After the success of the 1970 winner the Nordic block returned as did Austria and Portugal. Malta made a rather unsuccessful debut finishing last. The major change was in the voting system. For reasons best known to themselves the EBU decided that the voting should be more "interactive". Each country was to provide 2 jurors - 1 under 25 and 1 over 25. Each juror was to give a mark between 1 and 5 for each entry. This of course meant that scores would be higher than ever before. It also meant that no song would finish with 0 points. It was lucky for the EBU that the winners in 1971 and 1972 were clear. The flaws in this system would be exposed in 1973, but more of that later.

RESULTS
1.(3) 128 points - Monaco - Un banc, un arbre, une rue - Severine
2.(6) 116 points - Spain - En un mondo nuevo - Karina
3.(5) 100 points - Germany - Diese Welt - Katja Ebstein
4.(9) 098 points - United Kingdom - Jack In The Box - Clodagh Rogers
5.(11) 091 points - Italy - L'amore e un attimo - Massimo Ranieri
6.(12) 085 points - Sweden - Vita vidder - Family Four
(14) 085 points - Netherlands - De Tijd - Saskia & Serge
8.(17) 084 points - Finland - Tie uuteen päivään - Markku Aro & Koivisto Sisters
9.(15) 083 points - Portugal - Menina - Tonicha
10.(7) 082 points - France - Un jardin sur la terre - Serge Lama
11.(13) 079 points - Ireland - One Day Love - Angela Farrell
12.(4) 078 points - Switzerland - Les illusions de nos vingt ans - Peter, Sue & Marc
13.(8 ) 070 points - Luxembourg - Pomme. pomme, pomme - Monique Melsen
14.(10) 068 points - Belgium - Goeie morgen, morgen - Lily Castel & Jacques Raymond
(16) 068 points - Yugoslavia - Tvoj djecak je tužan - Kruno Slabinac
16.(1) 056 points - Austria - Musik - Marianne Mendt
17.(18) 053 points - Norway - Lykken Er - Hanne Krogh
18.(2) 052 points - Malta - Marija L-Maltija - Joe Grech