Eurovision Song Contest 1959

International song competition

Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Dates
Final| 11 March 1959
Host
Venue| Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
Cannes, France
Presenter(s)| Jacqueline Joubert
Musical director| Franck Pourcel
Directed by| Marcel Cravenne
Host broadcaster| Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF)
Website| eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1959
Participants
Number of entries| 11
Debuting countries|  Monaco
Returning countries|  United Kingdom
Non-returning countries|  Luxembourg

Participation map

* Competing countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1959

Vote
Voting system| Ten-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song
Winning song|  Netherlands
"Een beetje"
1958 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1960

The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), the contest, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1959 (English: Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959[1]), was held in France following the country's victory at the 1958 contest with the song "Dors, mon amour", performed by André Claveau.

In total eleven countries participated in the contest, with Monaco making its first appearance and the United Kingdom returning after their absence the previous year. Luxembourg, however, decided not to participate after competing in all former editions.

The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Een beetje", performed by Teddy Scholten, composed by Dick Schallies and written by Willy van Hemert. This was the Netherlands' second victory in the contest, having also won in 1957, and also marked the first time a country had won the contest more than once. Van Hemert also became the first individual to win twice, having also written the first Dutch winning song from 1957, "Net als toen". The United Kingdom placed second, marking the first of a record sixteen times that the country would go on to finish as contest runners-up, while France placed third.

## Location

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Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes – host venue of the 1959 contest

The event took place in Cannes, France, following the nation's victory at the 1958 edition in Hilversum, Netherlands, with the song "Dors, mon amour", performed by André Claveau. The selected venue was the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, built in 1949 to host the Cannes Film Festival and located on the Promenade de la Croisette along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.[2][3] Due to the growth in the film festival a new building bearing the same name was opened in 1982, with the original building renamed as the Palais Croisette.[4]

A garden space with plants from Southern France was installed in front of the building for the contest, and the flags of the participating nations were raised on the roof.[5] The audience comprised 1500 invited guests.[6]

This marked the second occasion in which the previous year's winning country organised the event, and the first time in which the winning country was given first choice at hosting the following year's event, as the rights to host the 1958 contest were only awarded to the Netherlands after all other countries declined.[7]

## Participating countries

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Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1959 - Participation summaries by country

* Austria
* Belgium
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

A total of eleven countries competed in the contest, with Monaco making its first appearance and the United Kingdom returning after a one year absence.[8] The United Kingdom's absence from the 1958 contest is generally reported to have been due to the country's poor result in 1957, but their return coincided with the international success of "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", the Italian entry from the previous year's contest, and the appointment of Eric Maschwitz as Head of Light Entertainment at the BBC.[9][10] Beginning with this event the United Kingdom holds the record for the longest string of consecutive appearances in the Eurovision Song Contest, appearing in every subsequent contest final as of 2023[update].[11][12] Luxembourg was absent from the event, having participated in all previous contests, and appears to have decided against participating late in the preparations for the contest as the country was listed among the participants in several radio and television listings.[1][2][13]

Among this year's participants, two artists had previously competed in the contest. Birthe Wilke had placed third for Denmark in the 1957 contest, performing "Skibet skal sejle i nat" alongside Gustav Winckler, and Domenico Modugno had placed third for Italy in the 1958 contest with "Nel blu, dipinto di blu".[14][15]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959[16][17][18] Country  | Broadcaster  | Artist  | Song  | Language  | Songwriter(s)  | Conductor

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Austria | ORF | Ferry Graf | "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"  | German |

* Günther Leopold
* Norbert Pawlicki

| Franck Pourcel
Belgium | NIR | Bob Benny | "Hou toch van mij"  | Dutch |

* Hans Flower
* Ke Riema

| Francis Bay
Denmark | DR | Birthe Wilke | "Uh, jeg ville ønske, jeg var dig"  | Danish |

* Carl Andersen
* Otto Lington

| Kai Mortensen
France | RTF | Jean Philippe | "Oui oui oui oui"  | French |

* Pierre Cour
* Hubert Giraud

| Franck Pourcel
Germany | HR[a] | Alice and Ellen Kessler | "Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n"  | German  |

* Astrid Voltmann
* Helmut Zander

| Franck Pourcel
Italy | RAI | Domenico Modugno | "Piove"  | Italian |

* Domenico Modugno
* Dino Verde

| William Galassini
Monaco | TMC | Jacques Pills | "Mon ami Pierrot"  | French  |

