overwinning van Corry Brokken's presentatie van Nederlands bijdrage had gegeven, had juryvoorzitter SiebevanderZee (AVRO) de tekstschrijver van het bekroonde
Vink's "De toeteraar" was beaten by Lenny Kuhr's "De troubadour". Dolf vander Linden refused to go to Madrid and the song was conducted by Frans de Kok