Eurovision Song Contest 1973

18th Eurovision Song Contest
date	April 7, 1973
Host country	Luxembourg
venue	Théâtre Municipal , Luxembourg
Broadcasting television station	CLT for
Moderation	Helga Guitton
Pause filler	Charlie Rivel
participating countries	17th
winner	Luxembourg
First time participation	Israel
Withdrawn participants	Malta , Austria
Voting rule	Each country has a two-person jury. One juror over, the other under 25 years. The jurors are allowed to give a minimum of 1 point and a maximum of 5 points to each country.
◄ ESC 1972 • ESC 1974 ►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th song competition of the European broadcasters Eurovision since it began in 1956. It took place on April 7, 1973 in Luxembourg , since that country had won with Vicky Leandros the year before and had the right to host the event perform. The official title this year was the 18th Concours Eurovision de la Chanson . The program was moderated by Helga Guitton, presenter in the German-language program of Radio Luxembourg . Anne-Marie David , who competed for Luxembourg, won the competition with the title: Tu te reconnaîtras .

With 129 out of 160 possible points (80.6%), the highest possible number of points in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest was achieved.

particularities

Artist of the winning title, Anne-Marie David , in 2008

The security measures were increased because of Israel's first participation and the attack on the Olympic Games in Munich the year before. The Israeli participant was under constant police protection, and photographers in the hall were asked to take two photos of the ceiling to prove that the cameras were real. The production manager also had the audience informed before the event to stay seated while applauding , since otherwise there would be a risk of being shot by the security in the hall due to the increased security level.

The event was also marked by a scandal surrounding the Spanish contribution. The song Eres tú was described as a plagiarism of the Yugoslav contribution in 1966 ( Brez besed sung by Berta Ambrož ). However, Eres tú was not disqualified.

The rule that each participating country must sing in the national language has been lifted. However, only Finland , Sweden and Norway made use of this new language freedom .

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1973

Israel took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time this year. Since Malta and Austria did not take part, there was no new attendance record. There were 17 countries at the start.

Voting procedure

The voting procedure was the same as in the previous two years. Each country sent two jurors to the competition, one over and the other under 25 years of age. The juries had to give each song points: at least one point, at most five points.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	11	Luxembourg	Anne-Marie David	Tu te reconnaîtras M: Claude Morgan; T: Vline Buggy	French	You will recognize yourself	129
02.	07th	Spain	Mocedades	Eres tú M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	You are	125
03.	15th	United Kingdom	Cliff Richard	Power to All Our Friends M / T: Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett	English	Power to all of our friends	123
04th	17th	Israel	Ilanit אילנית	Ey-sham (אי שם) M: Nurit Hirsh ; T: Ehud Manor	Hebrew	Somewhere	097
05.	12	Sweden	nova	You're Summer - You Never Tell Me No M: Monica Dominique, Carl-Axel Dominique; T: Lars Forssell	English	You're the summer - you never tell me no	094
06th	01	Finland	Marion Rung	Tom Tom Tom M / T: Rauno Lehtinen	English	-	093
07th	05	Norway	Bendik Singers	It's Just a Game M: Arne Bendiksen ; T: Bob Williams	English, French a.	It's just a game	089
08th.	04th	BR Germany	Gitte	Young day M: Günther-Eric Thöner; T: Stephan Lego	German	-	085
08th.	06th	Monaco	Marie	Un train qui part M: Bernard Liamis; T: Boris Bergman	French	A train that is leaving	085
10.	03	Portugal	Fernando Tordo	Tourada M: Fernando Tordo ; T: José Carlos Ary dos Santos	Portuguese	Bullfight	080
	14th	Ireland	Maxi	Do I Dream M / T: Jack Brierlev, George F. Crosbie	English	Am I dreaming?	080
12.	08th	Switzerland	Patrick Juvet	Je vais me marier, Marie M: Patrick Juvet ; T: Pierre Delanoë	French	I'm getting married, Marie	079
13.	10	Italy	Massimo Ranieri	Chi sarà con te M: Enrico Polito, Gaetano Savio; T: Giancarlo Bigazzi	Italian	Who will be with you	074
14th	13	Netherlands	Ben Cramer	De oude muzikant M / T: Pierre Kartner	Dutch	The old musician	069
15th	09	Yugoslavia	Zdravko Čolić Здравко Чолић	Gori vatra Гори ватра M / T: Kemal Monteno	Serbian	The fire is burning	065
	16	France	Martine Clémenceau	Sans toi M: Paul Koulak; T: Anne Grégory	French	Without you	065
17th	02	Belgium	Nicole & Hugo	Baby Baby M: Ignace Baert; T: Erik Marijsse	Dutch b.	-	058

^a.in a few words in Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Irish , Hebrew, Serbo-Croatian , Finnish , Swedish and Norwegian

^b. in a few words in English, French and Spanish

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	FIN	BEL	POR	GER	NOR	MCO	ESP	SUI	YUG	ITA	LUX	SWE	NLD	IRL	GBR	FRA	ISR
Finland	093	-	9	5	6th	6th	5	6th	6th	7th	2	6th	7th	5	5	9	4th	5
Belgium	058	4th	-	3	4th	3	6th	6th	4th	4th	2	4th	2	3	4th	5	2	2
Portugal	080	4th	6th	-	5	5	4th	8th	8th	6th	3	4th	2	5	4th	5	6th	5
BR Germany	085	2	5	6th	-	4th	5	9	7th	4th	3	7th	6th	5	6th	5	7th	4th
Norway	089	8th	5	5	6th	-	7th	6th	7th	6th	5	7th	3	3	3	3	6th	9
Monaco	085	6th	3	2	4th	3	-	6th	5	9	8th	6th	4th	5	6th	9	5	4th
Spain	125	3	8th	9	9	4th	9	-	8th	9	10	8th	7th	10	10	4th	9	8th
Switzerland	079	4th	3	3	4th	7th	5	7th	-	6th	4th	6th	3	8th	7th	7th	2	3
Yugoslavia	065	5	3	3	4th	2	5	8th	6th	-	2	4th	2	4th	5	4th	4th	4th
Italy	074	2	5	3	5	5	5	5	7th	5	-	5	5	4th	4th	5	5	4th
Luxembourg	129	6th	6th	8th	7th	8th	7th	6th	10	9	9	-	8th	9	8th	10	10	8th
Sweden	094	8th	4th	4th	5	8th	5	7th	9	6th	5	6th	-	6th	5	7th	4th	5
Netherlands	069	4th	4th	2	5	5	4th	5	5	5	4th	7th	3	-	5	3	6th	2
Ireland	080	3	7th	2	4th	6th	6th	7th	5	5	5	6th	5	6th	-	5	4th	4th
United Kingdom	123	9	6th	6th	7th	7th	8th	4th	8th	8th	5	10	9	10	9	-	8th	9
France	065	4th	3	2	4th	4th	5	5	4th	7th	2	3	5	5	5	5	-	2
Israel	097	6th	6th	5	7th	5	7th	4th	6th	7th	7th	8th	6th	6th	7th	5	5	-

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

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Luxemburg Winner in the Chanson Competition", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 9, 1973, p. 8.