eurovision 1971

all time rank: the position that the country and the song have between all the eurovision songs

chart from the game vote for the best eurovision song.

Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Dates
Final date	3 April 1971
Host
Venue	Gaiety Theatre Dublin, Ireland
Presenter(s)	Bernadette Ni Ghallchoir
Conductor	Colman Pearce
Director	Tom McGrath
Executive supervisor	Clifford Brown
Host broadcaster	Raidio Teilifis Eireann (RTÉ)
Interval act	Bunratty Castle Entertainers
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries	None

participating countries

History
For the first time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, Ireland hosted the event at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Compared to 1970, the number of participants rose again to 18 as Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal all re-entered after a year of absence. Malta had its debut, so altogether 18 countries were present and the contest was broadcast in 29 countries.The small principality of Monaco on the other hand won for the first time with the song Un Banc, Un Abre, Une Rue by French-born Séverine, who then went on to have a successful career especially in Germany.
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.
The rule of performing either as single or duet was abolished: now groups of up to six persons were allowed to perform at Eurovision Song Contests.

In this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, a new voting system was created: two jury members – one of them had to be younger than 25 – had to award between 1 and 5 points to each song. This created some problems because some juries gave fewer points than others. For example, Luxembourg awarded 43 points altogether compared to France’s 107! This system meant that jury members could vote tactically, awarding few points and hoping to gain many.
The BBC were worried about the possible audience reaction to the British song due to the hostilities raging in Northern Ireland. They specifically selected a singer from Northern Ireland, Clodagh Rodgers who was popular in both the UK and Ireland to ease any ill-feeling from the Dublin audience. She reported receiving death threats from the IRA for representing the UK.
The contest was broadcast in Iceland, USA & Hong Kong few days later.Monaco’s win was their first and only victory. The song was performed by a French singer, living in France, sung in French, conducted by a French native and written by a French team. Séverine later claimed she never visited Monaco before or after her victory.

#	Representing country	Performer(s)	Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)	Points	Place
01	Austria	Marianne Mendt	Musik	066	16
02	Malta	Joe Grech	Marija L-maltija	052	18
03	Monaco	Séverine	Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue	128	01
04	Switzerland	Peter, Sue and Marc	Les Illusions De Nos Vingt Ans	078	12
05	Germany	Katja Ebstein	Diese Welt	100	03
06	Spain	Karina	En Un Mundo Nuevo	116	02
07	France	Serge Lama	Un Jardin Sur La Terre	082	10
08	Luxembourg	Monique Melsen	Pomme, Pomme, Pomme	070	13
09	United Kingdom	Clodagh Rodgers	Jack In The Box	098	04
10	Belgium	Lily Castel and Jacques Raymond	Goeie Morgen, Morgen	068	14
11	Italy	Massimo Ranieri	L’amore è Un Attimo	091	05
12	Sweden	Family Four	Vita Vidder	085	06
13	Ireland	Angela Farrell	One Day Love	079	11
14	Netherlands	Saskia and Serge	De Tijd	085	06
15	Portugal	Tonicha	Menina Do Alto Da Serra	083	09
16	Yugoslavia	Krunoslav Slabinac	Tvoj Djecak Je Tuzan	068	14
17	Finland	Markku Aro and Koivisto Sisters	Tie Uuteen Päivään	084	08
18	Norway	Hanne Krogh	Lykken Er…	065	17

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Jacques Raymond	Belgium	1963
Katja Ebstein	Germany	1970

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