Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1960 (section)

== Contest overview<span class="anchor" id="Results"></span><span class="anchor" id="Participants and results"></span> ==
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[[File:Jacqueline Boyer (1960).jpg|thumb|right|[[Jacqueline Boyer]], the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1960]]

The contest was held on 29 March 1960 at 21:00 ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]) and lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref name="Radio Times" /> The contest was presented by British television presenter and actress [[Katie Boyle|Catherine Boyle]], the first of four contests in which she participated as host.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zwart |first1=Josianne |title=Katie Boyle, iconic Eurovision Song Contest host, dies at 91 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/katie-boyle-eurovision-song-contest-host-passed-away-at-91 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322212543/https://eurovision.tv/story/katie-boyle-eurovision-song-contest-host-passed-away-at-91 |archive-date=22 March 2018 |date=21 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Boyle presided over the opening of the contest and the voting process, while the various national broadcasters that carried the show provided commentary between each act, with the United Kingdom's commentator [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]] also being heard by the assembled audience of over 2,500 people in the hall.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=213–214}}{{sfn|Thorsson|Verhage|2006|pp=26–27}}

The winner was {{esccnty|France|y=1960}} represented by the song "[[Tom Pillibi]]", composed by [[André Popp]], written by [[Pierre Cour]] and performed by [[Jacqueline Boyer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=London 1960 – Jacqueline Boyer |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/jacqueline-boyer |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512233248/https://eurovision.tv/participant/jacqueline-boyer |archive-date=12 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Boyer is the daughter of [[Jacques Pills]], who had represented Monaco in the {{escyr|1959||previous year's contest}} and placed last with "{{lang|fr|Mon ami Pierrot|i=unset}}".{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=16–17}}{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}} France's victory was their second in the contest, following their win in 1958, and brought them level on number of victories with the Netherlands.<ref name="ESC1960" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Winners |url=https://eurovision.tv/winners |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605125344/https://eurovision.tv/winners |archive-date=5 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The UK gained their second consecutive second place finish, while Monaco considerably improved upon their debut performance the previous year with a third place finish.<ref>{{cite web |title=United Kingdom – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/united-kingdom |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517130909/https://eurovision.tv/country/united-kingdom |archive-date=17 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monaco – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/monaco |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123150609/https://eurovision.tv/country/monaco |archive-date=23 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

It was originally planned for the top three songs to be performed again following the voting, as had occurred in the 1959 contest, however this was ultimately scrapped and only the winning song received its traditional [[Reprise#Winner reprise|reprise performance]].{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=219–222}} The winning artist was presented with a silver [[Gilding|gilt]] vase, which was awarded by [[Teddy Scholten]]; this marked the first time that the previous year's winning artist awarded the prize to the next contest winner, which has since become Eurovision tradition.{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=16–17}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=216}}

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1960{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite web |title=London 1960 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960/final |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327234119/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960/final |archive-date=27 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Votes
! scope="col" | Place
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Bryan|Johnson|dab=singer}}
| "[[Looking High, High, High]]"
| 25
| 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{Esc|Sweden|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Siw|Malmkvist}}
| "{{lang|sv|Alla andra får varann|i=unset}}"
| 4
| 10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Camillo|Felgen}}
| "{{lang|lb|So laang we's du do bast|i=unset}}"
| 1
| 13
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{Esc|Denmark|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Katy|Bødtger}}
| "{{lang|da|Det var en yndig tid|i=unset}}"
| 4
| 10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Fud|Leclerc}}
| "{{lang|fr|Mon amour pour toi|i=unset}}"
| 9
| 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{Esc|Norway|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Nora|Brockstedt}}
| "{{lang|se|Voi-voi|i=unset}}"
| 11
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{Esc|Austria|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Harry|Winter}}
| "{{lang|de|Du hast mich so fasziniert|i=unset}}"
| 6
| 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{Esc|Monaco|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|François|Deguelt}}
| "{{lang|fr|Ce soir-là|i=unset}}"
| 15
| 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Anita|Traversi}}
| "{{lang|it|Cielo e terra|i=unset}}"
| 5
| 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Rudi|Carrell}}
| "{{lang|nl|Wat een geluk|i=unset}}"
| 2
| 12
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| {{Esc|Germany|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Wyn|Hoop}}
| "{{lang|fr|Bonne nuit ma chérie|i=unset}}"
| 11
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| {{Esc|Italy|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Renato|Rascel}}
| "{{lang|it|[[Romantica (song)|Romantica]]|i=unset}}"
| 5
| 8
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold" | 13
| {{Esc|France|y=1960}}
| {{sortname|Jacqueline|Boyer}}
| "[[Tom Pillibi]]"
| 32
| 1
|}

=== Spokespersons ===
Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country via telephone.<ref>{{cite web |title=How it works |date=18 May 2019 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531032850/https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |archive-date=31 May 2022 |language=en-gb |url-status=live}}</ref> Known spokespersons at the 1960 contest are listed below.

* {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{snd}}{{ill|Siebe van der Zee|nl}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Toch geen geluk voor Rudi |trans-title=No luck for Rudi after all |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/NLC/1960-03-30/edition/0/page/7 |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=[[Trouw|Nieuwe Leidsche Courant]] |location=[[Leiden]], Netherlands |date=30 March 1960 |language=nl |page=7}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}[[Tage Danielsson]]{{sfn|Thorsson|Verhage|2006|pp=26–27}}
* {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}Nick Burrell-Davis{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=219–222}}