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The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the 16th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the 1970 contest with the song "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), the contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre on 3 April 1971, and was hosted by Irish television presenter Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir.

Eighteen countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 1965 and 1966 editions. Austria returned after their two-year absence, while Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden all returned after having boycotted the competition the previous year. On the other hand, Malta competed for the first time.

The winner was Monaco with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", performed by Séverine, written by Yves Dessca, and composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre. This was Monaco's first and only victory in the contest. This was also the only time in the contest's history, where the second and third-placed entrants were also awarded.

Groups of up to six people were allowed to perform for the first time, with the rule in previous contests of performing either solo or as a duet abolished.

This was only RTÉ's second outside broadcast in colour. The contest was broadcast in Iceland, the United States and Hong Kong several days later.

Results[]

Finals[]

Country in gold is the winning entry and the country in silver is the host country.

Rank Country EBU member station Artist Song Points
01 Monaco TMC Séverine "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" 128
02 Spain TVE Karina "En un mundo nuevo" 116
03 Germany ARD/HR Katja Ebstein "Diese Welt" 100
04 United Kingdom BBC Clodagh Rodgers "Jack in the Box" 98
05 Italy RAI Massimo Ranieri "L'amore è un attimo" 91
06 Sweden SR The Family Four "Vita vidder" 85
06 Netherlands NOS Saskia and Serge "Tijd" 85
08 Finland YLE Markku Aro and Koivisto Sisters "Tie uuteen päivään" 84
09 Portugal RTP Tonicha "Menina do alto da serra" 83
10 France ORTF Serge Lama "Un jardin sur la terre" 82
11 Ireland RTÉ Angela Farrell "One Day Love" 79
12 Switzerland SRG SSR Peter, Sue and Marc "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans" 78
13 Luxembourg CLT Monique Melsen "Pomme, pomme, pomme" 70
14 Belgium BRT Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel "Goeie morgen, morgen" 68
14 Yugoslavia JRT Krunoslav Slabinac "Tvoj dječak je tužan" 68
16 Austria ORF Marianne Mendt "Musik" 66
17 Norway NRK Hanne Krogh "Lykken er..." 65
18 Malta MBA Joe Grech "Marija l-Maltija" 52

Broadcasts[]

The contest was reportedly broadcast in 29 countries (as said by the host) including Greece, Iceland, Morocco and Tunisia, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania via Intervision, and in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and the United States.

Participating countries[]

Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s)
Austria FS1 Ernst Grissemann
Belgium (Dutch) BRT
Belgium (French) RTB
Finland TV-ohjelma 1
Yleisohjelma Matti Paalosmaa
Ruotsinkielinen ohjelma
France Deuxième Chaîne Georges de Caunes
Germany Deutsches Fernsehen
Ireland RTÉ
RTÉ Radio
Italy Programma Nazionale Renato Tagliani
Secondo Programma
Luxembourg Télé-Luxembourg
Malta MTS Victor Aquilina
National Network
Monaco Télé Monte-Carlo
Netherlands Nederland 1 Pim Jacobs
Norway NRK Fjernsynet Sverre Christophersen
NRK
Portugal I Programa Henrique Mendes
Emissora Nacional Programa 1
Spain TVE 1 Joaquín Prat
Radio Nacional
Sweden TV1 Åke Strömmer
SR P3 Ursula Richter
Switzerland (German) TV DRS Theodor Haller
Switzerland (French) TSR Georges Hardy
Switzerland (Italian) TSI
United Kingdom BBC1 Dave Lee Travis
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 Terry Wogan
BFBS Radio John Russell
Yugoslavia TV Ljubljana 1
TV Zagreb


Non-participating countries[]

Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s)
Argentina
Brazil Rede Tupi
Bulgaria Bulgarian Television
Czechoslovakia ČST
Ethiopia EBC
Greece EIRT Mako Georgiadou
Hong Kong Radio Hong Kong
Hungary MTV
Iceland Sjónvarpið Björn Matthíasson
Jamaica
Kenya Voice of Kenya
Mauritania Radio Nationale
Mauritius MBC
Morocco RTM
Poland TVP No commentary
Romania TVR
Sierra Leone SLBC
Thailand Thai Television Channel 4
Trinidad and Tobago TTT
Tunisia RTT
Uganda Uganda Television
United States PBS

Broadcast notes[]

  • Hungary - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis at 21 April, 11:00 CET.
  • Iceland - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis at 18 April, 21:25 WET.
  • United States - The show was broadcast on a delayed basis at 18 April, 22:00 EST.