Eurovision Song Contest 1959 - full show

Venue: Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
Date: Wednesday, 11 March 1959
Presentation: Jacqueline Joubert
Voting: Per country, 10 jurymembers each awarded 1 point to their favourite song.
Number of countries: 11

[@Texaslawhorn]

Fun fact! This year's singer for Monaco, Jacques Pills, was the father of Jacqueline Boyer who won the contest for France the next year in 1960!

[@sebastiancasale53]

And Jacqueline boyer was born in 1943

[@laurentguichard5479]

car sa maman était Lucienne Boyer et elle fut mariée à Jacques Pills

[@laurentguichard5479]

Jacqueline Boyer fut la belle fille d Edith Piaf car son père fut marié à Edith Piaf

[@laurentguichard5479]

les 2 maris d'EDITH PIAF sont décédés la meme année à quelques semaines d' intervalle

[@casperrabbit7254]

Those rotating stages though

[@danielroy1966]

Wild dancing by the Danish girl. ;-)

[@ytfeh]

This esc laid the foundation for two traditions: Te Deum (Eurovision anthem) played with logo and the opening words "Good Evening Europe". Used for decades and decades to come :)

[@Texaslawhorn]

I didn't know that the 2nd place and 3rd place winners ever got to do a reprise at the end. I like it! 🥇🥈🥉

[@quizmaster85]

Only year that that ever happened, I think.

[@sebastiandumagat6948]

@@quizmaster85 yup but in 1971, the 2nd and 3rd Got prizes

[@quizmaster85]

@@sebastiandumagat6948 True.

[@jerryberry5480]

Host: “Speak slowly please”

[@luapslev5826]

She sounded so aggressive as well. lol

[@kaitlinbilous4605]

Well, she had to remind a spokesperson earlier on in the voting(51:25). English would not be Jacqueline's first language. I think the double whammy caused her to flip

[@kaitlinbilous4605]

My favourite contest of the 50s.

[@Texaslawhorn]

Final results: (Don't look if you don't want spoilers! 😯😌) 20:32 🇳🇱 1) Netherlands🥇🏆/ 21 points 38:01 🇬🇧 2) United Kingdom🥈 / 16 points 07:08 🇫🇷 3) France🥉/ 15 points 31:20 🇨🇭 4) Switzerland / 14 points 09:50 🇩🇰 5) Denmark / 12 points 13:33 🇮🇹 6) Italy / 9 points (tie) 41:10 🇧🇪 6) Belgium / 9 points (tie) 24:28 🇩🇪 8) Germany / 5 points 27:50 🇸🇪 9) Sweden / 4 points (tie) 35:09 🇦🇹 9) Austria / 4 points (tie) 17:27 🇲🇨11) Monaco / 1 point 1:03:39 3rd Place Reprise 🇫🇷 France 1:06:54 2nd Place Reprise 🇬🇧 UK 1:09:52 1st Place Reprise 🇳🇱 Netherlands

[@russellhutchinson1656]

This contest was held four weeks before I was born. I first watched the contest in 1968. It was so different in those days, much smaller venues, a live orchestra etc

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Actual quality too.

[@treverthetree]

I honestly think Eurovision needs live orchestras and live instrumentation! I can’t watch most of the entries because I see them faking an instrument and it just takes me right out of the music :( I also think Eurovision is far too focused on being modern nowadays. Why not embrace the past a little you know?

[@K.A.T6]

⁠@@treverthetreemusic has changed alot over the years. They aren’t trying too make it too modern but it’s already up to date with the time there in. LED stages and bright lights. Also there not faking instruments. Further more live orchestra and instruments wouldn’t work with like all songs of this time. That’s why they don’t do them anymore

[@treverthetree]

@@K.A.T6 Live instrumentation is banned. All instruments on stage ARE FAKED :(

[@K.A.T6]

@@treverthetree really? Dang

[@Texaslawhorn]

