Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1960

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{{Infobox song contest
| name        = Eurovision Song Contest
| year        = 1960
| logo        = Eurovision Song Contest 1960 - logo.svg
| final       = {{start date|1960|03|29|df=y}}
| venue       = [[Royal Festival Hall]]<br />London, United Kingdom
| presenters  = [[Katie Boyle|Catherine Boyle]]
| musdirector = [[Eric Robinson (conductor)|Eric Robinson]]
| director    = [[Innes Lloyd]]
| exproducer  = Harry Carlisle
| host        = [[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC)
| entries     = 13
| debut       = {{Esc|Norway}}
| return      = {{Esc|Luxembourg}}
| nonreturn   = None
| vote        = Ten-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song
| winner      = {{Esc|France|y=1960}}<br />"[[Tom Pillibi]]"
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The '''Eurovision Song Contest 1960''' was the fifth edition of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], held on Tuesday 29 March 1960 at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in [[London]], United Kingdom, and hosted by British television presenter and actress [[Katie Boyle|Catherine Boyle]]. Organised by the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) and host broadcaster the [[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC), which was offered the rights to stage the contest after the {{Esccnty|Netherlands}}' {{lang|nl|[[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=no}} (NTS), which had won the {{escyr|1959||1959 contest}}, declined the opportunity after having organised the event in {{escyr|1958}}.

{{Esccnty|Luxembourg}} returned to the competition after an absence of one year, and {{Esccnty|Norway}} made its first contest appearance, bringing the total number of participating countries to thirteen.

The winner was {{Esccnty|France|y=1960}} with the song "[[Tom Pillibi]]", performed by [[Jacqueline Boyer]], composed by [[André Popp]] and written by Pierre Cour. This marked France's second contest victory, having also won in 1958. The {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1960}} placed second for the second consecutive year and {{esccnty|Monaco|y=1960}} earned their first top three finish by placing third.

== Location ==
[[File:Royal_Festival_Hall_and_Shot_Tower_c1959.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Royal Festival Hall]], London – host venue of the 1960 contest]]
The contest took place in London, United Kingdom. Although the {{Esccnty|Netherlands|y=1959}} had won the {{escyr|1959||1959 contest}}, the Dutch broadcaster {{lang|nl|[[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=unset}} (NTS) declined to stage the event for a second time in three years, after hosting the {{escyr|1958||1958 edition}} in [[Hilversum]]. The rights to stage the contest subsequently passed to the United Kingdom's [[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC), following their second place finish in the previous year's event, a decision which was announced in October 1959.<ref name="ESC1960" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=213–214}}

The [[Royal Festival Hall]] was chosen to stage the 1960 contest. Situated on the [[South Bank]] of the [[River Thames]], the venue was first opened in 1951 and was originally conceived for use during that year's [[Festival of Britain]]; it is now part of the [[Southbank Centre]], a complex of several artistic venues.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=213–214}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Festival Hall |url=http://www.roh.org.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall |publisher=[[Royal Opera House]] |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614024418/http://www.roh.org.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall |archive-date=14 June 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Our venues & spaces |url=https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues |publisher=[[Southbank Centre]] |access-date=6 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520035351/https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues |archive-date=20 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Participants==
{{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
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{{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>

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{| 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
|}

==Format==
[[File:Royal Festival Hall (37366103611).jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Royal Festival Hall auditorium ''(pictured in 2017)'']]
The contest was organised and broadcast by the BBC, with Harry Carlisle serving as producer, [[Innes Lloyd]] as director, [[Richard Levin (designer)|Richard Levin]] as [[Scenic design|designer]], and [[Eric Robinson (conductor)|Eric Robinson]] as [[Music director|musical director]], leading the orchestra during the event.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|p=223}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=217}} Each country was allowed to nominate their own musical director to lead the orchestra during the performance of their country's entry, with the host musical director, [[Eric Robinson (conductor)|Eric Robinson]], also [[conducting]] for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}

