Eurovision Song Contest 1972

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Eurovision Song Contest 1972
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Dates
Final25 March 1972
Host
Venue Usher Hall
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Moira Shearer
Musical director Malcolm Lockyer
Director Terry Hughes
EBU scrutineer Clifford Brown
Executive producer Bill Cotton
Host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Website eurovision.tv/event/edinburgh-1972 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesNone
  • ESC 1972 Map 2.svg
         Competing 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 songFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
" Après toi "
1971  Eurovision Song Contest  1973

The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, 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 the Monégasque broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC), who won in 1971, was 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. Eighteen countries took part in the contest, the same countries as the previous year.

Contents

The contest marked the first time that Scotland had hosted the contest. Prior to 1972, when the United Kingdom hosted the contest in 1960, 1963 and 1968, the BBC had always chosen a venue in London to host the contest. However, for the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC broke this trend and chose the Scottish capital to host the competition, marking the first time that London had not been chosen by the BBC. [1] The 1972 Eurovision Song Contest also marked the first time that the event was broadcast live to the Asian continent for the first time, with viewers in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Thailand, able to watch the show on television for the first time. The 1972 contest also marked the first time that a video wall was used to present song titles and artists prior to their performance. [1]

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. [2] 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. Usher Hall, Edinburgh.jpg
Usher Hall, Edinburgh – host venue of the 1972 contest.

Following Monaco's win at the 1971 contest in Dublin, with the song " Un banc, un arbre, une rue " performed by Séverine, the winning broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) planned to organise the 1972 contest as an open-air event, setting the date in June rather than early spring. [3] However, due to a lack of funding, TMC sought help from the French public broadcaster, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF), which accepted to organise the contest. Because TMC wanted the contest to be held in Monaco while ORTF wanted it in France, negotiations never came through. [4] In July 1971, TMC informed the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that it was unable to organise the 1972 contest. The EBU asked Spain's Televisión Española (TVE) and Germany's ARD, which respectively finished second and third at the 1971 contest, but both broadcasters declined to host the 1972 contest. [3]

The event was eventually organised by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 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. [5] It is the only UK hosted Eurovision Song Contest to have been held outside England.

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 [6] 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

Eurovision Song Contest 1972 Participation summaries by country

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

Eurovision Song Contest 1972 participants [7] [8]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)Conductor
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF The Milestones "Falter im Wind"German
  • Manuel Rigoni
  • Richard Schönherz
  • Heinz Unger
Erich Kleinschuster
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTB Serge and Christine Ghisoland "À la folie ou pas du tout" French
  • Bob Milan
  • Daniël Nelis
Henri Segers
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor "Muistathan" Finnish
  • Juha Flinck
  • Nacke Johansson
Ossi Runne
Flag of France.svg  France ORTF Betty Mars "Comé-comédie"French Frédéric Botton Franck Pourcel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany SFB [a] Mary Roos "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" German
  • Joachim Heider
  • Joachim Relin
Paul Kuhn
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ Sandie Jones "Ceol an Ghrá" Irish
  • Joe Burkett
  • Liam Mac Uistín
Colman Pearce
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI Nicola Di Bari " I giorni dell'arcobaleno " Italian
Gian Franco Reverberi
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg CLT Vicky Leandros " Après toi "French
Klaus Munro
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta MBA Helen and Joseph "L-imħabba" Maltese
Charles Camilleri
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco TMC Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane"Comme on s'aime"French
Raymond Bernard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Sandra and Andres "Als het om de liefde gaat" Dutch Harry van Hoof
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg "Småting" Norwegian
Carsten Klouman
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP Carlos Mendes "A festa da vida" Portuguese
Richard Hill
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain TVE Jaime Morey "Amanece" Spanish
Augusto Algueró
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SR The Family Four "Härliga sommardag" Swedish Håkan Elmquist Mats Olsson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Véronique Müller "C'est la chanson de mon amour"French
Jean-Pierre Festi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC The New Seekers "Beg, Steal or Borrow" English
David Mackay
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia JRT Tereza "Muzika i ti" (Музика и ти) Serbo-Croatian
  • Nikica Kalogjera
  • Ivica Krajač
Nikica Kalogjera

Returning artists

ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Tereza Kesovija Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1966 (for Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco )
Vicky Leandros Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1967
Carlos Mendes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1968
Family Four Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1971

