Eurovision Song Contest 1961
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth Eurovision Song Contest
. A total of sixteen countries took part in the Contest, including the three debuting countries: Finland
, Spain
, and Yugoslavia
. It was held on 18 March 1961 and was the first to take place on a Saturday night, a tradition that has continued into modern times. It was hosted in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
located in Cannes
, France
which was also the 1959 venue.
Due to the contest overrunning in time, the winning song's reprise was not shown in the UK.
Luxembourg
won for its first time with the song "Nous les amoureux
" performed in French by Jean-Claude Pascal
. Jacqueline Joubert presented the show, having already done so two years earlier in 1959. The stage used for the 1961 Contest was notably larger than in previous years and was decorated with flowers. It is noticeable that during the voting, Luxembuorg gave the UK 8 points, and Norway also gave Denmark 8 points. It was the largest amount of points given to a country by a single jury since 1958, when Denmark provided France with 9 points. Such a high number of points obtained by a country wouldn't be achieved until 1970, when Ireland would receive 9 points from Belgium.
(Télé Monte Carlo
) - Peter Alexander (Fernsehprogramm) - Aarno Walli (Suomen Televisio
) - Ljubomir Vukadinović (Televizija Beograd), Gordana Bonetti (Televizija Zagreb), Tomaž Terček (Televizija Ljubljana
) – Piet te Nuyl (NTS
) - Jan Gabrielsson (Sveriges Radio-TV
and SR P1) - Wolf Mittler
(Deutsches Fernsehen
) - Pierre Tchernia
(RTF
) - Theodor Haller (TV DRS
), Georges Hardy (TSR
) - Anton Peters
(BRT
), Paule Herreman
(RTB
) - Leif Rustad (NRK
and NRK P1
) - Viggo Clausen (DR TV
) - Jacques Navadic
(Télé-Luxembourg
) - Tom Sloan
(BBC TV), Peter Murray (BBC Light Programme
) - Corrado Mantoni
(Programma Nazionale)
- Nicholas Parsons
- TBC - Claus Toksvig
- Mette Janson - TBC - Boris Acquadro - Roger Stéphane - TBC - Roland Eiworth - Pim Jacobs
- Oliver Mlakar
- Poppe Berg - TBC - TBC - Diego Ramírez Pastor
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. A total of sixteen countries took part in the Contest, including the three debuting countries: Finland
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 45 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah"...
, Spain
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
Spain debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, finishing 9th. Since 1999, Spain is one of the "Big Five" and therefore automatically allowed to participate in the final because they are the five biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union.Spain has won the contest...
, and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Yugoslavia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 and competing every year until its last appearance in 1992, with the exceptions of 1977–1980, and 1985...
. It was held on 18 March 1961 and was the first to take place on a Saturday night, a tradition that has continued into modern times. It was hosted in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
The first Palais des Festivals et des Congrès was a building built in 1949 to host the Cannes Film Festival. The original building was located on the boulevard of Promenade de la Croisette on the present site of the JW Marriott Cannes...
located in Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
which was also the 1959 venue.
Due to the contest overrunning in time, the winning song's reprise was not shown in the UK.
Luxembourg
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
Luxembourg was one of the countries to participate in the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.From their debut to 1993 Luxembourg competed frequently in the Contest, being absent from the contest once during this period...
won for its first time with the song "Nous les amoureux
Nous Les Amoureux
"Nous les amoureux" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French for Luxembourg by French singer Jean-Claude Pascal....
" performed in French by Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Pascal was a French comedian and singer.After surviving the Second World War in Straßburg, Pascal first studied at the Sorbonne-university and then turned to fashion-designing for Christian Dior...
. Jacqueline Joubert presented the show, having already done so two years earlier in 1959. The stage used for the 1961 Contest was notably larger than in previous years and was decorated with flowers. It is noticeable that during the voting, Luxembuorg gave the UK 8 points, and Norway also gave Denmark 8 points. It was the largest amount of points given to a country by a single jury since 1958, when Denmark provided France with 9 points. Such a high number of points obtained by a country wouldn't be achieved until 1970, when Ireland would receive 9 points from Belgium.
