In this episode, we chat about host city of Cannes, the host of 1961, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1961, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1961 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

April, april – Lill-Babs (Sweden)

Einmal sehen wir uns wieder – Lale Andersen (Germany)

Wat een dag – Greetje Kauffeld (Netherlands)

Allons, allons les enfants – Colette Deréal (Monaco)

Estando contigo – Conchita Bautista (Spain)

Angelique – Dario Campeotto (Denmark)

Printemps (avril carillonne) – Jean-Paul Mauric (France)

Nous aurons demain – Franca di Rienzo (Switzerland)

Are You Sure? – The Allisons (United Kingdom)

Nous les amoureux – Jean-Claude Pascal (Luxembourg)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 107, we’re back in London for Eurovision 1963!

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