The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the 6th in the long running annual show. Because of Jacqueline Boyer's win with Tom Pillibi, the contest returned to Cannes for a second time. Jacqueline Joubert hosted for a second time, the last time being in 1959 when the contest was held in Cannes before.
The number of participating delegates is rising, so the aura and atmosphere of the competition is increasing. This led to the contest, and the following ones being held on a Saturday night as more and more families started to tune in to the show - with a television! Spain, SFR Yugoslavia and Finland made their debuts. The United Kingdom placed second for the second time in a row with Are You Sure? by The Allisons. This contest was the first to have multiple last placers.
Participants
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Spain | Conchita Bautista | Estando contigo | Spanish | Being with you | 9 | 8 |
02 | Monaco | Colette Deréal | Allons, allons les enfants | French | Let's go, let's go, children | 10 | 6 |
03 | Austria | Jimmy Makulis | Sehnsucht | German | Longing | 15 | 1 |
04 | Finland | Laila Kinnunen | Valoa ikkunassa | Finnish | Light in the window | 10 | 6 |
05 | Yugoslavia | Ljiljana Petrović | Neke davne zvezde | Serbian | Some distant stars | 8 | 9 |
06 | The Netherlands | Greetje Kauffeld | Wat een dag | Dutch | What a day | 10 | 6 |
07 | Sweden | Lill-Babs | April, April | Swedish | -- | 14 | 2 |
08 | Germany | Lale Andersen | Einmal sehen wir uns wieder | German | We'll see each other once again | 13 | 3 |
09 | France | Jean-Paul Mauric | Printemps, avril carillonne | French | Springtime, April rings | 4 | 13 |
10 | Switzerland | Franca di Rienzo | Nous aurons demain | Tomorrow, we'll have | 3 | 16 | |
11 | Belgium | Emilius Wagemans | September, gouden roos | Dutch | September, golden rose | 15 | 1 |
12 | Norway | Nora Brockstedt | Sommer i Palma | Norwegian | Summer in Palma | 7 | 10 |
13 | Denmark | Dario Campeotto | Angelique | Danish | -- | 5 | 12 |
14 | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Pascal | Nous les amoureux | French | We, the lovers | 1 | 31 |
15 | United Kingdom | The Allisons | Are You Sure? | English | -- | 2 | 24 |
16 | Italy | Betty Curtis | Al di là | Italian | Beyond | 5 | 12 |