Results
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... |
Conchita Bautista Conchita Bautista María Concepción Bautista Fernández is a Spanish singer and actress, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1961 and 1965.... |
"Estando contigo Estando contigo "Estando contigo" was the Spain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Spanish by Conchita Bautista. This was Spain's first appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first occasion on which the Spanish language was used at there.The song was performed first on the... " |
When I'm with you | 9 | 8 | |
| 02 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Colette Deréal Colette Deréal Colette Deréal, born Colette Denise de Glarélial, 22 September 1927 in Saint-Cyr-l'École, Seine-et-Oise , France and died 12 April 1988 in Monaco, is a French actress and singer.-Eurovision Song Contest 1961:... |
"Allons, allons les enfants Allons, Allons Les Enfants "Allons, allons les enfants" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French by French singer Colette Deréal.... " |
Come on, come on children | 10 | 6 | |
| 03 | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
Jimmy Makulis Jimmy Makulis Dimitrios Makulis was a Greek singer who had a successful career in German-speaking markets in the 1950s and 1960s, and is known for his participation on behalf of Austria in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early career :Makulis became a successful singer in his native Greece... |
"Sehnsucht" | Longing | 15 | 1 | |
| 04 | Finnish Finnish language Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a... |
Laila Kinnunen Laila Kinnunen Laura "Laila" Annikki Kinnunen was a Finnish singer. She was one of the most popular Finnish singers of the 1950s and 60s, and represented Finland at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, the first time Finland participated in the contest.She spent her childhood in Sweden as a refugee from the Second... |
"Valoa ikkunassa Valoa Ikkunassa "Valoa ikkunassa" was the debut Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, performed in Finnish by Laila Kinnunen at the 1961 Contest.... " |
The lights in the window | 10 | 6 | |
| 05 | Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro... |
Ljiljana Petrović Ljiljana Petrović -Eurovision Song Contest 1961:In 1961, Petrović represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song "Neke davne zvezde" . Petrović finished in 8th place receiving 9 points.-External links:... |
"Neke davne zvezde Neke davne zvezde "Neke davne zvezde" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Serbo-Croatian by Ljiljana Petrović... " |
Some ancient stars | 8 | 9 | |
| 06 | Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... |
Greetje Kauffeld Greetje Kauffeld Greetje Kauffeld is a Dutch jazz singer and Schlager musician who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961. She led her own trio starting in 1986 and has lived in Germany for years.-External links:... |
"Wat een dag Wat Een Dag "Wat een dag" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Dutch by Greetje Kauffeld.The song is sung from the perspective of a young woman experiencing love and generally finding the world to be a lovely place... " |
What a day | 10 | 6 | |
| 07 | Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
Lill-Babs Lill-Babs Lill-Babs is a Swedish singer and actress.-Biography:Lill-Babs was born in Järvsö, Gävleborg County, as the first daughter of Britta and Ragnar Svensson... |
"April, April April, april "April, april" is a song by Swedish singer Lill-Babs, that represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Swedish.The song was the winner of Melodifestivalen 1961, where it was performed by both Siw Malmkvist and Gunnar Wiklund... " |
– | 14 | 2 | |
| 08 | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... , French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Lale Andersen Lale Andersen Lale Andersen was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Bremerhaven, Germany. She is best known for her interpretation of the song "Lili Marleen" in 1939, which became tremendously popular on both sides during the Second World War.- Early life :She was born in Lehe and baptized Liese-Lotte... |
"Einmal sehen wir uns wieder Einmal Sehen Wir Uns Wieder "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in German with one verse in French by Lale Andersen... " |
We will meet again | 13 | 3 | |
| 09 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Jean-Paul Mauric Jean-Paul Mauric Jean-Paul Mauric was a French singer, best known for his participation in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest.... |
"Printemps, avril carillonne Printemps, Avril Carillonne "Printemps, avril carillonne" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French by Jean-Paul Mauric.... " |
Spring, April rings | 4 | 13 | |
| 10 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Franca di Rienzo Franca di Rienzo -Eurovision Song Contest 1961:In 1961, Di Rienzo represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song "Nous aurons demain" . Di Rienzo finished in third place receiving 16 points.-After Eurovision:... |
"Nous aurons demain Nous aurons demain "Nous aurons demain" was the Swiss entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, held in Cannes, France, and was performed in French.The song was performed by Franca di Rienzo, and was composed by Géo Voumard and Émile Gardaz.... " |
