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The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the thirteenth Eurovision and was held on April 6, 1968 in the United Kingdom. With Katie Boyle as the presenter, the contest was won by Massiel who represented Spain, with the song "La, la, la".

Originally Spain was entering Joan Manuel Serrat to sing "La, la, la", but because he wanted to sing it in Catalan, which at the time Spain forbid. So he had to be swiftly replaced by Massiel who would sing in Spanish.

This was the very first contest that was broadcasted in colour. The countries that broadcasted it in colour were: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Interval Act

London-Medley In Picture and Tones

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Results

Country (Language)	Artist(s)	Song (Translation)	Place	Points
Austria	Karel Gott	Tausend Fenster (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/aus68.html)	13	2
Belgium	Claude Lombard	Quand Tu Reviendras (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/bel68.html)	7	8
Finland	Kristina Hautala	Kun Kello Käy (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/fin68.html)	16	1
France	Isabelle Aubret	La Source (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/fra68.html)	3	20
Germany	Wencke Myhre	Ein Hoch Der Liebe (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/ger68.html)	6	11
Ireland	Pat McGeegan	Chance of a Lifetime (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/ire68.html)	4	18
Italy	Sergio Endrigo	Marianne (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/ita68.html)	10	7
Luxembourg	Chris Baldo & Sophie Garel	Nous Vivrons D'amour (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/lux68.html)	11	5
Monaco	Line and Willy	A Chacun Sa Chanson (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/mon68.html)	7	8
Netherlands	Ronnie Tober	Morgen (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/ned68.html)	16	1
Norway	Odd Børre	Stress (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/nor68.html)	13	2
Portugal	Carlos Mendes	Verão (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/por68.html)	11	5
Spain	Massiel	La, La, La (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/spa68.html)	1	29
Sweden	Claes-Göran Hederström	Det Börjar Verka Kärlek, Banne Mej (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/swe68.html)	5	15
Switzerland	Gianni Mascoio	Guardando Il Sole (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/swi68.html)	13	2
United Kingdom	Cliff Richard	Congratulations (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/uk68.html)	2	28
Yugoslavia	Luci Kapurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić	Sedan dan (http://34sp.eurosong.net/~songthrush/web/yug68.html)	7	8
Venue: Royal Albert Hall - London, United Kingdom
The table is ordered by the countries names.

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Voting Structure

Each Country had 10 Jury Members who each decided the best song and each awarded 1 point.

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Score Sheet

		Juries

	Portugal		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0
	Netherlands	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Belgium	1	0		0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Austria	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Monaco	0	2	0	0	1	0		0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Sweden	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	0
	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	France	0	3	6	2	3	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Italy	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	2
	United Kingdom	1	2	2	0	1	4	5	3	2	4	1		0	1	0	2	0
	Norway	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0
	Ireland	1	1	1	4	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6
	Spain	4	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	3	4	3	0	1	1		6	0
	Germany	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	2		0
	Yugoslavia	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2
The table is ordered by appearance.