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1961
| HOST COUNTRY | France |
| VENUE | Palais de Festivals - Cannes |
| DATE | March 18th |
| PRESENTER | Jacqueline Joubert |
| TOTAL ENTRIES | 16 |
| WINNING SONG | TITLE | PERFORMER | COUNTRY | COMPOSERS |
| Nous Les Amoureux | Jean-Claude Pascal | Luxembourg | Jacques Datin & Maurice Vidalin |
The same venue and the same presenter were used as in 1959, but we received a different result, although the United Kingdom and Denmark were 2nd and 5th again. This was to be the third year running the United Kingdom had finished 2nd, and The Allisons (who were not brothers), had a huge hit with their song Are You Sure ?. As did Betty Curtis, who's entry became the the third Italian song in the last four years to hit the American top ten, without winning.
| COUNTRY | PERFORMER | SONG | PTS | POS |
| Spain | Concita Bautista | Estando Contigo | 8 | 9th |
| Monaco | Colette Dereal | Allons, Allons Les Enfants | 6 | 10th |
| Austria | Jimmy makulis | Schnsucht | 1 | 15th |
| Finland | Laila kinnunen | Valoa Ikkunassa | 6 | 10th |
| Yugoslavia | Ljiljana Petrovic | Neke Davne Zvezde | 9 | 8th |
| Netherlands | Greetje Kauffeld | Wat Een Dag | 6 | 10th |
| Sweden | Lill Babs | April. April | 2 | 14th |
| Germany | Lale Anderson | Einmal Sehen Wir Uns Wieder | 3 | 13th |
| France | Jean-Paul Mauric | Printemps (Avril Carillonne) | 13 | 4th |
| Switzerland | Franca di Rienzo | Nous Aurons Demain | 16 | 3rd |
| Belgium | Bob Benny | Septembre, Gouden Roos | 1 | 15th |
| Norway | Nora Brockstedt | Sommer I Palma | 10 | 7th |
| Denmark | Dario Campeotto | Angelique | 12 | 5th |
| Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Pascal | Nous Les Amoureux | 31 | 1st |
| United Kingdom | The Allisons | Are You Sure ? | 24 | 2nd |
| Italy | Betty Curtis | Al Di La | 12 | 5th |
