Eurovision Song Contest 1959

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Eurovision Song Contest 1959
Eurovision Song Contest 1959
Dates
Finaldate 11 March 1959
Host
Venue Palais des Festivals et des Congrs
Cannes, France
Presenter(s) Jacqueline Joubert
Conductor Franck Pourcel
Director Marcel Cravenne
Hostbroadcaster Radiodiffusion-Tlvision Franaise (RTF)
Intervalact None
Participants
Numberofentries 11
Debutingcountries
Monaco
Returningcountries United Kingdom
Withdrawingcountries Luxembourg
Vote
Votingsystem Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song
Nulpoints None
Winningsong
Netherlands
"Een beetje"
Eurovision Song Contest
1958 1960
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on Wednesday 11 March
1959 in Cannes, following the French victory the previous year. The contest was won by the Netherlands with the
song "Een beetje", performed by Teddy Scholten. This was their second and the first time a country had won the
contest twice. Willy van Hemert was also the lyricist of "Net als toen", which won the Eurovision Song Contest
1957. Van Hemert was the first person to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice.
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Location
For more details on the host city, see Cannes.
Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Congrs, France. Host venue of
the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest.
Cannes is a city located in the French Riviera. It is a
busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes
Film Festival. It is a commune of France located in the
Alpes-Maritimes department. Cannes is not renowned
for traditional theatre. However, small venues stage
productions and host short sketches during the annual
International Actors Performance Festival. Popular
theaters include the Espace Miramar and the Alexandre
III.
The Palais des Festivals et des Congrs, the venue of
the 1959 contest, was a building built in 1949 to host
the Cannes Film Festival. The original building was
located on the boulevard of Promenade de la Croisette
on the present site of the JW Marriott Cannes. In response to the growing success of the Festival and the advent of
the first business conventions, such as the MIPTV Media Market.
Format
A new rule was created for this Eurovision, ensuring that no professional publishers or composers were allowed in
the national juries. Italy gave one point to France, no points to the UK and seven points to the Netherlands placing
them just three points ahead of the UK. Later on France gave only three points to Italy and four points to the
Netherlands giving them a five point lead over the UK, who were only one point ahead of France, leaving Italy
behind in sixth position, behind Denmark, on nine points. Something that occurred this year, but never again, was
that more than the winning entry was performed once again. The second and third placed songs, United Kingdom
and France, were allowed to sing again at the end of the show, together with eventual winner, the Netherlands.
Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Luxembourg withdrew from the contest for the first time. The United Kingdom returned after missing the previous
contest (appearing on the scoreboard as "Grande Bretagne") and finished second for the first time. The UK would
have 15 second-place finishes in the country's history in the contest. Monaco made its debut in the contest, but came
last.
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.
[1]
France - Franck Pourcel
Denmark - Kai Mortensen
Italy - William Galassini
Monaco - Franck Pourcel
Netherlands - Dolf van der Linden
Germany - Franck Pourcel
Sweden - Franck Pourcel
Switzerland - Franck Pourcel
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Austria - Franck Pourcel
United Kingdom - Eric Robinson
Belgium - Francis Bay
Returning artists
The contest saw the return of two artists who had participated in previous editions of the contest. Birthe Wilke for
Denmark (previous entry in 1957); and Domenico Modugno for Italy (previously entry in 1958).
Results
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01
France
French Jean Philippe "Oui, oui, oui, oui" Yes, yes, yes, yes 3 15
02
Denmark
Danish Birthe Wilke "Uh, jeg ville nske jeg var dig" Oh, I wish I were you 5 12
03
Italy
Italian Domenico Modugno "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" It's raining (Bye, bye baby) 6 9
04
Monaco
French Jacques Pills "Mon ami Pierrot" My friend Pierrot 11 1
05
Netherlands
Dutch Teddy Scholten "Een beetje" A little bit 1 21
06 Germany German Alice & Ellen Kessler "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen
geh'n"
Tonight we want to go
dancing
8 5
07
Sweden
Swedish Brita Borg "Augustin" 9 4
08
Switzerland
German Christa Williams "Irgendwoher" From somewhere 4 14
09
Austria
German Ferry Graf "Der K und K Kalypso aus
Wien"
The K and K calypso from
Vienna
9 4
10 United
Kingdom
English Pearl Carr & Teddy
Johnson
"Sing, Little Birdie" 2 16
11
Belgium
Dutch Bob Benny "Hou toch van mij" Please love me 6 9
Scoreboard
Voting results
France 15 4 1 2 4 1 1 2
Denmark 12 1 1 1 4 1 2 2
Italy 9 3 1 1 3 1
Monaco 1 1
Netherlands 21 4 7 1 2 3 1 3
Germany 5 2 1 1 1
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Sweden 4 1 3
Switzerland 14 2 1 1 3 1 5 1
Austria 4 1 2 1
United Kingdom 16 1 1 2 5 3 2 2
Belgium 9 2 1 1 3 2
The table is ordered by appearance
International broadcasts and voting
The table above shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1959 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.
Voting and spokespersons
1. Belgium - Bert Leysen
2. United Kingdom - Pete Murray
3. Austria - Karl Bruck
4. Switzerland - Boris Acquadro
5. Sweden - Roland Eiworth
6. Germany - TBC
7. Netherlands - Siebe van der Zee
[2]
8. Monaco - TBC
9. Italy - Enzo Tortora
10. Denmark - Bent Henius
11. France - Marianne Lecne
Commentators
Austria - Peter Alexander (ORF) Monaco - Claude Darget (Tl Monte Carlo)
Belgium - Anton Peters (NIR), Paule
Herreman (INR)
Netherlands - Piet te Nuyl (NTS)
Denmark - Sejr Volmer-Srensen (DR TV)
Sweden - Jan Gabrielsson
[3]
(Sveriges Radio-TV
SR P1)
France - Claude Darget (RTF) Switzerland - Theodor Haller (TV DRS), Georges Hardy (TSR)
Germany - Wim Thoelke (Deutsches
Fernsehen)
United Kingdom - Tom Sloan (BBC Television Service), Pete Murray (BBC
Light Programme)
Italy - Bianca Maria Piccinino (Programma
Nazionale)
Luxembourg - Jacques Navadic
(Tl-Luxembourg)
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References
[1] andtheconductoris.eu (http:/ / www. andtheconductoris. eu)
[2] [2] "Teddy Scholten eerste in Eurovisie Songfestival", Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 12 March 1959
[3] Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p.20. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN
91-89136-29-2
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