Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the 1961 contest with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contest was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and was held at the Villa Louvigny on Sunday 18 March 1962 hosted by the Luxembourgish speaker Mireille Delannoy. This remains the last time that the final of the contest was not held on a Saturday, as since 1963 the final of the contest has consistently been held on a Saturday evening.

Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Dates
Final	18 March 1962
Host
Venue	Villa Louvigny Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Presenter(s)	Mireille Delannoy
Musical director	Jean Roderès
Directed by	Jos Pauly René Steichen
Host broadcaster	Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962
Participants
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	None
Non-returning countries	None
Participation map      Participating countries
Vote
Voting system	Ten-member juries awarded points to their three favourite songs.
Winning song	France "Un premier amour"
1961 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1963

Sixteen countries participated in the contest – the same that took part the year before.

The winner was France with the song "Un premier amour", performed by Isabelle Aubret, written by Roland Valade and composed by Claude Henri Vic. This was France's third victory in the contest in just five years, having also won in 1958 and 1960. It was also the third consecutive winning song performed in French. For the first time in the contest's history, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain all scored nul points.^[1]

Location

Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg – host venue of the 1962 contest.

The 1962 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Luxembourg City. The venue chosen to host the 1962 contest was the Villa Louvigny. The building served as the headquarters of Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, the forerunner of RTL Group. It is located in Municipal Park, in the Ville Haute quarter of the centre of the city.^[1]

Participating countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1962 – Participation summaries by country
Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia

All countries who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 also participated in this edition.^[1]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962^[2][3][4][5]

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Austria	ORF	Eleonore Schwarz	"Nur in der Wiener Luft"	German	Bruno Uher	Bruno Uher
Belgium	RTB	Fud Leclerc	"Ton nom"	French	Eric Channe Tony Golan	Henri Segers
Denmark	DR	Ellen Winther	"Vuggevise"	Danish	Kjeld Bonfils Sejr Volmer-Sørensen	Kai Mortensen
Finland	YLE	Marion Rung	"Tipi-tii"	Finnish	Jaakko Salo Kari Tuomisaari	George de Godzinsky
France	RTF	Isabelle Aubret	"Un premier amour"	French	Roland Valade Claude-Henri Vic	Franck Pourcel
Germany	SWF[lower-alpha 1]	Conny Froboess	"Zwei kleine Italiener"	German	Christian Bruhn Georg Buschor	Rolf-Hans Müller
Italy	RAI	Claudio Villa	"Addio, addio"	Italian	Franco Migliacci Domenico Modugno	Cinico Angelini
Luxembourg	CLT	Camillo Felgen	"Petit bonhomme"	French	Jacques Datin Maurice Vidalin	Jean Roderès
Monaco	TMC	François Deguelt	"Dis rien"	French	René Rouzaud Henri Salvador	Raymond Lefèvre
Netherlands	NTS	De Spelbrekers	"Katinka"	Dutch	Henny Hamhuis Lodewijk Post Joop Stokkermans	Dolf van der Linden
Norway	NRK	Inger Jacobsen	"Kom sol, kom regn"	Norwegian	Ivar Andersen Kjell Karlsen	Øivind Bergh
Spain	TVE	Víctor Balaguer	"Llámame"	Spanish	Miguel Portoles Mario Selles	Jean Roderès
Sweden	SR	Inger Berggren	"Sol och vår"	Swedish	Åke Gerhard Ulf Källqvist	Egon Kjerrman
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Jean Philippe	"Le Retour"	French	Émile Gardaz Géo Voumard	Cédric Dumont
United Kingdom	BBC	Ronnie Carroll	"Ring-A-Ding Girl"	English	Stan Butcher Syd Cordell	Wally Stott
Yugoslavia	JRT	Lola Novaković	"Ne pali svetla u sumrak" (Не пали светла у сумрак)	Serbo-Croatian	Dragutin Britvić Jože Privšek	Jože Privšek

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Camillo Felgen	Luxembourg	1960
François Deguelt	Monaco	1960
Fud Leclerc	Belgium	1956, 1958, 1960
Jean Philippe	Switzerland	1959 (for  France)

Contest overview

The contest was held at 18 March 1962 at 21:30 CET (20:30 UTC) and lasted approxminately for 1 hour and 30 minutes.^[7][8] The event was hosted by the Luxembourgish speaker Mireille Delannoy.^[1]

After France's entry had been performed, there was a short power failure rendering the screens dark. There also seemed to be an even shorter power failure during the Netherlands' entry, when viewers around Europe only saw darkness on their television screens when the Netherlands performed. The power failure seemed to affect the Netherlands' score during the voting. Nevertheless, the song turned out to be popular in Europe after the contest.^[1]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962^[9]

