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Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Final	7 April 1973
Presenter(s)	Helga Guitton
Conductor	Pierre Cao
Host broadcaster	RTL
Venue	Nouveau Théâtre Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Winning song	Luxembourg "Tu te reconnaîtras"
Voting system
Each country had 2 jurors present in the hall. Each juror awarded all songs with a score between 1 and 5, so each country gave all other countries a score between 2 and 10 points.
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	Israel
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	Austria  Malta
Interval act	Charlie Rivel
Participation Map      Participating participants      Countries who have participated in the past but did not this year
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision Song Contest and was held in Luxembourg. The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped, so performers from some countries sang in English.

The event was marked by a scandal when the Spanish song, "Eres tú", was accused of plagiarism following suggestions that it was merely a rewrite of the Yugoslav entry from the 1966 contest ("Brez besed" sung by Berta Ambrož). "Eres tú" was not disqualified. After placing second in the contest, the song went on to become a huge international hit.

The somewhat elliptical lyrics to Portugal's entry "Tourada" provided sufficient cover for a song that was clearly understood as a blistering assault on the country's decaying dictatorship.

An argument broke out between the singer Maxi and her Irish delegation over how the song should be performed. During rehearsals she repeatedly stopped performing in frustration. When it began to appear possible that Maxi may withdraw from the contest, RTÉ immediately sent over another singer, Tina Reynolds, to take her place just in case. In the end Miss Reynolds wasn't needed as Maxi did perform, with her entry earning 10th place on the scoreboard. (Reynolds would perform the following year.)

Malta was drawn to perform in 6th place between Norway and Monaco, but the Maltese broadcaster withdrew before the deadline to select an entry.^[1]

The 1973 contest marked the first time that a woman conducted the ESC orchestra. There were actually two — Monica Dominique conducted the Swedish entry and Nurit Hirsh conducted the Israeli entry.

In the light of events at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, there were fears of a terrorist threat, particularly directed against Israel's first-ever entrant, leading to unusually tight security for the contest. This gave rise to one of the best-known Eurovision anecdotes, frequently recounted by the UK's long-serving commentator Terry Wogan. He recalled that the floor manager strongly advised the audience to remain seated while applauding the performances, otherwise they risked being shot by security forces.^[2].

Luxembourg's win was their fourth. The voting was a very close one, with Spain finishing only 4 points behind and Cliff Richard (who came second in 1968) another 2 points after.

Individual Entries

Results

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Finland	English	Marion Rung	"Tom Tom Tom"	—	6	93
02	Belgium	Dutch[3]	Nicole & Hugo	"Baby, Baby"	—	17	58
03	Portugal	Portuguese	Fernando Tordo	"Tourada"	Bullfight	10	80
04	Germany	German	Gitte	"Junger Tag"	Young day	8	85
05	Norway	English, French[4]	Bendik Singers	"It's Just A Game"	—	7	89
06	Monaco	French	Marie	"Un train qui part"	A train that leaves	8	85
07	Spain	Spanish	Mocedades	"Eres tú"	You are	2	125
08	Switzerland	French	Patrick Juvet	"Je vais me marier, Marie"	I'm getting married, Marie	12	79
09	Yugoslavia	Serbo-Croatian	Zdravko Čolić	"Gori vatra"	The fire is burning	15	65
10	Italy	Italian	Massimo Ranieri	"Chi sarà con te"	Who will be with you	13	74
11	Luxembourg	French	Anne-Marie David	"Tu te reconnaîtras"	You will recognise yourself	1	129
12	Sweden	English	Nova and The Dolls	"You're Summer"	—	5	94
13	Netherlands	Dutch	Ben Cramer	"De oude muzikant"	The old musician	14	69
14	Ireland	English	Maxi	"Do I Dream"	—	10	80
15	United Kingdom	English	Cliff Richard	"Power to All Our Friends"	—	3	123
16	France	French	Martine Clemenceau	"Sans toi"	Without you	15	65
17	Israel	Hebrew	Ilanit	"Ey Sham" (אי שם)	Somewhere	4	97

Score sheet

		Results
	Finland		9	5	6	6	5	6	6	7	2	6	7	5	5	9	4	5
	Belgium	4		3	4	3	6	6	4	4	2	4	2	3	4	5	2	2
	Portugal	4	6		5	5	4	8	8	6	3	4	2	5	4	5	6	5
	Germany	2	5	6		4	5	9	7	4	3	7	6	5	6	5	7	4
	Norway	8	5	5	6		7	6	7	6	5	7	3	3	3	3	6	9
	Monaco	6	3	2	4	3		6	5	9	8	6	4	5	6	9	5	4
	Spain	3	8	9	9	4	9		8	9	10	8	7	10	10	4	9	8
	Switzerland	4	3	3	4	7	5	7		6	4	6	3	8	7	7	2	3
	Yugoslavia	5	3	3	4	2	5	8	6		2	4	2	4	5	4	4	4
	Italy	2	5	3	5	5	5	5	7	5		5	5	4	4	5	5	4
	Luxembourg	6	6	8	7	8	7	6	10	9	9		8	9	8	10	10	8
	Sweden	8	4	4	5	8	5	7	9	6	5	6		6	5	7	4	5
	Netherlands	4	4	2	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	7	3		5	3	6	2
	Ireland	3	7	2	4	6	6	7	5	5	5	6	5	6		5	4	4
	United Kingdom	9	6	6	7	7	8	4	8	8	5	10	9	10	9		8	9
	France	4	3	2	4	4	5	5	4	7	2	3	5	5	5	5		2
	Israel	6	6	5	7	5	7	4	6	7	7	8	6	6	7	5	5
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

Commentators

• Finland- TBD
• Belgium- TBD (BRT), Paule Herreman (RTB)
• Portugal- TBD
• Germany- TBD
• Norway- TBD
• Monaco- TBD
• Spain- Julio Rico
• Switzerland- Theodor Haller (SRG), Georges Hardy (SSR), Giovanni Bertini (TSI)
• Yugoslavia- No commentator
• Italy - Renato Tagliani
• Luxembourg- Jacques Navadic
• Sweden- Alicia Lundberg
• Netherlands- TBD
• Ireland- TBD
• United Kingdom- Terry Wogan
• France- Pierre Tchernia
• Israel- No commentator

References