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| year = 1962 | year = 1962
| logo = ESC 1962 logo.png | logo = ESC 1962 logo.png
| final = 18 March 1962 | final = {{start date|1962|03|18|df=y}}
| venue = ]<br />Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | venue = ]<br />Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
| presenter = Mireille Delannoy | presenter = Mireille Delannoy
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|+ Eurovision Song Contest 1962 participants<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331215536/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/participants |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=15 June 2023 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref>{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}} |+ Eurovision Song Contest 1962 participants<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331215536/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/participants |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=15 June 2023 |publisher=] (EBU)}}</ref>{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}}
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| ]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |website=www.eurovision.de |publisher=ARD |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>}} | ]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |publisher=] |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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== Production and format == == Production and format ==
] photograph of Jean-Paul Conzemius' stage design; {{esccnty|Austria}}'s ] is shown performing]] ] of Jean-Paul Conzemius' stage design; {{esccnty|Austria}}'s ] is shown performing]]
The contest was organised and broadcast by ].<ref name="ESC1962" /> Jos Pauly and René Steichen served as producers and directors, Jean-Paul Conzemius served as designer, and Jean Roderès served as ] and led the assembled orchestra of around forty musicians.<ref name="ESC1962" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|p=291}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|p=298}}<ref name="LW3">{{cite news |author1=P.W. |title=Grosser Eurovisions-Preis in Luxemburg |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/shzgzs15j/pages/7/articles/DIVL636 |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=] |date=16 March 1962 |page=7 |language=de |via=]}}</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 ] for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}} The contest was presented by Mireille Delannoy, one of ]'s regular ].<ref name="ESC1962" /><ref name="LW2" /> The contest was organised and broadcast by ].<ref name="ESC1962" /> Jos Pauly and René Steichen served as producers and directors, Jean-Paul Conzemius served as designer, and Jean Roderès served as ], leading around forty musicians of the {{lang|fr|]|i=unset}}.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|p=298}}<ref name="LW3">{{cite news |author1=P.W. |title=Grosser Eurovisions-Preis in Luxemburg |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/shzgzs15j/pages/7/articles/DIVL636 |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=] |date=16 March 1962 |page=7 |language=de |via=]}}</ref><ref name="Radiocorriere1">{{cite magazine |author=S.G. Biamonte |title=Una canzone attende la laurea europea |trans-title=One song awaits the European laurel |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1962{{!}}12{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=] |location=], Italy |date=15–24 March 1962 |volume=39 |issue=12 |pages=8–9 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=it |via=]}}</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 ] for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}} The contest was presented by Mireille Delannoy, one of ]'s regular ].<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>{{cite web |title=40 years ago today – Séverine brings Monaco their sole victory |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/40-years-ago-today-severine-brings-monaco-their-sole-victory |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=6 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107171811/https://eurovision.tv/story/40-years-ago-today-severine-brings-monaco-their-sole-victory |archive-date=7 November 2017 |date=3 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</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" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=259–262}} 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.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=259–262}}<ref name="Radiocorriere1">{{cite magazine |author=S.G. Biamonte |title=Una canzone attende la laurea europea |trans-title=One song awaits the European laurel |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1962{{!}}12{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=] |location=], Italy |date=15–24 March 1962 |volume=39 |issue=12 |pages=8–9 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=it |via=]}}</ref> 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>{{cite web |title=40 years ago today – Séverine brings Monaco their sole victory |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/40-years-ago-today-severine-brings-monaco-their-sole-victory |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=6 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107171811/https://eurovision.tv/story/40-years-ago-today-severine-brings-monaco-their-sole-victory |archive-date=7 November 2017 |date=3 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</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" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=259–262}} 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" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=259–262}}


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" /> 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" />
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], the eventual winner, performing on stage]] ], the eventual winner, performing on stage]]
The contest was held at 18 March 1962 at 21:30 (]) and lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}}<ref name="LW4" /> Held on a Sunday, this is the last time that the contest's grand final was not held on a Saturday.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}} The interval act was a performance by the French clown ], in a skit as the contest's seventeenth participant representing "Zavattaland".<ref name="LW2" /><ref name="LW5" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}} The prize for the winning artist and songwriters, a medallion engraved with the figure of a ], the ] of CLT, and designed by {{ill|Hans Mettel|de}}, was presented by the previous year's winning artist ].{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}}<ref name="Radiocorriere1" /><ref name="LW5" /><ref name="INA" /> The contest was held at 18 March 1962 at 21:30 (]) and lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}}<ref name="LW4" /> Held on a Sunday, this is the last time that the contest's grand final was not held on a Saturday.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}} The interval act was a performance by the French clown ], in a skit as the contest's seventeenth participant representing "Zavattaland".<ref name="LW2" /><ref name="LW5" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}} The prize for the winning artist and songwriters, a medallion engraved with the figure of a ], the ] of CLT, and designed by {{ill|Hans Mettel|de}}, was presented by the previous year's winning artist ].<ref name="Radiocorriere1" /><ref name="LW5" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}}<ref name="INA" />


