• Dates – Grand Final: Sunday, 18 March 1962 – 20:00 CET
• Host – Venue & Location: Grand Auditorium de RTL, Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• Presenter (s): Mireille Delannoy 
• Musical Director: Jean Roderès
• Director: Jos Pauly, René Steichen
• Executive Producer: —
• Executive Supervisor: —
• Multicamera Director: Jos Pauly, René Steichen
• Host broadcaster: Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) / RTL
• Interval Act: Achilles Zavatta
• Participants – Number of entries: 16 [🇧🇪 Belgium (7ª), 🇫🇷 France (7ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (7ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (7ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (7ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (7ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (6ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (6ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (5ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (5ª), 🇲🇨Monaco (4ª), 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (6ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (3ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (2ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (2ª),  Yugoslavia (2ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: —
• Non-returning countries: —
• Vote – Voting system: Ten-member juries awarded points to their three favourite songs. Each of the participating country awarded 3, 2 and 1 point.
• Nil Points: 🇦🇹 Austria (1ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (1ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (1ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (1ª).
• Winning song:  “Un premier amour” – Isabelle Aubret – 🇫🇷 France (3ª)

About. The 1962 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the first time. France scored another victory with Un premier amour performed by Isabelle Aubret.

Lights on, lights off. After the victory in Cannes in 1961, Luxembourg was the host of the seventh Eurovision Song Contest.  The stage was decorated with twinkling stars, but unfortunately they could not be seen for parts of the evening because there were some problems with the lights in the big auditorium of the Villa Louvigny. The number of participants of this year’s contest remained stable at 16 with no new countries entering. However, there was a change in the voting system: the national juries – which still consisted of 10 people – had to attribute 3, 2 and 1 points to their three favourite songs.

About the winner. France managed to win the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time with a dramatic performance by Isabelle Aubret who won by a landslide: Aubret collected 26 points altogether, outclassing Monaco’s entry “Dis Rien” by 13 points!.  

Facts & figures. The German entry “Zwei Kleine Italiener” by Conny Froboess went on to be an enormous commercial success in lots of European countries despite a rather moderate 6th place; Belgian Fud Leclerc took part for the fourth time in the history of the song contest, but came last with no points at all.

o/r	country	participant(s)	song – translate – Language	Points	rank
01	🇫🇮 Finland YLE	Marion Rung	Tipi-tii (Chirpy chirp) Finnish	004	07
02	🇧🇪 Belgium  RTB	Fud Leclerc	Ton nom (Your name) French	000	13
03	🇪🇸 Spain TVE	Víctor Balaguer	Llámame (Call me) Spanish	000	13
04	🇦🇹 Austria ÖRF	Eleonore Schwarz	Nur in der wiener Luft (Only in the Vienna air) German	000	13
05	🇩🇰 Denmark DR	Ellen Winther	Vuggevise (Lullaby) Dannish	002	10
06	🇸🇪 Sweden SR	Inger Berggren	Sol och vår (Sun and spring) Swedish [a]	004	07
07	🇩🇪 Germany ARD	Conny Froboess	Zwei kleine Italiener (Two little Italians) German	009	06
08	🇳🇱 The Netherlands NTS	De Spelbrekers	Katinka Dutch	000	13
09	🇫🇷 France RTF	Isabelle Aubret	Un premier amour (A first love) French	026	01
10	🇳🇴 Norway NRK	Inger Jacobsen	Kom sol, kom regn (Come sun, come rain) Norwegian	002	10
11	🇨🇭 Switzerland SSR SRG	Jean Philippe	Le retour (The return) French	002	10
12	Yugoslavia JRT	Lola Novaković (Лола Новаковић)	Ne pali svetlo u sumrak (Не пали светло у сумрак, Don’t turn the lights on at twilight) Serbo-Croatian	010	04
13	🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC	Ronnie Carroll	Ring-a-ding girl English	010	04
14	🇱🇺 Luxembourg CLT	Camillo Felgen	Petit bonhomme (Little chap) French	011	03
15	🇮🇹 Italy RAI	Claudio Villa	Addio, addio (Goodbye, goodbye) Italian	003	09
16	🇲🇨 Monaco TMC	François Deguelt	Dis rien (Say nothing) French	013	02

Participant map

Participating countries

ESC 1962 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results:

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. The host was the Luxembourgish speaker Mireille Delannoy.

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. 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 Hautequarter of the centre of the city.

2.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.

3.Participating countries. All countries who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 also participated in this edition.

3.1.Conductors. Each performance had a conductor who conducted the orchestra.

3.2.Returning artists.

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Camillo Felgen	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	1960
François Deguelt	🇲🇨 Monaco	1960
Fud Leclerc	🇧🇪 Belgium	1956, 1958, 1960
Jean Philippe	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1959 (for 🇫🇷 France)

3.3.Participants and results.

