Eurovision Song Contest 1967 Eurovision Song Contest 1967 The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 8 April 1967 in Vienna, Austria following Udo Jürgens win at the 1966 contest. The presenter was Erica Vaal. 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
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with votes converted into points in a similar way to the actual contest, with representatives for each region of the United Kingdom presenting their votes - James Fox for Wales, Fearne Cotton for South East England, Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister for Scotland, Zöe Salmon for Northern Ireland, Denise Lewis for the Midlands and Sharron Davies for South West England. The final was won by Javine, who represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 final in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Touch My Fire". The song was written by Javine, who also composed it with John Themis. At