About this episode
This year marks the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, and to celebrate, this week on Douze Points we're taking you all the way back to 1969.
It was a legendary year with the first, and last, four way tie. Plus, one of the youngest singers ever to perform at the contest and many more moments that makes this year one for the history books. Enjoy!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Massiel - ‘La, la, la’ (Spain, 1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPAZOwEY0I
Ivan - ‘Pozdrav svijetu’ (Yugoslavia, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFwChBOOgBY
Romauld - ‘Catherine’ (Luxembourg, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFe2X4Vc2Y
Salomé - ‘Vivo cantando’ (Spain, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POj0U2W6MnE
Jean-Jacques - ‘Maman, maman’ (Monaco, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa4RWu5h_00
Muriel Day - ‘The Wages of Love’ (Ireland, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQl6itXi0Yg
Iva Zanicchi - ‘Due grosse lacrime bianche’ (Italy, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL1QLj1aRM8
Lulu - ‘Boom Bang-A-Bang (United Kingdom, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNkiD9uYk
Lenny Kuhr - ‘De troubadour’ (Netherlands, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ctod7qBMeY
Tommy Körberg - ‘Judy, min vän’ (Sweden, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLo19lNGVys
Benjamin Ingrosso - ‘Judy, min vän’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAusiaO1j-I
Louis Neefs - ‘Jennifer Jennings’ (Belgium, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soyXLmqPUPQ
Paolo - ‘Bonjour, bonjour’ (Switzerland, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXAxj0fYhk
Kirsti Sparboe - ‘Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli’ (Norway, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82uR5MLX5YY
Siw Malmkvist - ‘Primaballerina’ (Germany, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYJzDQPhpg
Frida Boccara - ‘Un jour, un enfant’ (France, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YMkBlba68
Simone de Oliveira - ‘Desfolhada portuguesa’ (Portugal, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6WXhDQY_sQ
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