Years > Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Contest details

Location: Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
Broadcaster: RTF
Host(s): Jacqueline Joubert
Participating countries: 16
Voting: Each country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song. So each country devided 10 points freely among the other participants.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
| country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Pascal | Nous les amoureux | 31 | 1 | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | The Allisons | Are you sure? | 24 | 2 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | Franca di Rienzo | Nous aurons demain | 16 | 3 | |
| 9 | France | Jean-Paul Mauric | Printemps (avril carillonne) | 13 | 4 | |
| 16 | Italy | Betty Curtis | Al di là | 12 | 5 | |
| 13 | Denmark | Dario Campeotto | Angelique | 12 | 5 | |
| 12 | Norway | Nora Brockstedt | Sommer i Palma | 10 | 7 | |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | Ljiljana Petrovic | Neke davne zvezde | 9 | 8 | |
| 1 | Spain | Conchita Bautista | Estando contigo | 8 | 9 | |
| 6 | The Netherlands | Greetje Kauffeld | Wat een dag | 6 | 10 | |
| 2 | Monaco | Colette Deréal | Allons, allons les enfants | 6 | 10 | |
| 4 | Finland | Laila Kinnunen | Valoa ikkunassa | 6 | 10 | |
| 8 | Germany | Lale Andersen | Einmal sehen wir uns wieder | 3 | 13 | |
| 7 | Sweden | Lill-Babs | April, April | 2 | 14 | |
| 3 | Austria | Jimmy Makulis | Sehnsucht | 1 | 15 | |
| 11 | Belgium | Bob Benny | September, gouden roos | 1 | 15 |
Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
The stage was much bigger than the previous years and now decorated with flowers. Critics called the winning song, Nous les amoureux, a goodnight song. Belgium, Spain and Yugoslavia were discussed because some thought it was not politically correct (due to regimes) to accept these countries. There were 16 countries competing in this contest with Spain, Yugoslavia and Finland making their debut. Luxembourg achieved their first victory.
