Eurovision Song Contest 1959

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Eurovision Song Contest 1959

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Date:

March 11, 1959

Presenter:

Jacqueline Joubert

Host Broadcaster:

RTF

Venue:

Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, France

Winning Song:

"Een beetje" by Teddy Scholten (music by Dick Schallies, text by Willy van Hemert) for Netherlands

Voting system:

Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favorite song.

Number of Songs:

Countries Making Debut

Monaco

Nul points:

None

Interval Act:

None

The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. In the press it was suggested that Italy and France gave more points to the Netherlands because neither of those two countries wanted the other to win. This has never been verified.

A new rule was created for this Eurovision, ensuring that no professional publishers or composers were allowed in the national juries.

The Netherlands' win was their second and the first time a country had won the contest twice. Willy van Hemert was also the lyricist of Net als toen, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1957. Van Hemert was the first person to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice.

Results

Country (Language)	Artist(s)	Song (Translation)	Place	Points
Austria (German)	Ferry Graf	[Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien] (The K and K Calypso from Vienna)	9	4
Belgium (Dutch)	Bob Benny	[Hou Toch Van Mij] (Please Love Me)	6	9
Denmark (Danish)	Birthe Wilke	[Uh - jeg ville ønske jeg var dig] (Oh - I wish I were you)	5	12
France (French)	Jacques Phiilipe	[Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui] (Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes)	3	15
Germany (German)	Alice & Ellen Kessler	[Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n] (Tonight we want to go Dancing)	8	5
Italy (Italian)	Domenico Modugno	[Piove] (It's Raining)	6	9
Monaco (French)	Jacques Pills	[Mon Ami Pierrot] (My Friend Pierrot)	11	1
Netherlands (Dutch)	Teddy Scholten	[Een beetje] (A little bit)	1	21
Sweden (Swedish)	Brita Borg	[Augustin] (Augustin)	9	4
Switzerland (German)	Christa Williams	[Irgendwoher] (From Somewhere)	4	14
United Kingdom (English)	Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson	[Sing Little Birdie]	2	16
The table is ordered by the countries names.

Score sheet

		Juries

	France		4	1	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	2
	Denmark	0		1	1	1	0	4	1	2	2	0
	Italy	3	0		1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1
	Monaco	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Netherlands	4	0	7	1		2	0	0	3	1	3
	Germany	2	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	0	0
	Switzerland	0	2	0	1	0	1	3		1	5	1
	Austria	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1		0	0
	United Kingdom	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	3	2		2
	Belgium	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2
The table is ordered by appearance.

Map

Green = Participating countries
Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year

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