Eurovision Song Contest 1969
At the close of voting, four countries were declared joint-winners: the United Kingdom with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" by Lulu, Spain with "Vivo cantando" by Salomé, the Netherlands with "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, and France with "Un jour, un enfant" by Frida Boccara.The venue selected to host the 1969 contest was the Teatro Real, an opera house located in Madrid opened in 1850.[b] The musical director of the event was Augusto Algueró, who made the arrangements and conducted the orchestra during the opening and ending acts.The interval act consisted of a surrealist documentary titled La España diferente, directed by Javier Aguirre, with music by Luis de Pablo.It had to rent colour television cameras from the ARD German network, which was provided by Fernseh and brought to Madrid from Cologne.Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.
Teatro RealLaurita ValenzuelaAugusto AlgueróClifford BrownTelevisión EspañolaAustriaFranceUn jour, un enfantNetherlandsDe troubadourVivo cantandoUnited KingdomBoom Bang-a-BangEurovision Song ContestMadrid1968 contestLa La LaMassielEuropean Broadcasting UnionSaloméLenny KuhrFrida BoccaraSpanish National OrchestraRTVE Symphony OrchestraList of countries in the Eurovision Song ContestBelgiumFinlandGermanyIrelandLuxembourgMonacoNorwayPortugalSwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomYugoslaviaFrancoBBC CymruCân i Gymrusovereign stateSiw MalmkvistSweden in 1960RomualdMonaco in 1964Simone de Oliveirain 1965Kirsti Sparboein 1967Louis NeefsFrancis BayJarkko and LauraFinnishToivo KärkiJuha VainioOssi RunneFrenchEddy MarnayÉmile SternFranck PourcelPrimaballerinaGermanHans BlumMuriel DayNoel KelehanIva ZanicchiItalianPiero SofficiEzio LeoniPaul MauriatAndré PascalHervé RoyFrans de KokNorwegianArne BendiksenØivind BerghDesfolhada portuguesaPortugueseJosé Carlos Ary dos SantosSpanishTommy KörbergSwedishBritt LindeborgRoger WallisLars SamuelsonSRG SSRHenry MayerPeter WarneJohnny HarrisSerbo-CroatianMiljenko ProhaskasurrealistSalvador DalíEurovision tuneJavier AguirreLuis de PabloFernsehEurovision networkIntervisionPaule HerremanTV-ohjelma 1Deuxième ChaîneFrance InterPierre TcherniaDeutsches FernsehenGay ByrneRTÉ RadioKevin RocheSecondo Programma TVTélé-LuxembourgNederland 1Pim JacobsNRK FjernsynetI ProgramaII ProgramaHenrique MendesTVE CanariasJosé Luis UribarriRadio NacionalRadio PopularSveriges TVTV DRSDavid GellBBC Radio 1BBC Radio 2Pete Murray