ESC March 11, 1959 Cannes, France 🇫🇷 Time stamps 2:49 "Te Deum" theme played by Frank Pourcel's Orchestra 3:28 Presenter Jacqueline Joubert introduces each contestant 7:08 🇫🇷 France "Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui" ("Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes") Jean Philippe - 15 points, 3rd place out of 11 🥉 9:50 🇩🇰 Denmark "Uh, jeg ville onske jeg var dig" ("Oh, I'd Wish I Were You") Birthe Wilke - 12 points, 5th place out of 11 13:33 🇮🇹 Italy "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" ("It's Raining [Bye, bye baby]") Domenico Modugno - 9 points, 6th place out of 11 17:27 🇮🇩 Monaco (contest debut) "Mon Ami Pierrot" ("My Friend Pierrot") Jacques Pills - 1 point, 11th place out of 11 20:32 🇳🇱 Netherlands "Een Beetje" ("A Little Bit") Teddy Scholten - 21 points, 1st place out of 11 🏆🥇 24:28 🇩🇪 Germany "Heute Abend Wollen Wir Tanzen Geh'n" ("Tonight We Want to Go Dancing") Alice and Ellen Kessler - 5 points, 8th place out of 11 27:50 🇸🇪 Sweden "Augustin" ("Augustin") Brita Borg - 4 points, tied for 9th place out of 11 31:20 🇨🇭 Switzerland "Irgendwoher" ("From Somewhere") Christa Williams - 14 points, 4th place out of 11 35:09 🇦🇹 Austria "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien" ("The K and K Calypso from Vienna") Ferry Graf - 4 points, tied for 9th place out of 11 38:01 🇬🇧 United Kingdom "Sing, Little Birdie" Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson - 16 points, 2nd place out of 11 🥈 41:10 🇧🇪 Belgium "Hou Toch Van Mij" ("Do Love Me") Bob Benny - 9 points, 6th place out of 11 45:27 voting begins 46:33 🇧🇪 Belgian jury. Most votes given to the Netherlands (3/10) 47:48 🇬🇧 British jury. Most votes given to Switzerland (5/10) 49:15 🇦🇹 Austrian jury. Most votes given to the Netherlands (3/10) 51:05 🇨🇭 Swiss jury. Gave 3 votes each to Italy and the UK 52:26 🇸🇪 Swedish jury. Most points given to Denmark (4/10) 53:20 🇩🇪 German jury. Most points given to France (4/10) 54:28 🇳🇱 Dutch jury. Most points given to the UK (5/10) 55:34 🇮🇩 Monegasque jury. 2 points given to each France and the UK 57:00 🇮🇹 Italian jury. Most points given to the Netherlands (7/10) prompting an excited gasp from the audience! 58:00 🇩🇰 Danish jury. Most points given to France (4/10) 59:25 🇫🇷 French jury. Most points given to the Netherlands (4/10) 1:02:15 awards presentation 1:03:33 3rd place reprise 🇫🇷 1:06:27 2nd place reprise 🇬🇧 1:09:21 1st place reprise 🇳🇱 Final results: 20:32 1) 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🥇🏆/ 21 points 38:01 2) 🇬🇧 UK 🥈/ 16 points 07:08 3) 🇫🇷 France 🥉/ 15 points 31:20 4) 🇨🇭 Switzerland / 14 points 09:50 5) 🇩🇰 Denmark / 12 points 13:33 6) 🇮🇹 Italy (tie) / 9 points 41:10 6) 🇧🇪 Belgium (tie) / 9 points 24:28 8) 🇩🇪 Germany / 5 points 27:50 9) 🇸🇪Sweden (tie) / 4 points 35:09 9) 🇦🇹 Austria (tie) / 4 points 17:27 11) 🇮🇩 Monaco / 1 point

[@marikishtar5059]

Thanks but why spoilers bro

[@Texaslawhorn]

@@marikishtar5059 If people don't want spoilers for a music contest from 1959 then they shouldn't look at the comments until after they watch the show. That advice can also apply to the comment section on any video that shows a competition.

[@eghdf8888]

ciau ciau Bambina Dominico Modunjo Italia a big hit forever in all over Europe in the 60ties

[@76HENDRIK10]

Fun Fact: Jacques Pills (the man who represented Monaco) is the father of Jacqueline Boyer (winner France 1960)

[@mrrkdino]

Italy had the best song that year by far. It became a huge hit round the world.

[@juanjogarcia3313]

¡Maravillosa edición! Presentar a los cantantes antes de comenzar la competición ya lo inventaron en Cannes, no en el XXI; el cambio de decorado, la presentadora tan simpática y natural, la orquesta... ¡que vuelva la música en directo! Me encanta. Gracias, נתי נתן

[@ioannislazaridis4887]

Thank you for the publication of Eurovision songs , they are really precious.

