Eurovision Song Contest
1959
- Host
- 🇫🇷 Cannes, France
- Venue
- Palais des Festivals
- Date
- 11 Mar 1959
- Presenter
- Jacqueline Joubert
- Entries
- 11
Scoreboard
FinalPlay the final
11 songs- 1 🇫🇷 France “Oui oui oui oui” Jean Philippe
- 2 🇩🇰 Denmark “Uh, jeg ville ønske, jeg var dig” Birthe Wilke
- 3 🇮🇹 Italy “Piove” Domenico Modugno
- 4 🇲🇨 Monaco “Mon ami Pierrot” Jacques Pills
- 5 🇳🇱 Netherlands “Een beetje” Teddy Scholten
- 6 🇩🇪 Germany “Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n” Alice and Ellen Kessler
- 7 🇸🇪 Sweden “Augustin” Brita Borg
- 8 🇨🇭 Switzerland “Irgendwoher” Christa Williams
- 9 🇦🇹 Austria “Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien” Ferry Graf
- 10 🇬🇧 United Kingdom “Sing Little Birdie” Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
- 11 🇧🇪 Belgium “Hou toch van mij” Bob Benny
Who voted for whom
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Where it happened
CannesPalais des Festivals, Cannes
1959 in numbers
Nerd cornerLanguages
Comings & goings
First time: 🇲🇨 Monaco
Back again: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (last in 1957)
Sat this one out: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
How the votes worked
Ten-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song