Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Monaco in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Participating broadcasterTélé Monte-Carlo (TMC)
Country Monaco
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: National final
Competing entry
Song"Boum-Badaboum"
ArtistMinouche Barelli
SongwritersSerge Gainsbourg
Placement
Final result5th, 10 points
Participation chronology
◄1966 • 1967 • 1968►

Monaco was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "Boum-Badaboum", written by Serge Gainsbourg, and performed by Minouche Barelli. The Monégasque participating broadcaster, Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC), chose its entry through a public voting, after having previously selected the performer internally.

Before Eurovision

Selection

According to a report, 19-year-old Minouche Barelli, a CBS singer, had already been chosen by TMC to represent Monaco by 25 February 1967. It was then announced that the artist would perform seven proposed songs, one each night, on television that same month, allowing viewers to determine the winner. This means that the selection process was open.[1] "Boum-Badaboum" by Serge Gainsbourg was revealed as Monaco's official entry,[2] first mentioned on at least 23 March.[3] Media outlets called it atypical for the contest, which they considered a "temple of conformist songs", and compared it to the work of Bob Dylan.[4]

Barelli herself had close ties to Monaco before competing in Eurovision, having sung in the orchestra of Aimé Barelli, her father who was well-known in France, in Monte Carlo.[5]

Promotion

As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Barelli performed "Boum-Badaboum" on Claude Robert's show Rendez-vous à Luxembourg in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on Télé-Luxembourg on 31 March 1967. Entrants from France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland also appeared during the programme with their entries.[6]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 took place on 8 April 1967 at the Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.[7][8]

Following a draw to determine the running order of the show, which was published earlier in March, Monaco was set to perform in position 14, after Norway and before Yugoslavia.[8][9]

During Barelli's performance, the orchestra was conducted by her father.[2][4] Eventually, Monaco finished fifth with 10 points.[8][10][11][12]

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to and by Monaco in the final. The contest voting involved a ten-member jury from each country, each of whom could give one vote to their favourite song.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Hennessey, Mike (25 February 1967). "MANY DIFFERENT ROADS LEAD TO EUROVISION" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 8. p. 3. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via World Radio History.
  2. 1 2 "Eurovision Entrants" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 14. 8 April 1967. p. 54. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "Les candidats au Grand Prix Eurovision" [The candidates for Eurovision Grand Prix]. La Tribune de Genève (in French). 23 March 1967. p. 24. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
  4. 1 2 "Serge Gainsbourg a donné à Minouche Barelli (Monte-Carlo) une chanson explosive : « Boum-Badaboum » | Quatre jeunes et jolies filles pour défende la chanson de langue française au G. P. Eurovision 1967" [Serge Gainsbourg gave Minouche Barelli (Monte-Carlo) an explosive song: «Boum-Badaboum» | Four young and pretty girls to defend the French language chanson at the G. P. Eurovision 1967]. Le Peuple (in French). 5 April 1967. p. 12. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via BelgicaPress.
  5. ↑ "Le grand prix Eurovision de la chanson | Dix-sept chansons devant cent cinquante millions de téléspectateurs" [The Eurovision Song Grand Prix | Seventeen songs in front of one hundred and fifty million viewers]. Feuille d'avis de Lausanne (in French). 29 March 1967. p. 54, 56. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via Scriptorium.
  6. ↑ "Luxemburger Wort - 31.03.1967". Luxemburger Wort (in French). 31 March 1967. p. 5. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via National Library of Luxembourg. Huit jours juste avant de s'affronter à Vienne, le 8 avril, pour le „Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson 1967", quatre jeunes chanteuses feront connaissance devant les caméras de Télé-Luxembourg, au cours de rémission hebdomadaire de variétés de Claude Robert, „Rendez-vous à Luxembourg (vendredi, 31 mars, à 20.45 heures) que réalise René Steichen. Nul ne sera mieux qualifié, en effet, que Camillo qui représenta déjà deux fois Télé-Luxembourg à de précédentes compétitions du "Grand Prix de l'Eurovision" pour donner quelques conseils utiles et profitables à Noëlle Cordier, Vicky, Géraldine et Minouche Barelli (de gauche à droite) qui porteront respectivement les couleurs de I'ORTF, de Télé-Luxembourg, de la Télévision Suisse et de Télé-Monte-Carlo. [Eight days before competing in Vienna on 8 April for the Eurovision Song Grand Prix 1967, four young singers will meet on camera for Télé-Luxembourg during Claude Robert's weekly variety show, „Rendez-vous à Luxembourg (Friday, 31 March, at 20:45), produced by René Steichen. No one will be better qualified than Camillo, who has already represented Télé-Luxembourg twice in previous Eurovision Grand Prix competitions, to offer some useful and beneficial advice to Noëlle Cordier, Vicky, Géraldine, and Minouche Barelli (from left to right), who will respectively represent ORTF, Télé-Luxembourg, Swiss Television, and Télé-Monte-Carlo.]
  7. ↑ "Vienna 1967". Eurovision.com. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Grand Prix de la chanson 1967 [Song Grand Prix 1967] (Television programme) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). 8 April 1967.
  9. ↑ "Wenen" [Vienna]. Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 17 March 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via Delpher.
  10. ↑ "Final | Vienna 1967". Eurovision.com. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Eurovisie Songfestival voor Sandie Shaw" [Eurovision Song Festival for Sandie Shaw]. Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 10 April 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via Delpher.
  12. ↑ "UITSLAG | Sandy SHAW deed't met SHOW | Eurovisie-songfestival" [OUTCOME | Sandy SHAW did it with SHOW | Eurovision Song Festival]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 10 April 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 16 August 2026 – via BelgicaPress.
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