The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country’s victory at the 1961 contest with the song „Nous les amoureux“ by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contest was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and was held at the Villa Louvigny on Sunday 18 March 1962. The host was the Luxembourgish speaker Mireille Delannoy.
Sixteen countries participated in the contest – the same that took part the year before.
The winner was France with the song „Un premier amour“, performed by Isabelle Aubret, written by Roland Valade and composed by Claude Henri Vic. This was France’s third victory in the contest in just five years, having also won in 1958 and 1960. It was also the third consecutive winning song performed in French. For the first time in the contest’s history, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain all scored nul points.
Location
Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg – host venue of the 1962 contest.
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.
Format
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.
Scoreboard
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Finland | Marion Rung | „Tipi-tii„ | Finnish | 7 | 4 |
| 02 |  Belgium | Fud Leclerc | „Ton nom„ | French | 13 | 0 |
| 03 |  Spain | Victor Balaguer | „Llámame„ | Spanish | 13 | 0 |
| 04 |  Austria | Eleonore Schwarz | „Nur in der Wiener Luft„ | German | 13 | 0 |
| 05 |  Denmark | Ellen Winther | „Vuggevise„ | Danish | 10 | 2 |
| 06 |  Sweden | Inger Berggren | „Sol och vår„ | Swedish | 7 | 4 |
| 07 |  Germany | Conny Froboess | „Zwei kleine Italiener„ | German | 6 | 9 |
| 08 |  Netherlands | De Spelbrekers | „Katinka“ | Dutch | 13 | 0 |
| 09 |  France | Isabelle Aubret | „Un premier amour„ | French | 1 | 26 |
| 10 |  Norway | Inger Jacobsen | „Kom sol, kom regn„ | Norwegian | 10 | 2 |
| 11 |  Switzerland | Jean Philippe | „Le retour„ | French | 10 | 2 |
| 12 |  Yugoslavia | Lola Novaković | „Ne pali svetla u sumrak“ (Не пали светла у сумрак) | Serbo-Croatian | 4 | 10 |
| 13 |  United Kingdom | Ronnie Carroll | „Ring-a-Ding Girl“ | English | 4 | 10 |
| 14 |  Luxembourg | Camillo Felgen | „Petit bonhomme„ | French | 3 | 11 |
| 15 |  Italy | Claudio Villa | „Addio, addio„ | Italian | 9 | 3 |
| 16 |  Monaco | François Deguelt | „Dis rien„ | French | 2 | 13 |