Eurovision Song Contest 1973
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The Euro Vision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th song contest of the European broadcasters euro vision since the beginning in 1956. He was held on April 7, 1973 held in Luxembourg, as the year before had won with Vicky Leandros that country and so had the right, the event perform. The official title of this year was the 18th Concours Euro Vision Song Contest. The moderator was broadcast by Helga Guitton, moderator in the German program on Radio Luxembourg. Anne- Marie David, who took for Luxembourg, won the contest with the title: Tu te reconnaîtras.
Special
Israel took part for the first time at the Song Contest. The security measures were not the only reason strengthened, but also because of the Munich took place at the Olympic Games assassination attempt last year.
The Production Manager was informed before the event, the audience also to remain seated in applauding but, since otherwise there would be due to the increased security level, the risk of being shot by the Security located in the hall.
In addition, the event was marked by a scandal surrounding the Spanish contribution. The song Eres tú was referred to as plagiarism of the Yugoslav contribution 1966 ( Brez besed then sung by Berta Ambroz ). Nevertheless Eres tú was not disqualified.
Rule change
The rule that each participating country has to sing in the local language was abolished. From this new freedom of language, however, accounted for only Finland, Sweden and Norway use.
Placements
Scoring
* The table is vertically ordered by the appearance order, horizontally to the chronological point Ever reading.
Map
- Participating countries
- Countries that had already participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1973