| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| Year: | 1962 |
| Final: | 18 March 1962 |
| Presenters: | Mireille Delannoy |
| Musdirector: | Jean Roderès |
| Winner: | "French: [[Un premier amour]]|i=unset" |
| Vote: | Ten-member juries awarded points to their three favourite songs. |
| Host: | French: [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion]]|i=unset (CLT) |
| Venue: | Villa Louvigny Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Entries: | 16 |
| Debut: | None |
| Nonreturn: | None |
| Bluenosemis: | Y |
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 with the song "French: [[Nous les amoureux]]|i=unset" by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contest was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster French: [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion]]|i=unset (CLT), and was held at the Villa Louvigny on Sunday 18 March 1962 hosted by the Luxembourgish speaker Mireille Delannoy. This remains the last time that the final of the contest was not held on a Saturday, as since 1963 the final of the contest has consistently been held on a Saturday evening.
Sixteen countries participated in the contest – the same that took part the year before.
The winner was with the song "French: [[Un premier amour]]|i=unset", 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 and . It was also the third consecutive winning song performed in French. For the first time in the contest's history,,, and all scored nul points.[1]
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 French: [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion]]|i=unset, the forerunner of RTL Group. It is located in Municipal Park, in the Ville Haute quarter of the centre of the city.[1]
All countries who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 also participated in this edition.[1]
| + Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962[2] [3] [4] | |||||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF | Eleonore Schwarz | "German: Nur in der Wiener Luft|i=unset" | German | Bruno Uher | Bruno Uher | ||
| RTB | Fud Leclerc | "French: Ton nom|i=unset" | French | Henri Segers | |||
| DR | Ellen Winther | "Danish: Vuggevise|i=unset" | Danish | Kai Mortensen | |||
| YLE | Marion Rung | "Tipi-tii" | Finnish | George de Godzinsky | |||
| RTF | Isabelle Aubret | "French: [[Un premier amour]]|i=unset" | French | Franck Pourcel | |||
| SWF | Conny Froboess | "German: Zwei kleine Italiener|i=unset" | German | Rolf-Hans Müller | |||
| RAI | Claudio Villa | "Italian: [[Addio, addio]]|i=unset" | Italian | Cinico Angelini | |||
| CLT | Camillo Felgen | "French: Petit bonhomme|i=unset" | French | Jean Roderès | |||
| TMC | François Deguelt | "French: Dis rien|i=unset" | French | Raymond Lefèvre | |||
| NTS | De Spelbrekers | "Katinka" | Dutch | Dolf van der Linden | |||
| NRK | Inger Jacobsen | "Norwegian: Kom sol, kom regn|i=unset" | Norwegian | Øivind Bergh | |||
| TVE | Víctor Balaguer | "Spanish; Castilian: Llámame|i=unset" | Spanish | Jean Roderès | |||
| SR | Inger Berggren | "Swedish: Sol och vår|i=unset" | Swedish | Egon Kjerrman | |||
| SRG SSR | Jean Philippe | "French: Le Retour|i=unset" | French | Cédric Dumont | |||
| BBC | Ronnie Carroll | "Ring-A-Ding Girl" | English | Wally Stott | |||
| JRT | Lola Novaković | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak|i=unset" (Не пали светла у сумрак) | Serbo-Croatian | Jože Privšek |
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camillo Felgen | |||
| François Deguelt | |||
| Fud Leclerc | ,, | ||
| Jean Philippe | (for) |
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.[1]
| + Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962[5] | ||||||
| Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tipi-tii" | 4 | 7 | |||
| 2 | "French: Ton nom|i=unset" | 0 | 13 | |||
| 3 | "Spanish; Castilian: Llámame|i=unset" | 0 | 13 | |||
| 4 | "German: Nur in der Wiener Luft|i=unset" | 0 | 13 | |||
| 5 | "Danish: Vuggevise|i=unset" | 2 | 10 | |||
| 6 | "Swedish: Sol och vår|i=unset" | 4 | 7 | |||
| 7 | "German: Zwei kleine Italiener|i=unset" | 9 | 6 | |||
| 8 | "Katinka" | 0 | 13 | |||
| 9 | "French: [[Un premier amour]]|i=unset" | 26 | 1 | |||
| 10 | "Norwegian: Kom sol, kom regn|i=unset" | 2 | 10 | |||
| 11 | "French: Le Retour|i=unset" | 2 | 10 | |||
| 12 | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak|i=unset" | 10 | 4 | |||
| 13 | "Ring-A-Ding Girl" | 10 | 4 | |||
| 14 | "French: Petit bonhomme|i=unset" | 11 | 3 | |||
| 15 | "Italian: [[Addio, addio]]|i=unset" | 3 | 9 | |||
| 16 | "French: Dis rien|i=unset" | 13 | 2 |
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1962 contest are listed below.
| + Detailed voting results[8] [9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| scope="col" | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||
Below is a summary of all 3 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 3 points |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | ,,,, | |
| 3 | ,, | |
| ,, | ||
| 2 | , | |
| 1 | ||
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| + Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries | ||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF | ORF | External links |