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== Participants == {{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}} {{interlanguage link info|section=yes}} {{ESC 1962 participants}} [[File:Eurovisie Songfestival 1962 te Luxemburg, Spelbrekers met Conny Froboes, op de …, Bestanddeelnr 913-6616.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|{{esccnty|Germany}}'s [[Cornelia Froboess|Conny Froboess]] ''(center; front)'', the {{esccnty|United Kingdom}}'s [[Ronnie Carroll]] ''(center; back)'', and the {{esccnty|Netherlands}}' {{lang|nl|[[De Spelbrekers|Spelbrekers]]|i=unset}} ''([[Huug Kok]] left and [[Theo Rekkers]] right)'' backstage at the contest]] There was no change in the participants line-up for the first time, with no new countries joining the event and the same sixteen countries which had competed in 1961 returning for 1962.<ref name="ESC1962" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|p=291}} Four artists in this year's event had previously participated in past contests: {{esccnty|Luxembourg}}'s [[Camillo Felgen]] and {{esccnty|Monaco}}'s [[François Deguelt]] competed for their respective countries for the second time after both appearing in the {{escyr|1960||1960 contest}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg at Eurovision: Their Top 10 results |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/luxembourg-eurovision-top-10-results |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125163656/https://eurovision.tv/story/luxembourg-eurovision-top-10-results |archive-date=25 January 2024 |date=25 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Deguelt">{{cite web |title=French chanson star François Deguelt deceased |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/french-chanson-star-francois-deguelt-deceased |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324204205/https://eurovision.tv/story/french-chanson-star-francois-deguelt-deceased |archive-date=24 March 2019 |language=en |date=25 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jean Philippe]], representing {{esccnty|Switzerland}} at this event, also participated for the second time, after previously competing for {{esccnty|France}} in {{escyr|1959}};<ref name="Philippe">{{cite web |last1=Radojevic |first1=Jovana |title=Building bridges: 13 Eurovision artists who have represented more than one country |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2017/09/12/eurovision-artists-that-represented-more-than-one-country/191800/ |publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]] |access-date=8 January 2025 |date=12 September 2017}}</ref> and [[Fud Leclerc]] made his fourth contest appearance for {{esccnty|Belgium}}, following past entries in {{escyr|1956}}, {{escyr|1958}} and 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=Four-time Belgian contestant dies |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/four-time-belgian-contestant-dies |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319183415/https://eurovision.tv/story/four-time-belgian-contestant-dies |archive-date=19 March 2018 |date=21 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Philippe became the first artist to represent two different countries in separate Eurovision Song Contests, while Leclerc became the first of only four acts to compete in four separate contests, alongside Switzerland's [[Peter, Sue and Marc]] ({{escyr|1971}}, {{escyr|1976}}, {{escyr|1979}} and {{escyr|1981}}), {{esccnty|Norway}}'s [[Elisabeth Andreassen]] ({{escyr|1982}}, {{escyr|1985}}, {{escyr|1994}} and {{escyr|1996}}) and {{esccnty|San Marino}}'s [[Valentina Monetta]] ({{escyr|2012}}, {{escyr|2013}}, {{escyr|2014}} and {{escyr|2017}}).<ref name="Philippe" /><ref name="four">{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Ford |title=The artists who have performed four songs at Eurovision |url=https://www.aussievision.net/post/the-artists-who-performed-four-songs-at-eurovision |publisher=Aussievision |access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014003603/https://www.aussievision.net/post/the-artists-who-performed-four-songs-at-eurovision |archive-date=14 October 2020 |date=9 October 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|{{esccnty|Switzerland}}'s [[Lys Assia]] also competed in the Eurovision Song Contest with four different songs, however she only competed in three separate contests ({{escyr|1956}}, {{escyr|1957}} and {{escyr|1958}}), participating in the 1956 contest with two songs.<ref name="four" />}} Four other artists competing in this event would go on to compete in the contest on another occasion: the {{esccnty|United Kingdom}}'s [[Ronnie Carroll]] ({{escyr|1963}});<ref>{{cite news |title=Ronnie Carroll: Former Eurovision singer and election candidate dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32291350 |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=13 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414081551/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-32291350 |archive-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{esccnty|Italy}}'s [[Claudio Villa]] ({{escyr|1967}});<ref>{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=Throwback Thursday: Eurovision 1967 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/throwback-thursday-1967 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512234734/https://eurovision.tv/story/throwback-thursday-1967 |archive-date=12 May 2018 |date=24 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> France's [[Isabelle Aubret]] ({{escyr|1968}});<ref>{{cite web |last1=Feddersen |first1=Jan |title=Glückwunsch, Isabelle Aubret! |trans-title=Congratulations, Isabelle Aubret! |url=https://www.eurovision.de/news/ESC-Siegerin-Isabelle-Aubret-wird-80-Jahre-alt,aubret104.html |publisher=[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] |access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727023936/https://www.eurovision.de/news/ESC-Siegerin-Isabelle-Aubret-wird-80-Jahre-alt,aubret104.html |archive-date=27 July 2018 |language=de |date=28 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and {{esccnty|Finland}}'s [[Marion Rung]] ({{escyr|1973}}).