Kategorie: National Finals


  • The Swiss Final was held on February 9th at the TSR TV Studios in Geneva. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 27 people . 1 Komme mit mir Come with me Anita Traversi ? 2 Mon petit bolero My little bolero Jo Roland ? 3 Voglio vivere I want to live Anita Traversi…

  • The Norwegian Final was held on February 10th 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. Nora Brockstedt should have gone on to perform the song at the ESC, but she claimed she couldn’t…

  • The UK Final was held on February 11th at the BBC TV Centre, hosted by David Jacobs. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 14 regional juries. 1 Pretty hair and angel eyes Robb Storme 12 5th 2 Tell tale The Brook Brothers 7 8th 3 There’s no one in the whole wide…

  • 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…