Eurovision Song Contest 1975

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Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the annual pan-European music competition, held in Stockholm, Sweden, and is notable for introducing the current 12-point voting system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurovision Song Contest edition
broadcastFormat live television
broadcastInColour true
country Sweden
date 1975-03-22
debutingCountry Turkey NERFINISHED
editionNumber 20
finalDate 1975-03-22
finalFormat single final
followedBy Eurovision Song Contest 1976 NERFINISHED
genre song contest
hostBroadcaster Sveriges Radio NERFINISHED
Sveriges Television NERFINISHED
hostCity Stockholm NERFINISHED
hostCityCountry Stockholm, Sweden NERFINISHED
hostCountryBroadcaster SR NERFINISHED
SVT NERFINISHED
hostCountryFlagVariant flag of Sweden
hostCountrySelectionReason Netherlands declined hosting duties
hostSelectionMethod previous year winning country
intervalAct Folk music and dance performance
introduced 12-point voting system
juryComposition national juries
languageOfPresentation English
Swedish
locationContinent Europe NERFINISHED
logoTheme Stylised Eurovision heart with microphone NERFINISHED
mainOrganiser European Broadcasting Union (EBU) NERFINISHED
notableFor first use of the modern 12-point scoring system
numberOfParticipatingCountries 19
openingAct ABBA performance of "Waterloo"
organisedBy European Broadcasting Union NERFINISHED
partOf Eurovision Song Contest NERFINISHED
precededBy Eurovision Song Contest 1974 NERFINISHED
presenter Lill Lindfors NERFINISHED
Svenne Hedlund NERFINISHED
returningCountry France NERFINISHED
Malta NERFINISHED
scoringMaximumPerJury 58 points
shortName ESC 1975 NERFINISHED
slogan none
venue Stockholmsmässan NERFINISHED
votingSystem jury voting with 1–8, 10 and 12 points
winner Teach-In NERFINISHED
winningCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED
winningLanguage English
winningSong Ding-a-dong NERFINISHED
withdrawingCountry Greece NERFINISHED

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Eurovision Song Contest 1974 precedes Eurovision Song Contest 1975