Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Dates
Final	6 April 1968
Host
Venue	Royal Albert Hall London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)	Katie Boyle
Musical director	Norrie Paramor
Directed by	Stewart Morris
Executive supervisor	Clifford Brown
Executive producer	Tom Sloan
Host broadcaster	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/london-1968
Participants
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	None
Participation map      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1968
Vote
Voting system	Ten-member juries distributed ten points among their favourite songs.
Winning song	Spain "La La La"
1967 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1969

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's first victory at the 1967 contest with the song "Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw. Despite having won for the first time the year before, it was actually the third time that the United Kingdom had hosted the competition, having previously done so in 1960 and 1963, both of which also took place in London. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at Royal Albert Hall on 6 April 1968, and was hosted by Katie Boyle for the third time. It was notably also the first time that the contest was broadcast in colour.

Seventeen countries participated in the contest, the same countries that had participated the previous year.

The winner was Spain with the song "La La La" by Massiel, and written/composed by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa. This was Spain's first victory - and their first ever top five placing - in the contest.