The contest suffered from two ] 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;{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}}<ref name="contestAV">{{cite AV media |title=Grand Prix Eurovision 1962 de la chanson européenne |trans-title=Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1962 |date=18 March 1962 |type=Television production |language=fr |publisher={{lang|fr|]|i=unset}} (CLT) |location=], Luxembourg}}</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.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}<ref name="contestAV" /> The contest suffered from two ] 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;{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}}<ref name="contestAV">{{cite AV media |title=Grand Prix Eurovision 1962 de la Chanson Européenne |trans-title=Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1962 |date=18 March 1962 |type=Television production |language=fr |publisher={{lang|fr|]|i=unset}} (CLT) |location=], Luxembourg}}</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.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}<ref name="contestAV" />


The winner was {{esccnty|France|y=1962}} represented by the song "{{lang|fr|]|i=unset}}", composed by {{ill|Claude-Henri Vic|fr}}, written by Roland Valade and performed by ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Isabelle Aubret |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/isabelle-aubret |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512233240/https://eurovision.tv/participant/isabelle-aubret |archive-date=12 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</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>{{cite web |title=France – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/france |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511213118/https://eurovision.tv/country/france |archive-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Origins of Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/history/origins-of-eurovision |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=7 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221002537/https://eurovision.tv/history/origins-of-eurovision |archive-date=21 December 2024 |date=27 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{esccnty|Monaco|y=1962}} secured its first second-place finish, while the {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1962|t=host nation's entry}} finished in third place;<ref name="ESC1962" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Monaco – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/monaco |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523071535/https://eurovision.tv/country/monaco |archive-date=23 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> the top three positions were therefore all performed in the ].{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}} Monaco's ], who had previously come third in {{escyr|1960}}, became the first of only five artists who have placed second and third in the contest without having won, alongside the UK's ], {{esccnty|Germany}}'s ], {{esccnty|Malta}}'s ] and {{esccnty|Serbia}}'s ].<ref name="Deguelt" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Messina |first1=Yann |title=Monaco: François Deguelt passed away |url=https://esctoday.com/74233/monaco-francois-deguelt-passed-away/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=23 January 2014}}</ref> For the first time in the contest's history an entry scored '']'' from all juries; four countries ultimately scored zero points, namely {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1962}}, {{esccnty|Spain|y=1962}}, {{esccnty|Austria|y=1962}} and the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1962}}.<ref name="ESC1962" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}} The winner was {{esccnty|France|y=1962}} represented by the song "{{lang|fr|]|i=unset}}", composed by {{ill|Claude-Henri Vic|fr}}, written by Roland Valade and performed by ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Isabelle Aubret |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/isabelle-aubret |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512233240/https://eurovision.tv/participant/isabelle-aubret |archive-date=12 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</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>{{cite web |title=France – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/france |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511213118/https://eurovision.tv/country/france |archive-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Origins of Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/history/origins-of-eurovision |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=7 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221002537/https://eurovision.tv/history/origins-of-eurovision |archive-date=21 December 2024 |date=27 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{esccnty|Monaco|y=1962}} secured its first second-place finish, while the {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1962|t=host nation's entry}} finished in third place;<ref name="ESC1962" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Monaco – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/monaco |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523071535/https://eurovision.tv/country/monaco |archive-date=23 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> the top three positions were therefore all performed in the ].{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}} Monaco's ], who had previously come third in {{escyr|1960}}, became the first of only five artists who have placed second and third in the contest without having won, alongside the UK's ], {{esccnty|Germany}}'s ], {{esccnty|Malta}}'s ] and {{esccnty|Serbia}}'s ].<ref name="Deguelt" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Messina |first1=Yann |title=Monaco: François Deguelt passed away |url=https://esctoday.com/74233/monaco-francois-deguelt-passed-away/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=23 January 2014}}</ref> For the first time in the contest's history an entry scored '']'' from all juries; four countries ultimately scored zero points, namely {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1962}}, {{esccnty|Spain|y=1962}}, {{esccnty|Austria|y=1962}} and the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1962}}.<ref name="ESC1962" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}}
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|+ Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330113251/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final |archive-date=30 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> |+ Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330113251/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final |archive-date=30 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span> == == Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span> ==
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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 performance order.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}}<ref name="contestAV" /> 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. 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" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}} 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" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}} 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 a country being awarded zero points overall for the first time.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}} 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" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}} 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.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=20–21}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=295–298}}


