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 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 18 March 1962 |
Host | |
Venue | Villa Louvigny Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Presenter(s) | Mireille Delannoy |
Musical director | Jean Roderès |
Director |
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Host broadcaster | Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 16 |
Debuting countries | None |
Non-returning countries | None |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Ten-member juries awarded points to their three favourite songs. |
Winning song | France "Un premier amour" |
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
editThe 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
editEurovision Song Contest 1962 – Participation summaries by country | |
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All countries who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 also participated in this edition.[1]
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
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Austria | ORF | Eleonore Schwarz | "Nur in der Wiener Luft" | German | Bruno Uher | Bruno Uher |
Belgium | RTB | Fud Leclerc | "Ton nom" | French |
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Henri Segers |
Denmark | DR | Ellen Winther | "Vuggevise" | Danish | Kai Mortensen | |
Finland | YLE | Marion Rung | "Tipi-tii" | Finnish |
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George de Godzinsky |
France | RTF | Isabelle Aubret | "Un premier amour" | French |
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Franck Pourcel |
Germany | SWF[a] | Conny Froboess | "Zwei kleine Italiener" | German |
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Rolf-Hans Müller |
Italy | RAI | Claudio Villa | "Addio, addio" | Italian | Cinico Angelini | |
Luxembourg | CLT | Camillo Felgen | "Petit bonhomme" | French |
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Jean Roderès |
Monaco | TMC | François Deguelt | "Dis rien" | French |
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Raymond Lefèvre |
Netherlands | NTS | De Spelbrekers | "Katinka" | Dutch |
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Dolf van der Linden |
Norway | NRK | Inger Jacobsen | "Kom sol, kom regn" | Norwegian |
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Øivind Bergh |
Spain | TVE | Víctor Balaguer | "Llámame" | Spanish |
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Jean Roderès |
Sweden | SR | Inger Berggren | "Sol och vår" | Swedish |
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Egon Kjerrman |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Jean Philippe | "Le Retour" | French | Cédric Dumont | |
United Kingdom | BBC | Ronnie Carroll | "Ring-A-Ding Girl" | English |
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Wally Stott |
Yugoslavia | JRT | Lola Novaković | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" (Не пали светла у сумрак) | Serbo-Croatian |
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Jože Privšek |
Returning artists
editArtist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Camillo Felgen | Luxembourg | 1960 |
François Deguelt | Monaco | 1960 |
Fud Leclerc | Belgium | 1956, 1958, 1960 |
Jean Philippe | Switzerland | 1959 (for France) |
Contest overview
editThe contest was held at 18 March 1962 at 21:30 CET (20:30 UTC) and lasted approxminately for 1 hour and 30 minutes.[5][6] 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]
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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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
editEach 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[8]
- United Kingdom – Alex Macintosh[3]
Detailed voting results
editThis 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.
Total score
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Monaco
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Italy
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Luxembourg
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United Kingdom
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Yugoslavia
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Switzerland
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Norway
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France
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Netherlands
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Germany
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Sweden
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Denmark
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Austria
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Spain
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Belgium
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Finland
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Contestants
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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
editBelow is a summary of all 3 points received:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 3 points |
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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
editEach 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.[11] At least 15 commentators were at the contest, with an estimated 60 to 100 million viewers reported in the media.[12][13]
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Eurovision Song Contest 1962". EBU. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Luxembourg 1962 – Participants". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 291–299. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
- ^ "Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel". www.eurovision.de (in German). ARD. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Programme TV" [TV schedule]. Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). No. 11. Lausanne, Switzerland. 15 March 1962. pp. 32–34. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b "Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1962". Radio Times. 17 March 1962. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via BBC Genome Project.
