Edition number - 13
Date - April 6, 1968
Host broadcaster - BBC, United Kingdom
Host city - London
Venue - Royal Albert Hall
Host - Catherine Boyle
Director - Stewart Morris
Producer - Stewart Morris
Executive producer - Tom Sloan
Stage designer - Richard Levin
Musical director - Norrie Paramor
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Interval act - London Medley (arr. Arthur Wilkinson)
Scrutineer - Clifford Brown
Number of entries - 17
Winning entry - 'La, la, la' Massiel (Spain)
Winning songwriters - Ramón Arcusa / Manuel de la Calva
Winning orchestrators - Bert Kaempfert / Juan Carlos Calderón / Rafael Ibarbia
Winning conductor - Rafael Ibarbia
Note - Norway's broadcaster NRK withdrew the winning song of its pre-selection, 'Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg', due to the obvious similarities with Cliff Richard's 'Summer Holiday', thereby preventing a likely plagiarism case. The replacement song was the runner-up of the national final, 'Stress', incidentally interpreted by the same artist, Odd Børre. 'Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg' has been added at the bottom of the results' list below as a withdrawn entry.
RESULT
1st place (29 votes)
SPAIN
Song title – "La, la, la"
Rendition – Massiel
Lyrics – Ramón Arcusa / Manuel de la Calva
Composition – Ramón Arcusa / Manuel de la Calva
Studio arrangement – Bert Kaempfert / Juan Carlos Calderón
Live orchestration – Bert Kaempfert / Juan Carlos Calderón /
Conductor – Rafael Ibarbia
2nd place (28 votes)
UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Congratulations"
Rendition – Cliff Richard feat. The Breakaways
Lyrics – Phil Coulter / Bill Martin
Composition – Phil Coulter / Bill Martin
Studio arrangement – Norrie Paramor
Live orchestration – Norrie Paramor
Conductor – Norrie Paramor (MD)
3rd place (20 votes)
FRANCE
Song title – "La source"
Rendition – Isabelle Aubret
Lyrics – Guy Bonnet / Henri Djian
Composition – Daniel Faure
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
(studio orchestra conducted by Alain Goraguer)
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Alain Goraguer
4th place (18 votes)
IRELAND
IRELAND
Song title – “Chance Of A Lifetime”
Rendition – Pat McGeegan
Lyrics – John Kennedy
Composition – John Kennedy
Studio arrangement – Ritchie Burbridge / Arthur Greenslade
(studio orchestra conducted by Arthur Greenslade)
Live orchestration – Ritchie Burbridge / Arthur Greenslade
Conductor – Noel Kelehan
5th place (15 votes)
SWEDEN
Song title – “Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig”
Rendition – Claes-Göran Hederström
Lyrics – Peter Himmelstrand
Composition – Peter Himmelstrand
Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson
(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)
Live orchestration – Mats Olsson
Conductor – Mats Olsson
6th place (11 votes)
WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Ein Hoch der Liebe"
Rendition – Wenche Myhre
Lyrics – Carl J. Schäuble
Composition – Horst Jankowski
Studio arrangement – Bernd Rabe
(studio orchestra conducted by Horst Jankowski)
Live orchestration – Bernd Rabe
Conductor – Horst Jankowski
7th to 9th place (ex aequo, 8 votes)
BELGIUM
MONACO
Song title – “Quand tu reviendras”
Rendition – Claude Lombard
Lyrics – Ronald Dero
Composition – Jo Van Wetter
Studio arrangement – Willy Albimoor / Glen Powell (Félix Faecq)
(studio orchestra conducted by Willy Albimoor)
Live orchestration – Willy Albimoor
Conductor – Henri Segers
Song title – "A chacun sa chanson"
Rendition – Line & Willy
Lyrics – Roland Valade
Composition – Jean-Claude Olivier
Studio arrangement – Michel Colombier
Live orchestration – Michel Colombier
Conductor – Michel Colombier
YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – “Jedan dan”
Rendition – Luči Kapurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić feat. Marko Brešković / Đelo Jusić / Ladislav Pađen (Dubrovački Trubaduri)
Lyrics – Stjepo Stražičić
Composition – Đelo Jusić
Studio arrangement – Đelo Jusić / Stipica Kalogjera
(Zabavni Orkestar RTV Zagreb conducted by Miljenko Prohaska)
Live orchestration – Stipica Kalogjera
Conductor – Miljenko Prohaska
10th place (7 votes)
ITALY
Song title – "Marianne"
Rendition – Sergio Endrigo
Lyrics – Giancarlo Bigazzi / Sergio Endrigo
Composition – Sergio Endrigo
Studio arrangement – Giancarlo Chiaramello
Live orchestration – Giancarlo Chiaramello
Conductor – Giancarlo Chiaramello
11th & 12th place (ex aequo, 5 votes)
PORTUGAL
LUXEMBOURG
Song title – "Verão"
Rendition – Carlos Mendes
Lyrics – José Alberto Diogo
Composition – Pedro Osório
Studio arrangement – Thilo Krasmann
(recorded with Thilo's Combo led by Thilo Krasmann)
Live orchestration – Thilo Krasmann
Conductor – Joaquim Luís Gomes
Song title – "Nous vivrons d’amour"
Rendition – Chris Baldo & Sophie Garel
Lyrics – Jacques Demarny
Composition – Carlos Leresche
Studio arrangement – André Borly / Carlos Leresche
(studio orchestra conducted by Carlos Leresche)
Live orchestration – André Borly
Conductor – André Borly
13th to 15th place (ex aequo, 2 votes)
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
NORWAY
Song title – “Tausend Fenster”
Rendition – Karel Gott
Lyrics – Walter Brandin
Composition – Udo Jürgen Bockelmann (Udo Jürgens)
Studio arrangement – Alain Goraguer
(studio orchestra conducted by Robert Opratko)
Live orchestration – Alain Goraguer
Conductor – Robert Opratko
Song title – “Guardando il sole”
Rendition – Gianni Mascolo
Lyrics – Sanzio Chiesa
Composition – Aldo D'Addario
Studio arrangement – Giampiero Reverberi
Live orchestration – Giampiero Reverberi / Mario Robbiani
Conductor – Mario Robbiani
Song title – "Stress"
Rendition – Odd Børre Sørensen
Lyrics – Ola Bjørnsønn Johannessen
Composition – Tor Hultin
Studio arrangement – Egil Monn-Iversen
(studio orchestra conducted by Kjell Karlsen)
Live orchestration – Rolf Nord
Conductor – Øivind Bergh
16th & 17th place (ex aequo, 1 vote)
NETHERLANDS
FINLAND
Song title – “Morgen”
Rendition – Ronnie Tober
Lyrics – Theo Strengers
Composition – Joop Stokkermans
Studio arrangement – Jack Bulterman
(studio orchestra conducted by Jack Bulterman)
Live orchestration – Jack Bulterman
Conductor – Dolf van der Linden
Song title – “Kun kello käy”
Rendition – Kristina Hautala
Lyrics – Juha Vainio
Composition – Esko Linnavalli
Studio arrangement – Esko Linnavalli
(studio orchestra conducted by Esko Linnavalli)
Live orchestration – Esko Linnavalli
Conductor – Ossi Runne
Withdrawn entry
NORWAY
Song title – “Jeg har aldri vært så glad i no'en som deg”
Rendition – Odd Børre Sørensen
Lyrics – Kari Neegaard
Composition – Kari Neegaard
Studio arrangement – Egil Monn-Iversen
(studio orchestra conducted by Kjell Karlsen)
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – Øivind Bergh
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