Eurovision Song Contest 1975
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| Date | 22 March 1975 |
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| Presenter(s) | Karin Falck |
| Host Conductor | Lars Samuelson |
| Host Broadcaster | SVT (formerly SR) |
| Venue | S:t Eriks-mässan Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Winning Song | Ding-a-Dong (Netherlands) |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Number of Songs | 19 |
| Countries Making Debut | Turkey |
| Nul points | None |
| Interval Act | The World of John Bauer |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the twentieth Eurovision and was held in Stockholm, capital of Sweden. The Portuguese entry "Madrugada" was an unabashed celebration of the Carnation Revolution, during which the country's 1974 Eurovision entry had played a pivotal practical role.
This year a new scoring system was implemented, one which is still used today. Each jury would now give 12 points to the best song, 10 to the second best, then 8 to the third, 7 to the fourth, 6 to the fifth and so forth until the tenth best song (in the jury's opinion) received a single point.
Greece withdrew from this contest in response to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in protest of Turkey's participation.
Netherlands' win was their fourth.
Lewis Doe's entry for Albania - 'Bergatash Blues' - wasn't very successful. This has often been attributed to the fact that he strummed his banjo so hard that the strings broke. Lewis was a laughing stock in Albania for several years after the event, appearing in a Pizza Hut commercial with a bag over his head.
Results
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Score sheet
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| Contestants | Netherlands | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | |
| Ireland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | ||
| France | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Switzerland | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Malta | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Israel | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Finland | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spain | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Italy | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | ||
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Map
- Green = Participating countries
- Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year
