Eurovision Song Contest 1966

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the annual pan-European music competition, notable for being won by Austrian singer-songwriter Udo Jürgens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurovision Song Contest ⓘ
broadcastInColour false ⓘ
broadcastRegion Europe ⓘ
conductorOfWinningSong Johannes Fehring ⓘ
country Luxembourg ⓘ
date 1966-03-05 ⓘ
debutingCountry Monaco ⓘ
editionNumber 11 ⓘ
finalDate 1966-03-05 ⓘ
host Josiane Shen ⓘ
hostBroadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion ⓘ
hostCity Luxembourg City ⓘ
intervalAct Luxembourgish folk and dance performances ⓘ
languageRule countries required to sing in one of their national languages ⓘ
notableFor first and only Austrian victory until 2014 ⓘ
third consecutive participation of Udo Jürgens ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries 18 ⓘ
openingTheme Luxembourgish orchestral music ⓘ
organisedBy European Broadcasting Union ⓘ
partOfSeries Eurovision Song Contest ⓘ
predecessor Eurovision Song Contest 1965 ⓘ
presentedIn English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
returningCountry Denmark ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
secondPlace Sweden ⓘ
secondPlacePerformer Lill Lindfors ⓘ
Svante Thuresson ⓘ
secondPlaceSong Nygammal vals ⓘ
successor Eurovision Song Contest 1967 ⓘ
thirdPlace Norway ⓘ
thirdPlacePerformer Åse Kleveland ⓘ
thirdPlaceSong Intet er nytt under solen ⓘ
Udo JürgensParticipationNumber 3 ⓘ
UdoJurgensPreviousEntries Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen (1965) ⓘ
Warum nur, warum? (1964) ⓘ
venue Villa Louvigny ⓘ
votingSystem ten-member juries awarding 5, 3 and 1 points to their top three songs ⓘ
winner Austria ⓘ
winnerLanguage German ⓘ
winnerPerformer Udo Jürgens ⓘ
winningSong Merci, Chérie ⓘ
withdrawingCountry Ireland ⓘ

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Udo Jürgens → winnerOf → Eurovision Song Contest 1966 ⓘ
Lill Lindfors → notableEvent → Eurovision Song Contest 1966 ⓘ
"Merci, Chérie" → partOf → Eurovision Song Contest 1966 ⓘ
subject linked to: Merci, Chérie
"Merci, Chérie" → winnerOf → Eurovision Song Contest 1966 ⓘ
subject linked to: Merci, Chérie
"Merci, Chérie" → event → Eurovision Song Contest 1966 final ⓘ
subject linked to: Merci, Chérie
linked to: Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 → contest → Eurovision Song Contest 1966 ⓘ
Eurovision Song Contest 1965 → followedBy → Eurovision Song Contest 1966 ⓘ