Palais des Festivals et des Congrès Cannes, France
Presenter(s)
Jacqueline Joubert
Musical director
Franck Pourcel
Directed by
Marcel Cravenne
Host broadcaster
Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF)
Website
eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1959
Participants
Number of entries
11
Debuting countries
Monaco
Returning countries
United Kingdom
Non-returning countries
Luxembourg
Participation map
Competing countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 1959
Vote
Voting system
Ten-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song
Winning song
Netherlands "Een beetje"
1958 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1960
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), the contest, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1959 (English: Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959[1]), was held in France following the country's victory at the 1958 contest with the song "Dors, mon amour", performed by André Claveau.
In total eleven countries participated in the contest, with Monaco making its first appearance and the United Kingdom returning after their absence the previous year. Luxembourg, however, decided not to participate after competing in all former editions.
The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Een beetje", performed by Teddy Scholten, composed by Dick Schallies and written by Willy van Hemert. This was the Netherlands' second victory in the contest, having also won in 1957, and also marked the first time a country had won the contest more than once. Van Hemert also became the first individual to win twice, having also written the first Dutch winning song from 1957, "Net als toen". The United Kingdom placed second, marking the first of a record sixteen times that the country would go on to finish as contest runners-up, while France placed third.
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