* Raymond Bravard
* Florence Véran

| Franck Pourcel
Netherlands | NTS | Teddy Scholten | "Een beetje"  | Dutch  |

* Willy van Hemert
* Dick Schallies

| Dolf van der Linden
Sweden | SR | Brita Borg | "Augustin"  | Swedish |

* Åke Gerhard
* Harry Sandin

| Franck Pourcel
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Christa Williams | "Irgendwoher"  | German  | Lothar Löffler  | Franck Pourcel
United Kingdom | BBC | Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson | "Sing Little Birdie"  | English  |

* Stan Butcher
* Syd Cordell

| Eric Robinson

## Production and format

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The contest was organised and broadcast by the French public broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), with Marcel Cravenne [fr] serving as director and Franck Pourcel serving as musical director.[8][20][21] Each country was allowed to nominate their own musical director to lead the orchestra during the performance of their country's entry, with the host musical director also conducting for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.[17]

As in the 1957 and 1958 contests, each country, participating through a single EBU member broadcaster, was represented by one song performed by up to two people on stage. The results of the event were determined through jury voting, with each country's jury containing ten individuals who each gave one vote to their favourite song, with no abstentions allowed and with jurors unable to vote for their own country.[8][22] One rule change implemented for this contest specified that individuals employed in the music industry were no longer allowed to be included among the national juries.[8]

The draw to determine the running order took place on 9 March 1959.[23]

The stage constructed for the event was designed by Gérard Dubois, and was inspired by the era of Louis XIV.[23][24] The stage featured three revolving platforms, each of which was segmented into four, similar to a revolving door, to include various backdrops.[25] These backdrops were specific to each of the participating countries and featured scenery or objects associated with that country.[23][26]

A few days prior to the contest, hotel and shop owners in Cannes complained that the contest was covered and advertised too sparsely by RTF and subsequently feared that too few tourists would come to Cannes.[6][27] In contrast, the Cannes Comité des Fêtes, which was involved in the organisation of the contest, believed that the broadcast of images from Cannes to many European households would have a significant impact on tourism in the weeks to follow.[27]

## Contest overview

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Teddy Scholten upon returning to the Netherlands following her contest win

Assembled crowd at Schipol Airport for Scholten's homecoming

The contest was held on 11 March 1959 at 21:00 (CET) and lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes.[17][28] The event was hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert.[8][17]

The prelude of Charpentier's "Te Deum", the theme music of Eurovision broadcasts, was played as opening act by the orchestra under the direction of Franck Pourcel.[29]

The winner was the Netherlands represented by the song "Een beetje", composed by Dick Schallies [nl], written by Willy van Hemert and performed by Teddy Scholten.[30] The Netherlands became the first country to achieve two victories in the event, and Van Hemert became the first individual to win the contest twice, after previously providing lyrics for the Netherlands' winner in 1957, "Net als toen".[8][25] The United Kingdom's result was the first of sixteen British entries to finish in second place, a contest record as of 2023[update].[11][25]

Alongside the traditional reprise performance of the winning song, the second- and third-placed songs were also performed again, for the first and only time at the contest.[8][22]

After the show, a supper for the participating delegations was held on behalf of the city of Cannes at the Salon des Ambassadeurs of the Casino municipal [fr].[5] Initially, the prize of the contest taking the form of an engraved medallion was to be handed over solemnly during that supper but instead was presented by RTF's director of programming Jean d'Arcy [fr] to Teddy Scholten at the end of the show.[24][27]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959[17][31] R/O | Country  | Artist  | Song  | Points  | Place

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1  |  France | Jean Philippe | "Oui oui oui oui"  | 15  | 3
2  |  Denmark | Birthe Wilke | "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig"  | 12  | 5
3  |  Italy | Domenico Modugno | "Piove"  | 9  | 6
4  |  Monaco | Jacques Pills | "Mon ami Pierrot"  | 1  | 11
5  |  Netherlands | Teddy Scholten | "Een beetje"  | 21  | 1
6  |  Germany | Alice and Ellen Kessler | "Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n"  | 5  | 8
7  |  Sweden | Brita Borg | "Augustin"  | 4  | 9
8  |  Switzerland | Christa Williams | "Irgendwoher"  | 14  | 4
9  |  Austria | Ferry Graf | "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"  | 4  | 9
10  |  United Kingdom | Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson | "Sing Little Birdie"  | 16  | 2
11  |  Belgium | Bob Benny | "Hou toch van mij"  | 9  | 6

### Spokespersons

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Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone.[32] Known spokespersons at the 1959 contest are listed below.

