International song competition
The
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
was the 18th edition of the annual
Eurovision Song Contest
. It took place in
Luxembourg City
,
Luxembourg
, following the country's victory at the
1972 contest
with the song "
Apres toi
" by
Vicky Leandros
. Organised by the
European Broadcasting Union
(EBU) and host broadcaster
Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Telediffusion
(CLT), the contest was held at the
Grand Theatre
on 7 April 1973 and was hosted by German television presenter
Helga Guitton
.
Seventeen countries took part in the contest this year, with
Austria
and
Malta
deciding not to participate, and
Israel
competing for the first time.
In a back-to-back victory,
Luxembourg
won the contest again with the song "
Tu te reconnaitras
" by
Anne-Marie David
. The voting was a very close one, with
Spain
with "
Eres tu
" by
Mocedades
finishing only 4 points behind and the
United Kingdom
with "
Power to All Our Friends
" by
Cliff Richard
(who had come second in
1968
just behind Spain) another 2 points further back. The winning song scored the highest score ever achieved in Eurovision under any voting format until 1975, recording 129 points out of a possible 160, which represented almost 81% of the possible maximum. This was partly due to a scoring system which guaranteed all countries at least two points from each country.
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Location
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Luxembourg City
is a
commune
with
city status
, and the
capital
of the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
. It is located at the
confluence
of the
Alzette
and
Petrusse
Rivers in southern Luxembourg. The city contains the historic
Luxembourg Castle
, established by the
Franks
in the
Early Middle Ages
, around which a settlement developed.
The
Grand Theatre de Luxembourg
, inaugurated in 1964 as the
Theatre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg
, became the venue for the 1973 contest. It is the city's major venue for drama, opera and ballet.
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Participating countries
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Seventeen nations took part in this year's contest.
Israel
participated for the first time, while
Austria
and
Malta
decided against participating. Malta had originally being drawn to perform in sixth position between Norway and Monaco, however the Maltese broadcaster withdrew before the deadline to select an entry.
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The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped this year, so performers from some countries sang in English.
Returning artists
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Contest overview
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In
light of the events
that had happened during the
1972 Summer Olympics
in Munich, there were fears of a terrorist threat, particularly directed against Israel's first-ever entrant, leading to unusually tight security for the contest. This gave rise to one of the best-known Eurovision anecdotes, frequently recounted by the UK's long-serving commentator
Terry Wogan
. He recalled that the floor manager strongly advised the audience to remain seated while applauding the performances, otherwise they risked being shot by security forces.
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This contest holds the record for the most watched Eurovision Song Contest in the
United Kingdom
, and is also the 18th
most watched television show
in the same country, with an estimated 21.54 million tuning in on the night.
Cliff Richard
represented the
UK
with the song "
Power to All Our Friends
". He came 3rd with 123 points. The winner though was
Anne-Marie David
with "
Tu te reconnaitras
".
Detailed voting results
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Each country had two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. The juries watched the show on TV from the Ville du Louvigny TV Studios of CLT and appeared on screen to confirm their scores.
10 points
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Below is a summary of all perfect 10 scores that were given during the voting.
Broadcasts
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Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.
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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 Austria, Greece, Iceland, Malta and Turkey, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union via
Intervision
, and in Japan.
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Notes
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On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium
ARD
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Delayed broadcast on 9 April 1973 at 22:30
CET
(21:30
UTC
)
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Deferred broadcast at 23:00
CET
(22:00
UTC
)
[41]
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Delayed broadcast on 8 May 1973 at 21:15
CET
(20:15
UTC
)
[47]
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Delayed broadcast on 29 April 1973 at 21:30
WET
(21:30
UTC
)
[48]
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4 June
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External links
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Artists
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Songs
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- "Baby, Baby"
- "
Chi sara con te
"
- "Do I Dream"
- "
Eres tu
"
- "
Ey Sham
"
- "
Gori vatra
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- "It's Just a Game"
- "
Je vais me marier, Marie
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- "
Junger Tag
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- "
De oude muzikant
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- "
Power to All Our Friends
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- "
Sans toi
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- "Tom Tom Tom"
- "
Tourada
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- "
Un train qui part
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- "
Tu te reconnaitras
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- "You're Summer"
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(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)
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