Eurovision Song Contest 1966

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the annual pan-European music competition, notable for being won by Austrian singer-songwriter Udo Jürgens.

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instanceOf Eurovision Song Contest
broadcastInColour false
broadcastRegion Europe
conductorOfWinningSong Johannes Fehring
country Luxembourg
date 1966-03-05
debutingCountry Monaco
editionNumber 11
finalDate 1966-03-05
host Josiane Shen
hostBroadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion
hostCity Luxembourg City
intervalAct Luxembourgish folk and dance performances
languageRule countries required to sing in one of their national languages
notableFor first and only Austrian victory until 2014
third consecutive participation of Udo Jürgens
numberOfParticipatingCountries 18
openingTheme Luxembourgish orchestral music
organisedBy European Broadcasting Union
partOfSeries Eurovision Song Contest
predecessor Eurovision Song Contest 1965
presentedIn English
French
German
returningCountry Denmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
secondPlace Sweden
secondPlacePerformer Lill Lindfors
Svante Thuresson
secondPlaceSong Nygammal vals
successor Eurovision Song Contest 1967
thirdPlace Norway
thirdPlacePerformer Åse Kleveland
thirdPlaceSong Intet er nytt under solen
Udo JürgensParticipationNumber 3
UdoJurgensPreviousEntries Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen (1965)
Warum nur, warum? (1964)
venue Villa Louvigny
votingSystem ten-member juries awarding 5, 3 and 1 points to their top three songs
winner Austria
winnerLanguage German
winnerPerformer Udo Jürgens
winningSong Merci, Chérie
withdrawingCountry Ireland

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Udo Jürgens winnerOf Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Lill Lindfors notableEvent Eurovision Song Contest 1966
"Merci, Chérie" partOf Eurovision Song Contest 1966
subject linked to: Merci, Chérie
"Merci, Chérie" winnerOf Eurovision Song Contest 1966
subject linked to: Merci, Chérie
"Merci, Chérie" event Eurovision Song Contest 1966 final
subject linked to: Merci, Chérie
linked to: Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 contest Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Eurovision Song Contest 1965 followedBy Eurovision Song Contest 1966