Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1969 (section)

== Participants ==
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{{ESC 1969 participants}}
[[Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest|Austria]] was absent from the contest,<ref name=ESC1969 /> officially because they could not find a suitable representative,<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Eurovisionsfest ohne Österreich|url=http://www.arbeiter-zeitung.at/cgi-bin/archiv/flash.pl?year=1969&month=1&day=15&page=09&html=1|work=Arbeiter-Zeitung|location=Vienna, Austria|date=15 January 1969 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115123919/http://www.arbeiter-zeitung.at/cgi-bin/archiv/flash.pl?year=1969&month=1&day=15&page=09&html=1 | archive-date=15 November 2020 | url-status=dead |access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref> but it was rumoured that they refused to participate in a contest staged in [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]-ruled [[Francoist Spain|Spain]].<ref name=History>{{cite book|last=O'Connor|first=John Kennedy|year=2005|title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History}}</ref> [[Wales]] wanted to debut with Welsh language broadcaster [[BBC Cymru]], and also made a national selection called ''[[Cân i Gymru]]'', but in the end it was decided they would not participate in the competition – their participation was rejected because Wales is not a [[sovereign state]]. Only the [[BBC]] has the exclusive right to represent the {{Esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1969}}.

Several of the performing artists had previously represented the same country in past editions: [[Simone de Oliveira]] had represented {{Esccnty|Portugal|y=1965|t=Portugal in 1965}}; [[Kirsti Sparboe]] had represented {{Esccnty|Norway|y=1965|t=Norway in 1965}} and {{Esccnty|Norway|y=1967|t=in 1967}}; and [[Louis Neefs]] had represented {{Esccnty|Belgium|y=1967|t=Belgium in 1967}}. In addition, [[Siw Malmkvist]] representing {{Esccnty|Germany|y=1969}} had represented {{Esccnty|Sweden|y=1960|t=Sweden in 1960}}; and [[Romuald Figuier|Romuald]] representing {{Esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1969}} had represented {{Esccnty|Monaco|y=1964|t=Monaco in 1964}}.

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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|Belgium}}
| [[Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep|BRT]]
| [[Louis Neefs]]
| "Jennifer Jennings"
| Dutch
| {{hlist|Paul Quintens|Phil Van Cauwenbergh}}
| [[Francis Bay]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Finland}}
| [[Yle|YLE]]
| [[Jarkko and Laura]]
| "{{lang|fi|Kuin silloin ennen|i=unset}}"
| Finnish
| {{hlist|[[Toivo Kärki]]|[[Juha Vainio]]}}
| [[Ossi Runne]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|France}}
| [[Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française|ORTF]]
| [[Frida Boccara]]
| "{{lang|fr|[[Un jour, un enfant]]|i=unset}}"
| French
| {{hlist|[[Eddy Marnay]]|[[Emil Stern|Émile Stern]]}}
| [[Franck Pourcel]]
|-
! 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>}}
| [[Siw Malmkvist]]
| "{{lang|it|[[Primaballerina]]|i=unset}}"
| German
| [[Hans Blum (musician)|Hans Blum]]
| [[Hans Blum (musician)|Hans Blum]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ireland}}
| [[RTÉ]]
| [[Muriel Day]]
| "The Wages of Love"
| English
| Michael Reade
| [[Noel Kelehan]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy}}
| [[RAI]]
| [[Iva Zanicchi]]
| "{{lang|it|Due grosse lacrime bianche|i=unset}}"
| Italian
| {{hlist|{{ill|Claudio Daiano|it}}|[[Piero Soffici]]}}
| [[Ezio Leoni]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Luxembourg}}
| [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion|CLT]]
| [[Romuald Figuier|Romuald]]
| "Catherine"
| French
| {{hlist|André Borly|[[Paul Mauriat]]|[[André Pascal]]}}
| [[Augusto Algueró]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Monaco}}
| [[TMC (TV channel)|TMC]]
| {{ill|Jean-Jacques (singer)|fr|Jean-Jacques (chanteur)|lt=Jean-Jacques}}
| "{{lang|fr|Maman, Maman|i=unset}}"
| French
| Jo Perrier
| [[Hervé Roy]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}}
| [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]]
| [[Lenny Kuhr]]
| "{{lang|nl|[[De troubadour]]|i=unset}}"
| Dutch
| {{hlist|{{ill|David Hartsema|nl}}|[[Lenny Kuhr]]}}
| [[Frans de Kok]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway}}
| [[NRK]]
| [[Kirsti Sparboe]]
| "{{lang|no|Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli|i=unset}}"
| Norwegian
| [[Arne Bendiksen]]
| [[Øivind Bergh]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Portugal}}
| [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|RTP]]
| [[Simone de Oliveira]]
| "{{lang|pt|[[Desfolhada portuguesa]]|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese
| {{hlist|{{ill|Nuno Nazareth Fernandes|pt}}|[[José Carlos Ary dos Santos]]}}
| Ferrer Trindade
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Spain|1945}}
| [[Televisión Española|TVE]]
| [[Salomé (singer)|Salomé]]
| "{{lang|es|[[Vivo cantando]]|i=unset}}"
| Spanish
| {{hlist|Aniano Alcalde|Maria José de Cerato}}
| Augusto Algueró
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Radio|SR]]
| [[Tommy Körberg]]
| "{{lang|sv|Judy, min vän|i=unset}}"
| Swedish
| {{hlist|[[Britt Lindeborg]]|[[Roger Wallis]]}}
| [[Lars Samuelson (musician)|Lars Samuelson]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland}}
| [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[Paola del Medico|Paola]]
| "{{lang|fr|Bonjour, Bonjour|i=unset}}"
| German
| {{hlist|[[Heinz Meier (composer)|Henry Mayer]]|Jack Stark}}
| [[Heinz Meier (composer)|Henry Mayer]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom}}
| [[BBC]]
| [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]
| "[[Boom Bang-a-Bang]]"
| English
| {{hlist|Alan Moorhouse|[[Michael Julien|Peter Warne]]}}
| [[Johnny Harris (musician)|Johnny Harris]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Yugoslavia}}
| [[Yugoslav Radio Television|JRT]]
| {{ill|Ivica Krajač|hr|lt=Ivan}}
| "{{lang|sh-latn|Pozdrav svijetu|i=unset}}" <small>({{lang|sh|Поздрав свијету}})</small>
| [[Serbo-Croatian]]
| Milan Lentić
| [[Miljenko Prohaska]]
|}