Eurovision Song Contest 1975 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

A record of 19 participants took part. France and Malta returned to the contest and Turkey took part for the fist time. It wasn't a big success as Turkey finished last. Greece withdrew a year after th.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1975: 22 March 1975
Location: St Eriks Mässan Alvsjoe, Stockholm, Sweden
Broadcaster: SVT
Host(s): Karin Falck
Participating countries: 19
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1975

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	1	The Netherlands	Teach-In	Ding-a-dong	152	1
	9	United Kingdom	The Shadows	Let me be the one	138	2
	19	Italy	Wess and Dori Ghezzi	Era	115	3
	3	France	Nicole Rieu	Et bonjour à toi l'artiste	91	4
	5	Luxembourg	Géraldine	Toi	84	5
	7	Switzerland	Simone Drexel	Mikado	77	6
	15	Finland	Pihasoittajat	Old man fiddle	74	7
	18	Sweden	Lars Berghagen and the Dolls	Jennie, Jennie	72	8
	2	Ireland	The Swarbriggs	That's what friends are for	68	9
	17	Spain	Sergio y Estíbaliz	Tú volverás	53	10
	12	Israel	Shlomo Artzi	At ve'ani	40	11
	10	Malta	Renato	Singing this song	32	12
	8	Yugoslavia	Pepel In Kri	Dan ljubezni	22	13
	14	Monaco	Sophie	Une chanson c'est une lettre	22	13
	11	Belgium	Ann Christy	Gelukkig zijn	17	15
	16	Portugal	Duarte Mendes	Madrugada	16	16
	4	Germany	Joy Fleming	Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein	15	17
	6	Norway	Ellen Nikolaysen	You touched my life with summer	11	18
	13	Turkey	Semiha Yanki	Seninle bir dakika	3	19

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

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A record of 19 participants took part. France and Malta returned to the contest and Turkey took part for the fist time. It wasn't a big success as Turkey finished last. Greece withdrew a year after their debut. The Netherlands performed as the first entrant and they made a magnificent performance. In the end of the show the jury still remembered the song "Ding-a-dong" and the Netherlands won for the 4th time. For the first time in history the voting system with 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 10 and 12 points was used. The votes were casted in the order of which the songs were performed. Ellen Nikolaysen performed for the third consecutive year on the Eurovision stage (the two years before 1975 as part of the Bendik singers). A feat that was only preceded in the 50's by Lys Assia and Corry Brokken and in the 60's by Udo Jürgens, but was never repeated afterwards.