France won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, its third victory in five years, while four countries received nul points for the first time simultaneously.
Key Facts
- Edition
- 7th Eurovision Song Contest
- Date
- 18 March 1962
- Winning song
- "Un premier amour" by Isabelle Aubret
- Participating countries
- 16
- Countries receiving nul points
- 4 (Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain)
- Host venue
- Grand Auditorium of Villa Louvigny
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Luxembourg won the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest with Jean-Claude Pascal's "Nous les amoureux," earning the right to host the following year's edition. The Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) organised the event in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union.
On 18 March 1962, sixteen countries competed at the Grand Auditorium of Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, hosted by Mireille Delannoy. France's entry "Un premier amour," performed by Isabelle Aubret and composed by Claude-Henri Vic with lyrics by Roland Valade, took first place, followed by Monaco, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia.
France's win marked its third victory in five years, reinforcing French-language dominance at the contest. Notably, four countries — Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain — all received nul points simultaneously, the first time in the contest's history that more than one entry had been completely scoreless.
Work
Eurovision Song Contest 1962
France's third win in five years underscored French-language dominance in the early Eurovision era, while the unprecedented four-way nul points result highlighted growing scoring disparities among participating nations.