Eurovision Song Contest 1972 - full show

Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Date: Saturday, 25 March 1972
Presentation: Moira Shearer
Voting: Per country, 2 jurymembers each awarded 5-1 points to every song.
Number of countries: 18

[@hundoria6744]

my heart miss this old eurovision

[@dimitrinakashidze9727]

NasakoMarin I miss it too...

[@terrybaker8156]

Moi aussi

[@KrebsTom]

i miss it too

[@Botafogoplayground]

Me too

[@mariangelessuarez9978]

The lyrics, the dresses and the elegance were better than today...😑

[@mariopfernandez]

Vickyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@Texaslawhorn]

Final results: (Don't look if you don't want spoilers! 😯😌) 1:04:35 1) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg /🥇🏆 128 pts 0:21:57 2) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom /🥈114 pts 0:07:44 3) 🇩🇪 Germany /🥉107 points 1:08:05 4) 🇳🇱 Netherlands / 106 points 0:43:18 5) 🇦🇹 Austria / 100 points 0:46:53 6) 🇮🇹 Italy / 92 points 0:28:57 7) 🇵🇹 Portugal / 90 points 0:31:53 8) 🇨🇭 Switzerland / 88 points 0:50:26 9) Yugoslavia / 87 points 0:18:02 10) 🇪🇸 Spain / 83 points 0:11:20 11) 🇫🇷 France / 81 points 0:39:07 12) 🇫🇮 Finland / 78 points 0:54:15 13) 🇸🇪 Sweden / 75 points 0:25:22 14) 🇳🇴 Norway / 73 points 0:14:39 15) 🇮🇪 Ireland / 72 points 0:57:39 16) 🇲🇨 Monaco / 65 points 1:01:17 17) 🇧🇪 Belgium / 55 points 0:35:39 18) 🇲🇹 Malta / 48 points 1:40:34 Winner's reprise 🇱🇺 Luxembourg

[@baki6962]

Thanks for these timelines

[@Texaslawhorn]

@@baki6962 You're welcome! I stopped with 1989. I need to get back into making them. The 1960s, '70s and '80s are my favorite decades of the contest, but I look forward to delving back into 1990 and afterwards at some point soon.

[@user-sx5gz1ui9x]

Wait,Yugoslavia but Croatia flag?

[@TheNRWmartin]

perfect song for Mary Roos. she s so great

[@lindelund9452]

Mary Roos is the real winner of ESC 1972.

[@user-ix5dc1zb5p]

@@Billy219 ireland

[@monikaschreiber6215]

She is the only German singer who was ever allowed to appear in the Muppet Show

[@Celta34]

Incredible performance by Carlos Mendes.

[@JaNeZoKu]

Yes, but the backing vocals were a bit too loud.

[@marcosteixeira3122]

Yes! Muito bom!

[@Celta34]

@@JaNeZoKu I do see what you mean, but still amazing. Plus, the acoustics of the hall is unforgiving. I've sung there.

[@SimsMoyal]

1 Luxembourg / Après toi 2 Austria / Falter im Wind 3 Portugal / A festa da vida 4 Sweden / Härliga sommardag 5 Germany / Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben 6 Ireland / Ceol an ghrá 7 Yugoslavia / Muzika i ti 8 France / Comé comédie 9 Malta / L-imħabba 10 Netherlands / Als 't om de liefde gaat 11 Norway / Småting 12 Belgium / À la folie ou pas du tout 13 United Kingdom / Beg, steal or borrow 14 Spain / Amanece 15 Switzerland / C'est la chanson de mon amour 16 Italy / I giorni dell'arcobaleno 17 Monaco / Comme on s'aime 18 Finland / Muistathan

[@boazlenn]

Best winner ever, composed by my favorite Leandros Papathanasiou. Here, It's an half minute shorter תודה לך על השיתוף ועל האיכות הטובה. מעלה כל כך הרבה זכרונות.

[@lindelund9452]

composed by German composer Klaus Munro from Hamburg

[@user-ix5dc1zb5p]

Most boring and shitty winner ever

[@alexmichailidis49]

My top 10 1) Apres toi ( Luxembourg) - 12 poiints 2) Falter im wind ( Austria) - 10 points 3) Comme on s' aime ( Monaco) - 8 points 4) Ceol an ghra ( Ireland) - 7 points 5) A la folie ou pas du tout ( Belgium) - 6 points 6) Come-Comedie ( France) - 5 points 7) Amanece ( Spain) - 4 points 8) A festa da vida ( Portugal) - 3 points 9) Musika i ti ( Yugoslavia) - 2 points 10) Härliga sommardag ( Sweden) - 1 point

[@laurentguichard8437]

My top 10 1) LUXEMBOURG 2) PAYS BAS 3) FRANCE 4) SUISSE 5) BELGIQUE 6) ALLEMAGNE 7) ITALIE 8) MONACO 9) ESPAGNE 10) ROYAUME-UNI

[@seosamhofionnaghain6274]

News Note 1. Sandie Jones (1951 - 2019). Became The First Singer To Sing Ireland's Song in The Irish Language. She Was also The First Irish Woman Eurovision Singer to Die. Sandie Jones was an accomplished Singer and sang this song very well indeed.

