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The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition held on 5 March 1966 at the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City following France Gall's victory in Naples the year before. 18 countries participated with no nations debuting, returning or dropping out, so it was a full house.

Dutch singer Milly Scott became the first black artist to appear at the contest, it wouldn't be until 2001 that one would finally break through and take the victory. Italian superstar Domenico Modugno also made his third attempt at the title but ended up with Nul Points.

Due to Sweden using English in its song Absent Friend in 1965, a language rule was put in place. With that, every country is required to use the languages used in their country.

The contest was won for the first time by Austria with the song Merci, Chérie performed by Udo Jürgens. It was Udo's third attempt at the contest, and this was his most successful. Austria would eventually go on to win again 48 years later, ending the longest wait between victories by a single nation as of now.

Notable performers[]

Participants[]

Draw Country Artist Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Germany Germany Margot Eskens Die Zeiger der Uhr German The hands of time 10 7
02 Flag of Denmark Denmark Ulla Pia Stop - mens legen er goen Danish Stop, while the going is good 14 4
03 Flag of Belgium Belgium Tonia Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel French A bit of pepper, a bit of salt 4 14
04 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Michèle Torr Ce soir je t'attendais I waited for you tonight 10 7
05 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Berta Ambrož Brez besed Slovene Without words 7 9
06 Flag of Norway Norway Åse Kleveland Intet er nytt under solen Norwegian There's nothing new under the sun 3 15
07 Flag of Finland Finland Ann Christine Playboy Finnish -- 10 7
08 Flag of Portugal Portugal Madalena Iglésias Ele e ela Portuguese He and she 13 6
09 Flag of Austria Austria Udo Jürgens Merci, Chérie German Thank you, darling 1 31
10 Flag of Sweden Sweden Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson Nygammal vals Swedish New-old waltz 2 16
11 Flag of Spain Spain Raphael Yo soy aquél Spanish I'm that one 7 9
12 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Madeleine Pascal Ne vois-tu pas? French Don't you see? 6 12
13 Flag of Monaco Monaco Téréza Kesovija Bien plus fort Much stronger 17 0
14 Flag of Italy Italy Domenico Modugno Dio, come ti amo Italian My God, I love You so much 17 0
15 Flag of France France Dominique Walter Chez nous French Where we live 16 1
16 Flag of The Netherlands The Netherlands Milly Scott Fernando en Filippo Dutch Fernando and Filippo 15 2
17 Flag of Ireland Ireland Dickie Rock Come Back to Stay English -- 4 14
18 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Kenneth McKellar A Man Without Love 9 8

Trivia[]

  • This was the last contest to have no absent nations.
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