Eurovision Song Contest 1972

17th Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 25, 1972
Host country	United Kingdom
venue	Usher Hall , Edinburgh
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Moira Shearer
Pause filler	Tatto at Edinburgh Castle
participating countries	18th
winner	Luxembourg
Voting rule	Each country has a two-person jury. One juror over, the other under 25 years. The jurors are allowed to give a minimum of 1 point and a maximum of 5 points to each country.
◄ ESC 1971 • ESC 1973 ►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th since the beginning of this music competition, which has been organized annually by Eurovision since 1956. It took place on March 25, 1972 at Usher Hall in Edinburgh ( Scotland ).

particularities

The interpreter of the winning title, Vicky Leandros , in 2008

Although Monaco won a year earlier and this country would have had the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest, Monte Carlo was unable to produce such a big show. Thus, the UK stepped in again after 1960 and 1963 . Vicky Leandros won for Luxembourg with the title Après toi (German: 'After you', as the German version: Then came you  ), composed by Mario Panas (pseudonym for Leo Leandros ) and Klaus Munro and written by Yves Dessca and Klaus Munro has been.

In addition to the Eastern Bloc (with the exception of the GDR, which, however, could largely receive West German television), the competition was broadcast from Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand.

Ireland's contribution was sung in Irish for the first and only time to date ; the singer Sandie Jones had little success with it.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1972

As in the previous year, 18 countries took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh.

Voting procedure

Almost the same voting procedure was used as in the previous year. Each country sent two jurors to the competition, one over and the other under 25 years of age. The jurors were not present in the event hall, but sat in a separate room. The juries had to give each song points: at least one point, at most five points.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
01.	17th	Luxembourg	Vicky Leandros	Après toi M: Mario Panas , Klaus Munro ; T: Yves Dessca, Klaus Munro	French	After you	128
02.	05	United Kingdom	New Seekers	Beg, Steal or Borrow M / T: Tony Cole, Steve Wolfe, Graeme Hall	English	Begging, stealing or borrowing	114
03.	01	BR Germany	Mary Roos	Only love lets us live M: Joachim Heider ; T: Joachim Relin	German	-	107
04th	18th	Netherlands	Sandra & Andres	Als het om deliede gaat M: Dries Holten; T: Hans van Hemert	Dutch	As if it were about love	106
05.	11	Austria	Milestones	Falter im Wind M: Richard Schönherz , Manuel Rigoni; T: Heinz Rudolf Unger	German	-	100
06th	12	Italy	Nicola Di Bari	I giorni dell'arcobaleno M: Piero Pintucci, Nicola Di Bari; T: Dalmazio Masini	Italian	The days of the rainbow	092
07th	07th	Portugal	Carlos Mendes	A festa da vida M: José Calvário ; T: José Niza	Portuguese	The celebration of life	090
08th.	08th	Switzerland	Véronique Müller	C'est la chanson de mon amour M: Véronique Müller ; T: Catherine Desage	French	This is the song of my love	088
09.	13	Yugoslavia	Tereza Kesovija	Muzika i ti M: Nikica Kalogjera ; T: Ivica Krajač	Croatian	The music and you	087
10.	04th	Spain	Jaime Morey	Amanece M: Augusto Algueró; T: Ramón Arcusa	Spanish	It's breaking out	083
11.	02	France	Betty Mars	Comé-comédie M / T: Frédéric Botton	French	Comedy comedy	081
12.	10	Finland	Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor	Muistathan M: Juha Flinck, Nacke Johansson; T: Juha Flinck	Finnish	Do you remember?	078
13.	14th	Sweden	Family Four	Härliga summer day M / T: Håkan Elmquist	Swedish	Wonderful summer day	075
14th	06th	Norway	Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg	Småting M / T: Kåre Grøttum, Ivar Børsum	Norwegian	Little things	073
15th	03	Ireland	Sandie Jones	Ceol an ghrá M: Joe Burkett; T: Liam MacUistín	Irish	The music of love	072
16.	15th	Monaco	Anne-Marie Godart and Peter McLane	Comme on s'aime M: Raymond Bernard ; T: Jean Drejac	French	How we love each other	065
17th	16	Belgium	Serge & Christine Ghisoland	À la folie ou pas du tout M: Daniël Nelis, Bob Milan; T: Daniël Nelis	French	Passionate or not at all	055
18th	09	Malta	Helen & Joseph	L'imħabba M: Charles Camilleri; T: Albert Cassola	Maltese	love	048

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	GER	FRA	IRL	ESP	GBR	NOR	POR	SUI	MLT	FIN	AUT	ITA	YUG	SWE	MCO	BEL	LUX	NLD
BR Germany	107	-	8th	6th	9	5	6th	6th	5	4th	5	5	7th	5	8th	8th	7th	7th	6th
France	081	5	-	5	2	9	7th	2	3	5	4th	2	3	5	2	6th	7th	8th	6th
Ireland	072	4th	3	-	4th	4th	6th	4th	3	6th	3	4th	3	3	5	5	4th	6th	5
Spain	083	7th	5	5	-	3	8th	6th	3	4th	4th	5	3	2	7th	8th	3	5	5
United Kingdom	114	8th	9	6th	2	-	10	4th	8th	2	7th	7th	7th	9	6th	9	4th	8th	8th
Norway	073	4th	3	6th	5	4th	-	5	2	5	7th	3	2	5	4th	4th	4th	6th	4th
Portugal	090	3	4th	7th	7th	4th	2	-	6th	5	2	4th	9	4th	7th	4th	7th	10	5
Switzerland	088	4th	5	6th	5	4th	7th	2	-	4th	7th	8th	5	5	4th	6th	4th	7th	5
Malta	048	3	2	4th	2	6th	2	2	2	-	5	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	4th
Finland	078	4th	3	3	6th	5	6th	4th	3	3	-	3	3	4th	4th	5	8th	6th	8th
Austria	100	6th	6th	6th	6th	3	5	5	7th	5	4th	-	6th	8th	10	5	4th	5	9
Italy	092	4th	5	3	2	3	6th	7th	9	6th	6th	6th	-	4th	8th	6th	6th	6th	5
Yugoslavia	087	7th	4th	5	8th	5	4th	5	2	4th	3	3	2	-	4th	9	8th	8th	6th
Sweden	075	5	3	5	3	3	5	4th	2	4th	5	4th	3	7th	-	5	7th	5	5
Monaco	065	4th	3	4th	3	5	6th	2	2	5	5	3	3	4th	3	-	4th	4th	5
Belgium	055	2	3	4th	2	5	2	3	3	5	4th	2	3	2	2	4th	-	6th	3
Luxembourg	128	9	8th	9	2	10	8th	7th	6th	4th	6th	8th	9	10	8th	7th	8th	-	9
Netherlands	106	6th	6th	8th	8th	9	8th	5	6th	3	9	6th	3	9	6th	5	2	7th	-

* 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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 122.