Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Luxembourg was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", written by Serge Gainsbourg, and performed by French singer France Gall. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally. The song went on to win the contest, bringing Luxembourg their second Eurovision victory.

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Participating broadcaster	Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT)
Country	Luxembourg
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection Song: National final
Selection date(s)	21 February 1965
Selected artist(s)	France Gall
Selected song	"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
Selected songwriter(s)	Serge Gainsbourg
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 32 points
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1964 • 1965 • 1966►

National Final

Tiercé des Animatrices

Tiercé des Animatrices was the finale to a series organised by RTL to find the best television presenter out of three candidates.^[1][2] The finale of Tiercé des Animatrices was broadcast live on 21 February 1965 from the Grand Auditorium de la Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg City and was hosted by Jacques Navadic.^[1][3] Although the actual premise of the show was unrelated to the Eurovision Song Contest, France Gall performed an interval act during the show in which she performed four songs and one was chosen to represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.^[1][3][4][5]

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on Télé-Luxembourg.^[6]

On the night of the final Gall performed 15th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Finland. In the voting Poupée de cire, poupée de son led from start to finish, gaining 32 points and winning by a 6-point margin over "I Belong" from the United Kingdom.^[7]

Voting

Points awarded to Luxembourg[8] Score Country 5 points  Austria  Finland  Germany  Netherlands 3 points  Ireland  Norway   Switzerland 1 point  Denmark  Spain  Sweden

Points awarded by Luxembourg[8] Score Country 5 points  Denmark 3 points  France 1 point  Italy

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Main article: Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

"Poupee de cire, poupée de son" was one of the fourteen Eurovision songs chosen by fans to compete in the Congratulations 50th anniversary special in 2005. Gall did not appear at the event, nor did Luxembourg (who withdrew from competing in Eurovision after 1993) broadcast it. The song appeared ninth in the running order, following "Fly on the Wings of Love" by the Olsen Brothers and preceding "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener. Like the other songs on the evening, it was represented by dancers performing alongside video footage of Gall's original performance. At the end of the first round, "Poupee de cire, poupee de son" was not announced as one of the five songs proceeding to the second round. It was later revealed that the song finished fourteenth and last, scoring 37 points.

Voting

Points awarded to "Poupee de cire, poupée de son" (Round 1)^[9]

Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Austria  Belgium
7 points	Monaco
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	Israel
2 points	Finland  Russia  Ukraine
1 point	Croatia  Greece  Poland  Spain  Sweden

References

1. "Gala du Tiercé des Animatrices" [Gala of the Tiercé of the Animators]. Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 22 February 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
2. "Radio-Télévision – dimanche, 21 février 1965" [Radio-Television – Sunday, 21 February 1965]. Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 20 February 1965. p. 22. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
3. "LUXEMBOURG NATIONAL FINAL 1965". natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
4. "Tiercé des animatrices" [Tiercé of animators]. Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 20 February 1965. p. 22. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
5. ""Tiercé des animatrices"" ["Tiercé of animators"]. Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 13 February 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
6. "Radio-Télévision – Samedi, 20 mars 1965" [Radio-Television – Saturday, 20th March 1965]. Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 20 March 1965. p. 22. Retrieved 28 December 2022 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
7. ESC History - Luxembourg 1965
8. "Results of the Final of Naples 1965". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
9. "Congratulations: Results from the voting (Round 1)" (PDF). Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2021.