Eurovision Song Contest 1972

The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who agreed to stage the event after Monaco, who won in 1971, were unable to meet the demands of hosting the event and could not find a suitable venue. The contest was held at the Usher Hall on 25 March 1972 and was hosted by Scottish ballet dancer Moira Shearer.

Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Dates
Final25 March 1972
Host
VenueUsher Hall
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)Moira Shearer
Musical directorMalcolm Lockyer
Directed byTerry Hughes
Executive supervisorClifford Brown
Executive producerBill Cotton
Host broadcasterBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/edinburgh-1972
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesNone
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the countries of Europe
         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1972
Vote
Voting systemTwo-member juries (one aged 16 to 25 and the other 25 to 55) rated songs between one and five points.
Winning song Luxembourg
"Après toi"

Eighteen countries took part in the contest, the same countries as the previous year.

The winner was Luxembourg with the song "Après toi", performed by Vicky Leandros, with lyrics by Yves Dessca, and music composed by Mario Panas (which was the writing pseudonym of Vicky's father Leo Leandros). "Après toi" became the winner with the lowest percentage of the total vote, winning with just 8.30% of the points available. Yves Dessca also wrote "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" that had won the previous edition, 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.[1] Germany finished in third place for the third consecutive year, equalling their highest placement from the previous two editions.

Location
Usher Hall, Edinburgh – host venue of the 1972 contest.

Following Séverine's win for Monaco at the 1971 contest in Dublin, Ireland with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", the principality were unable to meet the demands of hosting the event. Rainier III of Monaco received a letter from the European Broadcasting Union about hosting the 1972 contest in the principality, but he was unable to provide a venue, the props and the remainder of the requirements. Therefore the BBC from the United Kingdom stepped in, and chose to stage the contest in Edinburgh, making it the first of five times that the BBC had chosen a venue outside London with the 1974, 1982, 1998 and 2023 contests held in Brighton, Harrogate, Birmingham and Liverpool respectively. It is also the only time that the contest has been held in Scotland. It is the only UK hosted Eurovision Song Contest to have been held outside England as of 2022.

The Usher Hall, the venue for the 1972 contest, is a concert hall, situated on Lothian Road, in the west end of the city. It has hosted concerts and events since its construction in 1914 and can hold approximately 2,900[2] people in its recently restored auditorium, which is well loved by performers due to its acoustics. The Hall is flanked by The Royal Lyceum Theatre on the right and The Traverse Theatre on the left. Historic Scotland has registered the Hall with Category A listed building status.

Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

The same countries that participated in the 1971 contest were present this year.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 1972[3][4][5][6]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF The Milestones "Falter im Wind" German
  • Manuel Rigoni
  • Richard Schönherz
  • Heinz Unger
 Erich Kleinschuster
 Belgium RTB Serge and Christine Ghisoland "À la folie ou pas du tout" French
  • Bob Milan
  • Daniël Nelis
 Henri Segers
 Finland YLE Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor "Muistathan" Finnish
  • Juha Flinck
  • Nacke Johansson
 Ossi Runne
 France ORTF Betty Mars "Comé-comédie" French Frédéric Botton Franck Pourcel
 Germany SFB[lower-alpha 1] Mary Roos "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" German
  • Joachim Heider
  • Joachim Relin
 Paul Kuhn
 Ireland RTÉ Sandie Jones "Ceol an Ghrá" Irish
  • Joe Burkett
  • Liam Mac Uistín
 Colman Pearce
 Italy RAI Nicola Di Bari "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" Italian
Gian Franco Reverberi
 Luxembourg CLT Vicky Leandros "Après toi" French
Klaus Munro
 Malta MBA Helen and Joseph "L-imħabba" Maltese
Charles Camilleri
 Monaco TMC Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane "Comme on s'aime" French
Raymond Bernard
 Netherlands NOS Sandra and Andres "Als het om de liefde gaat" Dutch
Harry van Hoof
 Norway NRK Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg "Småting" Norwegian
Carsten Klouman
 Portugal RTP Carlos Mendes "A festa da vida" Portuguese
Richard Hill
 Spain TVE Jaime Morey "Amanece" Spanish
Augusto Algueró
 Sweden SR The Family Four "Härliga sommardag" Swedish Håkan Elmquist Mats Olsson
  Switzerland SRG SSR Véronique Müller "C'est la chanson de mon amour" French
Jean-Pierre Festi
 United Kingdom BBC The New Seekers "Beg, Steal or Borrow" English
David Mackay
 Yugoslavia JRT Tereza "Muzika i ti" (Музика и ти) Serbo-Croatian
  • Nikica Kalogjera
  • Ivica Krajač
 Nikica Kalogjera

Returning artists
Artist Country Previous year(s)
Tereza Kesovija  Yugoslavia 1966 (for  Monaco)
Vicky Leandros  Luxembourg 1967
Carlos Mendes  Portugal 1968
Family Four  Sweden 1971

