1962 Eurovision Song Contest
| Eurovision Song Contest 1962 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 18 March 1962 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Villa Louvigny Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Presenter(s) | Mireille Delannoy |
| Conductor | Jean Roderès |
| Host broadcaster | Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) |
| Interval act | Achille Zavatta |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | None |
| Withdrawing countries | None |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country had 10 jury members who awarded their three favourite songs 3, 2, and 1 points in order. All those points would then be added up and the song with the most points is declared the winner. |
| Nul points | |
| Winning song |
 France"Un premier amour" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Sunday 18 March 1962 at the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg. The contest was won for a third time by France with the song "Un premier amour", performed by Isabelle Aubret. This marked the first time a country had won three contests. Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain all scored "nul points" for the first time.
The 1962 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Luxembourg City. The venue chosen to host the 1962 contest was the Villa Louvigny. The building served as the headquarters of Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, the forerunner of RTL Group. It is located in Municipal Park, in the Ville Haute quarter of the centre of the city.
After France's entry had been performed, there was a short power failure rendering the screens dark. There also seemed to be an even shorter power failure during the Netherlands entry, when viewers around Europe only saw darkness on their television screens when the Netherlands performed. The power failure seemed to affect the Netherlands score during the voting. Nevertheless, the song turned out to be popular in Europe after the contest.
All countries who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 returned for a second consecutive year, with no new countries making a début, nor any nations returning or withdrawing.
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