- Dates – Grand Final: Wednesday, 11 March 1959 – 20:00 CET
- Host – Venue & Location: Palais des Festivals (Palais des Festivals et des Congrès; Palace of Festivals and Conferences), Cannes, 🇫🇷 France
- Presenter (s): Jacqueline Joubert
- Musical Director: Franck Pourcel
- Director: Marcel Cravenne
- Executive Producer: —
- Executive Supervisor: —
- Multicamera Director: —
- Host broadcaster: Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) / Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF)
- Interval Act: —
- Participants – Number of entries: 11 [🇧🇪 Belgium (4ª), 🇫🇷 France (4ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (4ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (4ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (4ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (4ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (3ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (3ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (2ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (2ª), 🇲🇨 Monaco (1ª)]
- Debuting countries: 🇲🇨 Monaco (1ª)
- Return: 🇬🇧 United Kindom (2ª)
- Non-returning countries: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (3ª)
- Vote – Voting system: Ten-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song. Each participating country had 10 jury members, and each jury member could award one point to one song. Each participating country had 10 jury members, and each jury member could award one point to one song.
- Nil Points: —
- Winning song:🏆“Een Beetje” – Teddy Scholten – 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (2ª)
About – Overview. The fourth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in the glamorous Mediterranean resort of Cannes, France, at the Palais des Festivals – known for hosting the prestigious film festival.
The United Kingdom returned after a year’s absence (and thus holds the record for the longest string of consecutive appearances in the Eurovision Song Contest) and the Principality of Monaco made its debut appearance.
A new rule was introduced this year in that music industry professionals were no longer permitted to serve on national juries; otherwise, the voting procedure remained the same as the previous two Contests.
Italy’s Domenico Modugno returned to the stage following the international success of Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare), representing his country once again with Piove (Ciao, Ciao Bambina) (‘It’s Raining (Bye Bye, Baby Girl)’) and finishing in sixth place.
The Netherlands achieved their second victory with Een Beetje (‘A Little Bit’) thanks to songstress Teddy Scholten. The song’s lyricist, Willy van Hemert, became a two-time Eurovision champion, having also penned the Dutch winning entry in 1957.
For the first (and only) time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, the top three songs were performed again at the end of the show.
⭐The Eurovision Song Contest 1959, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1959 de la Chanson Européenne (English: Grand Prix of the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest), was the fourth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France, and presented by Jacqueline Joubert. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), who staged the event after winning the 1958 contest for France with the song “Dors, mon amour“, performed by André Claveau.
Broadcasters from eleven countries participated in the contest, with Monaco making its first appearance and the United Kingdom returning after its 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, France, Switzerland and Denmark rounded out the top five, with the United Kingdom’s receiving their first (of a total of sixteen) runner-up position in the competition.
| R/o | Country | Participant (S) | SONG – Translate – language | Poins | RANK |
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| 01 | 🇫🇷 France RTF | Jean Philippe | Oui, oui, oui, oui (Yes, yes, yes, yes) French | 015 | 03 |
| 02 | 🇩🇰 Denmark DSR | Birthe Wilke | Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig (Oh, I wish I were you) Danish | 012 | 05 |
| 03 | 🇮🇹 Italy RAI | Domenico Modugno | Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) [It’s raining (Bye, bye baby)] Italian | 009 | 06 |
| 04 | 🇲🇨 Monaco TMC | Jacques Pills | Mon ami pierrot (My friend Pierrot) French | 001 | 11 |
| 05 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands NTS | Teddy Scholten | Een beetje (A little bit) Dutch | 021 | 01 |
| 06 | 🇩🇪 Germany ARD | Alice and Ellen Kessler | Heute abend woll’n wir tanzen geh’n (Tonight we want to go dancing) German | 005 | 08 |
| 07 | 🇸🇪 Sweden SR | Brita Borg | Augustin Swedish | 004 | 09 |
| 08 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland SSR SRG | Christa Williams | Irgendwoher (From somewhere) German | 014 | 04 |
| 09 | 🇦🇹 Austria ÖRF | Ferry Graf | Der K. und K. kalypso aus Wien (The K and K calypso from Vienna) German | 004 | 09 |
| 10 | 🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC | Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson | Sing, little birdie English | 016 | 02 |
| 11 | 🇧🇪 Belgium NIR | Bob Benny | Hou toch van mij (Please love me) Dutch | 009 | 06 |
Participation map
Blue – Participating countries; Grey – Countries that participated in the past but not in 1959
ESC 1959 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results:
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes – host venue of the 1959 contest
1.Location. The event took place in Cannes, France, following the nation’s victory at the 1958 edition 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. 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 and subsequently demolished in 1988.
