Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 in the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} of the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg and presented by Mireille Delannoy. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (CLT), and originally known as the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Template:Langx<ref name="Radio Times" />), the contest was held in Template:Esccnty following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. Sixteen countries participated in the event, with the same line-up of nations as at the previous year's contest.

For the third time in five years the winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", composed by Template:Ill, written by Roland Valade and performed by Isabelle Aubret. Template:Esccnty placed second for the first time, while the host nation came third, resulting in French language-songs occupying all of the top three positions. For the first time in the contest's history an entry received nul points from all juries, with Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, the Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty all receiving zero points overall.

Location

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

The 1962 contest took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} performed by Jean-Claude Pascal. It was the first time that Luxembourg had hosted the event.<ref name="ESC1962">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="LW1">Template:Cite news</ref> The chosen venue was the Villa Louvigny, situated within the city's Municipal Park in the Ville Haute quarter of the city centre, which served as the headquarters of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (CLT), the Luxembourgish public broadcaster.<ref name="LW1" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The contest itself was held in the building's {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.<ref name="ESC1962" /><ref name="LW2">Template:Cite news</ref>

Participants

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lang}} (Huug Kok left and Theo Rekkers right) backstage at the contest

There was no change in the participants line-up for the first time, with no new countries joining the event and the same sixteen countries which had competed in 1961 returning for 1962.<ref name="ESC1962" />Template:Sfn

Four artists in this year's event had previously participated in past contests: Template:Esccnty's Camillo Felgen and Template:Esccnty's François Deguelt competed for their respective countries for the second time after both appearing in the Template:Escyr;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Deguelt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jean Philippe, representing Template:Esccnty at this event, also participated for the second time, after previously competing for Template:Esccnty in Template:Escyr;<ref name="Philippe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Fud Leclerc made his fourth contest appearance for Template:Esccnty, following past entries in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and 1960.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Philippe became the first artist to represent two different countries in separate Eurovision Song Contests, while Leclerc became the first of only four acts to compete in four separate contests, alongside Switzerland's Peter, Sue and Marc (Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr), Template:Esccnty's Elisabeth Andreassen (Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr) and Template:Esccnty's Valentina Monetta (Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr).<ref name="Philippe" /><ref name="four">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn Four other artists competing in this event would go on to compete in the contest on another occasion: the Template:Esccnty's Ronnie Carroll (Template:Escyr);<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Esccnty's Claudio Villa (Template:Escyr);<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> France's Isabelle Aubret (Template:Escyr);<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Template:Esccnty's Marion Rung (Template:Escyr).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a result, half of the competing artists in this year's event had competed, or would eventually compete, in multiple Eurovision Song Contests.

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Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Template:Esc	ORF	Eleonore Schwarz	lang}}"	German	Template:Ill	Bruno Uher
Template:Esc	RTB	Fud Leclerc	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	DR	Ellen Winther	lang}}"	Danish	Template:Hlist	Kai Mortensen
Template:Esc	YLE	Marion Rung	"Tipi-tii"	Finnish	Template:Hlist	George de Godzinsky
Template:Esc	RTF	Isabelle Aubret	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Franck Pourcel
Template:Esc	SWFTemplate:Efn	Conny Froboess	lang}}"	German	Template:Hlist	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	RAI	Claudio Villa	lang}}"	Italian	Template:Hlist	Cinico Angelini
Template:Esc	CLT	Camillo Felgen	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Jean Roderès
Template:Esc	TMC	François Deguelt	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Raymond Lefèvre
Template:Esc	NTS	De Spelbrekers	"Katinka"	Dutch	Template:Hlist	Dolf van der Linden
Template:Esc	NRK	Inger Jacobsen	lang}}"	Norwegian	Template:Hlist	Øivind Bergh
Template:Esc	TVE	Víctor Balaguer	lang}}"	Spanish	Template:Hlist	Jean Roderès
Template:Esc	SR	Inger Berggren	lang}}"	Swedish	Template:Hlist	Egon Kjerrman
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Jean Philippe	lang}}"	French	Template:Hlist	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	BBC	Ronnie Carroll	"Ring-A-Ding Girl"	English	Template:Hlist	Angela MorleyTemplate:Efn
Template:Esc	JRT	Lola Novaković	lang}}" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	Serbo-Croatian	Template:Hlist	Jože Privšek