Contest overview
Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1972[8]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Germany Mary Roos "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" 107 3
2  France Betty Mars "Comé-comédie" 81 11
3  Ireland Sandie Jones "Ceol an Ghrá" 72 15
4  Spain Jaime Morey "Amanece" 83 10
5  United Kingdom The New Seekers "Beg, Steal or Borrow" 114 2
6  Norway Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg "Småting" 73 14
7  Portugal Carlos Mendes "A festa da vida" 90 7
8   Switzerland Véronique Müller "C'est la chanson de mon amour" 88 8
9  Malta Helen and Joseph "L-imħabba" 48 18
10  Finland Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor "Muistathan" 78 12
11  Austria The Milestones "Falter im Wind" 100 5
12  Italy Nicola Di Bari "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" 92 6
13  Yugoslavia Tereza "Muzika i ti" 87 9
14  Sweden The Family Four "Härliga sommardag" 75 13
15  Monaco Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane "Comme on s'aime" 65 16
16  Belgium Serge and Christine Ghisoland "À la folie ou pas du tout" 55 17
17  Luxembourg Vicky Leandros "Après toi" 128 1
18  Netherlands Sandra and Andres "Als het om de liefde gaat" 106 4

Detailed voting results

Each country had two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song, other than the song of their own country. They cast their votes immediately after each song was performed and the votes were then collected and counted. For the public voting sequence after the interval act, the jury members were shown on the stage's screen with each lifting a signboard with the number between 1 and 5 for each song, as a visual verification of the scores they had awarded earlier.

Detailed voting results[9][10]
Total score
Germany
France
Ireland
Spain
United Kingdom
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland
Malta
Finland
Austria
Italy
Yugoslavia
Sweden
Monaco
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Contestants
 Germany 10786956654557588776
France 8155297235423526786
Ireland 7243446436343355465
Spain 8375538634453278355
United Kingdom 114896210482777969488
Norway 7343654525732544464
Portugal 90347742652494747105
Switzerland 8845654724785546475
Malta 4832426222522233224
Finland 7843365643333445868
Austria 100666635575468105459
Italy 9245323679666486665
Yugoslavia 8774585452433249886
Sweden 7553533542454375755
Monaco 6543435622553343445
Belgium 5523425233542322463
Luxembourg 1289892108764689108789
Netherlands 10666889856396396527

10 points

Below is a summary of all perfect 10 scores that were given during the voting.

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 10 points
2  Luxembourg  United Kingdom,  Yugoslavia
1  Austria  Sweden
 Portugal  Luxembourg
 United Kingdom  Norway

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.[11]

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Brazil, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Zaire.[12][13]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS2 Ernst Grissemann [14][15]
 Belgium RTB RTB Unknown [16][17]
BRT BRT Unknown [17]
 Finland YLE TV-ohjelma 1 Unknown [18]
Yleisohjelma Matti Paalosmaa
Ruotsinkielinen ohjelma Åke Grandell
 France ORTF Première Chaîne Pierre Tchernia [16][19]
 Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Unknown [14][16]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Mike Murphy [20][21]
RTÉ Radio Unknown [22]
 Italy RAI Programma Nazionale, Secondo Programma Renato Tagliani [23][24]
 Luxembourg CLT Télé-Luxembourg Jacques Navadic [16][25]
 Malta MBA MTS, National Network Norman Hamilton [26][27]
 Monaco Télé Monte-Carlo Unknown [28]
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 1 Pim Jacobs [17][29]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet, NRK Roald Øyen [30]
 Portugal RTP I Programa Unknown [31]
 Spain TVE TVE 1 Julio Rico [32]
RNE Radio Nacional Unknown [32]
 Sweden SR TV1 Bo Billtén [18][30][33]
SR P3 Björn Bjelfvenstam
  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Theodor Haller [14][19][34][35][36]
TSR Georges Hardy
TSI Unknown
DRS 1[lower-alpha 2] Unknown
RSR 2 Robert Burnier
 United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Tom Fleming [4][37]
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 Pete Murray [4][38][39]
BFBS BFBS Radio Terry James [4]
 Yugoslavia JRT TV Ljubljana 1 Unknown [40][41]
TV Zagreb 1 Unknown
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Greece EIRT EIRT Mako Georgiadou [42]
 Hungary MTV MTV[lower-alpha 3] Unknown [43]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið[lower-alpha 4] Björn Matthíasson [44]

Notes
  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[7]
  2. Delayed broadcast on 27 March 1972 at 22:30 CET (21:30 UTC)[35]
  3. Delayed broadcast on 5 April 1972 at 20:45 CET (21:45 UTC)[43]
  4. Delayed broadcast on 17 April 1972 at 20:30 WET (20:30 UTC)[44]

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