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.
2.Participating countries. 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. 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 2022. 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.
2.1.Conductors. 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, Franck Pourcel, also conducting for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor. The conductors listed below led the orchestra during the performance for the indicated countries.
- 🇫🇷 France – Franck Pourcel
- 🇩🇰 Denmark – Kai Mortensen
- 🇮🇹 Italy – William Galassini
- 🇲🇨 Monaco – Franck Pourcel
- 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Dolf van der Linden
- 🇩🇪 Germany – Franck Pourcel
- 🇸🇪 Sweden – Franck Pourcel
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Franck Pourcel
- 🇦🇹 Austria – Franck Pourcel
- 🇬🇧 United Kindom – Eric Robinson
- 🇧🇪 Belgium – Francis Bay
2.2.Returning artists.
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
| Lys Assia | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| Corry Brokken | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| Fud Leclerc | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 1956, 1958 |
| Margot Hielscher | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1957, 1958 |
3.3.Participants and results. 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”.
Upon winning the contest, the Netherlands became the first country to achieve two victories in the event, and the winning lyricist Willy van Hemert became the first individual to win the contest twice, after previously providing lyrics for the Netherlands’ winner in 1957, “Net als toen“. The United Kingdom’s result was the first of sixteen British entries to finish in second place, a contest record as of 2022. 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.
3.4.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 1959:
• National Selections in 1959:
| OUNTRY | EVENT | WINNER |
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| 🇧🇪 Belgium | Eurosong 1959 | Bob Benny – “Hou toch van mij“ |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | Melodi Grand Prix 1959 | Birthe Wilke – “Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig“ |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | Sanremo 1959 | Domenico Modugno – “Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)“ |
| 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | Nationaal Songfestival 1959 | Teddy Scholten – “Een beetje“ |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | Eurovisionsschlagern 1959 (song selection) | Siw Malmkvist – “Augustin” |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Concours Eurovision 1959 | Christa Williams – “Irgendwoher“ |
| 🇬🇧 United Kindom | Eurovision British Final 1959 | Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson – “Sing, Little Birdie” |
• Internal Selections in 1959:
| 🇦🇹 Austria | Ferry Graf – “Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien“ |
| 🇫🇷 France | Jean Philippe – “Oui, oui, oui, oui“ |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Alice and Ellen Kessler – “Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n“ |
| 🇲🇨 Monaco | Jacques Pills – “Mon ami Pierrot“ |
4.Format. The contest was organised and broadcast by the French public broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) and was hosted by French broadcaster Jacqueline Joubert. The stage constructed for the event featured three revolving platforms, with each platform segmented into four, similar to a revolving door, to include various backdrops. These backdrops were specific to each of the participating countries and featured scenery or objects associated with that country.
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. One rule change implemented for this contest specified that musical experts were no longer allowed to be included among the national juries.
