ESC1968 |

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Transmission Date:	Saturday 6th April 1968
Host Broadcaster:	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Time:	22.00-23.37
Venue:	Royal Albert Hall London United Kingdom
Presenter:	Katie Boyle
Musical Director:	Norrie Paramor


Interval Act:	"London Medley" arranged by Arthur Wilkinson, conducted by Norrie Paramor
Executive Producer:	Tom Sloan
Producer:	Stewart Morris
Designer:	Richard Levin

BBC One TV Commentary:	None
BBC Radio Commentary:	Pete Murray (BBC Radio 2)
United Kingdom Spokesperson:	Michael Aspel

Voting:	Ten jury members from each country, each of whom awarded 1 point to their favourite song
Winning Song:	La, La, La Massiel Spain 29 points Composed by Ramon Arcusa & Manuel De La Calva
United Kingdom Entry:	Congratulations Cliff Richard United Kingdom 28 points (2nd place) Composed by Bill Martin & Phil Coulter

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 as broadcast on the BBC was not retained by the BBC archives. However copies exist from other broadcasters.
The Contest was broadcast live on BBC One in monochrome and repeated on BBC Two in colour on Sunday 7th April 1968 at 16.30.

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Songs

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	Country	Song	Composer(s)	Performer(s)	Conductor	Points	Position
1	Portugal	Verão	Jose Alberto Diogo & Pedro Vaz Osorio	Carlos Mendes	Joaquim Luis Gomes	5	11
2	Netherlands	Morgen	Theo Strengers & Joop Stokkermans	Ronnie Tober	Dolf Van Der Linden	1	16
3	Belgium	Quand Tu Reviendras	Roland Dero & Jo Van Wetter	Claude Lombard	Henri Segers	8	7
4	Austria	Tausend Fenster	Walter Brandin & Udo Jurgens	Karel Gott	Robert Opratko	2	13
5	Luxembourg	Nous Vivrons D'Amour	Jacques Demarny & Carlos Leresche	Chris Baldo & Sophie Garel	Andre Boroly	5	11
6	Switzerland	Guardando Il Sole	Sanzio Chiesa & Aldo D'Addario	Gianni Mascolo	Mario Robbiani	2	13
7	Monaco	A Chacun Sa Chanson	Roland Valade & Jean-Claude Olivier	Line & Willy	Michel Colombier	8	7
8	Sweden	Det Börjar Verka Kärlek, Banne Mej	Peter Himmelstrand	Claes-Göran Hederström	Mats Olsson	15	5
9	Finland	Kun Kello Käy	Juha Vainio & Esko Linnavalli	Kristina Hautala	Ossi Runne	1	16
10	France	La Source	Guy Bonnet, Henri Djian & Daniel Faure	Isabelle Aubret	Alain Goraguer	20	3
11	Italy	Marianne	Sergio Endrigo	Sergio Endrigo	Giancarlo Chiaramello	7	10
12	United Kingdom	Congratulations	Bill Martin & Phil Coulter	Cliff Richard	Norrie Paramor	28	2
13	Norway	Stress	Ola B Johannessen & Tor Hultin	Odd Borre	Oivind Bergh	2	13
14	Ireland	Chance Of A Lifetime	John Kennedy	Pat McGeegan	Noel Kelehan	18	4
15	Spain	La, La, La	Ramon Arcusa & Manuel De La Calva	Massiel	Rafael Ibarbia	29	1
16	Germany	Ein Hoch Der Liebe	Carl J Schauble & Horst Jankowski	Wencke Myhre	Horst Jankowski	11	6
17	Yugoslavia	Jedan Dan	Stijepo Strasicic, Djelo Jusic & Stipica Kalodjera	Luci Kapurso & Hamo Hajdarhodzic	Miljenko Prohaska	8	7

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Scoreboard

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	Country	PRT	NLD	BEL	AUT	LUX	CHE	MCO	SWE	FIN	FRA	ITA	UK	NOR	IRL	ESP	DEU	YUG	Points	Position
1	Portugal (PRT)													2		3			5	11
2	Netherlands (NLD)											1							1	16
3	Belgium (BEL)	1								1	1	3	1			1			8	7
4	Austria (AUT)																2		2	13
5	Luxembourg (LUX)		1		1			1			1		1						5	11
6	Switzerland (CHE)																	2	2	13
7	Monaco (MCO)		2			1				3			1		1				8	7
8	Sweden (SWE)	1	1							1			2	6	4				15	5
9	Finland (FIN)													1					1	16
10	France (FRA)		3	6	2	3	3		1			2							20	3
11	Italy (ITA)	1					2									2		2	7	10
12	United Kingdom (UK)	1	2	2		1	4	5	3	2	4	1			1		2		28	2
13	Norway (NOR)					1										1			2	13
14	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	1	4	1			4									6	18	4
15	Spain (ESP)	4			2	1		4		3	4	3		1	1		6		29	1
16	Germany (DEU)					1	1		2				5			2			11	6
17	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1		1	1	1									3	1			8	7

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Winning Song

Massiel at The Eurovision Song Contest 1968

La, La, La was recorded in English as He Gives Me Love (La,La,La) and reached No. 35 in the UK charts.

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United Kingdom Entry

Cliff Richard at The Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Congratulations reached No. 1 in the UK charts.
All the songs were issued on an EP.
As well as Spanish and Italian versions of the song called Congratulations, Cliff Richard also recorded the song in French as Ah! Quelle Histoire and in German as Man gratuliert mir.

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