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Encyclopedia > Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Date 18 March 1961
Presenter(s) Jacqueline Joubert
Host Conductor Franck Pourcel
Host Broadcaster RTF
Venue Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
Winning Song Nous les amoureux (Luxembourg)
Voting system Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favorite song.
Number of Songs 16
Countries Making Debut Finland, Spain, & Yugoslavia
Nul points None
Interval Act Tessa Beaumont & Max Bozzoni

The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time Luxembourg had won the contest and the third time in a row that the UK had come in at 2nd place. Since this year, Spain never left competition. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Jacqueline Joubert, born Jacqueline Annette Édith Pierre (March 29, 1921 in Paris - January 8, 2005 in Neuilly-on-Seine) was a presenter on French national television. ... « In the strange world of show-business where you can find many con-artists and wind merchants, there is a distinguished man, whose look is more that of a diplomat than an artist: Franck Pourcel is discreet, modest and without pretence, this quiet man with a handsome silhouette has recorded... Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (French Broadcasting-television or RTF) was the French national public broadcasting company between 1949 and June 27, 1964. ... For the annual festival, see Cannes Film Festival. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in Latin, Југославија in Cyrillic, English: Land of the South Slavs) describes four political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ...


Results

Country
(Language)		 Artist(s) Song
(Translation)		 Place Points
Austria Austria
(German)		 Jimmy Makulis Sehnsucht
(Longing)		 15 1
Belgium Belgium
(Dutch)		 Bob Benny September, Gouden Roos
(September, Golden Rose)		 15 1
Denmark Denmark
(Danish)		 Dario Campeotto Angelique
(Angelique)		 5 12
Finland Finland
(Finnish)		 Laila Kinnunen Valoa Ikkunassa
(The Lights in the Window)		 10 6
France France
(French)		 Jean Paul Mauric Printemps (Avril carillonne)
(Spring (April is chiming))		 4 13
Germany Germany
(German)		 Lale Andersen Einmal sehen wir uns wieder
(We Will Meet Again)		 13 3
Italy Italy
(Italian)		 Betty Curtis Al di là 5 12
Luxembourg Luxembourg
(French)		 Jean-Claude Pascal Nous les Amoureux 1 31
Monaco Monaco
(French)		 Colette Deréal Allons, Allons Les Enfants
(Come on, come on children)		 10 6
Netherlands Netherlands
(Dutch)		 Greetje Kauffeld Wat Een Dag
(What a day)		 10 6
Norway Norway
(Norwegian)		 Nora Brockstedt Sommer I Palma
(Summer in Palma)		 7 10
Spain Spain
(Spanish)		 Conchita Bautista Estando Contigo
(When I'm with you)		 9 8
Sweden Sweden
(Swedish)		 Lill-Babs April, april
(April, April)		 14 2
Switzerland Switzerland
(French)		 Franca Di Rimnzo Nous Aurons Demain
(Tomorrow we Will Have)		 3 16
United Kingdom United Kingdom
(English)		 The Allisons Are You Sure?
 		 2 25
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
(Serbian)		 Ljiljana Petrović Neke davne zvezde
(Some Ancient Stars)		 8 9
Venue: Palais des Festivals - Cannes, France
The table is ordered by the countries' names.

Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Laila Kinnunen (born November 8, 1939 in Helsinki, Finland, died October 26, 2000, Heinävesi, Finland) was a Finnish singer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Lili Marleen by Lale Andersen Lale Andersen (March 23, 1905 – August 29, 1972) was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Bremerhaven, Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Betty Curtis (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Jean-Claude Pascal (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Nora Brockstedt, on her last CD cover, in an age of 81! Nora Brockstedt is a successful Norwegian singer, born on 20 January 1923. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Spain_Under_Franco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Barbro Svensson (Barbro Margareta Svensson, Barbro Lill-Babs Svensson) was born 9 March 1938 in Järvsö, Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Allisons were an English pop group consiting of two men, Bob Day and John Alford. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia. ... Yugoslavia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 (see ESC 1961) and since competing in every year until 1992, with the exceptions of 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1985. ... Serbian (српски језик; srpski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Shtokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and by Serbs everywhere. ... For the annual festival, see Cannes Film Festival. ...

Score sheet

  Juries
Spain Monaco Austria Finland Yugoslavia Netherlands Sweden Germany France Switzerland Belgium Norway Denmark Luxembourg United Kingdom Italy
Contestants Spain   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Monaco 1   0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Austria 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Finland 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
Yugoslavia 0 0 3 0   1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 2   0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 1 0 0 0 1   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
France 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 4   0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Switzerland 1 2 2 0 1 2 4 0 0   0 0 0 0 2 2
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 1 0 0
Norway 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5   1 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8   0 0 0
Luxembourg 2 4 4 3 5 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 1   0 3
United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 8   1
Italy 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0  
The table is ordered by appearance.

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Eurovision Song Contest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3454 words)
Following the dominance of English language songs, particularly Sweden's 1974 victory (with ABBA's "Waterloo"), a rule was passed in 1977 that the song had to be sung in one of the official languages of the performing country.
This was invoked at the 1991 contest, to resolve a tie between Sweden and France.
Many viewers of the contest view the event as a combination of camp entertainment and a musical train wreck (a fact played upon in the UK broadcast with the sardonic BBC commentary of Terry Wogan) and a subculture of Eurovision song contest drinking games and the like has evolved in some countries.
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