Eurovision Song Contest 1973

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Eurovision Song Contest 1973

The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the 1972 contest with the song "Après toi" by Vicky Leandros. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), the contest was held at the Grand Théâtre on 7 April 1973 and was hosted by German television presenter Helga Guitton.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1973
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Dates
Final7 April 1973
Host
VenueGrand Théâtre
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Presenter(s)Helga Guitton
Executive producerPaul Ulveling [lb]
DirectorRené Steichen
Musical directorPierre Cao
EBU scrutineerClifford Brown
Host broadcasterCompagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1973
Participants
Number of entries17
Debuting countries Israel
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
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Voting systemTwo-member juries (one aged 16 to 25 and the other 25 to 55) rated songs between one and five points.
Winning song Luxembourg
"Tu te reconnaîtras"
1972 Eurovision Song Contest 1974
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Seventeen countries took part in the contest this year, with Austria and Malta deciding not to participate, and Israel competing for the first time.

In a back-to-back victory, Luxembourg won the contest again with the song "Tu te reconnaîtras" by Anne-Marie David. The voting was a very close one, with Spain with "Eres tú" by Mocedades finishing only 4 points behind and the United Kingdom with "Power to All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard (who had come second in 1968 just behind Spain) another 2 points further back. The winning song scored the highest score ever achieved in Eurovision under any voting format until 1975, recording 129 points out of a possible 160, which represented almost 81% of the possible maximum. This was partly due to a scoring system which guaranteed all countries at least two points from each country.[1]

Location

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Grand Théâtre, Luxembourg City – host venue of the 1973 contest.

Luxembourg City is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg. The city contains the historic Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.

The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, became the venue for the 1973 contest. It is the city's major venue for drama, opera and ballet.[2][3]

Participating countries

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Seventeen nations took part in this year's contest. Israel participated for the first time, while Austria and Malta decided against participating. Malta had originally being drawn to perform in sixth position between Norway and Monaco, however the Maltese broadcaster withdrew before the deadline to select an entry.[4]

Several of the performing artists had previously competed as lead artists representing the same country in past editions: Marion Rung had represented Finland in 1962, Cliff Richard had represented the United Kingdom in 1968, and Massimo Ranieri had represented Italy in 1971.

The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped this year, so performers from some countries sang in English.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1973 participants[4][5]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Belgium BRT Nicole and Hugo "Baby Baby" Dutch
  • Ignace Baert
  • Erik Marijsse
Francis Bay
 Finland YLE Marion Rung "Tom Tom Tom" English Ossi Runne
 France ORTF Martine Clémenceau "Sans toi" French
Jean Claudric
 Germany HR[a] Gitte "Junger Tag" German
  • Stephan Lego
  • Günther-Eric Thöner
Günther-Eric Thöner
 Ireland RTÉ Maxi "Do I Dream" English
  • Jack Brierley
  • George F. Crosby
Colman Pearce
 Israel IBA Ilanit "Ey Sham" (אי שם) Hebrew Nurit Hirsh
 Italy RAI Massimo Ranieri "Chi sarà con te" Italian Enrico Polito
 Luxembourg CLT Anne-Marie David "Tu te reconnaîtras" French
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  • Claude Morgan
Pierre Cao
 Monaco TMC Marie "Un train qui part" French
  • Boris Bergman
  • Bernard Liamis
Jean-Claude Vannier
 Netherlands NOS Ben Cramer "De oude muzikant" Dutch Pierre Kartner Harry van Hoof
 Norway NRK Bendik Singers "It's Just a Game" English, French
Carsten Klouman
 Portugal RTP Fernando Tordo "Tourada" Portuguese Jorge Costa Pinto
 Spain TVE Mocedades "Eres tú" Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón Juan Carlos Calderón
 Sweden SR The Nova "You're Summer" English Monica Dominique
  Switzerland SRG SSR Patrick Juvet "Je vais me marier, Marie" French Hervé Roy
 United Kingdom BBC Cliff Richard "Power to All Our Friends" English David Mackay
 Yugoslavia JRT Zdravko Čolić "Gori vatra" (Гори ватра) Serbo-Croatian Kemal Monteno Esad Arnautalić
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Contest overview

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In light of the events that had happened during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, there were fears of a terrorist threat, particularly directed against Israel's first-ever entrant, leading to unusually tight security for the contest. This gave rise to one of the best-known Eurovision anecdotes, frequently recounted by the BBC's long-serving commentator Terry Wogan. He recalled that the floor manager strongly advised the audience to remain seated while applauding the performances, otherwise they risked being shot by security forces.[7]

This contest holds the record for the most watched Eurovision Song Contest in the United Kingdom, and is also the 18th most watched television show there, with an estimated 21.54 million tuning in on the evening. The song "Power to All Our Friends" performed by Cliff Richard represented the United Kingdom, finising 3rd with 123 points. The winner though was "Tu te reconnaîtras" performed by Anne-Marie David.

