The Yugoslav Final was held on January 23rd at the TV-Zagreb Studios. There were 18 songs in the competition – TV-Zagreb had its own semi-final in December 1961 to choose the 6 songs that it sent to the final. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries. Only a few of…
Jean Philippe came 10th equal at the Eurovision.
The Norwegian Final was held on February 18th at the NRK TV Studios in Oslo, hosted by Odd Grythe. Each of the songs were performed twice – firstly with a small band, and secondly with an orchestra. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 10 people. 1 Mormors spilledåse Grandmother’s music box Laila…
The Dutch Final was held on February 27th at the Concordia Theatre in Bussum, hosted by Hannie Lips & Elisabeth Mooy. If you know how the winning song was chosen then please mail me: national_finals@hotmail.com 1 Carnaval Carnaval Rita Corita 120 4th 2 Katinka Katinka De Spelbrekers 169 1st 3 Het is voorbij It is…
Semi-Final 1 – January 12th – Frankfurt 1 Hallo hallo hallo Hello hello hello Conny Froboess – 2 Zwei kleine Italiener Two little Italians Conny Froboess F 3 Canzonetta d’amore Little song of love Rita Paul – 4 La luna romantica Romantic moon Rita Paul F 5 Ich habe im Leben nur dich I only…
The German Final was held on February 17th at Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, hosted by Klaus Havenstein. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 6 regional juries and a jury in the auditorium. Before the final there had been 4 semi-finals . 1 Zwei kleine Italiener Two little Italians Conny Froboess 19 1st 2…
The Swedish Final was held on February 13th in Stockholm, hosted by Bengt Feldreich. Each of the songs was performed twice (firstly with a big orchestra, then with a small orchestra), and the winner was chosen by postcard voting. 1 Lolo Lolita Lolo Lolita Otto Brandenburg Östen Warnerbring 11858 4th 2 Trollen ska trivas The…
The Danish Final was held on February 11th at the Tivoli Concerthall in Copenhagen, hosted by Svend Pedersen. Each of the songs was performed twice (by different artists). The winner was chosen by a jury. 1 En yndigt strejf af din parfume A lovely hint of your perfume Chris Dane 1 5th 2 Vuggevise Lullaby…
The Spanish Final was held on February 6th, hosted by Federico Gallo. Before the final there was a semi-final broadcast on Radio Nacional on February 5th, with the 10 best songs going forward to the final. The 6 eliminated songs were „El sol“ (The sun), „Phss, phss, a ti“ (Phss, phss, it’s you), „Esto de…
The Belgian Final was held on February 19th, with the winner being chosen by a jury of 10 people. 1 Ton nom Your name Fud Leclerc 1st 2 Toi, mon copain You, my friend Robert-Charles Lanson ? 3 Hambourg Hamburg Any Godet ? 4 Nóublie jamais Don’t ever forget Ferry Devos ? 5 Toi, la…