Eurovision Song Contest 1968 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

This was the first Eurovision Song Contest that was broadcasted in color. The stage was a replica of the Eurovision logo and the voting was one of the most exciting ones in the history of the contest... More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1968: 6 April 1968
Location: Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster: BBC
Host(s): Katie Boyle
Participating countries: 17
Voting: Each country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song. So each country devided 10 points freely among the other participants.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1968

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	15	Spain	Massiel	La, la, la...	29	1
	12	United Kingdom	Cliff Richard	Congratulations	28	2
	10	France	Isabelle Aubret	La source	20	3
	14	Ireland	Pat McGeegan	Chance of a lifetime	18	4
	8	Sweden	Claes-Göran Hederström	Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej	15	5
	16	Germany	Wencke Myhre	Ein Hoch der Liebe	11	6
	17	Yugoslavia	Luci Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodzic	Jedan dan	8	7
	7	Monaco	Line and Willy	A chacun sa chanson	8	7
	3	Belgium	Claude Lombard	Quand tu reviendras	8	7
	11	Italy	Sergio Endrigo	Marianne	7	10
	5	Luxembourg	Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel	Nous vivrons d'amour	5	11
	1	Portugal	Carlos Mendes	Verão	5	11
	6	Switzerland	Gianni Mascolo	Guardando il sole	2	13
	13	Norway	Odd Børre	Stress	2	13
	4	Austria	Karel Gott	Tausend Fenster	2	13
	9	Finland	Kristina Hautala	Kun kello käy	1	16
	2	The Netherlands	Ronnie Tober	Morgen	1	16

Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)

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This was the first Eurovision Song Contest that was broadcasted in color. The stage was a replica of the Eurovision logo and the voting was one of the most exciting ones in the history of the contest. Eventually Spain obtained the victory with only one point more than the United Kingdom. Juan Manuel Serrat was selected to sing for Spain, but because he only wanted to sing in Catalan, which the Franco regime forbid, he was replaced by Massiel.