Eurovision Song Contest 1968 (Full Show)

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song “La, la, la“, performed by Massiel, closely followed by the United Kingdom and Cliff Richard with “Congratulations!“ with a margin of just one point. Originally Spain entered Joan Manuel Serrat to sing “La La La“, but his demand to sing in Catalan was an affront to Francoist Spain. Serrat was withdrawn and replaced by Massiel, who sang the same song in Spanish. The winning entry “Puppet on a String“, sung by Sandie Shaw, representing the United Kingdom, had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition; it garnered more than twice as many points as the second placed song. (Only Italy, in the 1964 contest, beats this record with a margin of 47 to 17, almost three times as many points). The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom’s entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes. Shaw i