Production and format

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A colourised photograph of Jean-Paul Conzemius' stage design; Template:Esccnty's Eleonore Schwarz is shown performing

The contest was organised and broadcast by CLT.<ref name="ESC1962" /> Jos Pauly and René Steichen served as producers and directors, Jean-Paul Conzemius served as designer, and Jean Roderès served as musical director, leading around forty musicians of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.Template:Sfn<ref name="LW3">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Radiocorriere1">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Each country was allowed to nominate their own musical director to lead the orchestra during the performance of their country's entry, with the host musical director also conducting for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.Template:Sfn The contest was presented by Mireille Delannoy, one of Télé-Luxembourg's regular continuity announcers.<ref name="ESC1962" /><ref name="LW2" />

Each country, participating through a single EBU member broadcaster, was represented by one song performed by up to two people on stage.<ref name="ESC1962" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The results of the event were determined through jury voting; in a change from previous events, each country awarded three points to the jury's collective favourite entry, with two points awarded to the jury's second favourite, and one point given the jury's third favourite.<ref name="ESC1962" />Template:Sfn Each jury comprised ten individuals representing the average television viewer and radio listener; as such no individuals in the music industry, including composers, music publishers, and people employed by record companies, were able to sit on the jury.<ref name="Radiocorriere1" />Template:Sfn

The draw to determine the running order took place on 16 March 1962 in the Villa Louvigny, conducted by Delannoy and assisted by her 4-year-old son Olivier. Rehearsals were held in the contest venue on 17 and 18 March, with two full dress rehearsals scheduled before the live broadcast on the evening of 18 March.<ref name="LW3" />

Contest overview

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Template:Esccnty's Isabelle Aubret, the eventual winner, performing on stage

The contest was held at 18 March 1962 at 21:30 (CET) and lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.Template:Sfn<ref name="LW4" /> Held on a Sunday, this is the last time that the contest's grand final was not held on a Saturday.Template:Sfn The interval act was a performance by the French clown Achille Zavatta, in a skit as the contest's seventeenth participant representing "Zavattaland".<ref name="LW2" /><ref name="LW5" />Template:Sfn The prize for the winning artist and songwriters, a medallion engraved with the figure of a winged lion, the heraldic animal of CLT, and designed by Template:Ill, was presented by the previous year's winning artist Jean-Claude Pascal.<ref name="Radiocorriere1" /><ref name="LW5" />Template:Sfn<ref name="INA" />

The contest suffered from two power failures which impacted the broadcast of the event:<ref name="ESC1962" /> the first occurred during the Dutch entry, which affected the picture quality and plunged the performance into total darkness for around 30 seconds for some broadcasters;Template:Sfn<ref name="contestAV">Template:Cite AV media</ref> the second occurred immediately following the French entry as the auditorium went completely dark for around 1 minutes and 30 seconds, leading to broadcasters showing "breakdown" captions on-screen as the issue was resolved and a delay in the performance of the Norwegian entry.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref name="contestAV" />

The winner was Template:Esccnty represented by the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", composed by Template:Ill, written by Roland Valade and performed by Isabelle Aubret.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was France's third contest victory in five years, also setting a new record as the first country to win the contest three times.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Esccnty secured its first second-place finish, while the Template:Esccnty finished in third place;<ref name="ESC1962" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the top three positions were therefore all performed in the French language.Template:Sfn Monaco's François Deguelt, who had previously come third in Template:Escyr, became the first of only five artists who have placed second and third in the contest without having won, alongside the UK's Cliff Richard, Template:Esccnty's Katja Ebstein, Template:Esccnty's Chiara Siracusa and Template:Esccnty's Željko Joksimović.<ref name="Deguelt" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For the first time in the contest's history an entry scored nul points from all juries; four countries ultimately scored zero points, namely Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and the Template:Esccnty.<ref name="ESC1962" />Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

