Years > Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Contest details
Location: Grand Auditorium de RTL, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Broadcaster: RTL
Host(s): Josiane Shen
Participating countries: 18
Voting: Each country allocated 5 points to the song that gained the most votes from the national jury, 3 points to the song gaining the second highest number of votes and 1 point to the song gaining the third highest number of votes.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1966
| country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
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9 | Austria | Udo Jürgens | Merci chérie | 31 | 1 |
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10 | Sweden | Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson | Nygammal vals eller hip man svinaherde | 16 | 2 |
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6 | Norway | Åse Kleveland | Intet er nytt under solen | 15 | 3 |
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17 | Ireland | Dickie Rock | Come back to stay | 14 | 4 |
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3 | Belgium | Tonia | Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel | 14 | 4 |
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12 | Switzerland | Madeleine Pascal | Ne vois-tu pas? | 12 | 6 |
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5 | Yugoslavia | Berta Ambroz | Brez besed | 9 | 7 |
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11 | Spain | Raphael | Yo soy aquél | 9 | 7 |
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18 | United Kingdom | Kenneth McKellar | A man without love | 8 | 9 |
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7 | Finland | Ann-Christine Nyström | Play-boy | 7 | 10 |
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4 | Luxembourg | Michèle Torr | Ce soir je t'attendais | 7 | 10 |
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1 | Germany | Margot Eskens | Die Zeiger der Uhr | 7 | 10 |
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8 | Portugal | Madalena Iglesias | Ele e ela | 6 | 13 |
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2 | Denmark | Ulla Pia | Stop, ja stop - ja stop, mens legen er go | 4 | 14 |
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16 | The Netherlands | Milly Scott | Fernando en Philippo | 2 | 15 |
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15 | France | Dominique Walter | Chez nous | 1 | 16 |
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13 | Monaco | Tereza | Bien plus fort | 0 | 17 |
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14 | Italy | Domenico Modugno | Dio come ti amo | 0 | 17 |
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Eurovision Song Contest 1966
The Italian participant Domenico Modugno was not satisfied with the orchestra and left stage angry during the dress rehearsal. It was uncertain if he would perform during the live show, which happened after all. His song, Dio come ti amo, became a huge success in South-America for Gigliola Cinquetti afterwards. Winner Udo Jürgens from Austria had already participated twice before so he was third time lucky. Future songcontesthosts Lill Lindfors and Åse Kleveland took part in this contest, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.
