A few other things I couldn’t fit in the description: - A big thank you to those who’ve supported the channel on ko-fi/thereorderboard! There’s been some more kind ‘tips’ and I’m very thankful for those. I was quite surprised at how well 1961 landed in the ratings in the opening hours. It actually competed with some of my 90s videos at first, but it’s since dropped back. I expect this might just be because 1961 was a great show, but I haven’t ruled out switching to Saturday night postings, if I can get my production schedule right. - Evidence of the power cuts don’t really appear in the original video I was using, but then again I suppose they wouldn’t. It’s unclear whether these were power shortages, or actual cuts. Power cuts tend to be quite catastrophic…the programme would stop. Power shortages may well dim the lights (especially in a pre-microchip world) but I am sceptical that’s what we’re seeing on this recording. The presenter and the Dutch singers seem remarkably unphased if the lights dipped out! - I was meant to include it in the video but it somehow got lost: do a Google Image search for Eurovision 1962 to see a colourised photo of the studio. A lot more gold than I imagined! - One production advancement we see is the song captions (lower thirds), which appear to animate for the first time. In reality it’s being unmasked, probably by something like a piece of card, but it’s great! It’s the first time we’ve really seen a lower third design too, previously we’ve seen full page overlays (Netherlands), or a camera pointing at something physical (London). - I think the efficiencies made in the timings of the show left for a remarkably long final section - it felt like Aubret was coming from a green room in a different arena! Needless to say, the BBC found time to extend the voting section somewhat in 1963. - I think the songs in this year broadly fall into two camps, those that could/should have competed with France and those who’s time has passed. To start, I think the UK sits between the two camps. Three years in the runner’s-up position, I expect Ronnie Carroll might have thought Ring-A-Ding girl would take the Contest back to the UK (with the trophy!). I think it straddles both camps because it’s not out-and-out silly…but ‘ring-a-ding’ was clearly for an international audience and a little too innocent for a Contest that’s just stepped up a notch with Aubret’s sultry performance. Release this at Christmas, I’m sure it would be a hit classic! The other slightly Christmassy sounding number was Monaco’s. It’s almost as sultry as France, and I found I liked it more every time I listened to it. - I think those songs that should have been up there in the top three were SUI, BEL, ESP, YUG. Yugoslavia had it right, but I guess it lost out to a French language song - Serbo-Croat making it much less accessible to the juries. The reorderboard ranks it’s fourth, above the UK on the countback, so it’s not as if it failed…but fourth was 16 points behind the leader! I love Switzerland’s Bond sounding entry and I think it deserved way higher than joint 10th. Fud Leclerc’s Belgian entry was worth more than nul, same as Spain’s too. - Nearer the bottom I think GER, AUT, NED were entries that stuck out as being too dated. The jurors agreed on AUT and NED. There’s perhaps not much distance between the Netherlands and the UK in sound though. I really enjoyed Germany’s entry, even though the lyrics are slightly odd. Together with Finland, there is quite a lot of repetition. Of course, France has repetition too…but isn’t it so much cooler? Tipi-Tii is actually one of my all-time favourites but I’m glad something more credible won the Contest…not that the winning song did very commercially at all outside of France. - A bit of background on the musical director of this show, Jean Roderes (from andtheconductoris.eu): Jean was born in the southwest of Luxembourg in 1923. He went to music school and ended up in a bands that performed at well-known venues. He continued his studies after the Germans invaded in 1940 and formed his first professional combo, playing at the Hôtel International near the train station in the capital. Between 1941 and 1943 we also worked as pianist for Luxembourg radio. Unlike the other Low Countries, Luxembourg was incorporated into Germany and in 1943 Roderes was conscripted into the German Army. Thanks to his abilities as a pianist, Jean was not sent to the Russian front, but was allowed to stay in Munich to entertain German soldiers and officers who were on leave. During a short holiday-spell, in Luxembourg in early 1944, he deserted and went into hiding until war’s end, frequently changing locations to escape the Gestapo. Listening clandestinely to BBC Radio, he was instantly attracted to the American jazz music which he heard and started playing it himself on a worn-down guitar. After the war, he went on to be a rising star and even contemplated moving to Paris. Eventually though, around the time of this Contest, demand for live music shows on CLT decreased and gigs for his jazz band did the same as rock’n’roll took over. His career later led him to the Luxembourg Singers, a group that performed their mix of French chansons and German sing-along repertoire with great success in both Lux and West Germany. In 1972, he left the Luxembourg Singers to found the Pop-Music-School, later renamed the Centre Audio-Visuel de l’Enseignement Musical (CAVEM) - the first music school in Luxembourg to teach the electrical guitar, percussion, and other non-classical instruments. He sold the school, which had expanded greatly, in 1983. He died in 1993, a few weeks after Luxembourg’s last appearance in the Contest. - CLT did not have a variety orchestra of its own. Roderes called on his own band to form the rhythm section of the Eurovision orchestra. The string and brass players were recruited from the RTL Grand Symphony Orchestra, to which some classical musicians from Paris were added. - Other events going on around in 1962: Of course, this contest is the first where Telefís Éireann had started broadcasting as a television station from Dublin (beginning on Dec 31st, 1961)…I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of them soon. The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne would start in July, with Byrne hosting for a record 37 years (the longest period through which any individual has hosted a televised talk show.) - Elsewhere though, Algerian independence was a significant event among some other quite big ones, in fact the Évian Accords were signed on the very same day as this Contest, bringing the war, which had been running since 1954 to an end. A big day for France! Although the accords gave a transition period, the effect of the Accords - the independence of Algeria (ratified on 2 July), lead to almost all of the million strong European community in Algeria leaving quickly. The widespread killings of Muslims who had served in the French Army was in direct contravention of the amnesty provisions in the treaty too. A right-wing movement, opposed to the Accords, went on a bombing campaign and an assassination attempt was made against De Gaulle in August. By no means would the violence over Algeria be over. - The Rolling Stones make their debut in July, Harold Macmillan has a pretty harsh cabinet reshuffle the day after (I don’t think they are connected 😊). A few weeks later (23 July), the first live pictures from America are show via the Telstar satellite. The BBC has been the international coordinator, and the first programme was made available via Eurovision - live pictures of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty were shown. Being geeks, the engineers also used the opportunity to coordinate the time between the US and Europe, bringing them within 1 microsecond of each other, previously we’d only been able to be within 2,000 microseconds!). It took you a lot longer to read that. - In popular culture, Marilyn Monroe dies in August. The Beatles first single in their own right ‘Love Me Do’ is released in October, and hopefully using Switzerland’s entry as influence, Dr No, the first Bond film is released on the 5th October. Just in case the 1960s aren’t exciting enough, the Cuban Missile Crisis, almost a year after the Berlin Crisis, leads the world to the brink of nuclear war once again….it makes you think people could have done with the distraction un premier amour.