* Netherlands - Siebe van der Zee [nl][33]
* Sweden - Roland Eiworth [sv][26]

## Detailed voting results

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The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in reverse order to that which each country performed.[22]

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959[22][34][35] |

Total score

Belgium

United Kingdom

Austria

Switzerland

Sweden

Germany

Netherlands

Monaco

Italy

Denmark

France

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Contestants

| France  | 15 | 2 |  | 1 | 1 |  | 4 |  | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Denmark  | 12 |  | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |
Italy  | 9 | 1 |  |  | 3 | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3
Monaco  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Netherlands  | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 |  |  | 2 |  | 1 | 7 |  | 4
Germany  | 5 | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | 2
Sweden  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |
Switzerland  | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 |  | 3 | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 |
Austria  | 4 |  |  |  | 1 | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  |
United Kingdom  | 16 | 2 |  | 2 | 3 |  |  | 5 | 2 |  | 1 | 1
Belgium  | 9 |  | 2 |  |  |  | 3 | 1 | 1 |  | 2 |

## Broadcasts

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Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its television network. No official accounts of the viewing figures are known to exist. An estimate given in the press was at least 20 million viewers.[6]

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. Twelve commentator boxes were installed on the balconies of the auditorium.[5] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the table below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries  Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Commentator(s)  | Ref(s)

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Austria  | ORF | ORF |  | [36]
Belgium  | NIR | NIR |  | [37]
INR | INR | Paule Herreman | [37][38]
Denmark  | DR | Danmarks Radio TV, Program 2 | Sejr Volmer-Sørensen | [13]
France  | RTF | RTF | Claude Darget [fr] | [28][29]
France II |  | [39]
Germany  | ARD | Deutsches Fernsehen |  | [40]
Italy  | RAI | Programma Nazionale, Secondo Programma | Renato Tagliani [it] | [41][42]
Monaco  | Radio Monte-Carlo[b] |  | [39]
Netherlands  | NTS | NTS | Piet te Nuyl Jr.  | [43][44]
NRU | Hilversum 1 | Aad Bos  | [43][45]
Sweden  | SR | Sveriges TV, SR P1 | Jan Gabrielsson [sv] | [26]
Switzerland  | SRG SSR | TV DRS, DRS 2 |  | [46]
TSR, RSR 2 |  | [28][39]
TSI, RSI |  | [47]
United Kingdom  | BBC | BBC Television Service | Tom Sloan | [1]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries  Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Commentator(s)  | Ref(s)

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Luxembourg  | CLT | Télé-Luxembourg |  | [48]

## Notes

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1. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[19]
2. ^ Deferred broadcast at 22:06 (CET)[39]

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Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Bob Benny
* Brita Borg
* Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
* Ferry Graf
* Alice and Ellen Kessler
* Domenico Modugno
* Jean Philippe
* Jacques Pills
* Teddy Scholten
* Birthe Wilke
* Christa Williams

Songs|

* "Augustin"
* "Een beetje"
* "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n"
* "Hou toch van mij"
* "Irgendwoher"
* "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien"
* "Oui, oui, oui, oui"
* "Mon ami Pierrot"
* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"
* "Sing, Little Birdie"
* "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig"

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* ~~2020~~
* 2021
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Countries|

| Active|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
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* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

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Inactive|

* Andorra
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Hungary
* Monaco
* Morocco
* North Macedonia
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Turkey

Ineligible|

* Belarus
* Russia

Former|

* Serbia and Montenegro
* Yugoslavia

Debut attempts|

* Lebanon
* Liechtenstein
* Tunisia

Relations|

* Armenia–Azerbaijan
* Russia–Ukraine

National
selections|

| Current|

* Albania
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* Georgia
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Norway
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Ukraine

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Former|

* Armenia
* Australia
* Georgia
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Israel
* Israel Song Festival
* Kdam Eurovision
* The X Factor Israel
* Malta
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Poland
* Krajowe Eliminacje
* Szansa na Sukces
* Russia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

Other awards|

* Marcel Bezençon Awards
* OGAE
* OGAE Second Chance Contest
* Barbara Dex Award (1997–2021)
* You're a Vision Award (2022–)

Special shows|

| EBU|

* Eurovision Song Contest Previews
* Songs of Europe (1981)
* Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (1993)
* Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest (2005)
* Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits (2015)
* EurovisionAgain (2020–2021)
* Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light (2020)

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National|

* Die Grand Prix Hitliste (2006)
* Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (2019, 2022–)
* Der kleine Song Contest (2020)
* ESC 2020 – das deutsche Finale (2020)
* Eurovision: Come Together (2020)
* Sveriges 12:a (2020)

* Category

Portal:

* Music

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