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Eurovision Song Contest

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European song contest in which countries' songs are performed before a vote takes place.

Amazing staging, vocal virtuosos and voting upsets - it's the greatest, maddest, most over-the-top song contest on earth. Welcome to Europe's biggest event - everyone's invited!

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

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Eurovision Song Contest: Grand Final: 1969

Grand Final: 1969

29/03/1969

BBC One - Eurovision Song Contest, Grand Final: 1969

The fourteenth annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from Madrid, Spain.

The fourteenth Eurovision Song Contest broadcast from Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain.A tie in votes meant there were four winners: France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom's Lulu.

The fourteenth annual Eurovision Song Contest broadcast from Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain.At this point in Eurovision history no one had prepared for the possibility of a tie for first place, let alone a four-way tie. The result was that France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom were all crowned champions. This caused a hiccup in the medal giving ceremony because there were not enough to go around, and the songwriters did not receive theirs until later.The winning entries were France's Frida Boccara singing "Un jour, un enfant", the Netherlands' Lenny Kuhr with "De troubadour", the UK's Lulu with "Boom Bang a Bang" and Spain's Salome singing "Vivo cantando".If current rules (which award first place to the country with the most high votes) had been in place, France would have been the overall winner, followed by Spain, the UK and then the Netherlands in fourth.

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