| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Final: | 3 April 1971 |
| Presenters: | Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir |
| Musdirector: | Colman Pearce |
| Director: | Tom McGrath |
| Exsupervisor: | Clifford Brown |
| Winner: | "French: [[Un banc, un arbre, une rue]]|i=unset" |
| Vote: | Two-member juries (one aged 16 to 25 and the other 25 to 55) rated songs between one and five points. |
| Host: | Irish: [[RTÉ|Radio Telefís Éireann]]|i=unset (RTÉ) |
| Venue: | Gaiety Theatre Dublin, Ireland |
| Entries: | 18 |
| Nonreturn: | None |
| Map Nosemis: | Y |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the 16th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Irish: [[RTÉ|Radio Telefís Éireann]]|i=unset (RTÉ), the contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre on 3 April 1971, and was hosted by Irish television presenter Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir.
Eighteen countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 1965 and 1966 editions. Austria returned after their two-year absence, while Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden all returned after having boycotted the competition the previous year. On the other hand, Malta competed for the first time.
The winner was Monaco with the song "French: [[Un banc, un arbre, une rue]]|i=unset", performed by Séverine, written by Yves Dessca, and composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre. This was Monaco's first and only victory in the contest. This was also the only time in the contest's history, where the second and third-placed entrants were also awarded.
The contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, the capital and most populous city of Ireland.[1] [2] This was the first time that the contest was held in Ireland. The Gaiety Theatre was selected as the venue for the 1971 contest as it was celebrating 100 years since its establishment in 1871.
Malta made their début in this year's contest, while Austria, Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden all returned after a brief absence. This brought the total number of countries to eighteen.
| + Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1971[3] [4] [5] | |||||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF | Marianne Mendt | "German: Musik|i=unset" | German | Robert Opratko | |||
| BRT | Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel | "Dutch; Flemish: Goeie morgen, morgen|i=unset" | Dutch | Francis Bay | |||
| YLE | Markku Aro and Koivisto Sisters | "Finnish: Tie uuteen päivään|i=unset" | Finnish | Rauno Lehtinen | Ossi Runne | ||
| ORTF | Serge Lama | "French: Un jardin sur la terre|i=unset" | French | Franck Pourcel | |||
| HR | Katja Ebstein | "German: Diese Welt|i=unset" | German | Dieter Zimmermann | |||
| RTÉ | Angela Farrell | "One Day Love" | English | Noel Kelehan | |||
| RAI | Massimo Ranieri | "Italian: L'amore è un attimo|i=unset" | Italian | Enrico Polito | |||
| CLT | Monique Melsen | "French: Pomme, pomme, pomme|i=unset" | French | Jean Claudric | |||
| MBA | Joe Grech | "Maltese: Marija l-Maltija|i=unset" | Maltese | Anthony Chircop | |||
| TMC | Séverine | "French: [[Un banc, un arbre, une rue]]|i=unset" | French | Jean-Claude Petit | |||
| NOS | Saskia and Serge | "Dutch; Flemish: Tijd|i=unset" | Dutch | Dolf van der Linden | |||
| NRK | Hanne Krogh | "Norwegian: Lykken er...|i=unset" | Norwegian | Arne Bendiksen | Arne Bendiksen | ||
| RTP | Tonicha | "Portuguese: Menina do alto da serra|i=unset" | Portuguese | Jorge Costa Pinto | |||
| TVE | Karina | "Spanish; Castilian: [[En un mundo nuevo]]|i=unset" | Spanish | Waldo de los Ríos | |||
| SR | The Family Four | "Swedish: Vita vidder|i=unset" | Swedish | Håkan Elmquist | Claes Rosendahl | ||
| SRG SSR | Peter, Sue and Marc | "French: Les Illusions de nos vingt ans|i=unset" | French | Hardy Schneiders | |||
| BBC | Clodagh Rodgers | "Jack in the Box" | English | Johnny Arthey | |||
| JRT | Krunoslav Slabinac | "Tvoj dječak je tužan|i=unset" (Твој дјечак је тужан) | Serbo-Croatian | Miljenko Prohaska |
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Raymond | |||
| Katja Ebstein |
For the first time, each participating broadcaster was required to televise all the songs in "previews" prior to the live final. Belgium's preview video featured Nicole and Hugo performing the song "Dutch; Flemish: Goeie morgen, morgen|i=unset", but Nicole was struck with a sudden illness days before the contest final, with Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel stepping in at short notice to perform the entry in their place. Reports suggested that Castel had not even had enough time to buy a suitable dress for the show.
The BBC were worried about the possible audience reaction to the UK song due to the hostilities raging in Northern Ireland. They specifically selected a singer from Northern Ireland, Clodagh Rodgers, who was popular in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland, to ease any ill-feeling from the Dublin audience. However, Rodgers still received death threats from the IRA for representing the UK.[6]
Groups of up to six people were allowed to perform for the first time, with the rule in previous contests of performing either solo or as a duet abolished.[7]
This was only RTÉ's second outside broadcast in colour. The contest was broadcast in Iceland, the United States and Hong Kong several days later.[8]
In between each song, a film depicting the tourist highlights of each nation using stock footage provided by the participant tourism bureaus was seen, accompanied by a piece of organ music chosen to complement the country.