4.1.Connections:
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Connections Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 |
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| # | Artist | Backing | Composers | Lyricists | Conductor |
| 01 | Jean Philippe: Switzerland 1962: Le retour (solo), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (solo)
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– | Hubert Giraud: France 1979: Je suis l’enfant-soleil (lyricist), Luxembourg 1971: Pomme, pomme, pomme (composer), France 1967: Il doit faire beau là-bas (composer), Monaco 1961: Allons, allons les enfants (composer), Monaco 1960: Ce soir-là (composer), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (composer), France 1958: Dors, mon amour (lyricist) | Pierre Cour: Luxembourg 1977: Frère Jacques (composer, lyricist), Luxembourg 1975: Toi (lyricist), Luxembourg 1971: Pomme, pomme, pomme (lyricist), The Netherlands 1969: Le troubadour (lyricist French version), Luxembourg 1967: L’amour est bleu (lyricist), France 1964: Le chant de Mallory (lyricist), France 1960: Tom Pillibi (lyricist), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (lyricist) | Franck Pourcel: France 1972: Comé comédie (conductor), France 1971: Un jardin sur la terre (conductor), France 1970: Marie-Blanche (conductor), France 1969: Un jour, un enfant (conductor), France 1967: Il doit faire beau là-bas (conductor), France 1966: Chez nous (conductor), France 1965: N’avoue jamais (conductor), France 1964: Le chant de Mallory (conductor), France 1963: Elle était si jolie (conductor), France 1962: Un premier amour (conductor), Austria 1961: Sehnsucht (conductor), Germany 1961: Einmal sehen wir uns wieder (conductor), France 1961: Printemps, avril carillonne (conductor), France 1960: Tom Pillibi (conductor), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (conductor), Monaco 1959: Mon ami Pierrot (conductor), Germany 1959: Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n (conductor), Sweden 1959: Augustin (conductor), Switzerland 1959: Irgendwoher (conductor), Austria 1959: Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien (conductor), France 1958: Dors, mon amour (conductor), France 1956: Le temps perdu (conductor), France 1956: Il est là (conductor) |
| 02 | Birthe Wilke: Denmark 1957: Skibet skal sejle i nat (with Gustav Winckler), Denmark 1959: Uh, jeg ville ønske, jeg var dig (solo) | – | Otto Lington | Carl Andersen | Kai Mortensen: Denmark 1964: Sangen om dig (conductor), Portugal 1964: Oração (conductor), Denmark 1963: Dansevise (conductor), Denmark 1962: Vuggevise (conductor), Denmark 1961: Angelique (conductor), Denmark 1960: Det var en yndig tid (conductor), Denmark 1959: Uh, jeg ville ønske, jeg var dig (conductor), Denmark 1958: Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog (conductor), Denmark 1957: Skibet skal sejle i nat (conductor) |
| 03 | Domenico Modugno: Italy 1966: Dio, come ti amo (solo, composer, lyricist), Italy 1962: Addio, addio (composer), Italy 1959: Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) (solo, composer), Italy 1958: Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare) (solo, composer, lyricist) | – | Domenico Modugno: Italy 1966: Dio, come ti amo (solo, composer, lyricist), Italy 1962: Addio, addio (composer), Italy 1959: Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) (solo, composer), Italy 1958: Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare) (solo, composer, lyricist) | Dino Verde: Italy 1960: Romantica (as Dino Verde, composer), Italy 1959: Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) (as Dino Verde, lyricist) | William Galassini |
| 04 | Jacques Pills | – | Florence Veran | Raymond Bravard | Franck Pourcel: France 1972: Comé comédie (conductor), France 1971: Un jardin sur la terre (conductor), France 1970: Marie-Blanche (conductor), France 1969: Un jour, un enfant (conductor), France 1967: Il doit faire beau là-bas (conductor), France 1966: Chez nous (conductor), France 1965: N’avoue jamais (conductor), France 1964: Le chant de Mallory (conductor), France 1963: Elle était si jolie (conductor), France 1962: Un premier amour (conductor), Austria 1961: Sehnsucht (conductor), Germany 1961: Einmal sehen wir uns wieder (conductor), France 1961: Printemps, avril carillonne (conductor), France 1960: Tom Pillibi (conductor), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (conductor), Monaco 1959: Mon ami Pierrot (conductor), Germany 1959: Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n (conductor), Sweden 1959: Augustin (conductor), Switzerland 1959: Irgendwoher (conductor), Austria 1959: Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien (conductor), France 1958: Dors, mon amour (conductor), France 1956: Le temps perdu (conductor), France 1956: Il est là (conductor) |