I'm still overwhelmed with what a terrific job you're doing at these videos! Thank you for all your hard work and your service for the Eurovision community ❤️

That 4-way 0-point tie in the bottom just reminded me of this years televote. Spain and The Netherlands were in both :(

The 1962 French song is one of my all time favorite Eurovision songs

At 31:13 the German spokesperson signs off by thanking the presenter for “a fine programme.” This may be the very first incidence of something which is very common now!

I think this one of the most clever reorderboard design you ever did. The idea of the Lion medal transforming into an "antenna-moon" is pure genius. I was amazed and, as usual, I forgot about all the troubles for about 40 minutes. Thank you so much for your incredible work and love for the contest and its community.

Incredible work as always, a huge service to all Eurovision history lovers! Isabelle Aubret was a deserving winner though my personal favourite will always be Zwei kleine Italiener and Germany. Plus as far as Isabelle is concerned, I much prefer her 1968 entry. Monaco's entry deserves a honorable mention as well, a well-deserved runner up. The voting system seems so bizarre right now... awarding points to just three entries is simply brutal.

Another magnificent video - thank you! It's become a real treat of mine to sit down in front of the TV of an evening, grab a glass of wine and watch one of these 'Reorder' videos whenever they come out... :) I can't help thinking the organisers went a bit too far in simplifying the scoring system in 1962. I see with interest that it was slightly expanded in 1963, so that should be good to see next time!

The Danish spokesperson really confuses the presenter by announcing his results in performance order (something no one else does.) I suspect it’s his revenge on her for saying he’s in Stockholm!

I think Mireille is my favourite presenter of the 1960s. I find her very charming and competent, and she’s a real breath of fresh air after the slightly scary Jacqueline Joubert. And I like how she participates in the interval act (as the “straight woman.”) Luxembourg did give us very charming presenters in the 1960s, though I prefer Mireille to Josiane, who while also very charming, does seem to have a “ditzy blonde” act. I believe Mireille is still with us, though it’s hard to find any information about her. I did find a clip of her from an RTL celebration event in 1995, where she was briefly interviewed. She was just as charming 33 years on! Josiane was also there, but didn’t speak. What I also found out about Mireille is that shortly after Eurovision 1962, she left CLT/RTL and moved to TMC, so who knows, had Monaco managed to host in 1972, Mireille might have been back as presenter!