We'll have tomorrow | 3 | 16 | |
| 11 | Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... |
Bob Benny Bob Benny Bob Benny was a Belgian singer and musical theatre performer, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1959 and 1961.-Early career:... |
"September, gouden roos September, Gouden Roos "September, gouden roos" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Dutch by Bob Benny.... " |
September, golden rose | 15 | 1 | |
| 12 | Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language... |
Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt is a successful Norwegian singer, born on 20 January 1923. She first entered a professional stage at the age of 20, namely the highly reputed Chat Noir in Oslo. During the next two decades, she managed to become one of Norway's most famous and beloved singers and entertainers... |
"Sommer i Palma Sommer I Palma "Sommer i Palma" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Norwegian by Nora Brockstedt.The song is in the chanson style, popular in the early years of the Contest. Brockstedt describes a romance at the Spanish holiday resort of Palma de Mallorca... " |
Summer in Palma | 7 | 10 | |
| 13 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Dario Campeotto Dario Campeotto Dario Campeotto is a Danish singer, actor, and entertainer. He was born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen to Italian parents, Emma and Ernesto Campeotto.... |
"Angelique Angelique (song) "Angelique" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Danish by Dario Campeotto.The song was performed thirteenth on the night, following Norway's Nora Brockstedt with "Sommer i Palma" and preceding Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Pascal with "Nous les amoureux"... " |
– | 5 | 12 | |
| 14 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Jean-Claude Pascal Jean-Claude Pascal Jean-Claude Pascal was a French comedian and singer.After surviving the Second World War in Straßburg, Pascal first studied at the Sorbonne-university and then turned to fashion-designing for Christian Dior... |
"Nous les amoureux Nous Les Amoureux "Nous les amoureux" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French for Luxembourg by French singer Jean-Claude Pascal.... " |
We the lovers | 1 | 31 | |
| 15 | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
The Allisons Allisons The Allisons were an English pop duo consisting of:*Bob Day *John Alford... |
"Are You Sure? Are You Sure? "Are You Sure?" is a song by British pop duo The Allisons, that represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in English.... " |
– | 2 | 24 | |
| 16 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Betty Curtis Betty Curtis Betty Curtis was an Italian singer active from 1957 to 2004.The song "Al di là" performed by her with Luciano Tajoli won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1961... |
"Al di là Al Di Là "Al di là" is a popular Italian song. "Al di là" was one of Betty Curtis' biggest hits in Italy. The song was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Italian by Curtis at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on March 18, 1961, after Curtis had won the 1961... " |
Beyond | 5 | 12 |
Score sheet
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Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Benny Bob Benny Bob Benny was a Belgian singer and musical theatre performer, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1959 and 1961.-Early career:... |
1959 Eurovision Song Contest 1959 The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Cannes, following the French victory the previous year.... |
|
| Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt is a successful Norwegian singer, born on 20 January 1923. She first entered a professional stage at the age of 20, namely the highly reputed Chat Noir in Oslo. During the next two decades, she managed to become one of Norway's most famous and beloved singers and entertainers... |
1960 Eurovision Song Contest 1960 The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth in the series, and was held on 29 March 1960 in London. France's win this year was their second in the contest.... |
Commentators
- Federico Gallo (TVE) - Pierre TcherniaPierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor.- Career :...
(Télé Monte Carlo
Télé Monte Carlo
Télé Monte Carlo or TMC Monte Carlo, traditionally known as TMC is a Monégasque general entertainment television channel.-History:The oldest private channel in Europe, TMC dates back to 1954, inaugurated by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco...
) - Peter Alexander (Fernsehprogramm) - Aarno Walli (Suomen Televisio
YLE TV1
YLE TV1 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Finnish public broadcaster Yleisradio. It is the first and oldest Television channel in Finland. More than 70% of channel's programs are documentaries, news or educative programmes...
) - Ljubomir Vukadinović (Televizija Beograd), Gordana Bonetti (Televizija Zagreb), Tomaž Terček (Televizija Ljubljana
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world...
) – Piet te Nuyl (NTS
Nederland 1
Nederland 1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it was launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels Nederland 2 and 3. The several broadcasting organisations of the Publieke Omroep deliver programmes. A wide...
