NAPLES 1965 - OIKOTIMES

The 1965 Eurovision Song Contest in Naples saw a winner from Luxembourg again that later turned out to be a worldwide success and made its winner – France Gall – a popular singer all over Europe.

Italy and its national broadcaster RAI hosted this year’s contest for the first time. The number of participants was the highest ever as 18 countries took part. After a year of absence, Sweden returned to the competition and Ireland debuted. Belgium, Germany, Finland and Spain all scored nul points while Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son sung by teenager France Gall which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries.

Swedish participant Ingvar Wixell performed his song -originally called Annorstädes Vals – in English instead of Swedish while all the other participants sang in their native languages. This incident led to a rule demanding all participants should perform their songs in their respective national languages.

For the first time, the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast not only by the European Broadcasting Union, but also by Intervision, its Eastern European counterpart.

VOTING GRID: FINAL

	COUNTRY	PERFORMER(S)	SONG TITLE	SCORE	RANK
01	Netherlands	Conny Van den bos	Het Is Genoeg	005	11
02	Un. Kingdom	Kathy Kirby	I Belong	026	02
03	Spain	Conchita Bautista	Qué Bueno, Qué Bueno	000	15
04	Ireland	Butch Moore	I’m Walking The Streets In The Rain	011	06
05	Germany	Ulla Wiesner	Paradies, Wo Bist Du?	000	15
06	Austria	Udo Jürgens	Sag Ihr, Ich Lass’ Sie Grüßen	016	04
07	Norway	Kirsti Sparboe	Karusell	001	13
08	Belgium	Lize Marke	Als Het Weer Lente Is	000	15
09	Monaco	Marjorie Noël	Va Dire à L’amour	007	09
10	Sweden	Ingvar Wixell	Absent Friend	006	10
11	France	Guy Mardel	N’avoue Jamais	022	03
12	Portugal	Simone de Oliviera	Sol De Inverno	001	13
13	Italy	Bobby Solo	Se Piangi, Se Ridi	015	05
14	Denmark	Birgit Brüel	For Din Skyld	010	07
15	Luxembourg	France Gall	Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son	032	01
16	Finland	Viktor Klimenko	Aurinko Laskee Länteen	000	15
17	Yugoslavia	Vice Vukov	Ceznja	002	12
18	Switzerland	Yovanna	Non à Jamais Sans Toi	008	08