Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Dates
Final	20 March 1965
Host
Venue	Sala di Concerto della RAI Naples, Italy
Presenter(s)	Renata Mauro
Musical director	Gianni Ferrio
Directed by	Romolo Siena
Executive supervisor	Miroslav Vilček
Host broadcaster	Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/naples-1965
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	Ireland
Returning countries	Sweden
Non-returning countries	None
Participation map      Participating countries
Vote
Voting system	Ten-member juries awarded points (5, 3 and 1, or combinations thereof) to their three favourite songs.
Winning song	Luxembourg "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
1964 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the tenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Naples, Italy, following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held at Sala di Concerto della RAI on 20 March 1965, and was hosted by Italian singer Renata Mauro.

Eighteen countries participated in the contest - setting a new record for the highest number of entrants in the competition until that point. Sweden returned after being absent from the previous edition, while Ireland made its debut.

Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" sung by the French singer France Gall, and written by Serge Gainsbourg, which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries. It was the first winning song since the Netherlands' "Een beetje" in 1959 to not be a ballad, being the first pop song to ever win the competition. For the fourth consecutive year, four countries all scored nul points; Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain - all of which finished with no points for the second time in the contest's history.^[1]