) - Jan Gabrielsson (Sveriges Radio-TV
SVT1
SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
and SR P1) - Wolf Mittler
Wolf Mittler
Wolf Mittler was a German radio host and journalist, known as one of the persons associated with the nickname Lord Haw-Haw.He became internationally known as Lord Haw-Haw on the English language propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain...
(Deutsches Fernsehen
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
) - Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor.- Career :...
(RTF
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
) - Theodor Haller (TV DRS
SF 1
SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
), Georges Hardy (TSR
TSR 1
TSR 1 is a Swiss public television channel owned by Télévision Suisse Romande.- History :Launched on 1 November 1954 to succeed Télé Geneva, TSR 1 is the first channel of the two French Swiss networks of television group TSR ....
) - Anton Peters
Anton Peters
Anton Peters was a Belgian actor.He was born in Ekeren. On 13 June 1944 he was arrested by Nazis in Norway...
(BRT
EEN
EEN may refer to:* Eastern Educational Television Network, the original name for American Public Television.* Elemental Energy, a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game booster pack.* Emerald Energy, an oil company...
), Paule Herreman
Paule Herreman
Paule Herreman was a Belgian Actress and television presenter for RTBF.Herreman started her debut to television as a Television Announcer. In 1954 she joint INR to work with the Eurovision, Herreman even provided the French language commentary for RTBF viewers on 10 occasions for the Eurovision...
(RTB
La Une
La Une is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.- INR :The Institut National de Radiodiffusion began experimental television in Belgium on 2 June 1953, with the crowning of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom...
) - Leif Rustad (NRK
NRK1
NRK1 is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main television channel. Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadcasts started in 20 August 1960. It is Norway's oldest and largest television channel...
and NRK P1
NRK P1
NRK P1 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It is the direct descendant of NRK's first radio station which began broadcasting in 1933...
) - Viggo Clausen (DR TV
DR1
DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
) - Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic was a Broadcasting editor and Television presenter who joined Radio Luxembourg in 1955. He worked with Robert Diligent. He was the regular Luxembourgian commentator in the Eurovision Song Contest and worked for RTL Luxembourg.-References:...
(Télé-Luxembourg
RTL9
RTL9 is a Luxembourger television channel shown internationally to viewers in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and francophone Switzerland.- Télé-Luxembourg :...
) - Tom Sloan
Tom Sloan (broadcaster)
Thomas James H Sloan, was a British Broadcaster and Journalist and BBC Head of Light Entertainment during the 'Golden Age of British Television' in the 1960s.-Early life:...
(BBC TV), Peter Murray (BBC Light Programme
BBC Light Programme
The Light Programme was a BBC radio station which broadcast mainstream light entertainment and music from 1945 until 1967, when it was rebranded as BBC Radio 2...
) - Corrado Mantoni
Corrado Mantoni
Corrado Mantoni was an Italian radio and television host.-Biography:He was born in Rome, where he followed classic studies and in jurisprudence; before finishing university studies he started to work as radio speaker with EIAR, predecessor of RAI, Italian State Television...
(Programma Nazionale)
Spokespersons
- Enzo TortoraEnzo Tortora
Enzo Tortora , was a popular TV host and anchorman on national RAI television, who was falsely accused of being a member of the Camorra and drug trafficking...
- Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons OBE is a British actor and radio and television presenter.-Early life:...
- TBC - Claus Toksvig
Claus Toksvig
Claus Toksvig was a Danish journalist and broadcaster who, as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation's first ever permanent foreign correspondent, is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest figures in Danish broadcasting history.In later life he turned his attention to politics...
- Mette Janson - TBC - Boris Acquadro - Roger Stéphane - TBC - Roland Eiworth - Pim Jacobs
Pim Jacobs
Willem Bernard Jacobs was a Dutch jazz pianist and television presenter. He worked with Louis van Dijk and Rogier van Otterloo. He was married with Jazz-singer Rita Reys from 1960.Jacobs became famous with the Pim Jacobs Trio, which included Wim Overgaauw, Ruud Jacobs and Peter Ypma...
- Oliver Mlakar
Oliver Mlakar
Oliver Mlakar is a Croatian television presenter, best known for hosting game shows. He was one of the most popular television personalities of Yugoslavia and Croatia.Mlakar was born in Ptuj and lived in Osijek from 1945 to 1954...
- Poppe Berg - TBC - TBC - Diego Ramírez Pastor