France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

An internal selection was held by Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) to determine its entry for the contest. "Un premier amour" composed by with lyrics by Roland Valade was chosen as the French entry, Isabelle Aubret was chosen as singer. The song was recorded and presented to television viewers during the television show La soirée du disque, aired on 12 March at 20:30 CET. At the beginning of this special program, Aubret recorded the song live on magnetic tape, followed by the physical and chemical production process of the LP record disc. At the end of the show, Aubret signed the finished record for viewers.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Aubret performed 9th in the running order, following the and preceding . At the close of the voting "Un premier amour" had received 26 points, placing France 1st of the 16 competing entries, 13 points ahead of the runner-up . This was the third time France won the contest, having previously won in and , and making it the first country to win the contest three times.

Voting

Every participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel of ten people. Each jury gave three, two and one points to their three favourite songs.

References

References

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