The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th in the series. Four countries won the contest, the first time ever a tie-break situation had occurred. However, there was no rule at the time to cover such an eventuality, so all four countries were declared joint winners. There was a tie-breaker at the 1991 Contest in Rome, where France and Sweden tied for first, in which there was a tie-breaking rule of having more 10s and 12s, which Sweden won.
France's win was their fourth. France became the first country to win the contest four times. The Netherlands' win was their third. Spain and the United Kingdom each won for the second time. And it was the first time that any country (Spain, in this case) had a winning ESC entry two years in a row.
It was also the year that three of the much later to be Big Five had won in the same year.
Participants[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Yugoslavia
|
Ivan & 4M | Pozdrav svijetu | Croatian | Greetings to the world | 13 | 5 |
| 02 |  Luxembourg
|
Romuald | Catherine | French | -- | 11 | 7 |
| 03 |  Spain
|
Salomé | Vivo cantando | Spanish | I live singing | 1 | 18 |
| 04 |  Monaco
|
Jean Jacques | Maman, Maman | French | Mother, mother | 6 | 11 |
| 05 |  Ireland
|
Muriel Day | The Wages of Love | English | -- | 7 | 10 |
| 06 |  Italy
|
Iva Zanicchi | Due grosse lacrime bianche | Italian | Two big white tears | 13 | 5 |
| 07 |  United Kingdom
|
Lulu | Boom Bang-a-Bang | English | -- | 1 | 18 |
| 08 |  The Netherlands
|
Lenny Kuhr | De troubadour | Dutch | The troubadour | 1 | 18 |
| 09 |  Sweden
|
Tommy Körberg | Judy, min vän | Swedish | Judy, my friend | 9 | 8 |
| 10 |  Belgium
|
Louis Neefs | Jennifer Jennings | Dutch | -- | 7 | 10 |
| 11 |  Switzerland
|
Paola del Medico | Bonjour, Bonjour | German | Hello, hello | 5 | 13 |
| 12 |  Norway
|
Kirsti Sparboe | Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli | Norwegian | Wow, wow, wow how happy I'll be | 16 | 1 |
| 13 |  Germany
|
Siw Malmkvist | Primaballerina | German | -- | 9 | 8 |
| 14 |  France
|
Frida Boccara | Un jour, un enfant | French | One day, one child | 1 | 18 |
| 15 |  Portugal
|
Simone de Oliveira | Desfolhada portuguesa | Portuguese | Portuguese Husking | 15 | 4 |
| 16 |  Finland
|
Jarkko & Laura | Kuin silloin ennen | Finnish | Like in those times | 12 | 6 |
Other Countries[]
BBC Cymru Wales opened a supposed selection for Wales' entry in the contest called "Cân i Gymru" (which would be held every year after 1969, with an exception for 1973), but the BBC decided to continue participating as the United Kingdom. Wales would later debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2018.
Trivia[]
- As of September 2021, it is the second oldest-known contest to be featured as part of Eurovision Again.
- In the contest, a prank was pulled where a bunch of guys disguised themselves as part of an "Albanian Delegation".
- "De troubadour" was the 200th song performed at Eurovision.