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Finland	Marion Rung	"Tipi-tii"	4	7
2	Belgium	Fud Leclerc	"Ton nom"	0	13
3	Spain	Victor Balaguer	"Llámame"	0	13
4	Austria	Eleonore Schwarz	"Nur in der Wiener Luft"	0	13
5	Denmark	Ellen Winther	"Vuggevise"	2	10
6	Sweden	Inger Berggren	"Sol och vår"	4	7
7	Germany	Conny Froboess	"Zwei kleine Italiener"	9	6
8	Netherlands	De Spelbrekers	"Katinka"	0	13
9	France	Isabelle Aubret	"Un premier amour"	26	1
10	Norway	Inger Jacobsen	"Kom sol, kom regn"	2	10
11	Switzerland	Jean Philippe	"Le Retour"	2	10
12	Yugoslavia	Lola Novaković	"Ne pali svetla u sumrak"	10	4
13	United Kingdom	Ronnie Carroll	"Ring-A-Ding Girl"	10	4
14	Luxembourg	Camillo Felgen	"Petit bonhomme"	11	3
15	Italy	Claudio Villa	"Addio, addio"	3	9
16	Monaco	François Deguelt	"Dis rien"	13	2

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1962 contest are listed below.

•  Sweden – Tage Danielsson^[10]
•  United Kingdom – Alex Macintosh^[3]

Detailed voting results

This year marked the second jury voting system change in the contest's history, moving away from a point per favourite song from 10-member juries to the allocation of 3, 2 and 1 points given to the top three favourite songs from each country's 10-member jurors' ratings.

Detailed voting results^[11][12]

		Total score	Monaco	Italy	Luxembourg	United Kingdom	Yugoslavia	Switzerland	Norway	France	Netherlands	Germany	Sweden	Denmark	Austria	Spain	Belgium	Finland
Contestants	Finland	4				3			1
	Belgium	0
	Spain	0
	Austria	0
	Denmark	2		1									1
	Sweden	4									1			3
	Germany	9	2			2					2			1				2
	Netherlands	0
	France	26	1	2	1	1	3	3	3			3	3		2	2	2
	Norway	2								2
	Switzerland	2										2
	Yugoslavia	10		3						3			2				1	1
	United Kingdom	10					2	2						2		1		3
	Luxembourg	11	3					1							1	3	3
	Italy	3			2		1
	Monaco	13			3				2	1	3	1			3

3 points

Below is a summary of all 3 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 3 points
5	France	Germany,  Norway,  Sweden,   Switzerland,  Yugoslavia
3	Luxembourg	Belgium,  Spain,  Monaco
	Monaco	Austria,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands
2	Yugoslavia	France,  Italy
1	Finland	United Kingdom
	Sweden	Denmark
	United Kingdom	Finland

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.^[13]

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF	ORF		[14]
Belgium	RTB	RTB		[15]
	BRT	BRT	Willem Duys	[15][16]
Denmark	DR	Danmarks Radio TV, Program 2	Ole Mortensen [da]	[17]
Finland	YLE	Suomen Televisio	Aarno Walli [fi]	[18]
		Yleisohjelma [fi]	Erkki Melakoski [fi]
		Ruotsinkielinen yleisohjelma	Jan Sederholm
France	RTF	RTF, France I	Pierre Tchernia	[19][20][21]
Germany	ARD	Deutsches Fernsehen	Ruth Kappelsberger [de]	[22]
Italy	RAI	Programma Nazionale[lower-alpha 2]	Renato Tagliani [it]	[23]
Luxembourg	CLT	Télé-Luxembourg		[24]
Monaco	Radio Monte Carlo[lower-alpha 3]			[25]
Netherlands	NTS	NTS	Willem Duys	[26][27]
	NRU	Hilversum 2[lower-alpha 4]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet, NRK	Odd Grythe	[28]
Spain	TVE	TVE	Federico Gallo [es]	[29][30]
	RNE	RNE		[29]
Sweden	SR	Sveriges TV, SR P1	Jan Gabrielsson [sv]	[31]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TV DRS		[7][32]
		TSR	Pierre Tchernia
		TSI		[33]
		RSR 2		[20]
		RSI 1
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC TV	David Jacobs	[3][8]
Yugoslavia	JRT	Televizija Beograd		[34]
		Televizija Ljubljana		[35]
		Televizija Zagreb		[36]

Notes

1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD^[6]
2. Deferred broadcast at 22:15 CET (21:00 UTC)^[23]
3. Delayed broadcast on 23 March at 17:02 CET (16:02 UTC)^[25]
4. Deferred broadcast at 23:00 (CET)^[26]

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External links

• Official website

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