Eurovision Song Contest 1966

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the annual pan-European music competition, notable for being won by Austrian singer-songwriter Udo Jürgens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurovision Song Contest
broadcastInColour false
broadcastRegion Europe NERFINISHED
conductorOfWinningSong Johannes Fehring NERFINISHED
country Luxembourg
date 1966-03-05
debutingCountry Monaco NERFINISHED
editionNumber 11
finalDate 1966-03-05
host Josiane Shen NERFINISHED
hostBroadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion NERFINISHED
hostCity Luxembourg City NERFINISHED
intervalAct Luxembourgish folk and dance performances
languageRule countries required to sing in one of their national languages
notableFor first and only Austrian victory until 2014
third consecutive participation of Udo Jürgens
numberOfParticipatingCountries 18
openingTheme Luxembourgish orchestral music
organisedBy European Broadcasting Union NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Eurovision Song Contest NERFINISHED
predecessor Eurovision Song Contest 1965 NERFINISHED
presentedIn English
French
German
returningCountry Denmark NERFINISHED
Finland NERFINISHED
Norway NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
secondPlace Sweden NERFINISHED
secondPlacePerformer Lill Lindfors NERFINISHED
Svante Thuresson NERFINISHED
secondPlaceSong Nygammal vals NERFINISHED
successor Eurovision Song Contest 1967 NERFINISHED
thirdPlace Norway NERFINISHED
thirdPlacePerformer Åse Kleveland NERFINISHED
thirdPlaceSong Intet er nytt under solen NERFINISHED
Udo JürgensParticipationNumber 3
UdoJurgensPreviousEntries Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen (1965) NERFINISHED
Warum nur, warum? (1964) NERFINISHED
venue Villa Louvigny NERFINISHED
votingSystem ten-member juries awarding 5, 3 and 1 points to their top three songs
winner Austria NERFINISHED
winnerLanguage German
winnerPerformer Udo Jürgens NERFINISHED
winningSong Merci, Chérie NERFINISHED
withdrawingCountry Ireland NERFINISHED

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Lill Lindfors notableEvent Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Udo Jürgens winnerOf Eurovision Song Contest 1966