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==Participants== {{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}} {{interlanguage link info|section=yes}} {{ESC 1960 participants}} The number of entries grew to thirteen for this edition, with the eleven competing countries from the 1959 contest being joined by {{esccnty|Luxembourg}}, returning after a one year absence, and {{esccnty|Norway}}, making its first appearance.<ref name="ESC1960" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=213–214}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=16–17}} [[Fud Leclerc]] made his third appearance at the contest, having represented {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1956|t=Belgium in 1956}} with "{{lang|fr|Messieurs les noyés de la Seine|i=unset}}" (one of the two Belgian entries in that year's contest) and {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1958|t=in 1958}} with "{{lang|fr|Ma petite chatte|i=unset}}".<ref>{{cite web |title=Belgium – Participant profile |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/belgium |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515172952/https://eurovision.tv/country/belgium |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The song from Luxembourg was the first entry performed in Luxembourgish at the contest, and one of only three entries performed in the language (alongside the country's entries {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1992|t=in 1992}} and {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1993|t=1993}}).{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Van Lith |first1=Nick |title=Xtra's Pick of the 50s and 60s |url=https://escxtra.com/2015/12/21/xtras-pick-of-the-50s-and-60s-2/ |publisher=ESCXtra |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=21 December 2015}}</ref> {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header" |- |+ Eurovision Song Contest 1960 participants{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite web |title=London 1960 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205015742/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960/participants |archive-date=5 February 2023 |access-date=10 June 2023 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | Country ! scope="col" | Broadcaster ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Language ! scope="col" | Songwriter(s) ! scope="col" | Conductor |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Austria}} | [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] | [[Harry Winter]] | "{{lang|de|Du hast mich so fasziniert|i=unset}}" | German | {{hlist|[[Robert Gilbert (musician)|Robert Gilbert]]|[[Robert Stolz]]}} | [[Robert Stolz]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium}} | {{ill|National Broadcasting Institute|fr|Institut national de radiodiffusion|nl|Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep|lt=INR}} | [[Fud Leclerc]] | "{{lang|fr|Mon amour pour toi|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|{{ill|Robert Frickx|fr|lt=Robert Montal}}|Jack Say}} | {{ill|Henri Segers|de}} |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Denmark}} | [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] | [[Katy Bødtger]] | "{{lang|da|Det var en yndig tid|i=unset}}" | Danish | {{hlist|Sven Buemann|Vilfred Kjær}} | Kai Mortensen |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|France}} | [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]] | [[Jacqueline Boyer]] | "[[Tom Pillibi]]" | French | {{hlist|[[Pierre Cour]]|[[André Popp]]}} | [[Franck Pourcel]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany}} | [[Hessischer Rundfunk|HR]]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |trans-title=All German ESC acts and their songs |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |publisher=[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>}} | [[Wyn Hoop]] | "{{lang|fr|Bonne nuit ma chérie|i=unset}}" | German | {{hlist|{{ill|Franz Josef Breuer|de}}|{{ill|Kurt Schwabach|de}}}} | Franz Josef Breuer |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy}} | [[RAI]] | [[Renato Rascel]] | "{{lang|it|[[Romantica (song)|Romantica]]|i=unset}}" | Italian | {{hlist|Renato Rascel|[[Dino Verde]]}} | [[Cinico Angelini]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Luxembourg}} | [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion|CLT]] | [[Camillo Felgen]] | "{{lang|lb|So laang we's du do bast|i=unset}}" | Luxembourgish | {{hlist|Henri Moots|Jean Roderès}} | [[Eric Robinson (conductor)|Eric Robinson]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Monaco}} | [[TMC (TV channel)|TMC]] | [[François Deguelt]] | "{{lang|fr|Ce soir-là|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|Pierre Dorsey|[[Hubert Giraud]]}} | [[Raymond Lefèvre]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}} | [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]] | [[Rudi Carrell]] | "{{lang|nl|Wat een geluk|i=unset}}" | Dutch | {{hlist|[[Willy van Hemert]]|{{ill|Dick Schallies|nl}}}} | [[Dolf van der Linden]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway}} | [[NRK]] | [[Nora Brockstedt]] | "{{lang|se|Voi-voi|i=unset}}" | Norwegian | {{ill|Georg Elgaaen|no}} | [[Øivind Bergh]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}} | [[Sveriges Radio|SR]] | [[Siw Malmkvist]] | "{{lang|sv|Alla andra får varann|i=unset}}" | Swedish | {{hlist|[[Åke Gerhard]]|Ulf Källqvist}} | [[Thore Ehrling]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland}} | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]] | [[Anita Traversi]] | "{{lang|it|Cielo e terra|i=unset}}" | Italian | Mario Robbiani | {{ill|Cédric Dumont|fr}} |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom}} | [[BBC]] | [[Bryan Johnson (singer)|Bryan Johnson]] | "[[Looking High, High, High]]" | English | John Watson | Eric Robinson |}
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