Recap of All 17 Songs in Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Unofficial recap of all 17 Songs in Eurovision Song Contest 1968. Please, enjoy!

Footage borrowed from: @svetv

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's first victory at the 1967 contest with the song "Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw. Despite having won for the first time the year before, it was actually the third time that the United Kingdom had hosted the competition, having previously done so in 1960 and 1963, both of which also took place in London. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at Royal Albert Hall on 6 April 1968, and was hosted by Katie Boyle for the third time. It was notably also the first time that the contest was broadcast in colour.

Seventeen countries participated in the contest, the same countries that had participated the previous year.

The winner was Spain with the song "La, la, la" by Massiel, and written/composed by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa. This was Spain's first victory - and their first ever top five placing - in the contest. With her winning reprise, she became the first winner to perform part of her song in English, in addition to the original version.

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[o-b-]

France 1968's entry is really underrated nowadays

[JohannesFiestus]

What a fantastic year, all songs are awesome, I love them. ❤

[exil-hesse]

All Entries have good vocalists. Something you don't see in recent years.

[josemadrigalsuarez]

1 Spain
2 United Kingdom
3 France
4 Yugoslavia
5 Portugal.

[Anita-mbgd]

I do love these recaps you are doing! Thank you for these !

[ar]

Odd Borre's "Stress" is still very relevant today. Everybody running around, trying to relax but cannot due to the fast pace of modern-day life. The orchestra is brilliant, capturing the frenzy with their instruments.

[zsokapados]

One of the iconic years for sure! My top 5:

1. Yugoslavia
2. Germany
3. United Kingdom
4. Belgium
5. Finland

[sylvain]

I do love these recaps
I Hope you will make for all the years of the esc

[baita]

La La La became such a hit in the Spanish speaking world. It’s a simple song about appreciating things that you get freely and joyfully. I love it!

[Amthaus]

The notorious Guardando il solo was thought to get another nul point, but saved by Yugoslavia. In the previous contest in Vienna, Geraldine's "Quelle coueur vas tu briser?" received no points due to the strange ending of the song. The Swiss refused to send back up singers way back then. This was aslo in the case of Portugal in Brighton.

[thierrym]

My top 17 ;

17 Switzerland
16 Luxemburg
15 portugzl
14 Netherlands
13 Austria
12 Norway
11 Spain
10 Belgium
9 Finland
8 Monaco
7 Italy
6 Ireland
5 Sweden
4 Germany
3 France
2 United Kingdom
1 Yougoslavia❤

[diegofonseca]

Rightful winner, Massiel. 🇪🇸❤. Her song was the best one by far #Massielazo.

[johnf]

I feel like Karel Gott's song gets overlooked by a lot of people, I honestly found the melody and the singing incredible! Truly first for me personally, the golden voice of Prague 🇦🇹🇨🇿

[mortenmagnus]

the only year that the two "funny" entries actually were the best. the winner being the obvious one. But Norway is clearly the underdog here with "Stress" a tribute to valium . so enjoyable!

[House..Van]

1st Portugal 🇵🇹
2nd France 🇫🇷
3rd Sweden 🇸🇪
4th Belgium 🇧🇪
5th Yugoslavia 🤍
6th Norway 🇳🇴
7th Switzerland 🇨🇭
8th U K 🇬🇧
9th Ireland 🇮🇪
10th Germany 🇩🇪
My favourite songs ..
Very good contest

[jsjs]

My TOP 5
1.Germany
2.Yugoslavia
3.United Kingdom
4 .Spain
5.Norway

[naborrodriguezdieguez]

Sweden, Ireland, France, United Kingdom, Spain

[josefernandez-rsxv]

La mas moderna y la cancion mas eurovisiva la lal la, que bien lo hizo y que guapa esta

[MarkellosVicente]

...so nice to watch...
...but one thing is true: soon or later, seeing this voting system, the tie should occur...
... and it happens that next year, 1969... ...and Eurovision had no way to face it!!!
...(but they could have had asked to the jury in the room at the Madrid's Royal Theatre, to vote and choose the 1969 final winner!!!)...
💖💖💖🎶🎵🎤🎵🎶💖💖💖

[geraldwalsh]

Cliff should have won it this year...and I'm from Ireland!! The Spanish winner was rubbish for Petes sake.