[@lvtv2005]

That stage is so clever😍

[@occono3543]

Yeah I'm going through the years and this year where you can tell they realized it's going to be a tradition

[@chiriladorin-alexandru2776]

61 years ago.

[@rickelmonoggin]

Love it! So stylish.

[@treverthetree]

Thanks!

[@seosamhofionnaghain6274]

News Note 1: Netherlands became the first country to win more than once. News Note 2: Teddy Scholten Became the 3rd Woman (Solo) To Win the Eurovision Song Contest.

[@cooperativecoolchris9349]

The voting was really different than it is now They now give 12 points to their favorite song

[@jiminrus1519]

Who after esc 2020?

[@76HENDRIK10]

ESC 2020 was cancelled.

[@coolguybrian]

Hendripendri no it wasnt

[@elmernegros6085]

@@coolguybrian its now cancelled so its going in 2021

[@76HENDRIK10]

@@coolguybrian yes it was

[@inezfeytons1764]

@@coolguybrian yes

[@John_oR.]

Haha I love how the host has so hard to understand the english.

[@srjrgens8752]

IMO from best to worst: 1. Switzerland 2. France 3. Netherlands 4. Germany 5. United Kingdom 6. Monaco 7. Belgium 8. Denmark 9. Austria 10. Italy 11. Sweden

[@alexmichailidis49]

My opinion 1) Sing little birdie ( United Kingdom) - 12 points 2) Heute abend wollen wir tanzen gehen ( Germany) - 10 points 3) Oui oui oui oui ( France) - 8 points 4) Hou toch van mij ( Belgium) - 7 points 5) Irgendwocher (Switzerland) - 6 points 6) Een beetje( Netherlands) - 5 points 7) Uh, jeg ville onske jeg var dig ( Denmark) - 4 points 8) Augustin (Sweden) - 3 points 9) Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien (Austria) - 2 points 10) Piove (Italy) - 1 point That is my taste of music!

[@diogocoelho1674]

26:35 ended Chanel, Chanel was found crying on the ground after that dancebreak

[@Anxious_Athena]

really? How come?

[@pipopelao3306]

1959 4 UK 3 netherlands 2 italy 1 Germany, France denmark switzerland belgium sweden Mónaco austria.

[@foxyroxy1059]

In those days, they had to sing the song in the native language.

[@rhysepoos]

Actually, the language rule didn't come into effect until 1966. It's just that nobody thought to sing in any language other than their own.

[@user-xt3gt7gg9h]

They didn't people just thought that countries would logically sing in their own languages but the frickin Swedes sang in English (in 1966) so they had to put the rule in place

[@ioannislazaridis6159]

@@rhysepoos Thank you for the information.

[@kaitlinbilous4605]

It was an unwritten rule until Sweden sang in English in 65

[@nicoledickson6099]

I liked that the 3rd, + 2nd got to reprise and that they got prizes in '71. That should 've happened every year.

[@mrtkz]

wow wystep tych bliźniaczek to chyba pierwszy taki taneczny od powstania eurowizji, wykorzystały możliwości sceny,po tym pewnie reszta zacznie isc w tym kierunku, fascynujące

[@seosamhofionnaghain6274]

23,418 View's So Far: Thursday February 18 - 2021. Eurovision Song Contest Number 04. Year 1959. Venue: Cannes France. Winner: Netherlands 2nd Win. Current Roll of Honour: Wins: Netherlands 2 France 1 Switzerland 1.

[@albertodillon]

There were good singers in the 1959 Eurovision song contest

[@nikosts9993]

UK the winner for me!

[@TheMutley]

Switzerland is my favourite. I must say, the song contest in 1959 was so much more classy and cultured than what we are forced to endure and tolerate these days.

[@yeahilovefloppa]

In this year 11 March-this is Wednesday too... Sorry, my English not very well)

[@dnstv4416]

They are the best.

[@mrtkz]

ciao bambina tez dobre 👍👍

[@chiriladorin-alexandru2776]

Jacqueline joubert was very beautiful.

[@kaitlinbilous4605]

Did you prefer her outfit from 1959 or 1961?

