Eurovision Song Contest 1960

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Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Date 29 March 1960
Presenter(s) Katie Boyle
Host Broadcaster BBC
Venue Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
Winning Song Tom Pillibi (France)
Voting system Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favorite song.
Number of Songs 13
Countries Making Debut Norway
Nul points none
Interval Act None

The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth Eurovision Song Contest. Even though the Netherlands had won the contest in 1959, they declined to host the 1960 contest so soon after hosting the 1958 event so handed the honour to the United Kingdom. France's win was their second.

[edit] Results

Country
(Language)
Artist Song
(Translation)
Place Points
Austria Austria
(German)
Harry Winter Du hast mich so fasziniert
(You Fascinated me so Much)
7 6
Belgium Belgium
(French)
Fud Leclerc Mon Amour Pour Toi
(My Love for you)
6 9
Denmark Denmark
(Danish)
Katy Bødtger Det var en yndig tid
(It was a Lovely Time)
10 4
France France
(French)
Jacqueline Boyer Tom Pillibi
(Tom Pillibi)
1 32
Germany Germany
(German)
Wyn Hoop Bonne Nuit, Ma Chérie
(Goodnight, my Dear)
4 11
Italy Italy
(Italian)
Renato Rascel Romantica
(Romantic)
8 5
Luxembourg Luxembourg
(Luxembourgish)
Camillo Felgen So Laang We's Du Do Bast
(As long as you are there)
13 1
Monaco Monaco
(French)
François Deguelt Ce Soir-là
(That Night)
3 15
Netherlands Netherlands
(Dutch)
Rudi Carrell Wat Een Geluk
(What Luck)
12 2
Norway Norway
(Norwegian)
Nora Brockstedt Voi-voi
(Voi-voi)
4 11
Sweden Sweden
(Swedish)
Siw Malmkvist Alla andra får varann
(Everyone else get each other)
10 4
Switzerland Switzerland
(Italian)
Anita Traversi Cielo e Terra
(Heaven and Earth)
8 5
United Kingdom United Kingdom
(English)
Bryan Johnson Looking High, High, High
 
2 25
The table is ordered by the countries names.

[edit] Score sheet

  Juries
United Kingdom Sweden Luxembourg Denmark Belgium Norway Austria Monaco Switzerland Netherlands Germany Italy France
Contestants United Kingdom   1 5 0 1 2 3 1 4 5 1 2 0
Sweden 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Luxembourg 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Denmark 1 0 1   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgium 0 4 0 0   0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
Norway 1 0 0 2 1   1 0 4 1 0 0 1
Austria 2 0 0 2 1 0   0 0 0 0 1 0
Monaco 1 0 1 2 0 0 0   1 0 7 0 3
Switzerland 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0   0 0 1 0
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   0 1 0
Germany 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0   0 4
Italy 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0   0
France 5 4 1 4 3 5 1 5 1 2 1 0  
The table is ordered by appearance.

[edit] Map

Image:ESC1960.GIF

  • Green = Participating countries
  • Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year


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