Jeux sans frontières season 5

Jeux sans frontières
Season 5
No. of teams	5 countries
Winners	Wolfsburg Shrewsbury
Head referees	Gennaro Olivieri Guido Pancaldi  [ it ]
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original release	25 June (1969-06-25) – 3 September 1969 (1969-09-03)
Season chronology
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The 5th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1969. Broadcasters from Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), with France withdrawing in order to recover from the effects of the 1968 protests. The different heats were hosted by each of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Caserta (Italy), Bruges (Belgium), Wolfsburg (West Germany), Martigny (Switzerland), and Edinburgh (United Kingdom). The grand final was held in Blackpool (United Kingdom). The head international referees in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi  [ it ]. ^[1]

The season was won by the teams from Wolfsburg, West Germany and Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. ^{[2] [3]}

Participants

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour
Belgium	RTB / BRT	B	Yellow
Italy	RAI	I	Blue
Switzerland	SRG SSR TSI	CH	Gold
United Kingdom	BBC	GB	Red
West Germany	ARD	D	Light blue

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by BRT on 25 June 1969 at the Markt in Bruges, Belgium, presented by Jan Theys.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	I	Adria	33
2	D	Lauingen	32
3	CH	Interlaken	29
4	GB	Hastings	24
5	B	Bruges-Zeebrugge	20

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by the BBC on 9 July 1969 at the grounds of the George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, presented by David Vine and Eddie Waring.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	GB	Shrewsbury	32
2	D	Weiden	30
2	I	Lecco	30
4	CH	Lausanne	29
5	B	Ixelles	19

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by RAI on 23 July 1969 at the grounds of the Royal Palace in Caserta, Italy, presented by Enzo Tortora, Renata Mauro and Giulio Marchetti.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	CH	Arth-Goldau	33
2	I	Frascati	32
3	D	Kempen	28
3	GB	Cardiff	28
5	B	Andenne	17

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by TSR on behalf of SRG SSR TSI on 6 August 1969 at the municipal swimming pool in Martigny, Switzerland, presented by Georges Kleinmann  [ fr ] and Madeleine Stalder.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	CH	Martigny	34
2	I	Foggia	33
3	D	Minden	29
4	GB	Dunbar	24
5	B	Halle	16

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by ARD on 20 August 1969 in Wolfsburg, West Germany, presented by Camillo Felgen and Timm Elstner.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Wolfsburg	33
2	I	Alba	32
3	CH	Chiasso	28
4	GB	Coleraine	25
5	B	Gosselies	20

Qualifiers

The teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final:

Country	Town	Place won	Points won
CH	Martigny	1	34
D	Wolfsburg	1	33
I	Adria	1	33
GB	Shrewsbury	1	32
B	Bruges-Zeebrugge	5	20

Final

The final was hosted by the BBC on 3 September 1969 in Blackpool, United Kingdom, presented by David Vine and Eddie Waring.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	GB	Shrewsbury	32
1	D	Wolfsburg	32
3	B	Bruges-Zeebrugge	31
4	I	Adria	26
5	CH	Martigny	24

References

1. "Jeux sans frontières 1969". jsfnetfrance.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
2. Pillirone, Nicolo. "Series Edizione 1969". giochisenzafrontiere.net (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
3. "Jeux Sans Frontières 1969". jsfnetgb.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2024.