[@seosamhofionnaghain6274]

News Note 4. 1959 Eurovision Presenter was Jacqueline Joubert (1921 - 2005). She Died Aged 83.

[@76HENDRIK10]

Wow, 16 years too late, new dumbness record

[@ChrisMelville]

This is a fairly good-quality upload. But do you possibly have a version without the onscreen logo? What is your source? Thanks.

[@seosamhofionnaghain6274]

News Note 3. 1959 Eurovision Winner Teddy Sholten (1926 - 2010). She Died Aged 83.

[@76HENDRIK10]

Wow, 11 years too late, new dumbness record

[@lexi3043]

@@76HENDRIK10 you need to get a life honestly, all your comments on these videos are just you being an ass to people for no reason. grow tf up man

[@chelovechek_1]

Эх, хочется даже рыдать от того , что нынешнее Евровидение стало шоу колунов

[@richln9682]

Difficult to believe Abba is only 15 years in the future. I feel that having three-digit number places on the scoreboard was optimistic, though thorough.

[@mariettevanvlierberghe8403]

het aller beste dat belgie ooit heeft ingezonden

[@laurentguichard5479]

c' est les PAYS BAS qui gagnent, pour la deuxième fois

[@willowivory7650]

25:00 Just curious, does anyone know which ones Alice and which ones Ellen?

[@pawelszmit4]

Thank you for amazing show It was beautiful and catchy songs many, here are the results from me (Poland 🇵🇱❤️) 1.Netherlands 🇳🇱 2.Switzerland 🇨🇭 3.France 🇲🇫 4.Sweden 🇸🇪 5.Italy 🇮🇹 6.Germany 🇩🇪 7.Denmark 🇩🇰 8.Belgium 🇧🇪 9.UK 🇬🇧 10.Austria 🇦🇹 11.Monaco 🇲🇨

[@thankou6173]

1 βαθμο μονακο 2 βαθμοι αυστρια 3 βαθμοι σουιδια 4 βαθμοι γερμανια 5 βαθμοι ιταλια 6 βαθμοι βελγιο 7 βαθμοι δανια 8 βαθμοι ολλαωδια 10 βαθμοι αγγλια 12 βαθμοι γαλλια

[@HarlanBrazierJax]

Round-Up 1 France 🇫🇷 2 Denmark 🇩🇰 3 Italy 🇮🇹 4 Monaco 🇲🇨 5 Netherlands 🇳🇱 6 Germany 🇩🇪 7 Sweden 🇸🇪 8 Switzerland 🇨🇭 9 Austria 🇦🇹 10 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 11 Belgium 🇧🇪 1st Netherlands 2nd United Kingdom 3rd France 4th Switzerland 5th Denmark 6th Italy And Belgium 8th Germany 9th Sweden And Austria 11th Monaco

[@halbtonschritt3702]

Jean Philippe hat was von Kai Pflaume

[@AvatariaEmreYapm]

Germany is the best in this year

[@DeeJay_78]

The United Kingdom were utterly robbed. Perhaps it was just a little too twee for the juries, but it stood out a mile for me. Netherlands is also a great song too

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

His singing was very shaky. She was trying to cover for him but he obviously thought he was good, and wasn't having any of it. Netherlands deserved it for her connection with the camera.

[@flechaverde5235]

VIVA MÉXICO

[@ivil5]

Why Grande-Bretagne and not UK?

[@76HENDRIK10]

Cause English is not the only language, dumbass

[@occono3543]

English wasn't a universal language back then. The show was hosted in its host country's language.

[@Ven-7xv]

@@occono3543 I think that they mean why Britain (grande-Bretagne) not UK (royaume-uni) as in why did they leave out Northern Ireland?

[@occono3543]

@@Ven-7xv Northern Ireland gets left out a lot haha

[@mrtkz]

podoba mi sie występ pani z 13 minuty, bardzo ekspresyjny, ten taniec to trzeba przyznać troche różni sie od eysteou naszej blanki z 2023 😀

[@halbtonschritt3702]

No interval act. Very peasant.

[@fatihbrandt2239]

UK is as a matter of fact good, but the lyrics are cringy.

[@rafaell3193]

Not at that time

[@fatihbrandt2239]

@@rafaell3193 But I live in 2022

[@ylevy5]

The only memorable song was the UK׳s. All other songs sounded the same for me. I really dislike the style of that age.