Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Infobox Eurovision
name = Eurovision Song Contest 1961


final = 18 March 1961
presenters = Jacqueline Joubert
conductor = Franck Pourcel
director =
host = flagicon|France RTF
venue = Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, France
winner = flag|Luxembourg
"Nous Les Amoureux"
vote = Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song.
entries = 16
debut = flag|Finland
flag|Spain|1939
flag|Yugoslavia
return = None
withdraw = None
null = None
interval = Tessa Beaumont,
Max Bozzoni
opening =
con = Eurovision Song Contest
pre = ◄1960
nex = 1962►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time Luxembourg had won the contest and the third time in a row that the UK came second. Spain debuted at this contest and has not withdrawn since.

Results

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!colspan="43"|Results
- Spain 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 Monaco 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 Yugoslavia 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Germany 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 France 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Switzerland 1 2 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Norway 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 Denmark 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 Luxembourg 2 4 4 3 5 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 8 1 Italy 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

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