Eurovision Song Contest 1965
| Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Sala di Concerto della RAI Naples, Italy |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Scrutineer | Miroslav Vilček |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) |
| Director | Romolo Siena |
| Musical director | Gianni Ferrio |
| Presenter | Renata Mauro |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Debuting countries | Ireland |
| Returning countries | Sweden |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 5, 3 and 1 points (or combinations thereof) to their three favourite songs |
| Winning song | Luxembourg "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 March 1965 at the Sala di Concerto della RAI in Naples, Italy, and presented by Renata Mauro. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), who staged the event after Italy's entry, "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti, won the 1964 contest.
Broadcasters from eighteen countries participated in the contest – a new record number of participants. Joining the sixteen countries which had participated in the previous year's event were Sweden, who returned after a one year absence, and Ireland, making its debut in the contest.
The winner was Luxembourg with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", written by Serge Gainsbourg, and performed by the French singer France Gall. It was Luxembourg's second contest victory, following the nation's win in 1961 - and it was the first time that a pop song had won the contest. The United Kingdom, France, Austria and Italy rounded out the top five, with the United Kingdom finishing in second place for the fifth time, and Austria achieving its best-ever result with a fourth-place finish. A total of four countries received nul points and finished in joint last place.
With the winning song being of the pop genre, it marked the beginning of a sea change for the contest; it evolved from being an event dominated by chansons and ballads in its early years to one more greatly associated with schlager and pop music for the remainder of the 1960s and into the 1970s and 1980s.