what a strong year! Monaco, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Austria, UK presented great songs

How I miss the live orchestras on Eurovision Song Contest......

This really was a very strong song contest. Wonderful Severine really sold her song and it has become a classic. However I think the Italian song was a great ballad and so well sung by Massimo Ranieri and I think it deserved better than 5th place. Tonicha, Karina, Katja Ebstein, Clodagh all gave great performances. The Belgian couple did well to learn their song at short notice when Nicol of Hugo & Nicol fell ill with jaundice. It was such a pity sound problems spoiled the beginning of the Dutch song which was very beautiful, as was the Swiss song with delightful Peter , Sue & Marc. All in all a high quality evening.

At last... a contest we have full information about country/song title/songwriters/conductor of each entry! Thanks, RTE!

0:21 - Eurovision theme 0:52 - Opening Sequence 3:16 - Welcome to Dublin 6:14 - 1. Austria 9:35 - 2. Malta 13:16 - 3. Monaco 🥇🏆 17:28 - 4. Switzerland 20:05 - 5. Germany 🥉 23:48 - 6. Spain 🥈 27:32 - 7. France 31:08 - 8. Luxembourg 34:35 - 9. United Kingdom 38:05 - 10. Belgium 41:23 - 11. Italy 45:00 - 12. Sweden 48:35 - 13. Ireland 🏠 52:08 - 14. Netherlands 55:05 - 15. Portugal 58:56 - 16. Yugoslavia 1:02:10 - 17. Finland 1:05:34 - 18. Norway 1:09:11 - Interval Act 1:14:51 - Voting 1:38:44 - Prize Award 1:41:02 - Reprise Winning Song 1:44:18 - Goodbye from Dublin 👋 1:46:12 - Eurovision theme

Wow. The presenter spoke all 3 languages while remaining very professional and eloquent. It’s lovely to hear Irish at an international event.

Portugal with Tonicha was amazing!

Tonicha was amazing , one of the most beautiful and talented woman in that stage that night , not forgetting the spanish singer

Spain !

Monaco, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy were amazing!!

The juries from Luxembourg are ridiculous. They both gave just one point to 13 countries!!!!!

People should realise how big an event this was for the Irish broadcaster RTE - in 1971 they were approaching 10 years old, and were still a limited company. TV on RTE was only on air for 6 hours each evening. Money was limited. Hosting the Eurovision showed that little RTE could host an international event.

Germany sweden Monaco Netherlands spain portugal...my top 5

brilliant song a worthy winner

Final results: (Don't look if you don't want spoilers! 😯😌) 0:13:17 1) 🇲🇨 Monaco /🥇🏆128 points 0:23:49 2) 🇪🇸 Spain /🥈116 points 0:20:10 3) 🇩🇪 Germany /🥉100 points 0:34:35 4) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / 98 points 0:41:24 5) 🇮🇹 Italy / 91 points 0:52:11 6) 🇳🇱 Netherlands / 85 points (tie) 0:45:01 6) 🇸🇪 Sweden / 85 points (tie) 1:02:13 8) 🇫🇮 Finland / 84 points 0:55:08 9) 🇵🇹 Portugal / 83 points 0:27:35 10) 🇫🇷 France / 82 points 0:48:35 11) 🇮🇪 Ireland / 79 points 0:16:47 12) 🇨🇭 Switzerland / 78 points 0:31:10 13) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg / 70 points 0:38:08 14) 🇧🇪 Belgium / 68 points (tie) 0:58:56 14) Yugoslavia / 68 points (tie) 0:06:17 16) 🇦🇹 Austria / 66 points 1:05:36 17) 🇳🇴 Norway / 65 points 0:09:37 18) 🇲🇹 Malta / 52 points 1:41:02 Winner's reprise 🇮🇩 Monaco

How often do you like to give one point? Luxembourg: Yes

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Norway my top 6

La canción portuguesa ha ganado con el tiempo!!!! Bravo!

Spain and Italy the best!!!

My top 10 1) Menina ( Portugal) - 12 points 2) Diese Welt ( Germany) - 10 points 3) Tijd ( Netherlands) - 8 points 4) Tie Uuteen päivään ( Finland) - 7 points 5) One day love ( Ireland) - 6 points 6) L' amore e unn attimo ( Italy) - 5 points 7) En un mundo nuevo ( Spain) - 4 points 8) Un banc, un arbre, une rue ( Monaco) - 3 points 9) Lykken er ( Norway) - 2 points 10) Jack in the box ( United Kingdom) - 1 point

1:44:46 best part

meinen allerhöchsten Respekt...diese Sendung ist so lange her und ich freue mich sehr sie bewundern zu dürfen...meinen Dank an den Bewahrer dessen

Finland was a head of its time with a fun choreography and unique musical movements. But I do believe all the songs were sweet and in the native languages. That's how it should be today. Everything in English is boring!

