Eurovision Song Contest 1975

20th Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 22, 1975
Host country	Sweden
venue	St. Eriks Mässan Älvsjö , Stockholm
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Karin Falck
Pause filler	The World of John Bauer
participating countries	19th
winner	Netherlands
First time participation	Turkey
Returning participants	France , Malta
Withdrawn participants	Greece
Voting rule	In each country a jury awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 1974 • ESC 1976 ►

The 20th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Stockholm on March 22, 1975 , after the ABBA group had won the year before . It was moderated by Karin Falck . The winner was the group Teach-In , which started for the Netherlands with their song Ding-a-dong .

particularities

There was a lot of excitement about the song contest in the Swedish capital Stockholm. Extensive security measures were taken as an attack by the Japanese Red Army on the Israeli delegation was feared. The German candidate Joy Fleming was also picked up from the airport by bodyguards because an alleged Jürgen-Marcus fan had made death threats against her on the phone.

In addition , an alternative music festival took place in Sweden with the Alternative Festival from March 17th to 22nd, which was organized by the alternative music scene in Sweden as a counter-movement to the commercially perceived Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm that same week. It was protested that the public broadcaster Sveriges Radio spent its music budget for the year mainly on commercial, internationally oriented pop music and that the local cultural and music scene in Sweden was insufficiently funded. The alternative festival was a great success and resulted in Sveriges Radio not sending a Swedish contribution to the song contest the following year.

There was also tension among Eurovision members. For the first time, Turkey participated in the event in 1975 . Greece therefore decided not to participate due to Turkey's debut. The Cyprus conflict was topical. In the following year, Turkey did not take part, but broadcast the event, but ignored the Greek contribution.

For Germany, Joy Fleming took part with A song can be a bridge . She landed on 17th and thus third from last place. Simone Drexel competed for Switzerland with a German-language song. She landed in 6th place with the song Mikado .

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1975

The Turkey participated in the competition for the first time. Due to the participation of Turkey, Greece decided not to send a contribution to Stockholm. In contrast, France and Malta took part again, so that there was a new participation record with 19 countries.

Voting procedure

This year, the point system that is so typical of the Eurovision Song Contest was introduced, which existed until 2015. In each country there was an eleven-member jury, which initially determined the ten best songs internally. Then the individual juries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	01	Netherlands	Teach-in	Ding-a-Dong M: Dick Bakker; T: Eddy Ouwens, Will Luikinga	English	Ding dong	152
02.	09	United Kingdom	The Shadows	Let Me Be the One M / T: Paul Curtis	English	Let me be the one	138
03.	19th	Italy	Wess & Dori Ghezzi	Era M: Shel Shapiro; T: Andrea Lo Vecchio	Italian	It was	115
04th	03	France	Nicole Rieu	Et bonjour à toi l'artiste M / T: Pierre Delanoë, Jaff Barnel	French	And good day to you, the artist	091
05.	05	Luxembourg	Géraldine	Toi M / T: Bill Martin, Phil Coulter, Pierre Cour	French	You	084
06th	07th	Switzerland	Simone Drexel	Mikado M / T: Simone Drexel	German	-	077
07th	15th	Finland	Pihasoittajat	Old Man Fiddle M: Kim Kuusi; T: Hannu Karlsson	English	Old man's violin	074
08th.	18th	Sweden	Lars Berghagen and the Dolls	Jennie, Jennie M / T: Lars Berghagen	English	-	072
09.	02	Ireland	The Swarbriggs	That's what Friends Are For M / T: Tommy Swarbrigg, Jimmy Swarbrigg	English	That's what friends are for	068
10.	17th	Spain	Sergio y Estíbaliz	Tú volverás M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	You will return	053
11.	12	Israel	Shlomo Artzi שלמה ארצי	At ve 'ani (את ואני) M: Shlomo Artzi; T: Ehud Manor	Hebrew	You and me	040
12.	10	Malta	Renato	Singing this Song M: Sammy Galea; T: M. Iris Mifsud	English	Sing this song	032
13.	14th	Monaco	Sophie	Une chanson c'est une lettre M: André Popp; T: Boris Bergman	French	A song, that's a letter	022nd
14th	08th	Yugoslavia	Pepel in Kri	Dan ljubezni M: Tadej Hrušovar; T: Dušan Velkaverh	Slovenian	Day of love	022nd
15th	11	Belgium	Ann Christy	Successful zijn M / T: Mary Boduin	Dutch , English	Be happy	017th
16.	16	Portugal	Duarte Mendes	Madrugada M / T: José Luis Tinoco	Portuguese	Dawn	016
17th	04th	BR Germany	Joy Fleming	A song can be a bridge M: Rainer Pietsch ; T: Michael Holm	German , English	-	015th
18th	06th	Norway	Ellen Nikolaysen	Touch My Life with Summer M / T: Svein Hundsnes	English	Touch my life with summer	011
19th	13	Turkey	Semiha Yanki	Seninle bir dakika M: Kemal Ebcioğlu; T: Münir Ebcioğlu	Turkish	One minute with you	003

Scoring

Map of the scoring for the winning title from the Netherlands by country

country	Points	NL	IE	FR	DE	LU	NO	CH	YU	UK	MT	BE	IL	TR	MC	FI	PT	IT	SE	IT	Voting
Netherlands	152		8th	5	8th	10	12	6th	8th	12	12	3	12	4th	10	10	7th	12	12	1	18th
Ireland	068	6th		6th	-	-	4th	7th	1	6th	4th	12	-	-	-	1	4th	3	10	4th	13
France	091	8th	12		-	-	-	3	-	8th	7th	2	7th	1	7th	-	12	8th	8th	8th	13
BR Germany	015th	-	-	-		8th	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	03
Luxembourg	084	12	10	3	-		-	-	7th	3	5	-	6th	5	-	5	8th	6th	4th	10	13
Norway	011	2	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	7th	03
Switzerland	077	7th	2	10	6th	2	1		-	5	6th	8th	-	7th	5	4th	2	-	-	12	14th
Yugoslavia	022nd	3	4th	-	2	-	-	-		-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	7th	-	06th
United Kingdom	138	4th	3	12	10	12	7th	8th	12		8th	10	10	-	12	7th	5	10	5	3	17th
Malta	032	1	-	8th	-	5	2	4th	2	-		7th	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	09
Belgium	017th	5	-	-	7th	-	-	-	3	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	04th
Israel	040	10	1	1	1	1	5	2	-	1	-	1		6th	-	3	-	-	6th	2	13
Turkey	003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	-	-	-	-	-	01
Monaco	022nd	-	-	-	3	4th	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	-		2	3	-	-	5	08th
Finland	074	-	5	-	12	6th	10	12	5	4th	-	-	8th		8th		-	1	3	-	11
Portugal	016	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-		2	-	-	03
Spain	053	-	7th	-	5	-	3	5	4th	-	-	4th	4th	3	4th	8th	-		-	6th	11
Sweden	072	-	-	7th	-	7th	8th	1	6th	7th	2	-	3	8th	6th	6th	6th	5		-	13
Italy	115	-	6th	4th	4th	3	6th	10	10	10	10	6th	5	10	1	12	10	7th	1		17th

* 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
• eurovision.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Terror wave in Sweden feared", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 13, 1975, p. 4.
2. ↑ David Thyrén: The Alternative Euro Vision Song Contest 1975 in Sweden . In: A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1950-1975 . Brill, 2016, p. 831-840 .