This is the only time in the contest's history where the second and third placing entrants were also awarded.
| + Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1971[9] | ||||||
| Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "German: Musik|i=unset" | 66 | 16 | |||
| 2 | "Maltese: Marija l-Maltija|i=unset" | 52 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Séverine | "French: [[Un banc, un arbre, une rue]]|i=unset" | 128 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "French: Les Illusions de nos vingt ans|i=unset" | 78 | 12 | ||
| 5 | "German: Diese Welt|i=unset" | 100 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Karina | "Spanish; Castilian: [[En un mundo nuevo]]|i=unset" | 116 | 2 | ||
| 7 | "French: Un jardin sur la terre|i=unset" | 82 | 10 | |||
| 8 | "French: Pomme, pomme, pomme|i=unset" | 70 | 13 | |||
| 9 | "Jack in the Box" | 98 | 4 | |||
| 10 | and Lily Castel | "Dutch; Flemish: Goeiemorgen, morgen|i=unset" | 68 | 14 | ||
| 11 | "Italian: L'amore è un attimo|i=unset" | 91 | 5 | |||
| 12 | "Swedish: Vita vidder|i=unset" | 85 | 6 | |||
| 13 | "One Day Love" | 79 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Saskia and Serge | "Dutch; Flemish: Tijd|i=unset" | 85 | 6 | ||
| 15 | Tonicha | "Portuguese: Menina do alto da serra|i=unset" | 83 | 9 | ||
| 16 | "Tvoj dječak je tužan|i=unset" | 68 | 14 | |||
| 17 | and Koivisto Sisters | "Finnish: Tie uuteen päivään|i=unset" | 84 | 8 | ||
| 18 | "Norwegian: Lykken er...|i=unset" | 65 | 17 |
While this meant that no country could score fewer than 34 points (and in the event all eighteen scored at least 52), it had one major problem: some jury members tended to award only one or two points. Whether this was done to increase their respective countries' chances of winning is not known for sure, but this shortcoming was nonetheless plain. However, the system remained in place for the 1972 and 1973 contests.
| + Detailed voting results[10] [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| scope="col" | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 66 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Malta | 52 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Monaco | 128 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Switzerland | 78 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Germany | 100 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Spain | 116 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | ||
| France | 82 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Luxembourg | 70 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| United Kingdom | 98 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Belgium | 68 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Italy | 91 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Sweden | 85 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Ireland | 79 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Netherlands | 85 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Portugal | 83 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 68 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Finland | 84 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Norway | 65 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
Below is a summary of all perfect 10 scores that were given during the voting.
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 10 points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | ,,,,, | ||
| 2 | , | ||
| , | |||
| 1 |
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Greece, Iceland, Morocco and Tunisia, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania via Intervision, and in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and the United States.[13]
| + Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries | ||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF | FS1 | Ernst Grissemann | [14] [15] | |
| BRT | BRT | Anton Peters | [16] | |
| RTB | RTB | Paule Herreman | [17] | |
| YLE | Finnish: [[Yle TV1|TV-ohjelma 1]]|i=unset | [18] | ||
| Finnish: {{ill|Yleisohjelma|fi|Yleisohjelma (Suomen Yleisradio), Finnish: Ruotsinkielinen ohjelma|i=unset | ||||
| ORTF | French: [[France 2|Deuxième Chaîne]]|i=unset | Georges de Caunes | [19] | |
| ARD | German: [[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset | |||
| RTÉ | RTÉ | [20] | ||
| RTÉ Radio | [21] | |||
| RAI | Italian: [[Rai 1|Programma Nazionale]]|i=unset, Italian: [[Rai Radio 2|Secondo Programma]]|i=unset | [22] [23] | ||
| CLT | French: [[RTL9|Télé-Luxembourg]]|i=unset | |||
| MBA | MTS, National Network | Victor Aquilina | [24] [25] | |
| NOS | Dutch; Flemish: [[NPO 1|Nederland 1]]|i=unset | Pim Jacobs | [26] | |
| NRK | Norwegian: [[NRK1|NRK Fjernsynet]]|i=unset, NRK | [27] | ||
| RTP | Portuguese: [[RTP1|I Programa]]|i=unset | Henrique Mendes | [28] | |
| Portuguese: [[Antena 1 (Portugal)|Emissora Nacional Programa 1]]|i=unset | ||||
| TVE | TVE 1 | Joaquín Prat | [29] | |
| RNE | Spanish; Castilian: [[Radio Nacional (Spanish radio station)|Radio Nacional]]|i=unset | [30] [31] | ||
| SER | [32] | |||
| Radio Rioja | [33] | |||
| [34] | ||||
| SR | TV1 | Åke Strömmer | [35] | |
| SR P3 | ||||
| SRG SSR | TV DRS | [36] | ||
| TSR | [37] | |||
| TSI | [38] | |||
| BBC | BBC1 | Dave Lee Travis | [39] | |
| BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 | Terry Wogan | [40] [41] | ||
| BFBS | BFBS Radio | John Russell | [42] | |
| JRT | [[RTS1 (Serbian TV channel)|TV Beograd]]|i=unset | [43] | ||
| [44] | ||||
| TV Skopje | ||||
| TV Zagreb | [45] |
| + Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries | |||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network 7 | |||||
| ČST | ČST1 | [46] | |||
| MTV | MTV | [47] | |||
| RÚV | Icelandic: [[RÚV (TV channel)|Sjónvarpið]]|i=unset | Björn Matthíasson | [48] | ||
| TP | Polish: [[TVP1|Telewizja Polska]]|i=unset | [49] | |||
| PBS | [50] [51] | ||||