Eurovision Song Contest 1960

The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in London, United Kingdom. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who agreed to stage the event after the Netherlands, who had won the 1959 contest, declined to host another contest so soon, having also hosted the 1958 edition. The contest was held at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 29 March 1960 and was hosted by British television presenter Catherine Boyle, who would go on to be the host for the contest 3 more times. It was also the first time the contest was held in a capital city, as well as the first one held in the English-speaking world.

Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Dates
Final29 March 1960
Host
VenueRoyal Festival Hall
London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)Katie Boyle
Musical directorEric Robinson
Directed byInnes Lloyd
Executive producerHarry Carlisle
Host broadcasterBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Interval actEric Robinson's Orchestra[1]
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/london-1960
Participants
Number of entries13
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Non-returning countriesNone
Participation map
  •      Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemEach country had 10 jury members who each cast one vote for their favorite song.
Nul points in finalNone
Winning song France
"Tom Pillibi"

Thirteen countries participated in the contest this year, the highest number until then. Norway made their début, and Luxembourg returned after their absence from the previous edition.

The winner of the contest was France with the song "Tom Pillibi", performed by Jacqueline Boyer, written by Pierre Cour, and composed by André Popp. This was already France's second victory in the contest, following their win in 1958, and their fourth consecutive top three placing.[1] Aged 18, Boyer became the first teenager and the youngest artist yet to win the contest.[2] Following the death of Lys Assia in 2018, Jacqueline Boyer stands as the earliest surviving Eurovision winner, although later winning singers are older in terms of age.

Location
Royal Festival Hall, London - host venue of the 1960 contest.

Following Teddy Scholten's win for the Netherlands at the 1959 contest in Cannes, France, with the song "Een beetje", the Netherlands Television Service (NTS) declined to host another contest so soon after staging the event in 1958. The honour of hosting the contest therefore passed to the BBC and the United Kingdom, which had come second in 1959.

The 1960 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in London. The Royal Festival Hall, the venue for the 1960 contest, is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge.[3]

Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Interest in the contest started to grow across Europe, with the number of participating nations increasing to 13 this year. Norway competed for the first time with one of their leading jazz singers. Luxembourg also returned to the contest after a one-year break with a song in its native Luxembourgish language.[1] The Netherlands was mistakenly announced as Holland (which is only the western part of the country of The Netherlands).

The result was a win for France, however Germany, Monaco and the UK led in the early stages of voting. The UK came second with 25 points, four more points than the winning song in 1959, and Monaco came third with 15 points making up for their disappointing début result the year before, where they had come last.[1]

Conductors

The conductors of the orchestra for each country's performance were:[4][5]

Returning artists
Artist Country Previous year(s)
Fud Leclerc  Belgium 1956, 1958

Results
Draw Country Artist Song Language[6][7] Place[8] Points
01  United Kingdom Bryan Johnson "Looking High, High, High" English 2 25
02  Sweden Siw Malmkvist "Alla andra får varann" Swedish 10 4
03  Luxembourg Camillo Felgen "So laang we's du do bast" Luxembourgish 13 1
04  Denmark Katy Bødtger "Det var en yndig tid" Danish 10 4
05  Belgium Fud Leclerc "Mon amour pour toi" French 6 9
06  Norway Nora Brockstedt "Voi Voi" Norwegian[lower-alpha 1] 4 11
07  Austria Harry Winter "Du hast mich so fasziniert" German 7 6
08  Monaco François Deguelt "Ce soir-là" French 3 15
09   Switzerland Anita Traversi "Cielo e terra" Italian 8 5
10  Netherlands Rudi Carrell "Wat een geluk" Dutch 12 2
11  Germany Wyn Hoop "Bonne nuit ma chérie" German 4 11
12  Italy Renato Rascel "Romantica" Italian 8 5
13  France Jacqueline Boyer "Tom Pillibi" French 1 32

Scoreboard

Each country had 10 jury members who each cast one vote for their favorite song.

Voting results[9][10]
Total score
France
Italy
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Monaco
Austria
Norway
Belgium
Denmark
Luxembourg
Sweden
United Kingdom
Contestants
 United Kingdom 252154132151
Sweden 4211
Luxembourg 11
Denmark 4211
Belgium 93114
Norway 111141121
Austria 61122
Monaco 15371211
Switzerland 51211
Netherlands 211
Germany 1142221
Italy 51211
France 3212151534145

Spokespersons

Listed below is the order in which votes were cast during the 1960 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.

  1.  France – Armand Lanoux
  2.  Italy – Enzo Tortora
  3.  Germany – Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach
  4.  Netherlands – Siebe van der Zee[11]
  5.   Switzerland – Boris Acquadro
  6.  Monaco – TBC
  7.  Austria – Emil Kollpacher
  8.  Norway – Kari Borg Mannsåker
  9.  Belgium – Arlette Vincent
  10.  Denmark – Svend Pedersen
  11.  Luxembourg – TBC
  12.  Sweden – Tage Danielsson
  13.  United Kingdom – Nick Burrell-Davis[5]

Broadcasts

Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF Wolf Mittler
 Belgium INR French: Georges Désir [5]
NIR Dutch: Nic Bal [5]
 Denmark Danmarks Radio TV Sejr Volmer-Sørensen [5]
 France RTF Pierre Tchernia [5]
 Germany Deutsches Fernsehen Wolf Mittler [5][12]
 Italy Programma Nazionale Giorgio Porro [5]
 Luxembourg Télé-Luxembourg Pierre Tchernia
 Monaco Télé Monte Carlo
 Netherlands NTS Piet te Nuyl [5][13]
 Norway NRK, NRK P1 Erik Diesen [5]
 Sweden Sveriges TV, SR P2 Jan Gabrielsson [5][14]
  Switzerland TV DRS German: Theodor Haller [5][12]
 United Kingdom BBC Television Service David Jacobs [5]
BBC Light Programme Pete Murray
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Finland Suomen Televisio Aarno Walli

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Although the song was performed in Norwegian, the title and sentence in the lyrics "Voi Voi" is in Northern Sami.

References
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  5. Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 214–224. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
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  11. "Toch geen geluk voor Rudi". Nieuwe Leidsche Courant. 30 March 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  12. "Programm vom Dienstag, den 29. März 1960". Programm vom Dienstag, den 29. März 1960s (in German).
  13. "Nederlandse televisiecommentatoren bij het Eurovisie Songfestival". Eurovision Artists (in Dutch).
  14. Thorsson, Leif (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna [Melodifestivalen through time]. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. p. 26. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.

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