The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the 1966 contest with the song "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), the contest was held at the Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg on 8 April 1967, becoming the first contest held in the month of April, and was hosted by Austrian actress Erica Vaal.
Seventeen countries participated in the contest, one fewer than the record eighteen that had competed in the 1965 and 1966 editions. Denmark decided not to enter and left the contest at this point, not returning until 1978.
The United Kingdom won the contest for the first time with the song "Puppet on a String", written and composed by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, and performed by Sandie Shaw. The entry 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. Shaw intensely disliked the composition, though her attitude towards the song somewhat mellowed in later years, even releasing a new version in 2007.
This was the last contest to be transmitted only in black and white as it would begin to be transmitted in colour from the 1968 edition onwards.
Results[]
Country in gold is the winning entry and the country in silver is the host country.
| Rank | Country | EBU member station | Artist | Song | Conductor | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | United Kingdom | BBC | Sandie Shaw | "Puppet on a String" | Kenny Woodman | 47 |
| 02 | Ireland | RTÉ | Sean Dunphy | "If I Could Choose" | Noel Kelehan | 22 |
| 03 | France | ORTF | Noëlle Cordier | "Il doit faire beau là-bas" | Franck Pourcel | 20 |
| 04 | Luxembourg | CLT | Vicky | "L'amour est bleu" | Claude Denjean | 17 |
| 05 | Monaco | TMC | Minouche Barelli | "Boum-Badaboum" | Aimé Barelli | 10 |
| 06 | Spain | TVE | Raphael | "Hablemos del amor" | Manuel Alejandro | 9 |
| 07 | Belgium | BRT | Louis Neefs | "Ik heb zorgen" | Francis Bay | 8 |
| 08 | Sweden | SR | Östen Warnerbring | "Som en dröm" | Mats Olsson | 7 |
| Germany | ARD/HR | Inge Brück | "Anouschka" | Hans Blum | 7 | |
| Yugoslavia | JRT | Lado Leskovar | "Vse rože sveta" | Mario Rijavec | 7 | |
| 11 | Italy | RAI | Claudio Villa | "Non andare più lontano" | Giancarlo Chiaramello | 4 |
| 12 | Portugal | RTP | Eduardo Nascimento | "O vento mudou" | Tavares Belo | 3 |
| Finland | YLE | Fredi | "Varjoon – suojaan" | Ossi Runne | 3 | |
| 14 | Netherlands | NTS | Thérèse Steinmetz | "Ringe-dinge" | Dolf van der Linden | 2 |
| Austria | ORF | Peter Horton | "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" | Johannes Fehring | 2 | |
| Norway | NRK | Kirsti Sparboe | "Dukkemann" | Øivind Bergh | 2 | |
| 17 | Switzerland | SRG SSR | Géraldine | "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?" | Hans Moeckel | 0 |
Broadcasts[]
The contest was reportedly broadcast in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland and the Soviet Union via Intervision.
Participating countries[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Spokesperson |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | FS1 | Emil Kollpacher | Unknown |
| Belgium (Dutch) | BRT | Unknown | Unknown |
| Belgium (French) | RTB | Paule Herreman | |
| Finland | TV-ohjelma 1, Yleisohjelma | Aarno Walli | Poppe Berg |
| Ruotsinkielinen ula-ohjelma | Unknown | ||
| France | Première Chaîne, France Inter | Pierre Tchernia | Unknown |
| Germany | Deutsches Fernsehen | Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach | Unknown |
| Ireland | RTÉ, RTÉ Radio | Unknown | Gay Byrne |
| Italy | Secondo Programma | Renato Tagliani | Unknown |
| Luxembourg | Télé-Luxembourg | Unknown | Unknown |
| Monaco | Télé Monte-Carlo | Unknown | Unknown |
| Netherlands | Nederland 1 | Teddy Scholten | Unknown |
| Hilversum 1 | Unknown | ||
| Norway | NRK Fjernsynet, NRK | Erik Diesen | Sverre Christophersen |
| Portugal | RTP | Unknown | Unknown |
| Spain | TVE 1, TVE Canarias | Federico Gallo | Unknown |
| RNE | Unknown | ||
| Sweden | Sveriges TV, SR P3 | Christina Hansegård | Edvard Matz |
| Switzerland (German) | TV DRS | Unknown | Unknown |
| DRS 2 | Unknown | ||
| Switzerland (French) | TSR, RSR 2 | Robert Burnier | |
| Switzerland (Italian) | TSI | Unknown | |
| United Kingdom | BBC1 | Rolf Harris | Michael Aspel |
| Yugoslavia | Televizija Beograd | Unknown | Unknown |
| Televizija Ljubljana | Unknown | ||
| Televizija Zagreb | Unknown |
Non-participating countries[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia | ČST | Vladimír Dvořák |
| East Germany | Deutscher Fernsehfunk | Unknown |
| Hungary | MTV | Unknown |
| Poland | TV Polska | Unknown |
| Romania | TVR | Unknown |
| Soviet Union | CT USSR | Unknown |
Broadcast notes[]
- Czechoslovakia - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis on 9 April 1967 at 20:15 CET.
- East Germany - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis.
- Romania - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis on 15 April 1967 at 22:15 EET.
- Spain - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis on TVE Canarias the following day at 23:00 WET.
- Switzerland - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis on DRS 2 on 11 April 1967 at 22:15 CET.