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| Final | 6 April 1968 |
| Presenter(s) | Katie Boyle |
| Conductor | Norrie Paramor |
| Host broadcaster |  BBC |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall London, United Kingdom |
| Winning song |  Spain"La, la, la" |
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| Each country had 10 jury members who each cast one vote for their favourite song. | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | None |
| Withdrawing countries | None |
| Nul points | None |
| Interval act | Impressions from London |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song "La, la, la", performed by Massiel.
Originally Spain entered Joan Manuel Serrat to sing "La La La", however his demand to sing in Catalan was an affront to Francoist Spain. Serrat was withdrawn by Spain and replaced by Massiel who sang the same song in Spanish. (It was not until 2004, when Andorra made its first entry, that Catalan was heard in the ESC.)
1968 was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast in colour. The countries that broadcast it in colour were France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and the United Kingdom as an encore presentation on BBC2 the next day.
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Results
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Portugal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Belgium | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Luxembourg | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Monaco | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sweden | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| France | 20 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Italy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ireland | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Spain | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Germany | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Yugoslavia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Allegations of vote rigging
In May 2008, the documentary by Spanish film-maker Montse Fernández Villa "1968. Yo viví el mayo español", centered on the effects of May 1968 in Francoist Spain,[1] alleged that the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest was rigged by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who would have sent state television officials across Europe offering cash and promising to buy television series and contract unknown artists in return for votes for the Spanish entry.[2] The allegation was based on a testimony by journalist José María Inigo, worker of TVE at the time, who alleged that it was part of common knowledge and cites as an example that representatives of Spanish record labels offered to bring out albums of Bulgarian and Czech artists.[3]
The documentary claimed that the contest should in fact have been won by the United Kingdom's entry – "Congratulations" performed by Cliff Richard – which finished second by 1 vote.[4][5]. The story was featured on UK Channel 4 News, when Jon Snow interviewed Paddy O'Connell and John Kennedy O'Connor to discuss the scandal. [6]
Massiel, the performer of the winning entry, was outraged by the allegations, and claimed that if there had been fixes, "other singers who were more keen on Franco's regime would have benefited". José María Iñigo, author of the statement in the documentary, personally apologized to Massiel and said that he had echoed a widespread rumour. Both Massiel and Iñigo accused television channel La Sexta, broadcaster of the documentary, of manufacturing the scandal.[7]
Commentators
- Portugal - Fialho Gouveia
- Italy - Renato Tagliani
- Spain - Federico Gallo[8]
- Sweden - Christina Hansegård
References
- ^ "Massiel sí, Madelman no: así fue el Mayo del 68 en España" (in Spanish). Público. 2008-05-03. http://www.publico.es/culturas/077345/massiel/si/madelman/no/asi/mayo/68/espana. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ ""TVE 'compró' los votos para que Massiel ganará Eurovisión" (in Spanish). 20 minutos. 2008-05-05. http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/375057/tongo/eurovision/massiel/. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Vea el vídeo donde José Maríá Iñigo 'descubre' a Massiel" (in Spanish). 20 minutos. 2008-05-05. http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/375709/massiel/eurovision/franco/. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Congratulations... 40 years late
- ^ How General Franco cheated Cliff Richard out of Eurovision title - Telegraph
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiF3Ylj6oRM&feature=channel_page
- ^ "Massiel e Iñigo acusan a La Sexta de "urdir todo para favorecer a Chiquilicuatre"" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 2008-05-06. http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/05/05/television/1210021065.html. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ http://www.eurovision-spain.com/xpress/noticia.php?numero=4395
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