Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Date and venue
Final
  • 8 April 1967
VenueGroßer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg
Vienna, Austria
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
ScrutineerClifford Brown
Production
Host broadcasterÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
DirectorHerbert Fuchs
Executive producerKarl Lackner
Musical directorJohannes Fehring
PresenterErica Vaal
Participants
Number of entries17
Non-returning countries Denmark
Participation map
  •      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1967
Vote
Voting systemTen-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song
Winning song United Kingdom
"Puppet on a String"

The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 8 April 1967 at the Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, Austria, and presented by Erica Vaal. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), who staged the event after winning the 1966 contest for Austria with the song "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens. It was the first contest held in the month of April.

Broadcasters from seventeen countries participated in the contest, one fewer than the record eighteen that had competed in the 1965 and 1966 editions. Denmark decided not to enter and left the contest at this point, not returning until 1978.

The winner was the United Kingdom with the song "Puppet on a String", written and composed by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, and performed by Sandie Shaw. This was the first British win and the entry had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition; it garnered more than twice as many votes as the runner up. Ireland, France, Luxembourg and Monaco rounded out the top five, with Ireland achieving their best result to date.

This was the last contest to be produced in black and white as it would begin to be produced in colour from the 1968 edition onwards.