Eurovision Song Contest 1967
| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 8 April 1967 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg Vienna, Austria |
| Presenter(s) | Erica Vaal |
| Conductor | Johannes Fehring |
| Director | Herbert Fuchs |
| Executive supervisor | Clifford Brown |
| Host broadcaster | Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) |
| Interval act | Wiener Sängerknaben |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | None |
| Withdrawing countries |
 Denmark
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country had 10 jury members who each cast one vote for their favourite song. |
| Nul points | |
| Winning song |
 United Kingdom"Puppet on a String" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 8 April 1967 in Vienna, Austria following Udo Jürgens win at the 1966 contest. The presenter was Erica Vaal.
The winning entry "Puppet on a String", sung by Sandie Shaw, representing the United Kingdom, had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition; it garnered more than twice as many points as the second placed song. (Only Italy, in the 1964 contest, beats this record with a margin of 47 to 17, almost three times as many points). The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom's entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes. Shaw intensely disliked the composition, though her attitude towards the song somewhat mellowed in later years, even releasing a new version in 2007.
The contest long remained the only time Austria had hosted the event, until 2015.
The 1967 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The venue for the contest was the Hofburg Palace, which was the principal winter residence the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria.
The stage setup was a little bit unusual this year. There were two revolving mirrored walls on both ends of the stage and started revolving at the start of each song and stopped revolving at the end of each song. The hostess, Erika Vaal ended the program by congratulating the winning song, country and saying good bye in several different languages.
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