Eurovision Song Contest 1961 (Full Show)

The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 18 March 1961 and was the first to take place on a Saturday night, a tradition that has continued into modern times. It was hosted in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès located in Cannes, France, where it had been staged two years previously. Luxembourg won for its first time with the song "Nous les amoureux" performed in French by Jean-Claude Pascal. As the contest overran its allocated time, and the show was being broadcast live, the winning song's reprise was not shown in the UK.

[@uacbpa]

Thanks for posting this. This is one of my favorite ESC years.

[@Texaslawhorn]

Final results: (Don't look if you don't want spoilers! 😯😌) 0:54:53 1) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg🥇🏆/ 31 pts 0:58:13 2) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom🥈/ 24 pts 0:39:21 3) 🇨🇭 Switzerland🥉/ 16 points 0:35:30 4) 🇫🇷 France / 13 points 0:51:03 5) 🇩🇰 Denmark / 12 points (tie) 1:00:54 5) 🇮🇹 Italy / 12 points (tie) 0:47:07 7) 🇳🇴 Norway / 10 points 0:20:51 8) Yugoslavia / 9 points 0:07:24 9) 🇪🇸 Spain / 8 points 0:16:59 10) 🇫🇮 Finland / 6 points 0:10:42 10) 🇲🇨 Monaco / 6 points 0:24:46 10) 🇳🇱 Netherlands / 6 points 0:31:16 13) 🇩🇪 Germany / 3 points 0:28:29 14) 🇸🇪 Sweden / 2 points 0:13:28 15) 🇦🇹 Austria / 1 point 0:42:55 15) 🇧🇪 Belgium/ 1 point

[@tsarvic1918]

Why is the Yugoslav flag Serbian?

[@Texaslawhorn]

@@tsarvic1918 Unfortunately, there is no Yugoslavian flag in the flag emoji group so I went with the flag of the region which the singer representing Yugoslavia that year was from. I used the Wikipedia list for the history of Yugoslavia at Eurovision as my source. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest

[@tsarvic1918]

@@Texaslawhorn ok fair enough

[@erik6006]

R.I.P. Lill Babs.

[@FernandoPerez-jf4vz]

First year of Spain

[@Texaslawhorn]

Spain is one of my favorite countries in Eurovision!!

[@Botafogoplayground]

One of the best Spanish entries ever!

[@mihajlofilipovic2340]

And Yugoslavia and Finland

[@formulaonboards8800]

Ok boomer

[@garyhunt8067]

Has no idea that the Allison's performed that UK song for Eurovision

[@treverthetree]

Whilst the name saying at the beginning was slightly awkward, I liked to hear how they say their own names, as opposed to how I've decided to say them haha

[@lindakristinekjlibraten777]

Yes the pronounsations oould be a bit all over the place!

[@belosnezka1647]

Раньше спокойные песни были. Мелодичные. Не то, сто сейчас.

[@theflyingfox8204]

Awkward moment at 1:29:14. 😄

[@Texaslawhorn]

It didn't stop him from trying again! 😋

[@Botafogoplayground]

Un séducteur!

[@lindakristinekjlibraten777]

She didn't like it. Touching shoulders might be stressful in some way. When she pushed the hand away he should have respected it. No funny moment at all.

[@mihajlofilipovic2340]

Jugoslavija je ovde počela :)