The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 8 April 1967 in Vienna following Udo Jürgens' win at the previous Contest. No country debuted or returned while Denmark withdrew.
The United Kingdom claimed its first victory with "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw. It had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition; it garnered more than twice as many points as the second placed song. (Only Italy three years earlier beats this record with a margin of 47 to 17, almost three times as many points).
The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom's entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes. Shaw intensely disliked the composition, though her attitude towards the song somewhat mellowed in later years, even releasing a new version in 2007.
The contest long remained the only time Austria had hosted the event, until 2015.
Location[]
The Contest was held in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The venue for the contest was the Hofburg Palace, which was the principal winter residence the Habsburgdynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria.
Production[]
Stage[]
The stage setup was a little bit unusual this year. There were two revolving mirrored walls on both ends of the stage and started revolving at the start of each song and stopped revolving at the end of each song. The hostess, Erika Vaal ended the program by congratulating the winning song, country and saying good bye in several different languages.
Returning artists[]
| Artist | Note |
|---|---|
| Claudio Villa | Represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 in Luxembourg City with the song "Addio, addio", finishing in 9th place with 3 points. |
| Kirsti Sparboe | Represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 in Naples with the song "Karusell", finishing in joint 13th place with 1 point. |
| Raphael | Represented Spain at the previous year's Contest in Luxembourg City with the song "Yo soy aquél", finishing in 7th place with 9 points. |
Results[]
| Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  The Netherlands
|
Thérèse Steinmetz | "Ring-dinge-ding" | Dutch | - | 14 | 2 |
| 02 |  Luxembourg
|
Vicky Leandros | "L'amour est bleu" | French | Love is blue | 4 | 17 |
| 03 |  Austria
|
Peter Horton | "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" | German | Why there are hundred thousand stars | 14 | 2 |
| 04 |  France
|
Noëlle Cordier | "Il doit faire beau là-bas" | French | The weather must be good there | 3 | 20 |
| 05 |  Portugal
|
Eduardo Nascimento | "O vento mudou" | Portuguese | The wind changed | 12 | 3 |
| 06 |  Switzerland
|
Géraldine | "Quel cœur vas-tu briser?" | French | What heart will you break? | 17 | 0 |
| 07 |  Sweden
|
Östen Warnerbring | "Som en dröm" | Swedish | Like a dream | 8 | 7 |
| 08 |  Finland
|
Fredi | "Varjoon – suojaan" | Finnish | Into the shadow – to safety | 12 | 3 |
| 09 |  Germany
|
Inge Brück | "Anouschka" | German | - | 8 | 7 |
| 10 |  Belgium
|
Louis Neefs | "Ik heb zorgen" | Dutch | I have worries | 7 | 8 |
| 11 |  United Kingdom
|
Sandie Shaw | "Puppet on a String" | English | - | 1 | 47 |
| 12 |  Spain
|
Raphael | "Hablemos del amor" | Spanish | Let's talk about love | 6 | 9 |
| 13 |  Norway
|
Kirsti Sparboe | "Dukkemann" | Norwegian | Puppet man | 14 | 2 |
| 14 |  Monaco
|
Minouche Barelli | "Boum-Badaboum" | French | - | 5 | 10 |
| 15 |  Yugoslavia
|
Lado Leskovar | "Vse rože sveta" | Slovene | All the flowers of the world | 8 | 7 |
| 16 |  Italy
|
Claudio Villa | "Non andare più lontano" | Italian | Don't go far away anymore | 11 | 4 |
| 17 |  Ireland
|
Sean Dunphy | "If I Could Choose" | English | - | 2 | 22 |
Scoreboard[]
