Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Country	Austria
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected artist(s)	Udo Jürgens
Selected song	"Merci, Chérie"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 31 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria was represented by Udo Jurgens, with the song Merci, Chérie, at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. This was the third time in a row that Austria was represented by Udo Jürgens and the first time Austria has won the contest. It would take Austria 48 years to win the contest again with Conchita Wurst in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.

At Eurovision

Points awarded to Austria

Points Awarded to Austria
5 points	3 points	1 point
Belgium Luxembourg Monaco Yugoslavia	France Italy Switzerland	Portugal Spain

Points awarded by Austria

5 points	Switzerland
3 points	Norway
1 point	Luxembourg

References

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Artists	Anita Liane Augustin Nadine Beiler Blue Danube Timna Brauer Marty Brem Vincent Bueno Carmela Corren Thomas Forstner Petra Frey Global.Kryner Karel Gott Ferry Graf Peter Horten Stella Jones Udo Jürgens Kaleen Natália Kelly Lumix Gary Lux The Makemakes Jimmy Makulis Pia Maria Bob Martin Marianne Mendt Mess The Milestones George Nussbaumer Manuel Ortega Paenda Eric Papilaya Alf Poier The Rounder Girls Salena Cesár Sampson Schmetterlinge Eleonore Schwarz Christina Simon Simone Bobbie Singer Bettina Soriat Springtime Teya Tie Break Trackshittaz Nathan Trent Waterloo and Robinson Tony Wegas Westend Wilfried Harry Winter Conchita Wurst Zoë
Songs	~~"Alive"~~ "All to You" "Amen" "Boom Boom Boomerang" "Du bist" "Du bist Musik" "Du hast mich so fasziniert" "Einfach weg" "Falter im Wind" "Für den Frieden der Welt" "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" "Get a Life – Get Alive" "Halo" "Heute in Jerusalem" "Hurricane" "I Am Yours" "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien" "Keine Mauern mehr" "Kinder dieser Welt" "Limits" "Lisa Mona Lisa" "Loin d'ici" "Maria Magdalena" "Merci, Chérie" "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" "Musik" "My Little World" "Nobody but You" "Nur ein Lied" "Nur in der Wiener Luft" "Nur noch Gefühl" "One Step" "Reflection" "Rise Like a Phoenix" "Running on Air" "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" "Say a Word" "The Secret Is Love" "Sehnsucht" "Shine" "Sonntag" "Tausend Fenster" "Venedig im Regen" "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder" "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" "Warum nur, warum?" "Weil der Mensch zählt" "Weil's dr guat got" "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt" "Wenn du da bist" "We Will Rave" "Who the Hell Is Edgar?" "Wohin, kleines Pony" "Woki mit deim Popo" "Y así" "Die Zeit ist einsam" "Zusammen geh'n"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Austria did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Berta Ambrož Margot Eskens Madalena Iglésias Udo Jürgens Tereza Kesovija Åse Kleveland Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson Kenneth McKellar Domenico Modugno Ann-Christine Nyström Madeleine Pascal Raphael Dickie Rock Milly Scott Tonia Michèle Torr Ulla Pia Dominique Walter
Songs	"Bien plus fort" "Brez besed" "Ce soir je t'attendais" "Chez nous" "Come Back to Stay" "Dio, come ti amo" "Ele e ela" "Fernando en Filippo" "Intet er nytt under solen" "A Man Without Love" "Merci, Chérie" "Ne vois-tu pas ?" "Nygammal vals" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Playboy" "Stop - mens legen er go'" "Yo soy aquél" "Die Zeiger der Uhr"