As had been the case since the 1957 contest, each country, participating through a single EBU member broadcaster, was represented by one song performed by up to two people on stage. The results of the event were determined through jury voting, with each country's jury containing ten individuals who each gave one vote to their favourite song, with no abstentions allowed and with jurors unable to vote for their own country.<ref name="ESC1960">{{cite web |title=London 1960 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531065500/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960 |archive-date=31 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=219–222}} A new innovation for this year's event was to allow the national juries to listen to the final rehearsal of each country, which was also recorded to allow jury members to listen to the entries ahead of the live contest.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=213–214}}{{sfn|Thorsson|Verhage|2006|pp=26–27}}

The draw to determine the order in which each country would perform was conducted on 28 March in the presence of the performers. Performance and technical rehearsals involving the artists and orchestra were held on 28 and 29 March ahead of the live transmission.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=213–214}}

== 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}}

== Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span> ==
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The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in reverse order to the order in which each country performed.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=219–222}}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|+ Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1960{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=219–222}}<ref>{{cite web |title=London 1960 – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960/final/results |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327234220/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1960/final/results |archive-date=27 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1960 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=277#Scoreboard |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722170054/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=277#Scoreboard |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Total score}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|France}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Italy}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Germany}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Netherlands}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Switzerland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Monaco}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Austria}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Norway}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Belgium}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Denmark}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Luxembourg}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Sweden}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|United Kingdom}}
|-
! rowspan="13" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | United Kingdom
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 25 ||  || 2 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||  || 5 || 1 || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Sweden
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 4 || 2 || 1 ||  || 1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Luxembourg
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 1 ||  || 1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Denmark
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 4 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 2 ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || 1 ||  || 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Belgium
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 9 ||  || 3 || 1 ||  ||  ||  || 1 ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  ||  || 4 ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Norway
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 11 || 1 ||  ||  || 1 || 4 ||  || 1 || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || 1 || 2 ||  ||  || 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Austria
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 6 ||  || 1 ||  ||  ||  ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  || 1 || 2 ||  ||  || 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Monaco
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 15 || 3 ||  || 7 ||  || 1 || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  ||  ||  || 2 || 1 ||  || 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Switzerland
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 5 ||  || 1 ||  ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  || 2 || 1 ||  ||  || 1 ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Netherlands
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 2 ||  || 1 ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  ||  ||  ||  || 1 ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Germany
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 11 || 4 ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  ||  || 2 || 2 ||  || 2 ||  ||  || 1 ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Italy
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 5 ||  || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||  || 1 ||  || 2 ||  ||  || 1 ||  || 1 ||  ||
|- style="background:gold;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | France
| style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | 32 || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa" | ||  || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 5 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 5
|}

== Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasters and commentators"></span> ==
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Broadcasters competing in the event were required to relay the contest via its networks; non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest. Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> An estimated audience of 30 million would see the contest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Today's Television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-todays-television/170530977/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=29 March 1960 |location=London, United Kingdom |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{refh}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Austria}}
| [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| [[ORF 1|ORF]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-LHZDZJWP/1fe7ec67-046d-45df-9776-69dee61915cc/PDF |title=Radio program |trans-title=Radio schedule |work=Slovenski vestnik |page=7 |language=sl |date=25 March 1960 |access-date=21 May 2024 |location=[[Klagenfurt]], Austria |via=[[Digital Library of Slovenia]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Belgium}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ill|National Broadcasting Institute|fr|Institut national de radiodiffusion|nl|Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep|lt=NIR/INR}}
| [[La Une|INR]]
| {{ill|Georges Désir|fr}}
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Het TV blad |trans-title=The TV magazine |url=https://uurl.kbr.be/2199000 |url-access=registration |date=29 March 1960 |work=[[De Standaard]] |location=[[Brussels]], Belgium |access-date=19 February 2025 |page=10 |language=nl |via={{ill|BelgicaPress|nl}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[VRT 1|NIR]]
| {{ill|Nic Bal|nl}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Televisiekijkers voor U... |trans-title=Television viewers for you... |url=https://aalst.courant.nu/issue/DGA/1960-03-26/edition/0/page/2 |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=De Gazet van Aalst |date=26 March 1960 |page=2 |language=nl |location=[[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]], Belgium |via=Stadsarchief Aalst}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}
| [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]
| {{lang|da|[[DR1|Danmarks Radio TV]]|i=unset}}, [[DR P2|Program 2]]
| [[Sejr Volmer-Sørensen]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Tirsdag den 29. marts 1960 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Tuesday 29 March 1960 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1960-03-29 |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |language=da |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}
| [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]]
| [[TF1|RTF]]
| [[Pierre Tchernia]]
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Les programmes de television |trans-title=Television programmes |url=https://www.archives.ain.fr/ark:/22231/vtad39e0e980ea58afd/daogrp/0/99 |access-date=19 September 2024 |work=La République Nouvelle |date=29 March 1960 |location=[[Bourg-en-Bresse]], France |page=3 |language=fr |via={{ill|Archives départementales de l'Ain|fr}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}
| [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
| {{lang|de|[[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset}}
| [[Wolf Mittler]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Deutsches Fernsehen |trans-title=German television |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/newspaper/item/2GKSANFKW6UDWBQFU652FNBZXB6SCNB2?&issuepage=4 |access-date=23 June 2024 |work=Neckar-Bote |date=26 March 1960 |location=[[Heidelberg]], West Germany |page=4 |language=de |via=[[Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]]}}</ref><ref name="Radiogids" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}
| [[RAI]]
| {{lang|it|[[Rai 1|RAI Televisione]]|i=unset}}, {{lang|it|[[Rai Radio 2|Secondo Programma]]|i=unset}}
| Giorgio Porro
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=TV {{!}} martedì 29 marzo |trans-title=TV {{!}} Tuesday 29 March |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1960{{!}}13{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=27 March – 2 April 1960 |volume=37 |issue=13 |page=30 |access-date=31 May 2024 |language=it |via=[[Rai Teche]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Radio {{!}} martedì |trans-title=Radio {{!}} Tuesday |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1960{{!}}13{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=27 March – 2 April 1960 |volume=37 |issue=13 |pages=28–29 |access-date=31 May 2024 |language=it |via=[[Rai Teche]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Luxembourg}}
| [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion|CLT]]
| {{lang|fr|[[RTL9|Télé-Luxembourg]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Télé-Luxembourg |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/cd7xm1k8r/pages/4 |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=[[Luxemburger Wort]] |location=[[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg |date=28 March 1960 |language=de, fr |page=6 |via=[[National Library of Luxembourg]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}
| [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]]
| [[NPO 1|NTS]]
| rowspan="2" | Piet te Nuyl Jr.
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Radiogids">{{Cite news |date=26 March 1960 |title=Televisie {{!}} dinsdag |trans-title=Television {{!}} Tuesday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMNIBG01:005308013:00037 |work=Vrije geluiden |location=[[Hilversum]], Netherlands |page=37 |language=nl |via=[[Delpher]] |volume=30 |issue=13 |access-date=18 September 2024 |oclc=72761986}}</ref><ref name="Binnenhof">{{cite news |title=Rudi Carell als tiende |trans-title=Rudi Carell tenth |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:002044025:mpeg21:p00002 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work={{ill|Het Binnenhof (newspaper)|nl|Het Binnenhof (dagblad)|lt=Het Binnenhof}} |location=[[The Hague]], Netherlands |date=28 March 1960 |language=nl |page=2 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dutch Radio Union|NRU]]
