Eurovision Song Contest 1964

9th Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 21, 1964
Host country	Denmark
venue	Tivolis Concert Hall , Copenhagen
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Lotte Wæver
Pause filler	Ballet harlequinade
participating countries	16
winner	Italy
First time participation	Portugal
Withdrawn participants	Sweden
Voting rule	In each country, a jury awarded 1, 3 and 5 points to the three best titles
◄ ESC 1963 • ESC 1965 ►

The 9th Eurovision Grand Prix , the official title for that year, took place on March 21, 1964 in Tivoli , Copenhagen . The event was moderated by Lotte Wæver . Portugal took part in this competition for the first time, while Sweden paused because of an artist strike .

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1964

Portugal participated for the first time , but with Sweden taking a break, sixteen countries took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the fourth time in a row.

Voting procedure

A new voting procedure has been introduced. Each country was able to award a total of nine points, of which the first place within the jury received five points, the second three points and the third one point. If only one song was nominated, all nine points would be awarded. If there were two, the first would get six points and the second three points.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
01.	12	Italy	Gigliola Cinquetti	Non ho l'età (per amarti) M: Mario Panzeri, Gene Colonnello; T: Nicola Salerno	Italian	I am too young (to love you)	49
02.	08th	United Kingdom	Matt Monro	I Love the Little Things M / T: Tony Hatch	English	I love the little things	17th
03.	10	Monaco	Romuald	Où sont-elles passées? M: Francis Lai; T: Pierre Barouh	French	Where did they go	15th
04th	01	Luxembourg	Hugues Aufray	Dès que le printemps revient M: Hugues Aufray ; T: Jacques Plante	French	As soon as spring comes	14th
04th	07th	France	Rachel	Le chant de Mallory M: André Popp; T: Pierre Cour	French	Mallory's song	14th
06th	06th	Austria	Udo Juergens	Why just why? M / T: Udo Jürgens	German	-	11
07th	05	Finland	Let Mårtenson	Laiskotellen M: Lasse Mårtenson; T: Sauvo Puhtila	Finnish	couch potatoes	09
08th.	03	Norway	Arne Bendiksen	Spiral M: Sigurd Jansen; T: Egil Hagen	Norwegian	spiral	06th
09.	04th	Denmark	Bjørn Tidmand	Sangen om dig M: Aksel V. Rasmussen; T: Mogens Dam	Danish	The song about you	04th
10.	02	Netherlands	Anneke Grönloh	Jij bent my leven M: Ted Powder; T: René de Vos	Dutch	You are my life	02
10.	15th	Belgium	Robert Cogoi	Près de ma rivière M / T: Robert Cogoi	French	Near my river	02
12.	16	Spain	Nelly, Tim and Tony	Caracola M / T: Fina de Calderón	Spanish	shell	01
13.	09	BR Germany	Nora Nova	You get used to beauty so quickly M: Rudi von der Dovenmühle ; T: Niels Nobach	German	-	00
13.	11	Portugal	António Calvário	Oração M: João Nobre; T: Francisco Nicholson, Rogério Braçinha	Portuguese	prayer	00
13.	13	Yugoslavia	Sabahudin Kurt	Život je sklopio mug M: Srcan Matijević; T: Stevan Raicković	Bosnian	The circle of life has come full	00
13.	14th	Switzerland	Anita Traversi	I miei pensieri M: Giovanni Pelli; T: Sanzio Chiesa	Italian	My thoughts	00

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	LUX	NED	NOR	THE	FIN	AUT	FRA	GBR	GER	MON	POR	ITA	YUG	SUI	BEL	ESP
Luxembourg	14th	-	3					3		5			3
Netherlands	02		-		1				1
Norway	06th			-	5	1
Denmark	04th			1	-												3
Finland	09			3	3	-			3
Austria	11						-						5			1	5
France	14th	1					3	-			5	3		1			1
United Kingdom	17th		1	5		3	1	1	-	1					5
BR Germany	00									-
Monaco	15th	3						5			-			3	1	3
Portugal	00											-
Italy	49	5	5			5	5		5	3	3	5	-	5	3	5
Yugoslavia	00													-
Switzerland	00														-
Belgium	02										1	1				-
Spain	01												1				-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Others

• There are no recordings of the event. Only one radio recording exists. The recordings of the broadcast were burned in a fire on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) .
•  Belgium : An incident occurred when a man wanted to storm the stage before the presentation of the Belgian contribution to protest against the military regimes in Spain and in Portugal, which was participating for the first time , with the words "Down with Franco , down with Salazar " .
•  Portugal : Portugal did not receive any points the first time they participated.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://lostmediawiki.com/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1964_(partially_found_broadcast_footage;_1964)