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ricks |first1=Sean |title=Marion Rung: "Politiikka ei kuulu Euroviisuihin" – Suomen kaksinkertainen edustaja haluaa pitää viisut pelkkänä laulujuhlana |trans-title=Marion Rung: "Politics does not belong at Eurovision" – Finland's two-time representative wants to keep the contest a mere song festival |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-10788629 |publisher=[[Yle]] |access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108192557/https://yle.fi/a/3-10788629 |archive-date=8 January 2025 |language=fi |date=17 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, half of the competing artists in this year's event had competed, or would eventually compete, in multiple Eurovision Song Contests. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="clear:left" |- |+ Eurovision Song Contest 1962 participants<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxembourg 1962 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331215536/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/participants |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=15 June 2023 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)}}</ref>{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=291–295}} |- ! 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]] | [[Eleonore Schwarz]] | "{{lang|de|Nur in der Wiener Luft|i=unset}}" | German | {{ill|Bruno Uher|de}} | Bruno Uher |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium}} | [[Radiodiffusion-télévision belge|RTB]] | [[Fud Leclerc]] | "{{lang|fr|Ton nom|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|{{ill|Éric Robrecht|fr|lt=Eric Channe}}|Tony Golan}} | {{ill|Henri Segers|de}} |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Denmark}} | [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] | [[Ellen Winther]] | "{{lang|da|Vuggevise|i=unset}}" | Danish | {{hlist|[[Kjeld Bonfils]]|[[Sejr Volmer-Sørensen]]}} | Kai Mortensen |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Finland}} | [[Yle|YLE]] | [[Marion Rung]] | "Tipi-tii" | Finnish | {{hlist|{{ill|Jaakko Salo|fi}}|{{ill|Kari Tuomisaari|fi}}}} | [[George de Godzinsky]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|France}} | [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]] | [[Isabelle Aubret]] | "{{lang|fr|[[Un premier amour]]|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|Roland Valade|{{ill|Claude-Henri Vic|fr}}}} | [[Franck Pourcel]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany}} | [[Südwestfunk|SWF]]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |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>}} | [[Cornelia Froboess|Conny Froboess]] | "{{lang|de|Zwei kleine Italiener|i=unset}}" | German | {{hlist|{{ill|Christian Bruhn|de}}|{{ill|Georg Buschor|de}}}} | {{ill|Rolf-Hans Müller|de}} |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy}} | [[RAI]] | [[Claudio Villa]] | "{{lang|it|[[Addio, addio]]|i=unset}}" | Italian | {{hlist|[[Franco Migliacci]]|[[Domenico Modugno]]}} | [[Cinico Angelini]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Luxembourg}} | [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion|CLT]] | [[Camillo Felgen]] | "{{lang|fr|Petit bonhomme|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|[[Jacques Datin]]|{{ill|Maurice Vidalin|fr}}}} | Jean Roderès |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Monaco}} | [[TMC (TV channel)|TMC]] | [[François Deguelt]] | "{{lang|fr|Dis rien|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|{{ill|René Rouzaud|fr}}|[[Henri Salvador]]}} | [[Raymond Lefèvre]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}} | [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]] | [[De Spelbrekers]] | "Katinka" | Dutch | {{hlist|{{ill|Henny Hamhuis|nds-nl}}|[[Gerrit den Braber|Lodewijk Post]]|[[Joop Stokkermans]]}} | [[Dolf van der Linden]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway}} | [[NRK]] | [[Inger Jacobsen]] | "{{lang|no|Kom sol, kom regn|i=unset}}" | Norwegian | {{hlist|{{ill|Ivar Andersen|no}}|[[Kjell Karlsen]]}} | [[Øivind Bergh]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Spain|1945}} | [[Televisión Española|TVE]] | [[Víctor Balaguer (singer)|Víctor Balaguer]] | "{{lang|es|Llámame|i=unset}}" | Spanish | {{hlist|{{ill|Miguel Portolés Mombiela|es|lt=Miguel Portolés}}|Mario Sellés}} | Jean Roderès |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}} | [[Sveriges Radio|SR]] | [[Inger Berggren]] | "{{lang|sv|Sol och vår|i=unset}}" | Swedish | {{hlist|[[Åke Gerhard]]|Ulf Källqvist}} | [[Egon Kjerrman]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland}} | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]] | [[Jean Philippe]] | "{{lang|fr|Le Retour|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|[[Émile Gardaz]]|[[Géo Voumard]]}} | {{ill|Cédric Dumont|fr}} |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom}} | [[BBC]] | [[Ronnie Carroll]] | "[[Ring-A-Ding Girl]]" | English | {{hlist|[[Stan Butcher]]|Syd Cordell}} | [[Angela Morley]]{{efn|Credited as Wally Stott; Morley [[Gender transition|transitioned]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=Angela Morley |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4339863/Angela-Morley.html |access-date=5 March 2025 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=25 January 2009 |language=en |url-access=subscription}}</ref>}} |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Yugoslavia}} | [[Yugoslav Radio Television|JRT]] | [[Lola Novaković]] | "{{lang|sh-latn|Ne pali svetla u sumrak|i=unset}}" <small>({{lang|sh|Не пали светла у сумрак}})</small> | Serbo-Croatian | {{hlist|Dragutin Britvić|[[Jože Privšek]]}} | Jože Privšek |}
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