début in the contest, however they became the first country to score nul points on their début. Germany, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia also scored nul points for the first time. The Netherlands became the first country to send a singer of non-European ancestry, Anneke Grönloh was of Indonesian descent.[1]
Conductors [edit]
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Returning artists [edit]
Only one artist returned to the contest this year, with Anita Traversi representing Switzerland again, after previously participation in 1960.[1]
Results [edit]
Scoreboard [edit]
Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totaled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order.[1]
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Luxembourg | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | - | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 points [edit]
Below is a summary of all 5 points in the final:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 8 | Italy | Austria, Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Austria | Italy, Spain |
| United Kingdom | Norway, Switzerland | |
| 1 | France | Monaco |
| Luxembourg | Germany | |
| Monaco | France | |
| Norway | Denmark |
International broadcasts and voting [edit]
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1964 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Eurovision Song Contest 1964". EBU. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ "Copenhagen Airport". waymarking.com.
- ^ "Copenhagen Region Ranks 3rd in Western Europe for Attracting Head Offices". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Tivoli – Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen – Copenhagen Portal – Tourist Guide. Copenhagenet.dk. Retrieved on 15 August 2011.
- ^ The Lost Tapes: BBC documentary about wiping during the 60s, aired on BBC Three in 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Conductors 1964". 4Lyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1964". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Dokumentaire over Schiermonnikoog". De Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). March 23, 1964.
- ^ a b Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
- ^ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ a b Christian Masson. "1964 - Copenhague". Songcontest.free.fr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ Diário de Lisboa, 22 March 1964
- ^ "FORO FESTIVAL DE EUROVISIÓN • Ver Tema - Uribarri comentarista Eurovision 2010". Eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p. 48. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN 91-89136-29-2
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