- ^ "Luxembourg 1962 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna (in Swedish). Stockholm: Premium Publishing. pp. 40–41. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
- ^ "Luxembourg 1962 – Detailed voting results". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1962 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "The Rules of the Contest". European Broadcasting Union. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ P. W. (19 March 1962). "60 Millionen sahen Eurovisionssendung aus Luxemburg" [60 million people watched the Eurovision broadcast from Luxembourg]. Luxemburger Wort (in German). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. p. 5. Retrieved 4 December 2024 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
- ^ "Frankrike gikk til topps i Melodie Grand Prix" [France won the Eurovision Song Contest]. Arbeiderbladet (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. 19 March 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 21 December 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
- ^ "Fernsehprogramm – Vom 18. bis 24. März 1962 – Sonntag, den 18. März" [Television program – From 18 to 24 March 1962 – Sunday, 18 March]. Burgenländische Freiheit (in German). Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 17 March 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via Austrian National Library.
- ^ a b "kijkt en kiest – de T.V.-Week – zondag 18 maart" [Watch and choose – the TV Week – Sunday March 18]. Burgerwelzijn (in Dutch). Bruges, Belgium. 17 March 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge .
- ^ Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européene 1962 (Television production) (in Dutch). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg: Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) and Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS). 18 March 1962.
Goedenavond, dames en heren, in België en de Nederland.
[Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, in Belgium and the Netherlands.] - ^ "Alle tiders programoversigter – Søndag den 18. marts 1962" [All-time programme overviews – Sunday 18 March 1962] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Radio ja televisio" [Radio and television]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland. 18 March 1962. p. 33. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Aujourd'hui a la tele – ...et demain" [Today on TV – ...and tomorrow]. L'Est éclair (in French). Saint-André-les-Vergers, France. 17–18 March 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2024 – via Aube en Champagne.
- ^ "Remise du Grand Prix Eurovision 1962 à la France" [Presentation of the 1962 Eurovision Grand Prix to France] (in French). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Programmes radiophoniques – dimanche 18 mars" [Radio programmes – Sunday March 18]. Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). No. 11. Lausanne, Switzerland. 15 March 1962. pp. 40–42. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ "Deutsches Fernsehen – I. Programm – Sonntag, 18. März 1962" [German television – I. Programme – Sunday 18 March 1962]. Neckar-Bote (in German). Heidelberg, West Germany. 17 March 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
- ^ a b "TV | domenica 18" [TV | Sunday 18]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 39, no. 12. 15–24 March 1962. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Radio-Télévision". Luxemburger Wort (in German and French). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 17 March 1962. p. 21. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
- ^ a b "Programmes radiophoniques – vendredi 23 mars" [Radio programmes – Friday 23 March]. Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). No. 11. Lausanne, Switzerland. 15 March 1962. pp. 57–59. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b "Wegwijs in etherland" [Find your way around etherland]. Limburgs Dagblad (in Dutch). Heerlen, Netherlands. 17 March 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Zestien zingende landen naar Songfestival" [Sixteen singing countries to the Eurovision Song Contest]. De Nieuwe Limburger (in Dutch). Maastricht, Netherlands. 17 March 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Se og Hør idag" [See and Hear today]. Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Oppland, Norway. 17 March 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via National Library of Norway.
- ^ a b "Radio y TV" [Radio and TV]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 18 March 1962. p. 31. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ HerGar, Paula (28 March 2018). "Todos los comentaristas de la historia de España en Eurovisión (y una única mujer en solitario)" [All the commentators in the history of Spain in Eurovision (and only a single woman)] (in Spanish). Los 40. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "TV. och radioprogrammen" [TV. and the radio programmes]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 18 March 1962. p. 25.
- ^ "Radio und Fernsehen" [Radio and television]. Der Bund (in German). Bern, Switzerland. 18 May 1962. p. 31. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b "Radio – Televisione" [Radio – Television]. Giornale del Popolo (in Italian). Lugano, Switzerland. 17 March 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese .
- ^ "Радио Телевизија Београд – Телевизија" [Radio Television Belgrade – Television]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 18 March 1962. p. 16. Retrieved 25 May 2024 – via Belgrade University Library.
- ^ "RTV Ljubljana – Televizija" [RTV Ljubljana – Television]. Delo (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. 18 March 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 28 October 2024 – via Digital Library of Slovenia.
- ^ "Televizija – Nedjelja, 18. ožujka" [Television – Sunday, 18 March]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Serbo-Croatian). Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 17 March 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 15 December 2022.