With the venue and host the same as the 1959 contest there was an air of familiarity about the 1961 contest. However it was the largest contest to date with 3 new countries taking the total number of participants to 16. With world music embracing change and rock n' roll being prevalent, the Eurovision Song Contest was won by a typical French style ballad (allbeit for Luxembourg) more suited to the 40s and 50s than the blossoming decade.

RESULTS

1.(14) 31 points Luxembourg - Nous les amoureux - Jean-Claude Pascal
2.(15) 24 points United Kingdom - Are You Sure? - The Allisons
3.(10) 16 points Switzerland - Nous aurons demain - Franca di Rienzo
4.(9) 13 points France - Printemps, avril carillonne - Jean-Paul Mauric
5.(13) 12 points Denmark - Angelique - Dario Campeotto
(16) 12 points Italy - Al di là - Betty Curtis
7.(12) 10 points Norway - Sommer i Palma - Nora Brockstedt
8.(5) 9 points Yugoslavia - Neke davne zvezde - Ljiljana Petrovi?
9.(1) 8 points Spain - Estando Contigo - Conchita Bautista
10.(2) 6 points Monaco - Allons, les enfants - Colette Dereal
(4) 6 points Finland - Valoa ikkunassa - Laila Kinnunen
(6) 6 points Netherlands - Wat een dag - Greetje Kauffeld
13.(8 ) 3 points Germany - Einmal sehen wir uns wieder - Lale Anderson
14.(7) 2 points Sweden - April, April - Lil Babs
15.(3) 1 points Austria - Sehnsucht - Jimmy Makulis
(11) 1 point Belgium - September, gouden roos - Bob Benny