I am so glad we evolved in 1975 into a system were we award 10 countries points instead of just few. Though the winner of this year would probably have remained the same (if i see the big difference between France and runner-up Monaco), though France might have won with an less huge advantage and the remaining nations might have swapped huge positions on the board.

You out-do yourself everytime! A big well done!

Thank you very much, a great joy to watch!

Another great video - thank you as always! This one is particularly good because the original scoreboard is so difficult to read! I think 1962 is an enjoyable production from CLT complete with captions to introduce the songs. The TV direction of the songs is improving as well - there are a few nice slow dissolves, sharp cuts in time with the music (especially at the end of some of the entries) and a couple of tentative attempts to show the interplay between singers and the orchestra (particularly during that irritatingly catchy break in the Swedish entry!). I'm not sure about power cuts affecting the picture during the Netherlands and a few other entries. To me it appears as if the picture contrast goes too high rather than the stage lights dimming. That may well have been a problem with the telerecording rather than the live video feed. Song wise, I think France was a worthy winner and I agree about Switzerland being a potential James Bond theme! At the other end poor Spain was robbed. But it's that Swedish song that's stuck in my head!

Great work! Enjoying every minute. Thank you very kindly.

Camillo really redeemed himself this time

Camillo Felgen would go on to be the first singer to become a jury spokesperson when he gave the Luxembourg results in 1966. There wouldn't be another performer become spokesperson until 1994 when Switzerland's 1991 representative Sandra Simon - Studer gave their votes.

The earliest real colour photograph we have of any Eurovision is a rehearsal photograph of Eleanore Schwarz in her street clothes. There are also some posed 'singing' real colour photographs of Conny Frobeoss of Germany in her red dress. A colourised still of Eleanore Schwarz singing in the contest often pops up, but the colourisation is wrong as her dress is shown as white when it was actually deep pink. There is one colour photograph of Isabelle Aubret at the after show party showing off her winners plaque where you can just see that her dress was pale blue. If you don't like the gold panels at the back just wait until you see 1963 which is swathed in gold leaf. It was obviously very trendy at the time.

Wow, really great job. I think this is my favourite of your early boards. Shame the voting sequence itself is rather dull (though you can’t do anything about that!) with France never really challenged after the third jury. Last time reverse performance order was used to call the juries. First contest ever not to welcome any new countries! And it’ll be same when 1963 comes around.

Camillo Felgen walked so that Mary Spiteri and Dotter could run.

I wish you luck for your next two videos, as 1963 has the screw-up that was Norway’s points and 1964 is the one with no known video existing. Edit: I also love how the scoreboard had enough space for three-figure scores, even if it was literally impossible at the time.

Just finished watching all your videos. I assume you won't do ESC boards post 2002? Since they usually do have a Normal and "modern" scoreboard? Also I believe 1964 Eurovision original footage may have been lost.

Isabelle Aubret the first artist to a third Victory to her country France before Lenny Kuhr for The Netherlands (1969), Vicky for Luxembourg (1972), Brotherhood of Mann for the United Kingdom (1976), Johnny Logan for Ireland (1987), Carola Haggkvist for Sweden (1991), Dana International for Israel (1998), Alexander Ryback for Norway (2009), Emmelie de Forest for Danemark (2013), Manneskin for Italy (2021), Kalush Orchestra for Ukraine (2022) and Nemo for Switzerland (2024).

This is just outstanding. It's always so nice to get home from work and see your newest creation pop up! And if you'd ever like to have the host translated from French (and soon enough Italian) to English, I'd be happy to provide the English translation for you. Cheers!

I love all of your videos. As a Spaniard, I hope you can someday do 1968 or 1969 as, I'd love to see Spain at the top😂😅. But, either way amazing job, thank you very much

The 'power failure' during the Netherlands was actually a technical fault with the transmitter which switched the negative of the picture relay to reverse.

Once Hungary finish playing Portugal, I’ll be straight back here to watch your recreation of 1962.