Contest overview

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 [10]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Mary Roos "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben"1073
2Flag of France.svg  France Betty Mars "Comé-comédie"8111
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Sandie Jones "Ceol an Ghrá"7215
4Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Jaime Morey "Amanece"8310
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The New Seekers "Beg, Steal or Borrow"1142
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg "Småting"7314
7Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Carlos Mendes "A festa da vida"907
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Véronique Müller "C'est la chanson de mon amour"888
9Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Helen and Joseph "L-imħabba"4818
10Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor "Muistathan"7812
11Flag of Austria.svg  Austria The Milestones "Falter im Wind"1005
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nicola Di Bari " I giorni dell'arcobaleno "926
13Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Tereza "Muzika i ti"879
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The Family Four "Härliga sommardag"7513
15Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane"Comme on s'aime"6516
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Serge and Christine Ghisoland "À la folie ou pas du tout"5517
17Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Vicky Leandros " Après toi "1281
18Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sandra and Andres "Als het om de liefde gaat"1064

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 [11] [12]
Total score
Germany
France
Ireland
Spain
United Kingdom
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland
Malta
Finland
Austria
Italy
Yugoslavia
Sweden
Monaco
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Contestants
Germany10786956654557588776
France8155297235423526786
Ireland7243446436343355465
Spain8375538634453278355
United Kingdom114896210482777969488
Norway7343654525732544464
Portugal90347742652494747105
Switzerland8845654724785546475
Malta4832426222522233224
Finland7843365643333445868
Austria100666635575468105459
Italy9245323679666486665
Yugoslavia8774585452433249886
Sweden7553533542454375755
Monaco6543435622553343445
Belgium5523425233542322463
Luxembourg1289892108764689108789
Netherlands10666889856396396527

10 points

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

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 10 points
2Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom , Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of Norway.svg  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. [13]

In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Iceland, Israel, Morocco and Tunisia, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania via Intervision, and in Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Zaire, with an estimated global audience of 400 million viewers. [1] [14] [15] [16] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF FS2 Ernst Grissemann [17] [18]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTB RTB, RTB 1 [19] [20]
BRT BRT [21]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE TV-ohjelma 1 [22]
Yleisohjelma  [ fi ] Matti Paalosmaa  [ fi ]
Ruotsinkielinen ohjelma Åke Grandell  [ fi ]
Flag of France.svg France ORTF Première Chaîne Pierre Tchernia [23]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Hanns Verres  [ de ] [24] [25]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Mike Murphy [26] [27]
RTÉ Radio [28]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Programma Nazionale , Secondo Programma Renato Tagliani  [ it ] [29] [30]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg CLT Télé-Luxembourg Jacques Navadic [31] [32]
Flag of Malta.svg Malta MBA MTS, National Network Norman Hamilton [33] [34]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 1 Pim Jacobs [35]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet , NRK Roald Øyen [36]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP I Programa [37]
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain TVE TVE 1 Julio Rico [38]
RNE Radio Nacional , La Voz de España [39] [40]
SER Radio San Sebastián [41]
Radio Sevilla  [ es ] [42]
Radio Zaragoza [43]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SR TV1 Bo Billtén  [ sv ] [44] [45]
SR P3 Björn Bjelfvenstam [46]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR TV DRS Theodor Haller  [ de ] [24]
TSR Georges Hardy  [ fr ] [47]
TSI [48]
DRS 1 [b] [49]
RSR 2 Robert Burnier [50]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC1 Tom Fleming [51]
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 Pete Murray [52] [53]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 1 , TV Zagreb 1 Oliver Mlakar [54] [55] [56]
TV Koper-Capodistria [57]
TV Ljubljana 1  [ sl ] [58]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil Rede Tupi TV Paraná [59]
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus BFBS BFBS Radio [c] Terry James [8] [60]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia ČST ČST2 Blažena Kočtúchová [61]
Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Greece EIRT EIRT [62]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV MTV [d] [63]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið [e] Björn Matthíasson [64]
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania TVR Programul 1 [f] [65]

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [9]
  2. Delayed broadcast on 27 March 1972 at 22:30 CET (21:30 UTC) [49]
  3. Delayed broadcast on 2 April 1972 at 20:45 (EEST) [60]
  4. Delayed broadcast on 5 April 1972 at 20:45 CET (21:45 UTC) [63]
  5. Delayed broadcast on 17 April 1972 at 20:30 WET (20:30 UTC) [64]
  6. Deferred broadcast in a shortened format on 5 May 1972 at 22:20 (EET) [65]

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