Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Dates
Final 18 March 1962
Host
Venue Villa Louvigny
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Presenter(s) Mireille Delannoy
Conductor Jean Roderès
Host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT)
Interval act Achille Zavatta
Participants
Number of entries 16
Debuting countries None
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries None
Participation map
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Vote
Voting system Each country had 10 jury members who awarded their three favourite songs 3, 2, and 1 points in order. All those points would then be added up and the song with the most points is declared the winner.
Nul points
Winning song  France
"Un premier amour"

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Sunday 18 March 1962 at the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg. The contest was won for a third time by France with the song "Un premier amour", performed by Isabelle Aubret. This marked the first time a country had won three contests. Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain all scored "nul points" for the first time.[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]

Format

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]

Participating countries

All countries who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 returned for a second consecutive year, with no new countries making a début, nor any nations returning or withdrawing.[1]

Conductors

Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.[2]

Returning artists

The contest saw the return of four artists this year, with three artists having previously participated in the 1960. Camillo Felgen for Luxembourg; François Deguelt for Monaco; and Fud Leclerc making his fourth appearance for Belgium, having also been present at the 1956 and 1958 contests. Jean Philippe, having previous represented France in 1959, returned to the contest as a representative for Switzerland.[1]

Results

Draw Country Artist Song Language[3] Place Points
01  Finland Marion Rung "Tipi-tii" Finnish 7 4
02  Belgium Fud Leclerc "Ton nom" French 13 0
03  Spain Victor Balaguer "Llámame" Spanish 13 0
04  Austria Eleonore Schwarz "Nur in der Wiener Luft" German 13 0
05  Denmark Ellen Winther "Vuggevise" Danish 10 2
06  Sweden Inger Berggren "Sol och vår" Swedish 7 4
07  Germany Conny Froboess "Zwei kleine Italiener" German 6 9
08  Netherlands De Spelbrekers "Katinka" Dutch 13 0
09  France Isabelle Aubret "Un premier amour" French 1 26
10  Norway Inger Jacobsen "Kom sol, kom regn" Norwegian 10 2
11   Switzerland Jean Philippe "Le retour" French 10 2
12  Yugoslavia Lola Novaković "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak" (Не пали светло у сумрак) Serbian 4 10
13  United Kingdom Ronnie Carroll "Ring-A-Ding Girl" English 4 10
14  Luxembourg Camillo Felgen "Petit bonhomme" French 3 11
15  Italy Claudio Villa "Addio, addio" Italian 9 3
16  Monaco François Deguelt "Dis rien" French 2 13

Scoreboard

Isabelle Aubret singing her winning song "Un premier amour" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Voting results
Finland 4 1 3
Belgium 0
Spain 0
Austria 0
Denmark 2 1 1
Sweden 4 3 1
Germany 9 2 1 2 2 2
Netherlands 0
France 26 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 1
Norway 2 2
Switzerland 2 2
Yugoslavia 10 1 1 2 3 3
United Kingdom 10 3 1 2 2 2
Luxembourg 11 3 3 1 1 3
Italy 3 1 2
Monaco 13 3 1 3 1 2 3
The table is ordered by appearance

3 points

Below is a summary of all 3 points in the final:

N. Contestant Voting nation
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

International broadcasts and voting

The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1962 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator 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 also included in the table below.[4]

Voting and spokespersons

  1.  Monaco - TBC[5]
  2.  Italy - Enzo Tortora
  3.  Luxembourg - TBC
  4.  United Kingdom - Alex Macintosh[6]
  5.  Yugoslavia - Mladen Delić
  6.   Switzerland - Alexandre Burger
  7.  Norway - Kari Borg Mannsåker[7]
  8.  France - André Valmy[8]
  9.  Netherlands - Ger Lugtenburg
  10.  Germany - Klaus Havenstein
  11.  Sweden - Tage Danielsson[9]
  12.  Denmark - Ole Mortensen
  13.  Austria - Emil Kollpacher
  14.  Spain - Diego Ramírez Pastor
  15.  Belgium - Arlette Vincent[5]
  16.  Finland - Poppe Berg

Commentators

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eurovision Song Contest 1962". EBU. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.andtheconductoris.eu
  3. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1962". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Eurovision 1960 - Cast and Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Christian Masson. "1962 - Luxembourg". Songcontest.free.fr. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  6. ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs For Europe The United Kingdom at The Eurovision Song Contest Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. UK: Telos. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
  7. ↑ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
  8. ↑ Tchernia, Pierre et al. (March 18, 1958). 6ème Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1962 [6th Eurovision Song Contest 1962] (Television production). Luxembourg: RTL, RTF (commentary).
  9. ↑ "Infosajten.com". Infosajten.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse televisiecommentatoren bij het Eurovisie Songfestival". Eurovision Artists (in Dutch).
  11. ↑ Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p. 40. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN 91-89136-29-2

Coordinates: 49°36′41″N 06°07′21″E / 49.61139°N 6.12250°E / 49.61139; 6.12250

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