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Jacqueline Boyer, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 The contest was held on 29 March 1960 at 21:00 ( GMT ) and lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. [ 7 ] [ 15 ] The contest was presented by British television presenter and actress Catherine Boyle , the first of four contests in which she participated as host.
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
The discography of the Eurovision Song Contest winners includes all the winning singles of the annual competition held since 1956. As of 2024, 71 songs have won the competition, including four entries which were declared joint winners in 1969.
The BBC organised the national final Eurovision Song Contest British Final to select its entry for the 1960 contest. The selection consisted of two semi-finals held on 2 February and 4 February 1960, and a final held on 6 February 1960. All three shows were broadcast on BBC Television presented by David Jacobs. [2]
This contest saw the performance of Eurovision's 1,500th song, when former winner Alexander Rybak performed "That's How You Write a Song" in the second semi-final for Norway. [ 176 ] [ 286 ] Israel gained its fourth Eurovision title, represented by Netta with " Toy ".
Ireland's Johnny Logan has won the contest three times as a performer and composer, and was the first performer to win multiple contests. Since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 and until semi-finals were introduced in 2004, a total of 917 entries were submitted, comprising songs and artists which represented thirty-eight countries. [1]
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with the song "Alla andra får varann", composed by Ulf Kjellqvist, with lyrics by Åke Gerhard, and performed by Siw Malmkvist. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through a national final.
The EBU has held several events to mark selected anniversaries in the contest's history: Songs of Europe, held in 1981 to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, had live performances and video recordings of all Eurovision Song Contest winners up to 1981; [399] [400] Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was organised in 2005 ...