What a pretty scoreboard you've got there! I like the checkerboard floor for your reorderboard, along with the lion detail. The switching of languages from French to Luxembourgish was also a nice touch! While listening to snippets of the songs again, I still think of 1962 as a year that was "just there" in the grand scheme of things. Sure, there was some charm in the songs and a lightness to it all, but very few, if any, would make my all-time favorites. I like delving into vintage Eurovision, but why does the black-and-white contests seem to blur together? My top five: 5. GER 4. YUG 3. SWE -- While we know Sweden for their pop bops across different eras, their 1960s entries are quite underrated as a whole. Sol och Var is one of them; it's very lively and I quite like the jazzy elements. 2. FRA -- Un premier amour is such an underrated winner! I like how dark and sultry it is; Isabelle also pulls you into this spiral of nostalgia and seeking. It's also quite calm and sophisticated; it deserves so much more love. 1. FIN -- But my favorite has a bit of joy to add to it, and Marion brings it in spades. The repeated "tipi-tii" is a bit annoying at times, but there's something celebratory to it as well. Overall, it's a very cute and endearing song.

I keep laughing at the Finnish juror saying "Royaume-Uni" and the Spanish juror pronouncing "chanson"

Would 2003 be out of the question after 1979? I would love to see a remaster of the Every way that I can/Sanomi/Ne Ver Ne Boisya race

Quand est ce que l’année 1977 arrive ? Avec la merveilleuse Marie Myriam qui est de notre 5 ème gagnante pour la France !!! 😊🇫🇷

One thing notable about 1962 is that background singers were NOT allowed. I think thats what really killed the favorite - Germany lol.

0:29 - the language isn’t Flemish - that’s spoken in Belgium ! It will be Luxembourgish (as it’s not French nor German which are the only other official languages spoken there)

If they had used the 5 - 3 - 1 voting system the results would have been: 1. France - 40 points 2. Monaco - 20 points 3. Luxembourg - 17 points =4. Yugoslavia - 15 points =4. United Kingdom - 15 points 6. Germany - 13 points =7. Finland - 6 points =7. Sweden - 6 points 9. Italy - 4 points =10. Norway - 3 points =10. Switzerland - 3 points 12. Denmark - 2 points =13. Belgium - 0 points =13. Spain - 0 points =13. Austria - 0 points =13. the Netherlands - 0 points

What’s interesting is that so far, none of the actual winners have been my personal winner yet (56 🇩🇪II, 57 🇦🇹, 58 🇮🇹, 59 🇬🇧, 60 🇨🇭, 61 🇪🇸, 62 🇩🇪). Let’s hope 1963 changes that *ahem*.

Some friendly voting between the United Kingdom and Finland!

Count Dracula sings for Luxembourg

Voting System is funny 1,2,3!😂

I'm sure everyone was getting a bit pissed off with France winning every two years at this point. I have to say that I think it is one of the worst ever winners. Certainly not the worst song of the year but definitely not a runaway or narrow winner. I did like this year's staging, it had a whiff of elegance about it. And once again, you have delivered the goods. I like the background for the scoreboard with the moon-medal thing going on and the revolving chequered floor. One small criticism is a lack of a guide on how manhy countries have voted (eg: 10 of 16 countries etc) - I know you have put a marker besdie each country after they have voted but such a guide would have been easy to keep track. Oh and I like that the scoreboard is in Luxemburgish. My points for 62 (not a great year anyway) are: 1 point - UK 2 points - Sweden 3 points - Germany 4 points - Monaco 5 points - Yugoslavia

Short of giving the points to the wrong countries (although he was close by saying ‘AngIeterre instead of ‘Royaume-Uni’), I don’t think the Danish spokesman could have made a bigger hash of his role and cause any more confusion.

The host broadcaster in 1962, 1966 and 1973 was CLT but RTL in 1984. What is/was the relationship between CLT and RTL? I think CLT is the entity and RTL is the channel (or channels) they operate?

Can you do this video whit ESC 1964?

Yikes, you’re right about the set in colour. Yuck! Better in black-and-white. Funnily enough, just today I found on Facebook colour rehearsal footage from 1964 (taken by Matt Munro himself.) A real treat, considering footage of 1964 is so rare. But the same thing- it’s all so gold and tacky looking. Much better in b&w.

Will you close the door for me???🤨🤨🤨🤨

OMG 20:40

How the hell did Matt Hancock come second for Monaco??

Austria richly deserved their null points! Nur in Der viener luft is absolutely hideous!

Next time Denmark winner

Germany or Sweden should have won.