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|+ Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final/results |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330113222/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final/results |archive-date=30 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1962 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=279#Scoreboard |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723033900/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=279#Scoreboard |archive-date=23 July 2015 }}</ref> |+ Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962<ref name="results">{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final/results |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330113222/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final/results |archive-date=30 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="scoreboard">{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1962 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=279#Scoreboard |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723033900/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=279#Scoreboard |archive-date=23 July 2015 }}</ref>
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== Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasters and commentators"></span> == == Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasters and commentators"></span> ==
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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 name="Rules">{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</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>{{cite web |title=Commentator's guide to the commentators |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181824/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |archive-date=12 November 2018 |date=15 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=Commentators: The national hosts of Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516182452/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |archive-date=16 May 2017 |date=14 May 2017 |url-status=live}}</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">{{cite news |author=P. W. |title=60 Millionen sahen Eurovisionssendung aus Luxemburg |trans-title=60 million people watched the Eurovision broadcast from Luxembourg |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/9sz5rxc8q/pages/5 |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=] |location=], Luxembourg |date=19 March 1962 |language=de |page=5 |via=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Frankrike gikk til topps i Melodie Grand Prix |trans-title=France came out on top at the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.nb.no/items/05301dcd98c6ba05562f2bf6e06b01da?page=13 |access-date=21 December 2024 |work=] |location=], Norway |date=19 March 1962 |page=14 |language=no |via=]}}</ref> Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the table below. 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>{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</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>{{cite web |title=Commentator's guide to the commentators |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181824/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentator-s-guide-to-the-commentators |archive-date=12 November 2018 |date=15 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=Commentators: The national hosts of Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |publisher=] (EBU) |access-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516182452/https://eurovision.tv/story/commentators-sweden-mans-zelmerlow-edward-af-sillen |archive-date=16 May 2017 |date=14 May 2017 |url-status=live}}</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">{{cite news |author=P. W. |title=60 Millionen sahen Eurovisionssendung aus Luxemburg |trans-title=60 million people watched the Eurovision broadcast from Luxembourg |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/9sz5rxc8q/pages/5 |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=] |location=], Luxembourg |date=19 March 1962 |language=de |page=5 |via=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Frankrike gikk til topps i Melodie Grand Prix |trans-title=France came out on top at the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.nb.no/items/05301dcd98c6ba05562f2bf6e06b01da?page=13 |access-date=21 December 2024 |work=] |location=], Norway |date=19 March 1962 |page=14 |language=no |via=]}}</ref> Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the table below.


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International song competition

Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Dates
Final18 March 1962 (1962-03-18)
Host
VenueVilla Louvigny
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Director
  • Jos Pauly
  • René Steichen
Musical directorJean Roderès
Host broadcasterCompagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countriesNone
Non-returning countriesNone
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the countries of EuropeBelgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 3, 2 and 1 points to their three favourite songs
Winning song France
"Un premier amour"
1961 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1963

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 in the Grand Auditorium of the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg and presented by Mireille Delannoy. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1962 de la Chanson Européenne (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1962), the contest was held in Luxembourg following the country's victory at the 1961 contest 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 France with the song "Un premier amour", composed by Claude-Henri Vic [fr], written by Roland Valade and performed by Isabelle Aubret. Monaco 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 Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain all receiving zero points overall.

Location

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 1961 contest with the song "Nous les amoureux performed by Jean-Claude Pascal. It was the first time that Luxembourg had hosted the event. 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 Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), the Luxembourgish public broadcaster. The contest itself was held in the building's Grand Auditorium.

Participating countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1962 – Participation summaries by country
Germany's Conny Froboess (center; front), the United Kingdom's Ronnie Carroll (center; back), and the Netherlands' Spelbrekers (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.

Four artists in this year's event had previously participated in past contests: Luxembourg's Camillo Felgen and Monaco's François Deguelt competed for their respective countries for the second time after both appearing in the 1960 contest; Jean Philippe, representing Switzerland at this event, also participated for the second time, after previously competing for France in 1959; and Fud Leclerc made his fourth contest appearance for Belgium, following past entries in 1956, 1958 and 1960. 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 (1971, 1976, 1979 and 1981), Norway's Elisabeth Andreassen (1982, 1985, 1994 and 1996) and San Marino's Valentina Monetta (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017). Four other artists competing in this event would go on to compete in the contest on another occasion: the United Kingdom's Ronnie Carroll (1963); Italy's Claudio Villa (1967); France's Isabelle Aubret (1968); and Finland's Marion Rung (1973). As a result, half of the competing artists in this year's event had competed, or would eventually compete, in multiple Eurovision Song Contests.

