Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Dates
Final	20 March 1965
Host
Venue	Sala di Concerto della RAI Naples, Italy
Presenter(s)	Renata Mauro
Musical director	Gianni Ferrio
Directed by	Romolo Siena
Executive supervisor	Miroslav Vilček
Host broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/naples-1965
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	Ireland
Returning countries	Sweden
Non-returning countries	None
Participation map      Participating countries
Vote
Voting system	Ten-member juries awarded points (5, 3 and 1, or combinations thereof) to their three favourite songs.
Winning song	Luxembourg "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
1964 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the tenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Naples, Italy, following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held at Sala di Concerto della RAI on 20 March 1965, and was hosted by Italian singer Renata Mauro.

Eighteen countries participated in the contest - setting a new record for the highest number of entrants in the competition until that point. Sweden returned after being absent from the previous edition, while Ireland made its debut.

Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" sung by the French singer France Gall, and written by Serge Gainsbourg, which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries. It was the first winning song since the Netherlands' "Een beetje" in 1959 to not be a ballad, being the first pop song to ever win the competition. For the fourth consecutive year, four countries all scored nul points; Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain - all of which finished with no points for the second time in the contest's history.^[1]

Location

The contest took place in Naples, the capital of region Campania in southern Italy and the third-largest city in Italy, after Rome and Milan. This was Italy's first hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. The host venue was the then new Sala di Concerto della RAI (RAI Concert Hall) belonging to the RAI Production Centre of Naples, founded few years prior to the contest. It is located in Viale Marconi in the district of Fuorigrotta. The structure has three TV studios for a total of 1227 m² and capacity of 370 persons, used for the filming of programs and fiction and an auditorium. The Neapolitan song archives are also housed in it.^[1][2]

Participating countries

18 countries took part, with the Eurovision Song Contest reaching its highest number until then. Sweden returned after a one-year absence, and Ireland entered for the first time. Ireland and Sweden would later become the most successful countries in the competition, scoring seven wins each.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1965^[3][4][5][6]

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Austria	ORF	Udo Jürgens	"Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"	German	Frank Bohlen Udo Jürgens	Gianni Ferrio
Belgium	BRT	Lize Marke	"Als het weer lente is"	Dutch	Jaak Dreesen Jef Van den Berg	Gaston Nuyts
Denmark	DR	Birgit Brüel	"For din skyld"	Danish	Poul Henningsen Jørgen Jersild	Arne Lamberth
Finland	YLE	Viktor Klimenko	"Aurinko laskee länteen"	Finnish	Reino Helismaa Toivo Kärki	George de Godzinsky
France	ORTF	Guy Mardel	"N'avoue jamais"	French	Françoise Dorin Guy Mardel	Franck Pourcel
Germany	NDR[a]	Ulla Wiesner	"Paradies, wo bist du?"	German	Hans Blum Barbara Kist	Alfred Hause
Ireland	RÉ	Butch Moore	"I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"	English	Teresa Conlon Joe Harrigan George Prendergast	Gianni Ferrio
Italy	RAI	Bobby Solo	"Se piangi, se ridi"	Italian	Gianni Marchetti Giulio Rapetti Roberto Satti	Gianni Ferrio
Luxembourg	CLT	France Gall	"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"	French	Serge Gainsbourg	Alain Goraguer
Monaco	TMC	Marjorie Noël	"Va dire à l'amour"	French	Raymond Bernard Jacques Mareuil	Raymond Bernard
Netherlands	NTS	Conny Vandenbos	"Het is genoeg"	Dutch	Johnny Holshuyzen Joke van Soest	Dolf van der Linden
Norway	NRK	Kirsti Sparboe	"Karusell"	Norwegian	Jolly Kramer-Johansen	Øivind Bergh
Portugal	RTP	Simone de Oliveira	"Sol de inverno"	Portuguese	Jerónimo Bragança Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa	Fernando de Carvalho
Spain	TVE	Conchita Bautista	"Qué bueno, qué bueno"	Spanish	Antonio Figueroa Egea	Adolfo Ventas Rodríguez
Sweden	SR	Ingvar Wixell	"Absent Friend"	English	Alf Henrikson Dag Wirén	William Lind
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Yovanna	"Non, à jamais sans toi"	French	Bob Calfati Jean Charles	Mario Robbiani
United Kingdom	BBC	Kathy Kirby	"I Belong"	English	Phil Peters Peter Lee Sterling	Eric Robinson
Yugoslavia	JRT	Vice Vukov	"Čežnja" (Чежња)	Serbo-Croatian	Julio Marić Žarko Roje	Radivoje Spasić

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Conchita Bautista	Spain	1961
Vice Vukov	Yugoslavia	1963
Udo Jürgens	Austria	1964

Format

Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totalled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order.

Ingvar Wixell, the Swedish participant performed his song in English instead of the original Swedish title "Annorstädes vals". The native languages were used for all of the other participants. This led to a rule being introduced for the next 1966 edition, that meant all participants had to perform their songs using one of their national languages.^[1]

Contest overview

The contest took place on 20 March 1965, beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC).^[8]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1965^[9]

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Netherlands	Conny Vandenbos	"Het is genoeg"	5	11
2	United Kingdom	Kathy Kirby	"I Belong"	26	2
3	Spain	Conchita Bautista	"Qué bueno, qué bueno"	0	15
4	Ireland	Butch Moore	"I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"	11	6
5	Germany	Ulla Wiesner	"Paradies, wo bist du?"	0	15
6	Austria	Udo Jürgens	"Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"	16	4
7	Norway	Kirsti Sparboe	"Karusell"	1	13
8	Belgium	Lize Marke	"Als het weer lente is"	0	15
9	Monaco	Marjorie Noël	"Va dire à l'amour"	7	9
10	Sweden	Ingvar Wixell	"Absent Friend"	6	10
11	France	Guy Mardel	"N'avoue jamais"	22	3
12	Portugal	Simone de Oliveira	"Sol de inverno"	1	13
13	Italy	Bobby Solo	"Se piangi, se ridi"	15	5
14	Denmark	Birgit Brüel	"For din skyld"	10	7
15	Luxembourg	France Gall	"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"	32	1
16	Finland	Viktor Klimenko	"Aurinko laskee länteen"	0	15
17	Yugoslavia	Vice Vukov	"Čežnja"	2	12
18	Switzerland	Yovanna	"Non, à jamais sans toi"	8	8

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1965 contest are listed below.

•  Netherlands – Dick van Bommel^[10]
•  Sweden – Edvard Matz [sv]^[11]

Detailed voting results

Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totalled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order.