Eurovision Song Contest 1969
eurovision song contest th edition annual eurovision song contest took place madrid spain following country victory contest song la la la massiel organised european broadcasting union ebu host broadcaster televisión española tve contest held teatro real march hosted spanish television presenter actress laurita valenzuela sixteen country took part contest austria deciding participate year close voting four country declared jointwinners united kingdom boom bangabang lulu spain vivo cantando salomé netherlands de troubadour lenny kuhr france un jour un enfant frida boccara first time history contest tie first place occurred tiebreaker rule place time four country declared joint winner france win fourth thus making first country win contest four time netherlands win third spain united kingdom second time spain becoming first country win contest twice row venue selected host contest teatro real opera house located madrid theatre reopened concert theatre main concert venue spanish national orchestra rtve symphony orchestra stage featured metal sculpture created surrealist spanish artist amadeo gabino austria absent contest officially could find suitable representative rumoured refused participate contest staged francoruled spain wale wanted debut welsh language broadcaster bbc cymru also made national selection called cân gymru end decided would participate competition – participation rejected wale sovereign state bbc exclusive right represent united kingdom surrealist spanish artist salvador dalí responsible designing publicity material contest first time contest resulted tie first place four country gaining vote since time rule cover eventuality four country declared joint winner caused unfortunate problem concerning medal due distributed winner enough go round singer received medal night songwriter disgruntlement awarded day later second contest filmed transmitted colour even though tve required colour equipment big event rent colour television camera ard german network provided fernseh brought madrid cologne spain broadcast seen black white local transmitter support colour transmission colour recording equipment arrive time tve black white copy contest colour copy discovered archive nrk country nominated spokesperson responsible announcing vote respective country via telephone known spokesperson contest listed belgium – eugène senelle finland – poppe berg norway – janka polanyi sweden – edvard matz united kingdom – colin wardlewis although neither jury made error announcement scrutineer clifford brown asked spanish monegasque jury repeat score adjustment made scoring result repetition participating broadcaster required relay contest via network nonparticipating ebu member broadcaster also able relay contest passive participant broadcaster able send commentator provide coverage contest native language relay information artist song television viewer known detail broadcast country including specific broadcasting station commentator shown table addition participating country contest also reportedly broadcast country including tunisia czechoslovakia east germany hungary poland romania soviet union via intervision brazil chile mexico panama puerto rico official website