| 05 | Teddy Scholten | – | Dick Schallies: The Netherlands 1961: Wat een dag (composer), The Netherlands 1960: Wat een geluk (composer), The Netherlands 1959: Een beetje (composer) | Willy van Hemert: The Netherlands 1960: Wat een geluk (lyricist), The Netherlands 1959: Een beetje (lyricist), The Netherlands 1957: Net als toen (lyricist) | Dolf van der Linden: The The Netherlands 1971: Tijd (conductor), The The Netherlands 1970: Waterman (conductor), Ireland 1970: All kinds of everything (conductor), The The Netherlands 1968: Morgen (conductor), The The Netherlands 1967: Ring-dinge-ding (conductor), The The Netherlands 1966: Fernando en Filippo (conductor), The The Netherlands 1965: ‘t Is genoeg (conductor), The The Netherlands 1964: Jij bent mijn leven (conductor), The The Netherlands 1962: Katinka (conductor), The The Netherlands 1961: Wat een dag (conductor), The The Netherlands 1960: Wat een geluk (conductor), The The Netherlands 1959: Een beetje (conductor), The The Netherlands 1958: Heel de wereld (conductor), Luxembourg 1958: Un grand amour (conductor), Sweden 1958: Lilla stjärna (conductor), Belgium 1958: Ma petite chatte (conductor), Germany 1958: Für zwei Groschen Musik (conductor), The The Netherlands 1957: Net als toen (conductor) |
| 06 | Alice & Ellen Kessler | – | Helmut Zander | Astrid Voltmann | Franck Pourcel: France 1972: Comé comédie (conductor), France 1971: Un jardin sur la terre (conductor), France 1970: Marie-Blanche (conductor), France 1969: Un jour, un enfant (conductor), France 1967: Il doit faire beau là-bas (conductor), France 1966: Chez nous (conductor), France 1965: N’avoue jamais (conductor), France 1964: Le chant de Mallory (conductor), France 1963: Elle était si jolie (conductor), France 1962: Un premier amour (conductor), Austria 1961: Sehnsucht (conductor), Germany 1961: Einmal sehen wir uns wieder (conductor), France 1961: Printemps, avril carillonne (conductor), France 1960: Tom Pillibi (conductor), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (conductor), Monaco 1959: Mon ami Pierrot (conductor), Germany 1959: Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n (conductor), Sweden 1959: Augustin (conductor), Switzerland 1959: Irgendwoher (conductor), Austria 1959: Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien (conductor), France 1958: Dors, mon amour (conductor), France 1956: Le temps perdu (conductor), France 1956: Il est là (conductor) |
| 07 | Brita Borg | – | Harry Sandin | Åke Gerhard: Sweden 1962: Sol och vår (composer, lyricist), Sweden 1960: Alla andra får varann (lyricist), Sweden 1959: Augustin (lyricist), Sweden 1958: Lilla stjärna (composer) | Franck Pourcel: France 1972: Comé comédie (conductor), France 1971: Un jardin sur la terre (conductor), France 1970: Marie-Blanche (conductor), France 1969: Un jour, un enfant (conductor), France 1967: Il doit faire beau là-bas (conductor), France 1966: Chez nous (conductor), France 1965: N’avoue jamais (conductor), France 1964: Le chant de Mallory (conductor), France 1963: Elle était si jolie (conductor), France 1962: Un premier amour (conductor), Austria 1961: Sehnsucht (conductor), Germany 1961: Einmal sehen wir uns wieder (conductor), France 1961: Printemps, avril carillonne (conductor), France 1960: Tom Pillibi (conductor), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (conductor), Monaco 1959: Mon ami Pierrot (conductor), Germany 1959: Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n (conductor), Sweden 1959: Augustin (conductor), Switzerland 1959: Irgendwoher (conductor), Austria 1959: Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien (conductor), France 1958: Dors, mon amour (conductor), France 1956: Le temps perdu (conductor), France 1956: Il est là (conductor) |
