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Eurovision Song Contest 1968
 London
Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
Date: Saturday 6th April, 1968 at 22:00 *
Presented by Katie Boyle
Musical Director: Norrie Paramor
Production by Stewart Morris
BBC Radio Commentator: Pete Murray
UK Spokesperson: Michael Aspel
Interval Act: London Medley arranged by Arthur Wilkinson, conducted by Norrie Paramor
Voting: 10 jury members from each country, each of whom awarded 1 point to their favourite song
*Contest broadcast live on BBC1 in monochrome. Repeated on Sunday 7th April at 16:30 on BBC2 in colour.
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Country |
Title |
Composer(s) |
Artist |
Conductor |
| 1 |
Portugal |
Verao |
Jose Alberto Diogo & Pedro Vaz Osorio |
Carlos Mendes |
Joaquim Luis Gomes |
| 2 |
Netherlands |
Morgen |
Theo Strengers & Joop Stokkermans |
Ronnie Tober |
Dolf Van Der Linden |
| 3 |
Belgium |
Quand Tu Reviendras |
Roland Dero & Jo Van Wetter |
Claude Lombard |
Henri Segers |
| 4 |
Austria |
Tausend Fenster |
Walter Brandin & Udo Jurgens |
Karel Gott |
Robert Opratko |
| 5 |
Luxembourg |
Nous Vivrons D'Amour |
Jacques Demarny & Carlos Leresche |
Chris Baldo & Sophie Garel |
Andre Boroly |
| 6 |
Switzerland |
Guardando Il Sole |
Sanzio Chiesa & Aldo D'Addario |
Gianni Mascolo |
Mario Robbiani |
| 7 |
Monaco |
A Chacun Sa Chanson |
Roland Valade & Jean-Claude Olivier |
Line & Willy |
Michel Colombier |
| 8 |
Sweden |
Det Borjar Verka Karlek Banne Mej |
Peter Himmelstrand |
Claes-Goran Hederstrom |
Mats Olsson |
| 9 |
Finland |
Kun Kello Kay |
Juha Vainio & Esko Linnavalli |
Kristina Hautala |
Ossi Runne |
| 10 |
France |
La Source |
Guy Bonnet, Henri Djian & Daniel Faure |
Isabelle Aubret |
Alain Goraguer |
| 11 |
Italy |
Marianne |
Sergio Endrigo |
Sergio Endrigo |
Giancarlo Chiaramello |
| 12 |
United Kingdom |
Congratulations |
Bill Martin & Phil Coulter |
Cliff Richard |
Norrie Paramor |
| 13 |
Norway |
Stress |
Ola B Johannessen & Tor Hultin |
Odd Borre |
Oivind Bergh |
| 14 |
Ireland |
Chance Of A Lifetime |
John Kennedy |
Pat McGeegan |
Noel Kelehan |
| 15 |
Spain |
La, La, La |
Ramon Arcusa & Manuel De La Calva |
Massiel |
Rafael Ibarbia |
| 16 |
Germany |
Ein Hoch Der Liebe |
Carl J Schauble & Horst Jankowski |
Wencke Myhre |
Horst Jankowski |
| 17 |
Yugoslavia |
Jedan Dan |
Stijepo Strasicic, Djelo Jusic & Stipica Kalodjera |
Luci Kapurso & Hamo Hajdarhodzic |
Miljenko Prohaska |
| THE VOTING |
Por |
NL |
Bel |
Aus |
Lux |
Swi |
Mon |
Swe |
Fin |
Fra |
Ita |
UK |
Nor |
Ire |
Spa |
Ger |
Yug |
Total |
Placing |
| Portugal |
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2 |
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3 |
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05 |
11th= |
| Netherlands |
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1 |
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01 |
16th= |
| Belgium |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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1 |
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08 |
7th= |
| Austria |
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2 |
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02 |
13th= |
| Luxembourg |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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05 |
11th |
| Switzerland |
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2 |
02 |
13th= |
| Monaco |
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2 |
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1 |
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3 |
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1 |
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1 |
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08 |
7th= |
| Sweden |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
6 |
4 |
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15 |
5th |
| Finland |
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1 |
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01 |
16th= |
| France |
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3 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
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1 |
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2 |
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20 |
3rd |
| Italy |
1 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
07 |
10th |
| United Kingdom |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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1 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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28 |
2nd |
| Norway |
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1 |
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1 |
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02 |
13th= |
| Ireland |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
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4 |
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6 |
18 |
4th |
| Spain |
4 |
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2 |
1 |
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4 |
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3 |
4 |
3 |
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1 |
1 |
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6 |
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29 |
1st |
| Germany |
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1 |
1 |
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2 |
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5 |
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2 |
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11 |
6th |
| Yugoslavia |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
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3 |
1 |
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08 |
7th= |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 as broadcast on the BBC was not retained by the BBC archives. However copies exist from other broadcasters.
The winning song was recorded in English as He Gives Me Love (La,La,La) and reached number 35 in the UK charts.
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