| [[NPO Radio 1|Hilversum 2]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Binnenhof" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 March 1960 |title=Avondprogramma – 29 maart 1960 dinsdag |trans-title=Evening programme – 29 March 1960 Tuesday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMNIBG01:005308013:00035 |work=Vrije geluiden |location=[[Hilversum]], Netherlands |page=35 |language=nl |via=[[Delpher]] |volume=30 |issue=13 |access-date=18 September 2024 |oclc=72761986}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Norway}}
| [[NRK]]
| {{lang|no|[[NRK1|NRK Fjernsynet]]|i=unset}}, [[NRK P1|NRK]]
| [[Erik Diesen]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogrammet {{!}} Fjernsynet |trans-title=The radio programmes {{!}} Television |url=https://www.nb.no/items/654a3ef3c28eb9c9eb3d52ec7078ef36?page=3#2 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=[[Drammens Tidende]] |location=[[Drammen]], Norway |date=29 March 1960 |page=4 |language=no |via=[[National Library of Norway]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=TV |url=https://www.nb.no/items/fcac9d2e3b99b9b277ca6f6f5d5d1a29?page=9#10 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=[[Drammens Tidende]] |location=[[Drammen]], Norway |date=30 March 1960 |page=11 |language=no |via=[[National Library of Norway]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Radio|SR]]
| {{lang|sv|[[SVT1|Sveriges TV]]|i=unset}}, [[Sveriges Radio P2|SR P2]]
| {{ill|Jan Gabrielsson|sv}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogramma – TV tirsdag |trans-title=Radio programme – TV Tuesday |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=29 March 1960 |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |page=34 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[SRF 1|TV DRS]], [[Radio SRF 1|Radio Beromünster]]
| {{ill|Theodor Haller|de|Theodor Haller (Journalist)}}
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Radio und Fernsehen |trans-title=Radio and television |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19600328-02.2.21 |access-date=11 December 2024 |work=[[Der Bund]] |page=4 |date=28 March 1960 |location=[[Bern]], Switzerland |language=de |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)|TSR]], [[La Première (Switzerland)|Radio Sottens]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Votre programme |trans-title=Your schedule |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/292916/view?page=3&p=separate&tool=info |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=Journal d'Yverdon |date=24 March 1960 |issue=12 |location=[[Yverdon-les-Bains]], Switzerland |page=3 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RSI La 1|TSI]], [[RSI Rete Uno|Radio Monte Ceneri]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Spettacoli |trans-title=Shows |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=gt&day=29&month=3&year=1960&page=2&papername=Gazzetta%20Ticinese&allpages=1,2,3,4 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work={{ill|Gazzetta Ticinese|it}} |date=29 March 1960 |location=[[Lugano]], Switzerland |page=2 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[BBC]]
| [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]]
| [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Radio Times">{{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1960 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c679613141f4658b8385060de5b1c27 |access-date=15 June 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |location=London, United Kingdom |date=27 March 1960 |via=[[BBC Genome Project]]}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{refh}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Finland}}
| [[Yle|YLE]]
| {{lang|fi|[[Yle TV1|Suomen Televisio]]|i=unset}}
| {{ill|Aarno Walli|fi}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radio-ohjelma |trans-title=Radio schedule |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/d4891c4b-4f09-4a79-889e-16bbaffc7d60 |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=29 March 1960 |pages=37 |language=fi |url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{sfn|Pajala|2013|loc="Walli was closely involved in YLE's ESC productions; among other things he [...] provided the commentary for all the 1960s ESCs on Finnish television"}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands Antilles|1959}}
| colspan="2" | [[Radio Netherlands Worldwide|RNW]]{{efn|Delayed broadcast in [[Curaçao]] in a shortened format on 2 April 1960 at 19:20 ([[Atlantic Time Zone|ADT]])<ref name="Amigoe" />}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Amigoe">{{cite news |title=Radio en Televisie |trans-title=Radio and Television |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010459814:mpeg21:p004 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[Amigoe|Amigoe di Curaçao]] |date=2 April 1960 |location=[[Willemstad]], Curaçao |language=nl |page=4 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>
|}

==Notes and references==
===Notes===
{{notelist}}

=== References ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book |last=O'Connor |first=John Kennedy |author-link=John Kennedy O'Connor |title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Carlton Publishing Group|Carlton Books]] |location=London, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84732-521-1 |edition=2nd}}
* {{cite book |last1=Pajala |first1=Mari |editor1-last=Badenoch |editor1-first=Alexander |editor2-last=Fickers |editor2-first=Andreas |editor3-last=Henrich-Franke |editor3-first=Christian |chapter=Intervision Song Contests and Finnish Television between East and West |title=Airy Curtains in the European Ether: Broadcasting and the Cold War |date=2013 |pages=215–270 |publisher=[[Nomos publishing house|Nomos]] |location=[[Baden-Baden]], Germany |doi=10.5771/9783845236070-215 |isbn=9783845236070}}
* {{cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2012 |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |location=[[Prestatyn]], United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84583-065-6 |volume=One: The 1950s and 1960s}}
* {{cite book |last1=Thorsson |first1=Leif |last2=Verhage |first2=Martin |title=Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna |trans-title=Melodifestivalen through the ages: the Swedish selections and international finals |date=2006 |publisher=Premium Publishing |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |isbn=91-89136-29-2 |language=sv}}

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