| 08 | Christa Williams | – | Lothar Löffler | Lothar Löffler | Franck Pourcel: France 1972: Comé comédie (conductor), France 1971: Un jardin sur la terre (conductor), France 1970: Marie-Blanche (conductor), France 1969: Un jour, un enfant (conductor), France 1967: Il doit faire beau là-bas (conductor), France 1966: Chez nous (conductor), France 1965: N’avoue jamais (conductor), France 1964: Le chant de Mallory (conductor), France 1963: Elle était si jolie (conductor), France 1962: Un premier amour (conductor), Austria 1961: Sehnsucht (conductor), Germany 1961: Einmal sehen wir uns wieder (conductor), France 1961: Printemps, avril carillonne (conductor), France 1960: Tom Pillibi (conductor), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (conductor), Monaco 1959: Mon ami Pierrot (conductor), Germany 1959: Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n (conductor), Sweden 1959: Augustin (conductor), Switzerland 1959: Irgendwoher (conductor), Austria 1959: Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien (conductor), France 1958: Dors, mon amour (conductor), France 1956: Le temps perdu (conductor), France 1956: Il est là (conductor) |
| 09 | Ferry Graf | – | Norbert Pawlicki | Günther Leopold: Austria 1959: Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien (lyricist), Austria 1958: Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe (composer, lyricist) | Franck Pourcel: France 1972: Comé comédie (conductor), France 1971: Un jardin sur la terre (conductor), France 1970: Marie-Blanche (conductor), France 1969: Un jour, un enfant (conductor), France 1967: Il doit faire beau là-bas (conductor), France 1966: Chez nous (conductor), France 1965: N’avoue jamais (conductor), France 1964: Le chant de Mallory (conductor), France 1963: Elle était si jolie (conductor), France 1962: Un premier amour (conductor), Austria 1961: Sehnsucht (conductor), Germany 1961: Einmal sehen wir uns wieder (conductor), France 1961: Printemps, avril carillonne (conductor), France 1960: Tom Pillibi (conductor), France 1959: Oui oui oui oui (conductor), Monaco 1959: Mon ami Pierrot (conductor), Germany 1959: Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n (conductor), Sweden 1959: Augustin (conductor), Switzerland 1959: Irgendwoher (conductor), Austria 1959: Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien (conductor), France 1958: Dors, mon amour (conductor), France 1956: Le temps perdu (conductor), France 1956: Il est là (conductor) |
| 10 | Teddy Johnson & Pearl Carr | – | Stan Butcher: United Kingdom 1962: Ring-a-ding girl (lyricist), United Kingdom 1959: Sing little birdie (composer) | Syd Cordell: United Kingdom 1962: Ring-a-ding girl (composer), United Kingdom 1959: Sing little birdie (lyricist) | Eric Robinson: United Kingdom 1965: I belong (conductor), United Kingdom 1963: Say wonderful things (conductor), Netherlands 1963: Een speeldoos (conductor), Switzerland 1963: T’en vas pas (conductor), Luxembourg 1963: À force de prier (conductor), United Kingdom 1960: Looking high, high, high (conductor), Luxembourg 1960: So laang we’s du do bast (conductor), United Kingdom 1959: Sing little birdie (conductor), United Kingdom 1957: All (conductor) |
| 11 | Bob Benny: Belgium 1961: September, gouden roos (as Bob Benny, solo), Belgium 1959: Hou toch van mij (as Bob Benny, solo) | – | Hans Flower: Belgium 1963: Waarom (as Hans Flower, composer), Belgium 1961: September, gouden roos (as Hans Flower, composer), Belgium 1959: Hou toch van mij (as Hans Flower, composer) | Ke Riema | Francis Bay: Belgium 1979: Hey nana (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1975: Gelukkig zijn (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1973: Baby, baby (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1971: Goeiemorgen, morgen (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1969: Jennifer Jennings (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1967: Ik heb zorgen (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1963: Waarom (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1961: September, gouden roos (as Francis Bay, conductor), Belgium 1959: Hou toch van mij (as Francis Bay, conductor) |
4.Voting. Each participating country had 10 jury members, and each jury member could award one point to one song. The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in reverse order to the order in which each country performed.
