Eurovision Song Contest 1960

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Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Dates
Finaldate 29 March 1960
Host
Venue Royal Festival Hall
London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Catherine Boyle
Conductor Eric Robinson
Director Innes Lloyd
Hostbroadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Intervalact Eric Robinson's Orchestra
Participants
Numberofentries 13
Debutingcountries
Norway
Returningcountries Luxembourg
Withdrawingcountries None
Vote
Votingsystem Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song
Nulpoints None
Winningsong
France
"Tom Pillibi"
Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth in the series, and was held on Tuesday 29 March 1960 in London.
Although the Netherlands had won the contest in 1959, the Netherlands Television Foundation declined to host
another contest so soon after staging the event in 1958. The honour of hosting the contest therefore passed to the
United Kingdom, which had come second in 1959. Therefore the BBC chose Catherine Boyle (as she was then
known) to be the mistress of ceremonies at the contest for the first time. France's win this year was their second in
the contest. The contest was won by France with the song "Tom Pillibi", performed by Jacqueline Boyer.
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Location
For more details on the host city, see London.
Royal Festival Hall, London. Host venue of the 1960 Eurovision
Song Contest.
Located on the River Thames, London is the capital
city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest
metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the
largest urban zone in the Europe by most measures.
London has been a major settlement for two millennia,
its history going back to its founding by the Romans,
who named it Londinium.
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. The London Philharmonic
Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestras perform the
majority of their London concerts in the hall.
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 on 15 points
making up for their disappointing dbut result the year before.
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 made its debut with one of their leading jazz singers. Luxembourg returned to the contest after a
one-year break with a song in native Luxembourgish language.
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.
United Kingdom - Eric Robinson
Sweden - Thore Ehrling
Luxembourg - Eric Robinson
Denmark - Kai Mortensen
Belgium - Henri Segers
Norway - ivind Bergh
Austria - Robert Stolz
Monaco - Raymond Lefvre
Switzerland - Cdric Dumont
Netherlands - Dolf van der Linden
Germany - Franz Josef Breuer
Italy - Cinico Angelini
France - Franck Pourcel
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Returning artists
The contest saw the return of one artist this year with the Belgian representative, Fud Leclerc, who previously
participated in the 1956 and 1958 contests.
Results
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 United
Kingdom
English Bryan Johnson "Looking High, High,
High"
2 25
02
Sweden
Swedish Siw Malmkvist "Alla andra fr varann" All the others get each other 10 4
03 Luxembourg Luxembourgish Camillo Felgen "So laang we's du do bast" As long as you are there 13 1
04
Denmark
Danish Katy Bdtger "Det var en yndig tid" It was a lovely time 10 4
05
Belgium
French Fud Leclerc "Mon amour pour toi" My love for you 6 9
06
Norway
Norwegian Nora Brockstedt "Voi Voi" 4 11
07
Austria
German Harry Winter "Du hast mich so fasziniert" You have fascinated me so
much
7 6
08
Monaco
French Franois Deguelt "Ce soir-l" That evening 3 15
09
Switzerland
Italian Anita Traversi "Cielo e terra" Heaven and Earth 8 5
10
Netherlands
Dutch Rudi Carrell "Wat een geluk" What luck 12 2
11 Germany German Wyn Hoop "Bonne nuit ma chrie" Goodnight, my darling 4 11
12
Italy
Italian Renato Rascel "Romantica" Romantic 8 5
13
France
French Jacqueline
Boyer
"Tom Pillibi" Tom Pillibi 1 32
Scoreboard
Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song.
Voting results
United Kingdom 25 1 5 1 2 3 1 4 5 1 2
Sweden 4 1 1 2
Luxembourg 1 1
Denmark 4 1 1 2
Belgium 9 4 1 1 3
Norway 11 1 2 1 1 4 1 1
Austria 6 2 2 1 1
Monaco 15 1 1 2 1 7 3
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Switzerland 5 1 1 2 1
Netherlands 2 1 1
Germany 11 1 2 2 2 4
Italy 5 1 1 2 1
France 32 5 4 1 4 3 5 1 5 1 2 1
The table is ordered by appearance
International broadcasts and voting
The table above shows 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. Each national broadcaster also sent a
commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the
commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.
Voting and spokespersons
1. France - TBC
2. Italy - Enzo Tortora
3. Germany - TBC
4. Netherlands - Siebe van der Zee
[1]
5. Switzerland - Boris Acquadro
6. Monaco - TBC
7. Austria - TBC
8. Norway - Kari Borg Mannsker
9. Belgium - Arlette Vincent
10. Denmark - Bent Henius
11. Luxembourg - TBC
12. Sweden - Tage Danielsson
13. United Kingdom - Nick Burrell-Davis
Commentators
Austria - Emil Kollpacher (ORF) Monaco - Pierre Tchernia (Tl Monte Carlo)
Belgium - Georges Dsir (INR), Nic Bal
(NIR)
Netherlands - Piet te Nuyl (NTS)
Denmark - Sejr Volmer-Srensen (DR TV) Norway - Erik Diesen (NRK and NRK P1)
Finland - Aarno Walli (Suomen Televisio)
Sweden - Jan Gabrielsson
[2]
(Sveriges Radio-TV and SR P2)
France - Pierre Tchernia (RTF) Switzerland - Theodor Haller (TV DRS), Georges Hardy (TSR)
Germany - Wolf Mittler (Deutsches
Fernsehen)
United Kingdom - David Jacobs (BBC Television Service), Pete Murray (BBC
Light Programme)
Italy - Giorgio Porro (Programma Nazionale)
Luxembourg - Jacques Navadic
(Tl-Luxembourg)
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References
[1] [1] "Toch geen geluk voor Rudi", Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 30 March 1960
[2] Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p.26. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN
91-89136-29-2
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