Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Infobox Eurovision
name = Eurovision Song Contest 1959


final = 11 March 1959
presenters = Jacqueline Joubert
conductor = Franck Pourcel
director =
host = flagicon|France RTF
venue = Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, France
winner = flag|Netherlands
"Een Beetje"
vote = Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song.
entries = 11
debut = flag|Monaco
return = flag|United Kingdom
withdraw = flag|Luxembourg
null = None
interval = None
opening =
con = Eurovision Song Contest
pre = ◄1958
nex = 1960►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Cannes, following the French victory the previous year.

A new rule was created for this Eurovision, ensuring that no professional publishers or composers were allowed in the national juries.

The Netherlands' win was their second and the first time a country had won the contest twice. Willy van Hemert was also the lyricist of Net Als Toen, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1957. Van Hemert was the first person to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice. In the press it was suggested that Italy and France gave more points to the Netherlands because neither of those two countries wanted the other to win. This has never been verified.

Results

core sheet

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 85%"!colspan="2" rowspan="2" | !colspan="43"|Results
- France 4 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 Denmark 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 Italy 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Netherlands 4 0 7 1 2 0 0 3 1 3 Germany 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Sweden 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 5 1 Austria 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 United Kingdom 1 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 2 2 Belgium 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

Map

References

* [http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=66&event=276 Eurovision Song Contest 1959] "European Broadcasting Union".