Eurovision Song Contest 1969
| Eurovision Song Contest 1969 | |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Real Madrid, Spain |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Scrutineer | Clifford Brown |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Televisión Española (TVE) |
| Director | Ramón Díez |
| Musical director | Augusto Algueró |
| Presenter | Laurita Valenzuela |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Non-returning countries | Austria |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Ten-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song |
| Winning song | |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 March 1969 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain, and presented by Laurita Valenzuela. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE), who staged the event after winning the 1968 contest for Spain with the song "La La La" by Massiel.
Broadcasters from a total of sixteen countries took part in the contest, with Austria being the only absence from the seventeen that participated the previous year.
At the close of voting, four countries had received the same number of points, and were therefore declared joint-winners: the United Kingdom with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" by Lulu, Spain with "Vivo cantando" by Salomé, the Netherlands with "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, and France with "Un jour, un enfant" by Frida Boccara. It was the first time in the history of the contest that a tie for first place had occurred, and since the rules in place at the time allowed more than one winner, all four countries were declared joint winners. France's win was its fourth, thus making it the first country to win the contest four times. The Netherlands' win was its third. Spain and the United Kingdom each won for the second time, with Spain becoming the first country to win the contest twice in a row.