Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1959 (section)

== Contest overview<span class="anchor" id="Results"></span><span class="anchor" id="Participants and results"></span> ==
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The contest was held on 11 March 1959 at 21:00 ([[Central European Time|CET]]) and lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes.<ref name="Radio Times" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=184–188}} The event was hosted by French television presenter [[Jacqueline Joubert]].<ref name="ESC1959" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=184–188}}

The prelude of [[Te Deum (Charpentier)|Charpentier's "Te Deum"]], the theme music of [[Eurovision (network)|Eurovision]] broadcasts, was played as opening act by the orchestra under the direction of [[Franck Pourcel]].<ref name="INA" />

The winner was the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1959}} represented by the song "{{lang|nl|[['n Beetje|Een beetje]]|i=unset}}", composed by {{ill|Dick Schallies|nl}}, written by [[Willy van Hemert]] and performed by [[Teddy Scholten]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cannes 1959 – Teddy Scholten |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/teddy-scholten |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227022901/https://eurovision.tv/participant/teddy-scholten |archive-date=27 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Netherlands became the first country to achieve two victories in the event, and Van Hemert became the first individual to win the contest twice, after previously providing lyrics for the Netherlands' winner in 1957, "{{lang|nl|[[Net als toen]]|i=unset}}".<ref name="ESC1959" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=14–15}} The United Kingdom's result was the first of sixteen British entries to finish in second place, a contest record {{as of|2023|lc=y}}.<ref name="UK" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=14–15}}

Alongside the traditional [[Reprise#Winner reprise|reprise performance]] of the winning song, the second- and third-placed songs were also performed again, for the first and only time at the contest.<ref name="ESC1959" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=188–191}} The prize awarded to the winning songwriters, taking the form of an engraved medallion, was to be handed over during the delegations' supper following the event, but instead was presented by RTF's director of programming {{ill|Jean d'Arcy (director)|lt=Jean d'Arcy|fr|Jean d'Arcy (télévision)}} to Teddy Scholten at the end of the show.<ref name="Espoir2" /><ref name="Télé" />

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=184–188}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Cannes 1959 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1959/final |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=22 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103013906/https://eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1959/final |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Votes
! scope="col" | Place
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{Esc|France|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Jean|Philippe}}
| "{{lang|fr|Oui oui oui oui|i=unset}}"
| 15
| 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{Esc|Denmark|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Birthe|Wilke}}
| "{{lang|da|Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig|i=unset}}"
| 12
| 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{Esc|Italy|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Domenico|Modugno}}
| "{{lang|it|[[Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)|Piove]]|i=unset}}"
| 9
| 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{Esc|Monaco|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Jacques|Pills}}
| "{{lang|fr|Mon ami Pierrot|i=unset}}"
| 1
| 11
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold" | 5
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Teddy|Scholten}}
| "{{lang|nl|[['n Beetje|Een beetje]]|i=unset}}"
| 21
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{Esc|Germany|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Alice and Ellen|Kessler|Kessler Twins}}
| "{{lang|de|Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n|i=unset}}"
| 5
| 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{Esc|Sweden|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Brita|Borg}}
| "Augustin"
| 4
| 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Christa|Williams}}
| "{{lang|de|Irgendwoher|i=unset}}"
| 14
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{Esc|Austria|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Ferry|Graf}}
| "{{lang|de|Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien|i=unset}}"
| 4
| 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Pearl|Carr and Teddy Johnson}}
| "[[Sing, Little Birdie|Sing Little Birdie]]"
| 16
| 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=1959}}
| {{sortname|Bob|Benny}}
| "{{lang|nl|Hou toch van mij|i=unset}}"
| 9
| 6
|}

=== Spokespersons ===
Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country via telephone.<ref>{{cite web |title=How it works |date=18 May 2019 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531032850/https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |archive-date=31 May 2022 |language=en-gb |url-status=live}}</ref> Known spokespersons at the 1959 contest are listed below.

* {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{snd}}{{ill|Siebe van der Zee|nl}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Succes van Teddy Scholten in Cannes met 'Een beetje' |trans-title=Teddy Scholten's success in Cannes with 'Een beetje' |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/NLC/1959-03-12/edition/0/page/5 |access-date=11 June 2021 |work=[[Trouw|Nieuwe Leidsche Courant]] |location=[[Leiden]], Netherlands |language=nl |date=12 March 1959 |pages=1, 5}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}{{ill|Roland Eiworth|sv}}{{sfn|Thorsson|Verhage|2006|pp=20–21}}