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6th contest

Eurovision 1961

The 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, the 6th edition, was held in Cannes, France and was won by Luxembourg — Jean-Claude Pascal with “Nous les amoureux”.

The facts

Host country
France
Host city
Cannes
Winner
Luxembourg
Artist
Jean-Claude Pascal
Song
“Nous les amoureux”

This was Luxembourg’s 1st Eurovision win — not their last. Their full record

Compiled from the public record of the contest. Years, hosts, winners, songs and performers are stated; participant counts and pre-2000 venues are left blank rather than estimated, and will be filled in as each is checked against a primary source. This is a different standard from the two-independent-sources bar that a 2027 confirmation has to clear, and it is held to a lower one — spotted an error? It is worth telling us about.

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