Eurovision Song Contest 1960
The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in London, United Kingdom. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who agreed to stage the event after the , who had won the , declined to host another contest so soon, having also hosted the . The contest was held at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 29 March 1960 and was hosted by British television presenter Catherine Boyle, who would go on to be the host for the contest 3  more times. It was also the first time the contest was held in a capital city, as well as the first one held in the English-speaking world. Thirteen countries participated in the contest this year, the highest number until then. made their début, and returned after their absence from the previous edition. The winner of the contest was with the song "Tom Pillibi", performed by Jacqueline Boyer, written by Pierre Cour, and composed by André Popp. This was already 's second victory in the contest, following their win in , and their fourth consecutive top three placing. Aged 18, Boyer  became the first teenager and the youngest artist yet to win the contest. Following the death of Lys Assia in 2018, Jacqueline Boyer stands as the earliest surviving Eurovision winner, although later winning singers are older in terms of age. Location. Following Teddy Scholten's win for the at the contest in Cannes, France, with the song "Een beetje", the Netherlands Television Service (NTS) declined to host another contest so soon after staging the event in . The honour of hosting the contest therefore passed to the BBC and the United Kingdom, which had come second in 1959. The 1960 Eurovision  Song Contest was hosted in London. The Royal Festival Hall, the venue for the 1960 contest, is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. Participating countries. Interest in the contest started to grow across Europe, with the number of participating nations increasing to 13 this year. Norway competed for the first time with one of their leading jazz singers. Luxembourg also returned to the contest after a one-year break with a song in its native Luxembourgish language . The Netherlands was mistakenly announced as Holland (which is only the western part of the country of The Netherlands). The result was a win for France, however Germany, Monaco and the UK led in the early stages of voting. The UK came second with 25 points, four more points than the winning song in 1959, and Monaco came third with 15 points making up for their disappointing début result the year before, where they had come last. Conductors. The conductors of the orchestra for each country's performance were: Scoreboard. Each country had 10 jury members who each cast one  vote for their favorite song. Spokespersons. Listed below is the order in which votes were cast during the 1960 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Broadcasts. Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language.