Eurovision Song Contest 1972
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| Date | 25 March 1972 |
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| Presenter(s) | Moira Shearer |
| Host Broadcaster | BBC |
| Venue | Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Winning Song | Après toi (Luxembourg) |
| Voting system | Each country had 2 jurors present in the hall. Each juror awarded all songs with a score between 1 and 5, so each country gave all other countries a score between 2 and 10 points. |
| Number of Songs | 18 |
| Countries Making Debut | None |
| Nul points | None |
| Interval Act | Tatto at Edinburgh Castle |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the seventeenth Eurovision. Monaco was unable to host this year's Eurovision as they were unable to provide a venue, so the United Kingdom stepped in to host it again. For the first time, however, the BBC chose a venue outside London. Severine made the trip to Edinburgh to pass on the 'Grand Prix' to Vicky Leandros.
The Republic of Ireland's entry was in the Irish language, the only entry from that country to be in that language in the history of the Eurovision, as of 2006.
Luxembourg's win was their third. Yves Desca also wrote the text for "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" that won in 1971, and became the second person to win the Contest twice, the first person to win for two different countries, and the first person to win two years in a row.
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[edit] Results
| Country (Language) |
Artist(s) | Song (Translation) |
Place | Points |
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 Austria |
The Milestones | Falter Im Wind | 5 | 100 |
 Belgium |
Serge and Christine Ghisoland | A La Folie Ou Pas De Tout | 17 | 55 |
 Finland |
Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor | Muistathan | 12 | 78 |
 France |
Betty Mars | Come-Comedie | 11 | 81 |
 Germany |
Mary Roos | Nur Die Liebe Lasst Uns Leben (Only love makes us live) |
3 | 107 |
 Ireland(Irish language) |
Sandie Jones | Ceol an ghrá (The Music of Love) |
15 | 72 |
 Italy |
Nicola di Bari | I Giorni Dell' Arcobaleno | 6 | 92 |
 Luxembourg |
Vicky Leandros | Apres Toi (After you) |
1 | 128 |
 Malta(Maltese) |
Helen and Joseph | L-Imhabba | 18 | 48 |
 Monaco |
Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane | Comme On S'aime | 16 | 65 |
 Netherlands |
Sandra and Andres | Als Het Om De Liefde Gaat (Where love is concerned) |
4 | 106 |
 Norway |
Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg | Småting (Small things) |
14 | 73 |
 Portugal |
Carlos Mendes | A Festa Da Vida | 7 | 90 |
 Spain |
Jaime Morey | Amanece | 10 | 83 |
 Sweden |
Family Four | Härliga Sommardag (Lovely Summerday) |
13 | 75 |
 Switzerland |
Veronique Mueller | C'est La Chanson De Mon Amour (It's the song of my Love) |
8 | 88 |
 United Kingdom(English) |
The New Seekers | Beg, Steal Or Borrow | 2 | 114 |
 Yugoslavia |
Tereza Kesovija | Muzika i ti | 9 | 87 |
| Venue: Usher Hall - Edinburgh, United Kingdom | ||||
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[edit] Voting structure
Each country had two jury members, one under 25 and one over 25. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song. The jury was stationed in the safety of the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle. Meanwhile the interval act also came from the castle, this time the vast esplanade outside.
The voting procedure itself turned out to be a rather dull affair, there was no real challenge to Vicky Leandros. Interestingly the winning score of 128 was exactly the same as Monaco's the year before.
[edit] Score sheet
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Germany | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
| France | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Ireland | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Spain | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| United Kingdom | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Norway | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Portugal | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Switzerland | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Malta | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Finland | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Austria | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Italy | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Monaco | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Belgium | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Luxembourg | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Netherlands | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| The table is ordered by appearance. | |||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Map
- Green = Participating countries
- Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but are not participating this year
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