The Eurovision Song Contest (TV 1967)

Director:

Herbert Fuchs

Stars:

Erica Vaal, Thérèse Steinmetz, Vicky Leandros

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Erica Vaal	...	Herself - Host
Thérèse Steinmetz	...	Herself - Dutch Entry: 14th Place
Vicky Leandros	...	Herself - Luxembourg Entry: 4th Place (as Vicky)
Peter Horten	...	Himself - Austrian Entry: 14th Place
Noëlle Cordier	...	Herself - French Entry: 3rd Place
Eduardo Nascimento	...	Himself - Portuguese Entry: 12th Place
Géraldine	...	Herself - Swiss Entry: 17th Place
Östen Warnerbring	...	Himself - Swedish Entry: 8th Place
Matti Siitonen	...	Himself - Finnish Entry: 12th Place (as Fredi)
Inge Brück	...	Herself - German Entry: 8th Place
Louis Neefs	...	Himself - Belgian Entry: 7th Place
Sandie Shaw	...	Herself - United Kingdom Entry: 1st Place
Raphael	...	Himself - Spanish Entry: 6th Place
Kirsti Sparboe	...	Herself - Norwegian Entry: 14th Place
Minouche Barelli	...	Herself - Monacoan Entry: 5th Place

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

song | song contest | multinational | competition | tv special | 

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

Austria

Language:

Dutch English Finnish French German Italian Norwegian Portuguese Slovenian Spanish Swedish

Release Date:

8 April 1967 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Eurovision laulukilpailu 1967

Filming Locations:

The Wiener Hofburg, Vienna, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the Luxembourg entry "L'Amour Est Bleu" did not win, it went on to be an international orchestral hit under the name "Love Is Blue".

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Connections

Followed by The Eurovision Song Contest (1987)

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Soundtracks

"L'Amour Est Bleu"
Written by André Popp and Pierre Cour
Sung by Vicky Leandros (as Vicky)

User Reviews

One of the best ESC's from the '60s

First of all, the hostess, Erica Vaal, should get an award for best presenter for a musical variety special, but then again, they don't have prime time Emmy awards in Europe, oh well. But she made a conscientious effort in greeting the MANY viewers watching the program in several languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, etc, and of course she concluded the program in those languages as well, as saying good night in 10 different languages.

Now, on with the singers. First place definitely deserved to go to the UK's Sandie Shaw with her winning song, "Puppet on a string". Honorable mentions go definitely first to Spain's Raphael with his song, "Hablemos del Amor", second, Luxembourg's Vicky Leandros' "L'amour est bleu", and finally, Finland's Fredi, with his bouncy song, "Varjoon Sujaan" which I couldn't even pronounce, but he sang that song with such conviction.

And finally, the interval act, while the juries were tallying up their votes, etc, the audience was treated to a beautiful performance by the famed Vienna Boys' Choir, singing Blue Danube. This I had to mention because some interval acts are better than others. This should get an award for best interval act of the Eurovision Song Contests, overall.