Eurovision Song Contest 1961

6th Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 18, 1961
Host country	France
venue	Palais des Festivals et des Congrès , Cannes
Broadcasting television station	RTF
Moderation	Jacqueline Joubert
Pause filler	Tessa Beaumont and Max Bozzoni
participating countries	16
winner	Luxembourg
First time participation	Finland , Yugoslavia , Spain
Voting rule	Each country provided ten jury members. Each jury member voted with one point for a single title.
◄ ESC 1960 • ESC 1962 ►

The 6th Eurovision Song Contest (then the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne ) took place on March 18, 1961, like two years earlier, in Cannes, France. The event was again moderated by Jacqueline Joubert .

particularities

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  Interpreter of the winning title, Jean-Claude Pascal , in 1968 (seated)

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  Lale Andersen, the German starter

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  Lill-Babs, the Swedish starter

The first time the Eurovision Song Contest took place on a Saturday evening. The following year the competition was held on a different weekday for the last time.

Germany sent Lale Andersen, an already internationally known singer, whose song Lili Marleen went around the world during World War II. She sang the first multilingual contribution in the history of the competition: I'll see you again in German and French. The winner was the French singer and actor Jean-Claude Pascal starting for Luxembourg with the song Nous les amoureux .

The Swedish contribution April, April was originally supposed to be sung by Siw Malmkvist , who had also represented the country the year before. However, she was replaced by Lill-Babs .

Attendees

participating countries

With 16 countries, there was again a new participation record in 1961. The following three countries participated for the first time: Finland , Spain and Yugoslavia .

Voting procedure

The voting procedure remained unchanged. Again there were ten jury members in each country, each of whom was allowed to give one vote to a song. The results were communicated by telephone and publicly.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	14th	Luxembourg	Jean-Claude Pascal	Nous les amoureux M: Jacques Datin; T: Maurice Vidalin	French	We, the lovers	31
02.	15th	United Kingdom	The Allisons	Are you sure? M: John Allison; T: Bob Allison	English	Are you sure?	24
03.	10	Switzerland	Franca di Rienzo	Nous aurons demain M: Géo Voumard ; T: Émile Gardaz	French	Tomorrow we have	16
04th	09	France	Jean-Paul Mauric	Printemps (Avril Carillonne) M: Francis Baxter; T: Guy Favereau	French	Spring (April rings)	13
05.	13	Denmark	Dario Campeotto	Angelique M / T: Aksel V. Rasmussen	Danish	-	12
	16	Italy	Betty Curtis	Al di là M: Carlo Donida ; T: Mogol	Italian	Beyond	12
07th	12	Norway	Nora Brockstedt	Summer in Palma M: Jan Wølner; T: Egil Hagen	Norwegian	Summer in Palma	10
08th.	05	Yugoslavia	Ljiljana Petrović Љиљана Петровић	Neke davne zvezde (Неке давне звезде) M: Jože Privšek; T: Miroslav Antić	Serbian	Many distant stars	09
09.	01	Spain	Conchita Bautista	Estando contigo M: Augusto Algueró; T: Antonio Guijarro	Spanish	Be with you	08th
10.	02	Monaco	Colette Deréal	Allons, allons les enfants M: Hubert Giraud; T: Pierre Delanoë	French	Come on, let's go, children	06th
	04th	Finland	Laila Kinnunen	Valoa ikkunassa M: Eino Hurme; T: Sauvo Puhtila	Finnish	Light in the window	06th
	06th	Netherlands	Greetje Kauffeld	Wat een dag M: Dick Schallies; T: Pieter Goemans	Dutch	What a day	06th
13.	08th	BR Germany	Lale Andersen	Once we see each other again M: Rudolf Maluck; T: Ernst Bader	German , French	-	03
14th	07th	Sweden	Lill-Babs	April, April M: Bobbie Ericsson; T: Bo Eneby	Swedish	April Fools	02
15th	03	Austria	Jimmy Makulis	Longing M / T: Leopold Andrejewitsch	German	-	01
	11	Belgium	Bob Benny	September, gouden roos M: Hans Flower; T: Wim Brabants	Dutch	September, golden rose	01

Scoring

country	Points	IT	UK	LU	DK	NO	BE	CH	FR	DE	SE	NL	YU	FI	AT	MC	IT	Voting
Spain	08th	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	1		06th
Monaco	06th	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-		1	04th
Austria	01		1	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	01
Finland	06th	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	04th
Yugoslavia	09	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	1		-	3	-	-	06th
Netherlands	06th	2	-	-	-	-	-		1	1	-		2	-	-	-	-	04th
Sweden	02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	01
BR Germany	03	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-		1	-	-		1	-	-	03
France	13	-	2	1	-	-	-	-		4th	1	-	-	1	-	2	2	07th
Switzerland	16	2	2	-	-	-	-		-	-	4th	2	1	-	2	2	1	08th
Belgium	01	-	-	1	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01
Norway	10	-	-	-	1		5	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	05
Denmark	12	-	-	-		8th	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	04th
Luxembourg	31	3	-		1	-	-	1	1	5	1	1	5	3	4th	4th	2	12
United Kingdom	24	1		8th	1	-	1	7th	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	07th
Italy	12		-	-	4th	-	4th	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	06th

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net
• Eurovision Song Contest 1961 on esc-history.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 46.