The 11th Eurovision song contest took place March 5, 1966 in Grand Auditorium de RTL in Luxembourg and Austria's Udo Jürgens was third time lucky with Merci chérie . Milly Scott from the Netherlands was the very first coloured singer, and also the very first who didn't stand behind her microphone but used a handy. Jurors didn't like the combination and it took another 35 years before a coloured singer won the contest, namely Dave Benton for Estonia. Udo's win was very clear: 31 votes against 16 for Swedish Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson. Denmark said goodbye to Eurovision for 11 years and returned only 1978. And Italy scored a flat zero with Domenico Modugno's Dio come ti amo . How do you explain that? And Udo still tours and records... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeeStaXs1sQ