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Template:Abbr	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Tipi-tii"	4	7
2	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	0	13
3	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	0	13
4	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	0	13
5	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	2	10
6	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	4	7
7	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	9	6
8	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Katinka"	0	13
9	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	26	1
10	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	2	10
11	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	2	10
12	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	10	4
13	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Ring-A-Ding Girl"	10	4
14	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	11	3
15	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	3	9
16	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	13	2

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson, connected to the contest venue via telephone lines and responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Known spokespersons at the 1962 contest are listed below.

• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndPoppe BergTemplate:Sfn
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTage DanielssonTemplate:Sfn
• Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAlex MacintoshTemplate:Sfn

Detailed voting results

Jury voting was used to determine the points awarded by all countries. The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in reverse order to that which each country performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in descending order.<ref name="contestAV" />Template:Sfn The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below, with voting countries listed in the order in which they presented their votes.

The new voting system produced what some consider to be one of the least exciting voting sequences in the contest's history, with France quickly taking the lead and ultimately finishing with double the number of points compared to the runner-up Monegasque entry.<ref name="ESC1962" />Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn With each country only able to award points to three of the potential fifteen countries available, leaving twelve countries without points, the new system also most likely contributed to countries being awarded zero points overall for the first time.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

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rowspan="16" Template:Vert header	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

The below table summarises how the maximum 3 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. France received the maximum score of 3 points from five of the voting countries, Luxembourg and Monaco each received three sets of 3 points, Yugoslavia received two sets of maximum scores, and Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom received one maximum score each.<ref name="results" /><ref name="scoreboard" />

Distribution of 3 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962<ref name="results" /><ref name="scoreboard" />

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 3 points
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3	Template:Esc	Template:Esc, Template:Esc, Template:Esc
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2	Template:Esc	Template:Esc, Template:Esc
1	Template:Esc	Template:Esc
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Broadcasts

Broadcasters competing in the event were required to relay the contest via its networks; non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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. These commentators were typically sent to the venue to report on the event, and were able to provide commentary from small booths constructed at the back of the venue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At least 15 commentators were present at the contest, with an estimated global viewership and listenership of 60 to 100 million reported in the media.<ref name="LW5">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the table below.

Broadcasters and commentators

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	ORF	ORF	{Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTB	RTB	Template:N/A	<ref name="LeSoir">Template:Cite news</ref>
	BRT	BRT	Willem Duys	<ref name="LeSoir" /><ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
Template:Flagu	DR	lang}}, Program 2	Template:Ill	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	YLE	lang}}	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		lang}}	Template:Ill
		lang}}	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	RTF	RTF	Pierre Tchernia	<ref name="INA">Template:Cite AV media</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		France I	Template:N/A	<ref name="RadioTVJVT1" />
Template:Flagu	ARD	lang}}	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RAI	lang}}Template:Efn	Template:Ill	<ref name="Radiocorriere2">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu	CLT	lang}}, Template:Ill	Template:N/A	<ref name="LW4">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	Radio Monte CarloTemplate:Efn		Template:N/A	<ref name="RadioTVJVT2">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu	NTS	NTS	Willem Duys	<ref name="Limburgs">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	NRU	Hilversum 2Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	NRK	lang}}, NRK	Odd Grythe	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVE	TVE	Template:Ill	<ref name="Vanguardia">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	RNE	RNE	Template:N/A	<ref name="Vanguardia" />
Template:Flagu	SR	lang}}, SR P1	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	TV DRS	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		TSR	Pierre Tchernia	<ref name="INA" /><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		TSI	Template:N/A	<ref name="Giornale">Template:Cite news</ref>
		lang}}Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="RadioTVJVT1">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		Radio Monte Ceneri	Template:N/A	<ref name="Giornale" />
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC TV	David Jacobs	<ref name="Radio Times">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu	JRT	lang}}	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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		lang}}	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Notes and references

Bibliography

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