Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | |
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Clifford Brown | |
Executive producer | Paul Ulveling |
Host broadcaster | Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 17 |
Debuting countries | Israel |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries | |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Two-member juries (one aged 16 to 25 and the other 25 to 55) rated songs between one and five points. |
Winning song | Luxembourg "Tu te reconnaîtras" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual
Seventeen countries took part in the contest this year, with Austria and Malta deciding not to participate, and Israel competing for the first time.
In a back-to-back victory,
Location
The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, became the venue for the 1973 contest. It is the city's major venue for drama, opera and ballet.[2][3]
Participating countries
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 – Participation summaries by country | |
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Seventeen nations took part in this year's contest. Israel participated for the first time, while Austria and Malta decided against participating. Malta had originally being drawn to perform in sixth position between Norway and Monaco, however the Maltese broadcaster withdrew before the deadline to select an entry.[4]
The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped this year, so performers from some countries sang in English.
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
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Belgium | BRT | Nicole and Hugo | "Baby Baby" | Dutch |
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Francis Bay |
Finland | YLE | Marion Rung | "Tom Tom Tom" | English | Ossi Runne | |
France | ORTF | Martine Clémenceau | "Sans toi" | French |
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Jean Claudric |
Germany | HR[a] | Gitte | "Junger Tag" | German |
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Günther-Eric Thöner |
Ireland | RTÉ | Maxi | "Do I Dream" | English |
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Colman Pearce |
Israel | IBA | Ilanit | "Ey Sham" (אי שם) | Hebrew | Nurit Hirsh | |
Italy | RAI | Massimo Ranieri | "Chi sarà con te" | Italian |
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Enrico Polito |
Luxembourg | CLT | Anne-Marie David | "Tu te reconnaîtras" | French |
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Pierre Cao |
Monaco | TMC | Marie | "Un train qui part" | French |
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Jean-Claude Vannier |
Netherlands | NOS | Ben Cramer | "De oude muzikant" | Dutch | Pierre Kartner | Harry van Hoof |
Norway | NRK | Bendik Singers | "It's Just a Game" | English, French |
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Carsten Klouman |
Portugal | RTP | Fernando Tordo | "Tourada" | Portuguese |
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Jorge Costa Pinto |
Spain | TVE | Mocedades | "Eres tú" | Spanish | Juan Carlos Calderón | Juan Carlos Calderón |
Sweden | SR | The Nova | "You're Summer" | English |
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Monica Dominique |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Patrick Juvet | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | French | Hervé Roy | |
United Kingdom | BBC | Cliff Richard | "Power to All Our Friends" | English | David Mackay | |
Yugoslavia | JRT | Zdravko Čolić | "Gori vatra" (Гори ватра) | Serbo-Croatian | Kemal Monteno | Esad Arnautalić |
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Marion Rung | Finland | 1962 |
Cliff Richard | United Kingdom | 1968 |
Massimo Ranieri | Italy | 1971 |
Contest overview
In light of the events that had happened during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, there were fears of a terrorist threat, particularly directed against Israel's first-ever entrant, leading to unusually tight security for the contest. This gave rise to one of the best-known Eurovision anecdotes, frequently recounted by the UK's long-serving commentator Terry Wogan. He recalled that the floor manager strongly advised the audience to remain seated while applauding the performances, otherwise they risked being shot by security forces.[9]
This contest holds the record for the most watched Eurovision Song Contest in the United Kingdom, and is also the 18th most watched television show in the same country, with an estimated 21.54 million tuning in on the night. Cliff Richard represented the UK with the song "Power to All Our Friends". He came 3rd with 123 points. The winner though was Anne-Marie David with "Tu te reconnaîtras".
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Finland | Marion Rung | "Tom Tom Tom" | 93 | 6 |
2 | Belgium | Nicole and Hugo | "Baby Baby" | 58 | 17 |
3 | Portugal | Fernando Tordo | "Tourada" | 80 | 10 |
4 | Germany | Gitte | "Junger Tag" | 85 | 8 |
5 | Norway | Bendik Singers | "It's Just a Game" | 89 | 7 |
6 | Monaco
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Marie | "Un train qui part" | 85 | 8 |
7 | Spain | Mocedades | "Eres tú" | 125 | 2 |
8 | Switzerland
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Patrick Juvet | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | 79 | 12 |
9 | Yugoslavia
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Zdravko Čolić | "Gori vatra" | 65 | 15 |
10 | Italy
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Massimo Ranieri | "Chi sarà con te" | 74 | 13 |
11 | Luxembourg
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Anne-Marie David | "Tu te reconnaîtras" | 129 | 1 |
12 | Sweden | The Nova | "You're Summer" | 94 | 5 |
13 | Netherlands | Ben Cramer | "De oude muzikant" | 69 | 14 |
14 | Ireland
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Maxi | "Do I Dream" | 80 | 10 |
15 | United Kingdom | Cliff Richard | "Power to All Our Friends" | 123 | 3 |
16 | France | Martine Clémenceau | "Sans toi" | 65 | 15 |
17 | Israel
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Ilanit | "Ey Sham" | 97 | 4 |
Detailed voting results
Each country had two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. The juries watched the show on TV from the Ville du Louvigny TV Studios of CLT and appeared on screen to confirm their scores.
Finland | 93 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | |
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Belgium | 58 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
Portugal | 80 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
Germany | 85 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
Norway | 89 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Monaco | 85 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
Spain | 125 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
Switzerland | 79 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
Yugoslavia | 65 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
Italy | 74 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
Luxembourg | 129 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
Sweden | 94 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
Netherlands | 69 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
Ireland | 80 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
United Kingdom | 123 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |
France | 65 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
Israel | 97 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
10 points
Below is a summary of all perfect 10 scores that were given during the voting.
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 10 points |
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3 | Luxembourg
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Switzerland, United Kingdom
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Spain | Italy, Netherlands
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2 | United Kingdom | Luxembourg
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Broadcasts
Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[13]
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Austria, Greece, Iceland, Malta and Turkey, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision, and in Japan.[4]
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Austria | ORF | FS2 | Ernst Grissemann | [44][45] |
Hungary | MTV | MTV[c] | [46] | |
Iceland | RÚV | Sjónvarpið[d] | Jón O. Edwald | [47] |
Malta | MBA | MTS, National Network | Victor Aquilina | [48][49] |
Turkey | TRT | TRT Televizyon | [50] |
Notes
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