3.4.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 1962: 

• National Selections in 1962:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇧🇪 Belgium	Eurosong 1962	Fud Leclerc – “Ton nom“
🇩🇰 Denmark	Melodi Grand Prix 1962	Ellen Winther – “Vuggevise“
🇫🇮 Finland	(Finnish Selection 1962)	Marion Rung – “Tipi-tii”
🇩🇪 Germany	Deutsche Schlager-Festspiele 1962	Conny Froboess – “Zwei kleine Italiener“
🇮🇹 Italy	Sanremo 1962	Claudio Villa – “Addio, addio“
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Nationaal Songfestival 1962	De Spelbrekers – “Katinka”
🇳🇴 Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 1962	Inger Jacobsen – “Kom sol, kom regn“
🇪🇸 Spain	(Spanish Selection 1962)	Víctor Balaguer – “Llámame“
🇸🇪 Sweden	Eurovisionsschlagern 1962	Inger Berggren – “Sol och vår“
🇬🇧 United Kindom	A Song for Europe 1962	Ronnie Carroll – “Ring-a-Ding Girl”
Yugoslavia	Jugovizija 1962	Lola Novaković – “Ne pali svetla u sumrak” (Не пали светла у сумрак)

• Internal Selections in 1962: 

3.5.Connections:

4.Voting. This 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.

Voting results

		Total score
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇫🇮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
	🇳🇱 The 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

4.1.3 points. Below is a summary of all 3 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 3 points
5	🇫🇷France	🇩🇪 Germany, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭  Switzerland,  Yugoslavia
3	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇲🇨 Monaco
	🇲🇨 Monaco	🇦🇹 Austria, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
2	Yugoslavia	🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇹 Italy
1	🇫🇮 Finland	🇬🇧 United Kingdom
	🇸🇪 Sweden	🇩🇰 Denmark
	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Finland

4.2.Spokespersons. Listed below is 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.

5.Broadcasts. Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇹 Austria	ORF	Ruth Kappelsberger
🇧🇪 Belgium	RTB	French: Nicole Védrès	–
	BRT	Dutch: Willem Duys
🇩🇰 Denmark	Danmarks Radio TV	Skat Nørrevig
🇫🇮 Finland	Suomen Televisio	Aarno Walli
	Yleisradio	Erkki Melakoski
🇫🇷 France	RTF	Pierre Tchernia	–
🇩🇪 Germany	Deutsches Fernsehen	Ruth Kappelsberger
🇮🇹 Italy	Programma Nazionale	Renato Tagliani
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	Télé-Luxembourg	Nicole Védrès
🇲🇨 Monaco	Télé Monte Carlo	Pierre Tchernia	–
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	NTS	Willem Duys	–
🇳🇴 Norway	NRK, NRK P1	Odd Grythe
🇪🇸 Spain	TVE	Federico Gallo
🇸🇪 Sweden	Sveriges TV, SR P1	Jan Gabrielsson	–
🇨🇭 Switzerland	TV DRS	German: Theodor Haller
	TSR	French: Pierre Tchernia	–
	TSI	Italian: Renato Tagliani
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	BBC TV	David Jacobs	–
	BBC Light Programme	Peter Haigh
Yugoslavia	Televizija Beograd	Serbo-Croatian: Ljubomir Vukadinović
	Televizija Zagreb	Serbo-Croatian: Gordana Bonetti
	Televizija Ljubljana	Slovene: Tomaž Terček

6.Notes.

• [a] Sweden held a national selection to choose the song for Eurovision Song Contest 1962. All songs were performed by two different artists. The song “Sol Och Vår” for Eurovision 1962 was performed by Inger Berggren / Lily Berglund. At Eurovision Song Contest 1962, the Swedish song “Sol Och Vår” was performed by Inger Berggren.

7.Trivial / Fun facts.

• The German’s Zwei Kleine Italiener went on to be an enormous success in lots of countries despite a moderate 6th place.
• Belgian Fud Leclerc took part for the fourth time in the history of the song contest, but came last with no points at all.
• The 1962 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the first time.

← Eurovision Song Contest 1961 • Eurovision Song Contest 1962 • Eurovision Song Contest 1963 →
Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	Finland ⦁ Belgium ⦁ Spain ⦁ Austria ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Germany ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ France (winner) ⦁ Norway • Switzerland ⦁ Yugoslavia • United Kingdom ⦁ Luxembourg ⦁ Italy • Monaco
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Marion Rung ⦁ Fud Leclerc ⦁ Victor Balaguer ⦁ Eleonore Schwarz ⦁ Ellen Winther ⦁ Inger Berggren ⦁ Conny Froboess ⦁ De Spelbrekers ⦁ Isabelle Aubret (winner) ⦁ Inger Jacobsen ⦁ Jean Philippe ⦁ Lola Novaković ⦁ Ronnie Carroll ⦁ Camillo Felgen ⦁ Claudio Villa • François Deguelt
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“Tipi-tii” ⦁ “Ton nom” ⦁ “Llámame” ⦁ “Nur in der Wiener Luft” ⦁ “Vuggevise” ⦁ “Sol och vår” ⦁ “Zwei kleine Italiener” ⦁ “Katinka” ⦁ “Un premier amour” (winner) ⦁ “Kom sol, kom regn” ⦁ “Le retour” ⦁ “Ne pali svetla u sumrak” (Не пали светла у сумрак) ⦁ “Ring-a-Ding Girl” ⦁ “Petit bonhomme” ⦁ “Addio, addio” • “Dis rien“