[@berniedu7185]

Absolutely right. I watch this contest there’s 15 years ago and discover most of the songs. I was surprised that Ireland was so underrated. Shame !

[@klimteastward7396]

Ceol an Ghrá (The Music of Love) may not have gone down well with the juries - and Ireland has never tried an Irish-language song since - but Sandie not only topped the charts at home with a slower (3'31") version of this song, she came home and cut an English version of the Dutch entry - scoring a second No. 1 single out of Eurovision 1972. There can't be too many who can claim such a feat in their national charts in any year before or since.

[@seosamhofionnaghain6274]

News Note 2. Luxembourg Win The Eurovision for the 3rd Time. Vicky Leandros Sings in My opinion The Greatest Ever Song to win The Eurovision Song Contest.

[@berniedu7185]

A MASTERPIECE IMO too ! 😉

[@Ruda-n4h]

Can't see it. More French melodrama as with Anne-Marie David. Severine from Monaco in 1971 was the best ever winner in IMHO. The New Seekers should have won this.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@berniedu7185 The New Seekers all the way.

[@berniedu7185]

@@Ruda-n4h I love them too. Anyway, they didn’t !

[@eghdf8888]

Mary Roos with the unhappy Nr. 1 of this song contest, one of the performances ever... to remember after all the years..thanks

[@lindsey0806]

I've been to the usher hall. I had no idea it was a eurovision venue at one point. I wish I'd known.

[@jlhabitan50]

Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 is going to have their final take place in Usher Hall this year. :)

[@Andla_2806]

56:58 ...and Severine's famous and funny watch-glance, before that year's Monaco entry. The fun thing is that she noticed the camera was shooting her, just look at her slight smile!

[@about_to_leave_earth]

What a beautiful woman Vicky is!

[@danielvanr.8681]

Christ almighty, that voting procedure was crazy. 18 countries, 3 in each group. Basically they had to go through the whole list of countries 6 times to collect all the votes. Nor did it help that the votes weren't cast in ascending order, but in the order of performance. That killed a lot of the excitement....

[@stevebirch7175]

Your right. I've never understood this

[@joseluisgarciacampos90]

Para mí la mejor canción,con mucha diferencia, fué la de Italia, una canción preciosa magnificamente interpretada por Nicola Di Bari, que mereció ganar. Después Holanda, Reino Unido, España......y la última Luxemburgo.

[@GrumpyMeldrew]

my dad was there at 1972 Eurovision song contest

[@inezfeytons3676]

Wow amazing

[@fergusjoel6886]

Great Chinese Buffet just across the road from there, China Red, Grindly St, next to the Usher Hall Edinburgh

[@Texaslawhorn]

I will never understand some of the popular hairstyles for men in the 1970s such as the men in the New Seekers. I love the song, but the hair...

[@majormarco]

Everybody had long hair in the early 70's. I was 4 years old and you couldn't tell if I was a boy or a girl, just like with most other children, haha.

[@dirigentmaarten9381]

@@majormarco Great days..!

[@tinan2179]

Love the winning song 🎶🏆 “Après Toi” with Vicky Leandros!

[@Texaslawhorn]

I feel that ESC 1972 had the most country music feel of any Eurovision.

[@michahd3443]

I am very happy to hear the version which was broadcasted by the german television (ARD) .

[@jackyacoubjackyacoub9087]

thank you thank 1972 i am born 1972 thank u v v m

[@JaNeZoKu]

How the hell did Ireland finish 15th, that was so elegant and graceful. :O

[@kaitlinbilous4605]

RIP Sandie Jones

[@luiscondeblazquez8518]

The public tried to boycott her performance: a stink-bomb was thrown and the people started to get up. This must be understood in the conflictive context between United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (Blood Sunday)

[@Euroviking86]

This was a well-staged Eurovision, even if it's really sad that Monaco remains the only winner who never got to host their own edition.

[@roelverheggen7768]

wow the netherlands !!

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are 59 in 1972: Rosa Parks (rest in peace)

[@seosamhofionnaghain6274]

33,870 View's So Far: Tuesday March 9 - 2021. Eurovision Song Contest Number 17. Year 1972. Venue: Edinburgh UK. Winner: Luxembourg 3rd Win. Current Roll of Honour: Wins: France 4 Luxembourg 3 Netherlands 3 Spain 2 UK 2 Monaco 1 Ireland 1 Austria 1 Italy 1 Denmark 1 Switzerland 1.

[@Wolfcrag85]

The song from Monaco is a little gem.