Voting results in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959
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🇫🇷 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 | |||||||||||
| 🇳🇱 The 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 Kindom | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
4.1.Spokespersons.
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1959 contest are listed below.
- 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Siebe van der Zee
- 🇸🇪 Sweden – Roland Eiworth
5.Broadcasts. Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. 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. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | – |
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| 🇦🇹 Austria | ORF | Unknown | – |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | INR | Unknown | – |
| NIR | Unknown | – | |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | Danmarks Radio TV | Sejr Volmer-Sørensen | – |
| Program 2 | |||
| 🇫🇷 France | RTF | Unknown | – |
| France II | Unknown | – | |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Deutsches Fernsehen | Unknown | – |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | Programma Nazionale | Renato Tagliani | – |
| Secondo Programma | – | ||
| 🇲🇨 Monaco | Télé Monte-Carlo | Unknown | – |
| Radio Monte-Carlo | Unknown | – | |
| 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | NTS | Piet te Nuyl Jr. | – |
| Hilversum 1 | |||
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | Sveriges TV | Jan Gabrielsson | – |
| SR P1 | |||
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | TV DRS | Unknown | – |
| TSR | Unknown | ||
| TSI | Unknown | ||
| Radio Bern | Unknown | – | |
| Radio Genève | Unknown | ||
| Radio Monte Ceneri | Unknown | ||
| 🇬🇧 United Kindom | BBC Television Service | Tom Sloan | – |
6.Notes.
- “Augustin” was performed by Brita Borg at Eurovision 1959.
7.Trivial / Fun facts.
- The longest song in Eurovision Song Contest is Italy’s “Corde Della Mia Chitarra” from 1957: 5 minutes and 9 seconds. After the contest, the rules were tightened so songs couldn’t be longer than 3.5 minutes initially and later 3 minutes.
- Eurovision Song Contest is normally held every year in May. The earliest Eurovision date was in 1957, on 3rd March and the latest was in 1999 and 2010 when it was held on 29th May.
- The first scandal in Eurovision history occurred in 1957 where the Danish singers Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler kissed for 11 seconds in the end of the song. Generating a furious reaction.
- A new rule was introduced to the 4th contest; music experts were not allowed into the National juries any longer.
- This year only, not just the winning song by Teddy Scholten got a reprise at the end, but also the 2nd and 3rd finalists.
8. The Class of 1959 – All the participants:
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← Eurovision Song Contest 1958 • Eurovision Song Contest 1959 • Eurovision Song Contest 1960 → |
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Countries (in order of appearance) |
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| Final | France ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Italy ⦁ Monaco ⦁ The Netherlands (winner) ⦁ Germany ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Austria ⦁ United Kingdom • Belgium |
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Artists (in order of appearance) |
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| Final | Jean Philippe ⦁ Birthe Wilke ⦁ Domenico Modugno ⦁ Jacques Pills ⦁ Teddy Scholten (winner) ⦁ Alice and Ellen Kessler ⦁ Brita Borg ⦁ Christa Williams ⦁ Ferry Graf ⦁ Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson • Bob Benny |
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Songs (in order of appearance) |
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| Final | “Oui, oui, oui, oui” ⦁ “Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig” ⦁ “Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)” ⦁ “Mon ami Pierrot” ⦁ “Een beetje” (winner) ⦁ “Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n” ⦁ “Augustin” ⦁ “Irgendwoher” ⦁ “Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien” ⦁ “Sing, Little Birdie” • “Hou toch van mij“ |
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