Eurovision Song Contest 1962 participants
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF Eleonore Schwarz "Nur in der Wiener Luft" German Bruno Uher Bruno Uher
 Belgium RTB Fud Leclerc "Ton nom" French
  • Eric Channe
  • Tony Golan
Henri Segers
 Denmark DR Ellen Winther "Vuggevise" Danish Kai Mortensen
 Finland YLE Marion Rung "Tipi-tii" Finnish
  • Jaakko Salo
  • Kari Tuomisaari
George de Godzinsky
 France RTF Isabelle Aubret "Un premier amour" French
  • Roland Valade
  • Claude-Henri Vic
Franck Pourcel
 Germany SWF Conny Froboess "Zwei kleine Italiener" German
  • Christian Bruhn
  • Georg Buschor
Rolf-Hans Müller
 Italy RAI Claudio Villa "Addio, addio" Italian Cinico Angelini
 Luxembourg CLT Camillo Felgen "Petit bonhomme" French Jean Roderès
 Monaco TMC François Deguelt "Dis rien" French Raymond Lefèvre
 Netherlands NTS De Spelbrekers "Katinka" Dutch Dolf van der Linden
 Norway NRK Inger Jacobsen "Kom sol, kom regn" Norwegian Øivind Bergh
 Spain TVE Víctor Balaguer "Llámame" Spanish
  • Miguel Portoles
  • Mario Selles
Jean Roderès
 Sweden SR Inger Berggren "Sol och vår" Swedish Egon Kjerrman
  Switzerland SRG SSR Jean Philippe "Le Retour" French Cédric Dumont
 United Kingdom BBC Ronnie Carroll "Ring-A-Ding Girl" English Wally Stott
 Yugoslavia JRT Lola Novaković "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" (Не пали светла у сумрак) Serbo-Croatian Jože Privšek

Production and format

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

The contest was organised and broadcast by CLT. 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 Grand orchestre symphonique de Radio Luxembourg. 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. The contest was presented by Mireille Delannoy, one of Télé-Luxembourg's regular continuity announcers.

Each country, participating through a single EBU member broadcaster, was represented by one song performed by up to two people on stage. 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. 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.

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.

Contest overview

France'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. Held on a Sunday, this is the last time that the contest's grand final was not held on a Saturday. The interval act was a performance by the French clown Achille Zavatta, in a skit as the contest's seventeenth participant representing "Zavattaland". 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 Hans Mettel [de], was presented by the previous year's winning artist Jean-Claude Pascal.

The contest suffered from two power failures which impacted the broadcast of the event: 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; 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.

The winner was France represented by the song "Un premier amour", composed by Claude-Henri Vic [fr], written by Roland Valade and performed by Isabelle Aubret. 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. Monaco secured its first second-place finish, while the host nation's entry finished in third place; the top three positions were therefore all performed in the French language. Monaco's François Deguelt, who had previously come third in 1960, 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, Germany's Katja Ebstein, Malta's Chiara Siracusa and Serbia's Željko Joksimović. For the first time in the contest's history an entry scored nul points from all juries; four countries ultimately scored zero points, namely Belgium, Spain, Austria and the Netherlands.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
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

Each country nominated a spokesperson, connected to the contest venue via telephone lines and responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country. Known spokespersons at the 1962 contest are listed below.

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. 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. 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.

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Total score Monaco Italy Luxembourg United Kingdom Yugoslavia Switzerland Norway France Netherlands Germany Sweden Denmark Austria Spain Belgium Finland
Contestants 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.

Distribution of 3 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 3 points
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

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. 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. 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. 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) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF ORF
 Belgium RTB RTB
BRT BRT Willem Duys
 Denmark DR Danmarks Radio TV, Program 2 Ole Mortensen [da]
 Finland YLE Suomen Televisio Aarno Walli [fi]
Yleisohjelma [fi] Erkki Melakoski [fi]
Ruotsinkielinen yleisohjelma Jan Sederholm [sv]
 France RTF RTF Pierre Tchernia
France I
 Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Ruth Kappelsberger [de]
 Italy RAI Programma Nazionale TV Renato Tagliani [it]
 Luxembourg CLT Télé-Luxembourg
 Monaco Radio Monte Carlo
 Netherlands NTS NTS Willem Duys
NRU Hilversum 2
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet, NRK Odd Grythe
 Spain TVE TVE Federico Gallo [es]
RNE RNE
 Sweden SR Sveriges TV, SR P1 Jan Gabrielsson [sv]
  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS
TSR Pierre Tchernia
TSI
Radio Genève
Radio Monte Ceneri
 United Kingdom BBC BBC TV David Jacobs
 Yugoslavia JRT Televizija Beograd
Televizija Ljubljana [sl]
Televizija Zagreb

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Switzerland's Lys Assia also competed in the Eurovision Song Contest with four different songs, however she only competed in three separate contests (1956, 1957 and 1958), participating in the 1956 contest with two songs.
  2. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD
  3. Deferred broadcast at 22:15 (CET)
  4. Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 23 March at 17:02 (CET)
  5. Deferred broadcast in a shortened format at 23:00 (CET)
  6. Deferred broadcast at 22:30 (CET)

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