1962

VENUE Villa Louvighny, Luxemburg City		ENTRIES 16
HOST Mireille Delanoy		DEBUTS None

This was the first year that a country scored "nul points". To lessen the ignominy, it actually happened to four different countries. This was surely because of the new voting system which only allowed each jury to award points to their three favourite songs.

In these circumstances Isabelle Aubret's victory was all the more impressive - scoring a top-3 vote from 12 of the 15 other countries. Mlle Aubret returned six years later and finished a creditable third.

A lot has been made of the benefits of a later draw in Eurovision. In 1962 there was the most stark disparity until (arguably) 2001. The first quarter received just four votes (including three nul-pointers), the second fifteen, the third forty (including the winner) and the fourth thirty seven. Conny Froboess German entry, though languishing in sixth, became a schlager evergreen.

Finland	Tipi-Tii	Marion Rung	7
Belgium	Ton Nom	Fud Leclerc	13
Spain	Llámame	Víctor Balaguer	13
Austria	Nur In Der Wiener Luft	Eleonore Schwarz	13
Denmark	Vuggevise	Ellen Winther	10
Sweden	Sol Och Vår	Inger Berggren	7
Germany	Zwei Kleine Italiener	Conny Froboess	6
Netherlands	Katinka	De Spelbrekers	13
France	Un Premier Amour	Isabelle Aubret	1
Norway	Kom Sol, Kom Regn	Inger Jacobsen	10
Switzerland	Le Retour	Jean Philippe	10
Yugoslavia	Ne Pali Svetlo U Sumrak	Lola Novakovic	4
United Kingdom	Ring-A-Ding Girl	Ronnie Carroll	4
Luxembourg	Petit Bonhomme	Camillo Felgen	3
Italy	Addio Addio	Claudio Villa	9
Monaco	Dis Rien	François Deguelt	2

WINNER:

France

UN PREMIER AMOUR

Isabelle Aubret

Voting

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