"Ton nom" was the Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh in the series. France's win was their third and marked the first time a country had won three contests. Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain all scored "null points" for the first time....

, performed in 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...

 by Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor...

.

The song was performed second on the night, following Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

's Marion Rung

Marion Rung

Marion Rung is a Finnish pop singer. She is known to have represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 and 1973. Her 1962 Eurovision song placed 7th and in 1973, she managed to bring Finland's second best result ever in this contest, placing 6th...

 with "Tipi-tii

Tipi-Tii

"Tipi-tii" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in Finnish by Marion Rung, composed by Kari Tuomisaari, who also wrote the lyrics...

" and preceding Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

's Victor Balaguer

Victor Balaguer (singer)

Victor Balaguer was a Spanish singer of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for his participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest. Balaguer was known as a versatile singer who moved between popular music and zarzuela, singing in both Spanish and Catalan.Balaguer was born and died in Barcelona...

 with "Llámame

Llámame

"Llámame" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in Spanish by Victor Balaguer.The song was performed third on the night, following Belgium's Fud Leclerc with "Ton nom" and preceding Austria's Eleonore Schwarz with "Nur in der Wiener Luft"...

". At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded nul points placing 13th (equal last) in a field of 16.

The song is significant in Contest history for being the (joint) first entry ever to fail to receive a point (although the scores of the 1956 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1956

The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on 24 May 1956...

 have never been made public, so it is possible that one of the entries there did likewise). There were in fact four entries at this Contest to receive nul points - the Spanish entry, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

's Eleonore Schwarz

Eleonore Schwarz

Eleonore Schwarz is an Austrian singer.In the 1960s and 1970s, Schwarz was an opera singer at the Vienna Volksoper....

 with "Nur In Der Wiener Luft

Nur In Der Wiener Luft

"Nur in der Wiener Luft" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in German by Eleonore Schwarz....

" and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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' De Spelbrekers

De Spelbrekers

De Spelbrekers were a Dutch singing duo, known for their participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest.- 1940s and 1950s :...

 with "Katinka" being the other three - however Belgium performed first out of all of them, and is thus better-remembered. In fact, three of these entries followed each other directly (Belgium, Spain and Austria).

The song itself is a ballad, with Leclerc singing that he and his lover "don't need complicated romances".

It was succeeded as Belgian representative

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium is a founding member of the Eurovision Song Contest. Since 1956, the country has participated 52 times, only being absent three times in total: in 1994, 1997 and 2001, due to low scores in the previous contests that relegated Belgium from the contest.-History of Belgium in the Eurovision...

 at the 1963 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1963

The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the 8th Eurovision Song Contest. France had won the contest in 1962 but were incapable of hosting in 1963, as was their right, due to financial shortcomings. As was the case in 1960 - and as would become a tradition when smaller broadcasters could not afford to...

 by Jacques Raymond singing "Waarom?".