Contest year
- Host City
- Naples, Italy
- Venue
- Sala di Concerto della RAI
- Final Date
- March 20, 1965
- Entries
- 18
- 1965 set a participation record with 18 countries, welcoming returning Sweden and debuting Ireland.
- Sweden also became the first entrant to perform entirely in a non-official language (English), prompting protests that led to the formal national-language rule introduced for 1966.
- Italy’s “Se piangi, se ridi” breached the commercial-release deadline after selling about 240,000 copies, yet was allowed to compete as host.
- Luxembourg’s France Gall (17) won with Serge Gainsbourg’s “Poupée de cire, poupée de son”, often cited as the contest’s first pop winner, amid rehearsal hostility and a post-result rigging accusation and slap from runner-up Kathy Kirby.
- via Wikipedia
Presenters
Renata Mauro
Host Country
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
 Luxembourg | France Gall Poupée de cire, poupée de son | 1 | 32 |
 United Kingdom | Kathy Kirby I Belong | 2 | 26 |
 France | Guy Mardel N'avoue jamais | 3 | 22 |
 Austria | Udo Jürgens Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen | 4 | 16 |
 Italy | Bobby Solo Se piangi, se ridi | 5 | 15 |
 Ireland | Butch Moore I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain | 6 | 11 |
 Denmark | Birgit Brüel For din skyld | 7 | 10 |
 Switzerland | Yovanna Non, à jamais sans toi | 8 | 8 |
 Monaco | Marjorie Noël Va dire à l'amour | 9 | 7 |
 Sweden | Ingvar Wixell Absent Friend | 10 | 6 |
 Netherlands | Conny Van den bos Het is genoeg | 11 | 5 |
 Yugoslavia | Vice Vukov Čežnja | 12 | 2 |
 Norway | Kirsti Sparboe Karusell | 13 | 1 |
 Portugal | Simone de Oliveira Sol de inverno | 13 | 1 |
 Spain | Conchita Bautista Qué bueno, qué bueno | 15 | 0 |
 Germany | Ulla Wiesner Paradies, wo bist du | 15 | 0 |
 Belgium | Lize Marke Als het weer lente is | 15 | 0 |
 Finland | Viktor Klimenko Aurinko laskee länteen | 15 | 0 |