Nous les amoureux

"Nous les amoureux"
Eurovision Song Contest 1961 entry
Country Luxembourg
Artist(s) Chevalier de Villemont
As Jean-Claude Pascal
Language French
Composer(s) Jacques Datin
Lyricist(s) Maurice Vidalin
Conductor Léo Chauliac
Finals performance
Final result 1st
Final points 31
Appearance chronology
◄ So laang we's du do bast (1960)   
Petit bonhomme (1962) ►

"Nous les amoureux" ("We, the Lovers" or "Us Lovers") was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French for Luxembourg by French singer Jean-Claude Pascal.

The song is a return to the more serious style of entry, with Pascal singing about himself and another (rumoured to be another man) who others want to separate. He sings, however, that "Heaven is with us lovers", a declaration of hope in spite of the difficulties.

The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following Denmark's Dario Campeotto with "Angelique" and preceding the United Kingdom's The Allisons with "Are You Sure?"). By the close of voting, it had received 31 points, placing it first in a field of 16 and thus helping Luxembourg to achieve the rare feat of moving from last to first in successive years.

Due to the contest overrunning in time, the reprise of this song was not shown in the UK. The UK's coverage ended shortly after the voting had finished and the winning song was declared

The song was succeeded as Contest winner in 1962 by Isabelle Aubret singing "Un premier amour" for France.

It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1962 Contest by Camillo Felgen with "Petit bonhomme".

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Preceded by
Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer
Eurovision Song Contest winners
1961
Succeeded by
Un premier amour by Isabelle Aubret