Edition number - 6
Date - March 18, 1961
Official name - Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne
Host broadcaster - RTF, France
Host city - Cannes
Venue - Palais des Festivals
Host - Jacqueline Joubert
Director - Marcel Cravenne
Producer - Marcel Cravenne
Stage designer - Gérard Dubois
Musical director - Franck Pourcel
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Interval act - Tessa Beaumont & Marcel Bozzoni, ballet performance "Rencontre à Cannes"
Scrutineer - none
Number of entries - 16
Winning entry - 'Nous les amoureux' Jean-Claude Pascal (Luxembourg)
Winning songwriters - Maurice Vidalin / Jacques Datin
Winning orchestrator - Léo Chauliac
Winning conductor - Léo Chauliac
RESULT
1st place (31 votes)
LUXEMBOURG
Song title – "Nous les amoureux"
Rendition – Jean-Claude Pascal
Lyrics – Maurice Vidalin
Composition – Jacques Datin
Studio arrangement – Léo Chauliac
Live orchestration – Léo Chauliac
Conductor – Léo Chauliac
2nd place (24 votes)
UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Are You Sure?"
Rendition – The Allisons (Colin Day / John Alford)
Lyrics – The Allisons
Composition – The Allisons
Studio arrangement – Harry Robinson
Live orchestration – Harry Robinson
Conductor – Harry Robinson
3rd place (16 votes)
SWITZERLAND
Song title – “Nous aurons demain”
Rendition – Franca Di Rienzo
Lyrics – Emile Gardaz
Composition – Géo Voumard
Studio arrangement – Hubert Degex
(studio orchestra conducted by Hubert Degex)
Live orchestration – Hubert Degex
Conductor – Fernando Paggi
4th place (13 votes)
FRANCE
Song title – “Printemps, avril carillonne”
Rendition – Jean-Paul Mauric
Lyrics – Guy Favereau
Composition – Francis Baxter
Studio arrangement – Alan Gate
(studio orchestra conducted by Alan Gate)
Live orchestration – Franck Pourcel
Conductor – Franck Pourcel (MD)
5th & 6th place (ex aequo, 12 votes)
DENMARK
Song title – “Angelique”
Rendition – Dario Campeotto
Lyrics – Aksel V. Rasmussen
Composition – Aksel V. Rasmussen
Studio arrangement – Otto Francker
(studio orchestra conducted by Kai Mortensen)
Live orchestration – Otto Francker
Conductor – Kai Mortensen
ITALY
Song title – "Al di là"
Rendition – Betty Curtis
Lyrics – Giulio Rapetti "Mogol"
Composition – Carlo Donida
Studio arrangement – Gianni Ferrio
(studio orchestra conducted by Gianni Ferrio)
Live orchestration – Gianfranco Intra
Conductor – Gianfranco Intra
7th place (10 votes)
NORWAY
Song title – "Sommer i Palma"
Rendition – Nora Brockstedt
Lyrics – Egil Hagen
Composition – Jan Wølner
Studio arrangement – Egil Monn-Iversen
Live orchestration – Egil Monn-Iversen
Conductor – Øivind Bergh
8th place (9 votes)
YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – “Neke davne zvezde”
Rendition – Ljiljana Petrović
Lyrics – Miroslav Antić
Composition – Jože Privšek
Studio arrangement – Jože Privšek
(Plesni Orkestar RTV Ljubljana conducted by Jože Privšek)
Live orchestration – Jože Privšek
Conductor – Jože Privšek
9th place (8 votes)
SPAIN
Song title – "Estando contigo"
Rendition – Conchita Bautista
Lyrics – Antonio Guijarro
Composition – Augusto Algueró
Studio arrangement – Augusto Algueró
(Orquesta Toreador conducted by Augusto Algueró)
Live orchestration – Augusto Algueró
Conductor – Rafael Ferrer
10th to 12th place (ex aequo, 6 votes)
MONACO
Song title – “Allons, allons les enfants”
Rendition – Colette Deréal
Lyrics – Pierre Delanoë
Composition – Hubert Giraud
Studio arrangement – Jean Bouchéty
(studio orchestra conducted by Jean Bouchéty)
Live orchestration – Jean Bouchéty
Conductor – Raymond Lefèvre
FINLAND
Song title – "Valoa ikkunassa"
Rendition – Laila Kinnunen
Lyrics – Sauvo 'Saukki' Puhtila
Lyrics – Eino Hurme
Studio arrangement – Jaakko Elias Salo
(studio orchestra conducted by Jaakko Elias Salo)
Live orchestration – Jaakko Elias Salo
Conductor – George de Godzinsky
Song title – “Wat een dag”
Rendition – Greetje Kauffeld
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Dick Schallies
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Bert Paige
Conductor – Dolf van der Linden
13th place (3 votes)
WEST GERMANY
Song title – “Einmal sehen wir uns wieder”
Rendition – Lale Andersen
Lyrics – Ernst Bader
Composition – Rudolf Maluck
Studio arrangement – Paul Kuhn
Live orchestration – Paul Kuhn
Conductor – Franck Pourcel (MD)
14th place (2 votes)
SWEDEN
Song title – “April, april”
Rendition – Lill-Babs
Lyrics – Bo Eneby
Composition – Bobbie Ericsson
Studio arrangement – Bengt Hallberg
Live orchestration – Mats Olsson
Conductor – William Lind
15th & 16th place (ex aequo, 1 vote)
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
Song title – “Sehnsucht”
Rendition – Jimmy Makulis
Lyrics – Leopold Andrejewitsch
Composition – Leopold Andrejewitsch
Studio arrangement – Josef Niessen
Live orchestration – Josef Niessen
Conductor – Franck Pourcel (MD)
Song title – "September, gouden roos"
Rendition – Bob Benny
Lyrics – Wim Brabants
Composition – Hans Flower
Studio arrangement – Jan Ceulemans / Glen Powell (= Félix Faecq)
(studio orchestra conducted by Francis Bay)
Live orchestration – Jan Ceulemans
Conductor – Francis Bay
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