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are 23 in 1972: Alla Pugacheva (Eurovision Song Contest 1997) Vicky Leandros (Eurovision Song Contest 1967 & 1972) Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) Meryl Streep (Mamma MIA!)

[@ioannislazaridis4887]

Yugoslavia was excellent !

[@nacht98]

My favorites this year: Luxembourg, Portugal, The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy.

[@chiriladorin-alexandru2776]

48 years ago.

[@Botafogoplayground]

Unforgettable Irish entry

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are not born yet in 1972: JEM - 1975 Lowkey - 1981

[@erik6006]

Is it same Carlos Mendes who sang for Portugal in 1968.

[@arnaldoschickmann8006]

A música da Alemanha, se não houvesse os instrumentos de percussão...seria mais bonita....

[@laurentguichard5479]

plusieurs Francophones sont présents en cette année 1972 BETTY MARS représente la FRANCE VICKY LEANDROS représente le LUXEMBOURG ANNE-MARIE GODART et PETER MC LANE représente MONACO

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Maysa 1:25:20

[@samfanshier]

Thanks so much for putting this up!

[@Massev6871]

Crikey they used the same tinsel in 1974 :-)

[@laurentguichard8437]

les participants francophones ou d' origines francophones BETTY MARS 11ème la plus belle voix, pour moi ANNE MARIE GODART et PETER MC LANE VERONIQUE MULLER VICKY LEANDROS lauréate SANDRA et ANDRES

[@0008Seconds]

Scotland 1972 Scotland 2023

[@korakson7878]

1 UK

[@user-nx7mo8jd7c]

0:22

[@woooow1175]

1:40:44 reprise

[@erik6006]

United Kingdom best.

[@vucudum_atti]

This year's songs were so weak for me except Luxemburg and Finland's songs

[@terrybaker8156]

I think Irene Sheer couldn't afford her own dress in 1974 so she borrowed Sandie Jones' from this year

[@terrybaker8156]

Much better than 71

[@bessamemucho]

Teresa from Jugoslavia should be the winner.

[@srjrgens8752]

My personal list from best to worst: 1. Germany 2. Luxembourg 3. Austria 4. United Kingdom 5. Norway 6. Switzerland 7. Monaco 8. Belgium 9. Ireland 10. Netherlands 11. Finland 12. Spain 13. France 14. Sweden 15. Yugoslavia 16. Italy 17. Portugal 18. Malta

[@terrybaker8156]

SR Jrgens why is everyone hating on Malta?

[@coolguybrian]

Terry Baker Hearing impairment, deafness, or hearing loss refers to the total or partial inability to hear sounds. ... People who are profoundly deaf can hear nothing at all and can find themselves totally reliant on lip-reading or sign language.

[@srjrgens8752]

@@terrybaker8156 I don't know that people are "hating" on Malta, I know I'm not hating. I don't care one bit about the countries, all I care about is the music. Didn't care for the song from Malta this spesific year.

[@srjrgens8752]

@@coolguybrian Deaf people hate on Malta!!????? Why???? 😊

[@luiscondeblazquez8518]

Personal votes (from Spain): Germany 4 France 2 Ireland 5 United Kingdom 1 Norway 2 Portugal 2 Switzerland 2 Malta 5 Finland 3 Austria 1 Italy 3 Yugoslavia 3 Sweden 2 Monaco 4 Belgium 3 Luxembourg 5 Netherlands 4

[@alexcrochets351]

How come Vicky leandros kept sighing during the start of the voting

[@SuperCatman]

Stress, probably.

[@alexcrochets351]

@@SuperCatman ye

[@nurettinsarul]

What language does Irish singer sing in?

[@user-ix5dc1zb5p]

Irish

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are not famous in 1972: Enya (Clannad) - 11

[@Ruda-n4h]

Luxembourg often couldn't get any nationals to write or perform their songs so relied on singers from other countries as here with Vicky Leandros and a year later with Anne-Marie David - not much point really. And in 1961 they should have been disqualified as the ruling hadn't been changed then and the singer and the songwriter were both French. They only got away with as the Allisons who came second for the UK were a couple of nice blokes and didn't want to make a fuss when this was pointed out to them.

[@didierduplenne2325]

Sweden looks like a pre-pre-ABBA 😄

[@ve022]

. My rating 1.luxemburg 2.netherlands 3.Austria, swizerland 5.uk 6.sweden 7.france 8.portugal 9.yugoslavia

[@zsirafablak5143]

We remember only the 1973 winner....

[@Texaslawhorn]

"We" being the people of Luxembourg?

[@Massev6871]

This has to be the worst Eurovision "set" ever !

[@inezfeytons3676]

No i loved it

[@Massev6871]

I suppose Inez I like the themed or symbolic, cultural sets like 71, 81, 86 and so on. No offence :-)

[@KevinM913]

My eyes appreciate it without all the flashing lights which we have these days.