Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Dates
Final20 March 1965
Host
VenueSala di Concerto della RAI
Naples, Italy
Presenter(s)Renata Mauro
Musical directorGianni Ferrio
Directed byRomolo Siena
Executive supervisorMiroslav Vilček
Host broadcasterRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/naples-1965 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countries Ireland
Returning countries Sweden
Non-returning countriesNone
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Vote
Voting systemTen-member juries awarded points (5, 3 and 1, or combinations thereof) to their three favourite songs.
Winning song Luxembourg
"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
1964 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the tenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Naples, Italy, following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held at Sala di Concerto della RAI on 20 March 1965, and was hosted by Italian singer Renata Mauro.

Eighteen countries participated in the contest - setting a new record for the highest number of entrants in the competition until that point. Sweden returned after being absent from the previous edition, while Ireland made its debut.

Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" sung by the French singer France Gall, and written by Serge Gainsbourg, which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries. It was the first winning song since the Netherlands' "Een beetje" in 1959 to not be a ballad, being the first pop song to ever win the competition. For the fourth consecutive year, four countries all scored nul points; Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain - all of which finished with no points for the second time in the contest's history.[1]

  1. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1965". EBU. Retrieved 14 June 2012.