Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1968 (section)

== Participants ==
{{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
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{{ESC 1968 participants}}
All countries that had participated in 1967 also participated in 1968.<ref name=ESC1968/>

The contest featured one representative who had previously performed as lead artists for the same country. [[Isabelle Aubret]] had won Eurovision for {{Esccnty|France|y=1962|t=France in 1962}}.

Originally Spanish broadcaster {{lang|es|[[Televisión Española]]|i=unset}} (TVE) entered [[Joan Manuel Serrat]] to sing "La La La", but his demand to sing in Catalan was an affront to the [[Francoist Spain|Francoist State dictatorship]]. Therefore, Massiel, who was on tour in [[Mexico]], was brought in as a late replacement. In just two weeks, she had to rush back to Spain, learn the song, record it in several languages, travel to Paris to get a dress and go to London for rehearsals. She sang the song in the contest in [[Castilian Spanish]] with the new arrangement made to fit her. In her winning reprise, she performed part of her song in English, in addition to the original version, becoming the first winner to do so.<ref name=ESC1968>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1968|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1968|publisher=[[EBU]]|access-date=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of the 1960s - What happened to them?|date=23 July 2011 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/winners-of-the-1960s-what-happened-to-them|publisher=[[EBU]]|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref> The Norwegian national selection, [[Melodi Grand Prix]], ended with [[Kirsti Sparboe]] and [[Odd Børre]] winning with the song "{{lang|no|Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg|i=unset}}". However the composer, [[Kari Diesen]] withdrew the song due to receiving multiple accusations of plagiarism of the song "[[Summer Holiday (song)|Summer Holiday]]" by [[Cliff Richard]].<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Connor |first=John Kennedy |title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Carlton Publishing Group|Carlton Books]] |isbn=978-1-84732-521-1 |edition=2nd |location=London |author-link=John Kennedy O'Connor |page=212}}</ref><ref name="Roxburgh" /> The runner-up song in the selection, "Stress" would perform in the contest instead, where [[Odd Børre]] was chosen to be the singer.

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|+ Eurovision Song Contest 1968 participants<ref>{{cite web |title=London 1968 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1968/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323035852/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1968/participants |archive-date=23 March 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref><ref name="Roxburgh" />
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! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Songwriter(s)
! scope="col" | Conductor
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Austria}}
| [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| [[Karel Gott]]
| "{{lang|de|Tausend Fenster|i=unset}}"
| German
| {{hlist|{{ill|Walter Brandin|de}}|[[Udo Jürgens]]}}
| {{ill|Robert Opratko|de}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium}}
| [[Radiodiffusion-télévision belge|RTB]]
| [[Claude Lombard]]
| "{{lang|fr|Quand tu reviendras|i=unset}}"
| French
| {{hlist|Roland Dero|Jo Van Wetter}}
| {{ill|Henri Segers|de}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Finland}}
| [[Yle|YLE]]
| {{sortname|Kristina|Hautala}}
| "{{lang|fi|Kun kello käy|i=unset}}"
| Finnish
| {{hlist|{{ill|Esko Linnavalli|fi}}|[[Juha Vainio]]}}
| [[Ossi Runne]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|France}}
| [[Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française|ORTF]]
| [[Isabelle Aubret]]
| "{{lang|fr|La Source|i=unset}}"
| French
| {{hlist|[[Guy Bonnet]]|Henri Dijan|Daniël Faure}}
| [[Alain Goraguer]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany}}
| [[Hessischer Rundfunk|HR]]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |trans-title=All German ESC acts and their songs |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |website=www.eurovision.de |publisher=ARD |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| [[Wenche Myhre|Wencke Myhre]]
| "{{lang|de|Ein Hoch der Liebe|i=unset}}"
| German
| {{hlist|[[Horst Jankowski]]|{{ill|Carl J. Schäuble|de}}}}
| [[Horst Jankowski]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ireland}}
| [[RTÉ]]
| [[Pat McGuigan|Pat McGeegan]]
| "Chance of a Lifetime"
| English
| [[John Kennedy (Irish songwriter)|John Kennedy]]
| [[Noel Kelehan]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy}}
| [[RAI]]
| [[Sergio Endrigo]]
| "{{lang|it|[[Marianne (Sergio Endrigo song)|Marianne]]|i=unset}}"
| Italian
| [[Sergio Endrigo]]
| [[Giancarlo Chiaramello]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Luxembourg}}
| [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion|CLT]]
| {{ill|Chris Baldo|lb}} and {{ill|Sophie Garel|fr}}
| "{{lang|fr|Nous vivrons d'amour|i=unset}}"
| French
| {{hlist|{{ill|Jacques Demarny|fr}}|{{ill|Carlos Leresche|fr}}}}
| André Borly
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Monaco}}
| [[TMC (TV channel)|TMC]]
| {{ill|Line and Willy|fr|Line et Willy}}
| "{{lang|fr|À chacun sa chanson|i=unset}}"
| French
| {{hlist|Jean-Claude Olivier|Roland Valade}}
| [[Michel Colombier]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}}
| [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]]
| [[Ronnie Tober]]
| "{{lang|nl|Morgen|i=unset}}"
| Dutch
| {{hlist|[[Joop Stokkermans]]|Theo Strengers}}
| [[Dolf van der Linden]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway}}
| [[NRK]]
| [[Odd Børre]]
| "Stress"
| Norwegian
| {{hlist|{{ill|Tor Hultin|no}}|[[Ola B. Johannessen]]}}
| [[Øivind Bergh]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Portugal}}
| [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|RTP]]
| [[Carlos Mendes (singer)|Carlos Mendes]]
| "{{lang|pt|Verão|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| {{hlist|José Alberto Diogo|{{ill|Pedro Osório (musician)|pt|Pedro Osório (maestro)|lt=Pedro Osório}}}}
| {{ill|Joaquim Luís Gomes|pt}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Spain|1945}}
| [[Televisión Española|TVE]]
| [[Massiel]]
| "[[La La La (Massiel song)|La La La]]"
| Spanish
| {{hlist|{{ill|Ramón Arcusa|es}}|{{ill|Manuel de la Calva|es}}}}
| [[Rafael Ibarbia]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Radio|SR]]
| [[Claes-Göran Hederström]]
| "{{lang|sv|Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej|i=unset}}"
| Swedish
| {{ill|Peter Himmelstrand|sv}}
| [[Mats Olsson (musician)|Mats Olsson]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland}}
| [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[Gianni Mascolo]]
| "{{lang|it|Guardando il sole|i=unset}}"
| Italian
| {{hlist|Sanzio Chiesa|Aldo D'Addario}}
| Mario Robbiani
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom}}
| [[BBC]]
| {{sortname|Cliff|Richard}}
| "[[Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)|Congratulations]]"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Phil Coulter]]|[[Bill Martin (songwriter)|Bill Martin]]}}
| [[Norrie Paramor]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Yugoslavia}}
| [[Yugoslav Radio Television|JRT]]
| [[Dubrovački trubaduri|Lući Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić]]
| "{{lang|sh-latn|Jedan dan|i=unset}}" <small>({{lang|sh|Један дан}})</small>
| [[Serbo-Croatian]]
| {{hlist|[[Đelo Jusić]]|{{ill|Stipica Kalogjera|hr}}|Stijepo Stražičić}}
| [[Miljenko Prohaska]]
|}