International Broadcasts
The participating national broadcasters sent commentators to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are shown in the table below.
- Netherlands - Piet te Nuyl (NTS)
- Switzerland - Georges Hardy (TSR)
- Belgium - Janine Lambotte (INR), Nand Baert (NIR)
- Germany - Wolf Mittler (Deutsches Fernsehen)
- France - Michèle Rebel (RTF)
- Luxembourg - Jacques Navadic (Télé-Luxembourg)
- Italy - Bianca Maria Piccinino (Programma Nazionale)
- Austria (non-participating country) - Wolf Mittler (ORF)
- Denmark (non-participating country) - Gunnar Hansen (Statsradiofonien TV)
- United Kingdom (non-participating country) - Wilfred Thomas (BBC Television Service)
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