Spain - Germany - Switzerland

49 years ago.

Fun fact: Hanne Krogh, the singer for Norway, will go on to win Eurovision in 1985 as part of Bobbysocks!

I cannot believe that it was 50 years ago, last month, that Monaco won the contest in '71. Some of the songs presented in this contest were really catchy. And..... Is it just my eyes deceiving me or has Luxembourg decided to give only 1 point to (almost) every song. Thank you very much for sharing and Greetings from the U.S. ! - Edwyn Sanchez

Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands 12 points: Monaco - Séverine - Un banc, un arbre, une rue 10 points: Spain - Karina - En un mundo nuevo 8 points: Switzerland - Peter, Sue & Marc - Les illusions de nos vingt ans 7 points: Germany - Katja Ebstein - Diese Welt 6 points: Belgium - Lily Castel & Jacques Raymond - Goeiemorgen, morgen 5 points: France - Serge Lama - Un jardin sur la terre 4 points: United Kingdom - Clodagh Rodgers - Jack in the box 3 points: Italy - Massimo Ranieri - L'amore è un attimo 2 points: Sweden - Family Four - Vita vidder 1 point : Norway - Hanne Krogh - Lykken er

thank you1971

One of the best editions ever!

That was an awesome ESC. The first three places were amazing performances. Great job to all.

Aujourd'hui encore (juin 2023) cette chanson me donne des frissons et des larmes ❤ Merci Séverine

Karina winner🇪🇸

The most fair voting system. All countries receive at least two points from each country and in a contest with 18 participants 38 points is better than the terrify "null points"

For a relatively 'young' television service, RTE did a very good job. Credit where it's due

Portugal was my favourite

Useless irrelevant fact...during the postcard for Ireland (around 48:15) you'll see a clip of a Boeing 747, following a small, propellor aircraft. Aer Lingus took delivery of its first 747 in 1971. The aircraft it's following is actually a replica of its first ever aircraft - a Dh 84 Dragon from 1936.

My top. 1 Karina Spain, 2 Severine Mónaco, 3 Katja Ebstein Germany, 4 Clogagh Rogers United Kingdom, 5 Massimo Rainieri Italy.

looking back i like Monaco and Italy best. both with big gestures and drama, two true divas :-) bravo

News Note 5. 1970 Eurovision Winer was Severine Born Oct. 10 - 1948. She is currently 72 years of age.

Look at Bernardette in national colours of Ireland. So cute... The song from Luxembourg is beyond his time. Swedish song reminds me of Sweden 1996. Norvegian song is oldfashion but so nice and funny.

My top 10: 10. Finland 9. Sweden 8. UK 7. Monaco 6. Portugal 5. Switzerland 4. France 3. Italy 2. Germany 1. Spain

Is this the first year they film the direct reactions of the contestants to their points? I love to see it :) Also love how 2nd and 3rd place got a prize too!! A great top 3, but all the songs were great

News Note 2. Angela Farrell finished 11th of 18 in the First Eurovision Song Contest to be Held in Ireland. Angela Farrell Sang Very Well Here. Angela Farrell Became The First Irish Woman To Sing at the Eurovision Song Contest Representing Ireland. In 1969 and 1970 The Two previous Girl Singers were from Northern Ireland, UK.

I THINK Spain should've won.

The Irish folk music before the voting sounded better than their own entry (sorry Angela Farrell!)

Thank hoy for this memorial vídeo.😅

Celebrities are 31 in 1971: Cliff Richard (Eurovision Song Contest 1968 & 1973) Dionne Warwick Chuck Norris Tom Jones

Spain should had win... Was the best song...

Massimo... quelle voix !

Woman applause freezing at 58:17 ;-)

EXCELENTE SEVERINE!!!!! DIVA!!!

News Note 4. Malta Compete in the Eurovision Song Contest for The First Time .

תודה על הסרטונים שלך! איפה אתה מוצא את כל סרטוני הארכיון שהעלית? לא ניתן למצוא אותם במקומות אחרים באינטרנט thank you for your videos! Where do you find all those archive videos you uploaded? they cannot be found elsewhere on the internet

I thought this was a great year - the first in my home country. Bernadette was a great host and RTE put on a good show despite the cramped conditions in the Gaiety. The big setback this year was the voting system, boring and the votes from Luxembourg were a joke. It's a pity that the 12 points system was not introduced this year.

My personal list from best to worst: 1. Portugal 2. Luxembourg 3. Germany 4. Monaco 5. Norway 6. Spain 7. France 8. Austria 9. Italy 10. Switzerland 11. Ireland 12. Netherlands 13. Yugoslavia 14. United Kingdom 15. Finland 16. Malta 17. Sweden 18. Belgium

Switzerland is the best for me!