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Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1973[8]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Finland Marion Rung "Tom Tom Tom" 93 6
2  Belgium Nicole and Hugo "Baby Baby" 58 17
3  Portugal Fernando Tordo "Tourada" 80 10
4  Germany Gitte "Junger Tag" 85 8
5  Norway Bendik Singers "It's Just a Game" 89 7
6  Monaco Marie "Un train qui part" 85 8
7  Spain Mocedades "Eres tú" 125 2
8   Switzerland Patrick Juvet "Je vais me marier, Marie" 79 12
9  Yugoslavia Zdravko Čolić "Gori vatra" 65 15
10  Italy Massimo Ranieri "Chi sarà con te" 74 13
11  Luxembourg Anne-Marie David "Tu te reconnaîtras" 129 1
12  Sweden The Nova "You're Summer" 94 5
13  Netherlands Ben Cramer "De oude muzikant" 69 14
14  Ireland Maxi "Do I Dream" 80 10
15  United Kingdom Cliff Richard "Power to All Our Friends" 123 3
16  France Martine Clémenceau "Sans toi" 65 15
17  Israel Ilanit "Ey Sham" 97 4
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Detailed voting results

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Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55, with at least 10 years between their ages. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. All jury members were located at Villa Louvigny CLT studios, watched the show on television from there, and appeared on screen to confirm their scores after all songs were performed.

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Detailed voting results[9][10]
Total score
Finland
Belgium
Portugal
Germany
Norway
Monaco
Spain
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Italy
Luxembourg
Sweden
Netherlands
Ireland
United Kingdom
France
Israel
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Finland 939566566726755945
Belgium 584343664424234522
Portugal 804655488634254565
Germany 852564597437656574
Norway 898556767657333369
Monaco 856324365986456954
Spain 1253899498910871010498
Switzerland 794334757646387723
Yugoslavia 655334258624245444
Italy 742535555755544554
Luxembourg 1296687876109989810108
Sweden 948445857965665745
Netherlands 694425545554735362
Ireland 803724667555656544
United Kingdom 123966778488510910989
France 654324455472355552
Israel 976657574677866755
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10 points

Below is a summary of all perfect 10 scores that were given during the voting.

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3  Luxembourg  France,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom
 Spain  Ireland,  Italy,  Netherlands
2  United Kingdom  Netherlands,  Luxembourg
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Broadcasts

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Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". 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.[11]

In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Algeria, Austria, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey; in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union via Intervision; and the Middle Eastern countries and Japan, with an estimated global audience of 400 million.[4][12][13] The contest was reportedly broadcast via radio in countries including Ireland, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.[14] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

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Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Belgium BRT BRT, BRT 1 [15][16]
RTB RTB Paule Herreman [17]
RTB 1 [18]
 Finland YLE TV1 [19]
Yleisohjelma [fi] Erkki Melakoski [fi]
Ruotsinkielinen ohjelma
 France ORTF Première Chaîne Pierre Tchernia [20]
 Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen [21]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Mike Murphy [22][23]
RTÉ Radio Liam Devally [24][25]
 Israel IBA Israeli Television [26]
 Italy RAI Programma Nazionale TV Renato Tagliani [it] [27]
 Luxembourg CLT RTL Télé-Luxembourg [20]
RTL [lb] Raym [28][29]
Radio Luxembourg [30]
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 1 Pim Jacobs [30][31]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet, NRK[b] John Andreassen [32]
 Portugal RTP I Programa Artur Agostinho [33][34]
 Spain TVE TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos [es] [35]
RNE Radio Nacional [36]
Centro Emisor del Atlántico [37]
Radio Peninsular de Huelva [es] [38]
SER Radio Castellón [es] [39]
Radio Lérida[c] [40]
Radio San Sebastián [41]
Radio Valladolid [es] [42]
Radio Zaragoza [43]
 Sweden SR TV1 Alicia Lundberg [sv] [44]
SR P3 Ursula Richter [sv] [45]
  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Theodor Haller [de] [46][47]
TSR Georges Hardy [fr]
TSI [48]
DRS 1[d] [49]
RSR 1 Robert Burnier [50]
Radio Monte Ceneri [48]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Terry Wogan [51]
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 Pete Murray [52][53]
BFBS BFBS Radio Richard Astbury [4]
 Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 1 [54]
TV Koper-Capodistria [55]
TV Ljubljana 1 [sl] [56]
TV Skopje[e] [54]
TV Zagreb 1 [57]
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Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS2 Ernst Grissemann [58][59]
 Czechoslovakia ČST ČST2 J. Šrámek [60]
 Greece EIRT EIRT [61]
 Hungary MTV MTV[f] [62]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið[g] Jón O. Edwald [63]
 Malta MBA MTS, National Network Victor Aquilina [64][65]
 Netherlands Antilles TeleCuraçao[h] [66][67]
 Romania TVR Programul 1[i] [68]
 Turkey TRT TRT Televizyon [69]
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Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[6]
  2. Deferred broadcast on NRK at 23:00 (CET)[32]
  3. Deferred broadcast at 23:00 (CET)[40]
  4. Delayed broadcast on 9 April 1973 at 22:30 (CET)[49]
  5. Deferred broadcast at 23:00 (CET)[54]
  6. Delayed broadcast on 8 May 1973 at 21:15 (CET)[62]
  7. Delayed broadcast on 29 April 1973 at 21:30 (WET)[63]
  8. Delayed broadcast on 14 May 1973 at 22:30 (ADT)[66][67]
  9. Deferred broadcast in a shortened format on 28 April 1973 at 00:20 (EET)[68]

References

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