1975, Music: Eurovision Song Contest

The twentieth Eurovision Song Contest was held on 22 March 1975 at the "Stockholm International Fairs”, Älvsjö, Sweden. Karin Falck presented the festival and of the 19 participants Teach-In won for The Netherlands with "Ding-A-Dong". The arena for the event was the newly built. ABBA's victory in Brighton the previous year gave Sweden the right to host the contest for the first time.

A new scoring system was implemented, it is still in use today. Each jury would give 12 points to the best song, 10 to the second best, then 8 to the third, 7 to the fourth, 6 to the fifth and so forth until the tenth best song received one point. Greece withdrew from the contest in response to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and Turkey's participation to the contest. The Portuguese entry "Madrugada" was a celebration of the Carnation Revolution.

Winner Teach-In with "Dinge-Dong"

Second Place The Shadows with "Let Me Be the One"

Teach-In victory at Schiphol 1975

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Netherlands	Teach-In	"Ding-A-Dong"	1	152
02	Ireland	The Swarbriggs	"That's What Friends Are For"	9	68
03	France	Nicole Rieu	"Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"	4	91
04	Germany	Joy Fleming	"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"	17	15
05	Luxembourg	Geraldine	"Toi"	5	84
06	Norway	Ellen Nikolaysen	"Touch My Life (With Summer)"	18	11
07	Switzerland	Simone Drexel	"Mikado"	6	77
08	Yugoslavia	Pepel In Kri	"Dan ljubezni"	13	22
09	United Kingdom	The Shadows	"Let Me Be The One"	2	138
10	Malta	Renato	"Singing This Song"	12	32
11	Belgium	Ann Christy	"Gelukkig zijn"	15	17
12	Israel	Shlomo Artzi	"At Va'Ani" (את ואני)	11	40
13	Turkey	Semiha Yankı	"Seninle Bir Dakika"	19	3
14	Monaco	Sophie	"Une chanson c'est une lettre"	13	22
15	Finland	Pihasoittajat	"Old Man Fiddle"	7	74
16	Portugal	Duarte Mendes	"Madrugada"	16	16
17	Spain	Sergio y Estíbaliz	"Tú volverás"	10	53
18	Sweden	Lasse Berghagen	"Jennie, Jennie"	8	72
19	Italy	Wess & Dori Ghezzi	"Era"	3	115

 
Teach-In with Ding-A-Dong