Wonderful Europe, when East and West were divided, before Islam came, when the English were and could be English, French French, Spanish Spanish, life was just beautiful and full of excitement.

Celebrities are 30 in 1971: David Ruffin (The Temptations) (rest in peace)

A rather lackluster year, not many evergreens, and the Gaiety Theatre was just too small and it really came out that way on screen. The voting system was bad too, but at least it was used as the backbone for the voting system that would be introduced in 1975. My faves are Katja Ebstein, the Family Four and Peter, Sue & Marc.

So FAR... Spain was the best song...

Wonderful! Without knowing the outcome, or the language, I voted Monaco the winner as soon as I heard it. Great performance, very uplifting, and a repeated chorus. How could it fail !

thanks

I Like Apple Apple Apple I like how things are added to the Arrangement as the song goes along like the strings

Wonderful song and performance from Italy. Why didn't it win???

Oro Monaco Plata España bronce Alemania

Celebrities are 28 in 1971: Al Bano (Al Bano & Romina Power) Sharon Tate (posthumous)

This had to be the smallest venue ever in Eurovision history. Ireland could barely afford to host the event, even the colour cameras had to be borrowed from the BBC.

News Note 6. 1971 Eurovision Presenter was Bernadette Ni Ghallchoir. No info available on her age .

My favorites: Monaco Switzerland Spain Germany

Brazil ama Love Love eurovision 1971

40,701 View's So Far: Monday March 8 - 2021. Eurovision Song Contest Number 16. Year 1971. Venue: Dublin Ireland. Winner: Monaco 1st Win. Current Roll of Honour: Wins: France 4 Netherlands 3 Luxembourg 2 Spain 2 UK 2 Monaco 1 Ireland 1 Austria 1 Italy 1 Denmark 1 Switzerland 1.

Malta dont deserved last place

RTE was a black and white transmission station📺 at the time, they were doing behind the scenes colour 🌈experimentation, but did they get external help with cameras and satellites etc? 🤔

News Note 3. New Voting System introduced: Each Country sent 2 jury members who awarded between one and five points to all the songs.

58.19 min . I noticed a woman applauding then all of a sudden she freezes weir

Хуеморген был лучший.

The host's opening speech is the most Irish I've heard on RTÉ in years haha

I thought I'd accidentally switched over to Play School when Luxembourg came on. I think the girl from Norway was a bit hard done by. I had that one well in the top half. Germany was my winner, for what that's worth!

according to the wikipedia page this edition of eurovision was transmitted in agrentina, brazil, ethiopia, hong kong, jamaica, kenya, mauritania, mauritius, sierra leone, thailand, trinidad and tobago, tunisia, uganda and the US. i keep wondering why so many

2nd and 3rd got prizes I swear? They should have done this every year!

News Note 1. Monaco Became the 11th Country To Win the Eurovision Song Contest.

italy had the best post card music :)

Rte only have black and white TV at the time bbc let us them TV cameras because ebu told rte not to have eurovision black and white back in 1971

le concours de l' EUROVISION est en deuil cette année-là le chanteur Français JEAN-PAUL MAURIC qui représentait la FRANCE en 1961 , décède l'année ou une autre Française gagne pour MONACO , en 1971.

HOW STINGY THE JURIES OF LUXEMBOURG. WAS IT PART OF TACTICAL VOTING?

1 Monaco / Un banc, un arbre, une rue 2 Germany / Diese Welt 3 Netherlands / Tijd 4 Norway / Lykken er 5 Luxembourg / Pomme, pomme, pomme 6 Portugal / Menina do alto da serra 7 Finland / Tie uuteen päivään 8 Austria / Musik 9 Malta / Marija l-Maltija 10 Sweden / Vita vidder 11 Belgium / Goeiemorgen, morgen 12 Ireland / One day love 13 Spain / En un mundo nuevo 14 United Kingdom / Jack in the box 15 France / Un jardin sur la terre 16 Italy / L'amore è un attimo 17 Yugoslavia / Tvoj dječak je tužan 18 Switzerland / Les illusions de nos vingt ans

45:08 It's the pre-ABBA ABBA.

ESPAÑA HIJA DE MIS AMORES DA MAS DE 1 PUNTO JAJAJ

This whole show is so Jacques Demy.

Why can we not hear the commentator from the beginning?

I cannot understand it. This festival was not in ireland? Why does the present speak in french?

Irish language is so beautiful! :)

Ты пришел за этим 38:15 🤣👍

Alguien me explica que significa esto? 1:14:27 tengo mucha curiosidad

58:18

spain 2nd and switzerland 12th?

1:33:07 jajajaj los jueces de Irlanda devolviéndoles el 3 - 2 a Países Bajos, y cómo lo disfruta la juez por cierto 😂😂

sweden is the best and the winner

Monaco