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Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Participating broadcaster	Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF)
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	18 February 1961
Selected artist(s)	Jean-Paul Mauric
Selected song	"Printemps, avril carillonne"
Selected songwriter(s)	Francis Baxter; Guy Favereau;
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 13 points
France in the Eurovision Song Contest

France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song "Printemps, avril carillonne", composed by Francis Baxter, with lyrics by Guy Favereau, and performed by Jean-Paul Mauric. The French participating broadcaster, Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, RTF was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, after winning the previous edition with the song "Tom Pillibi" by Jacqueline Boyer.

Before Eurovision

National final

For 1961, Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) opted to hold a national final, which took place on 18 February at 21:20 CET (20:20 UTC).^[1] The final was hosted by Jacqueline Joubert and directed by Marcel Cravenne [fr].^[1] Six songs^[a] took part. The artists were accompanied by the orchestra of Camille Sauvage.^[1] The winner was chosen by votes from members of the public who were telephoned by RTF's regional studios.^[2] Each of the 11 regional juries consisted of 50 viewers, with the exception of Paris where 100 viewers were telephoned.^[1]

**Final - 18 February 1961**^[3]
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Christiane Lasquin	"Toi pour moi, moi pour toi"	57	5
2	Isabelle Aubret	"Le gars de n'importe où"	100	3
3	Arabelle	"Un petit brin de musette"	31	6
4	Sophie Darel [fr]	"Printemps de Paris"	90	4
5	Jean-Paul Mauric	"Printemps (avril carillonne)"	212	1
6	Bernard Stephane	"Les mouettes"	109	2

**Jury Votes**
Song	Bordeaux	Lille	Limoges	Lyon	Marseille	Nancy	Rennes	Strasbourg	Toulouse	Algiers	Paris	Total
Toi pour moi, moi pour toi	4	3	2	6	5	5	4	4	5	7	12	57
Le gars de n'importe où	5	7	11	10	8	12	10	9	4	5	19	100
Un petit brin de musette	1	3	4	1	2	3	1	2	2	10	2	31
Printemps de Paris	4	6	8	13	5	3	6	11	13	5	16	90
Printemps, avril carillonne	25	21	12	17	23	17	19	16	17	15	30	212
Les mouettes	10	10	13	3	7	10	10	8	9	8	21	109

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Mauric performed 9th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting "Printemps, avril carillonne" had received 13 points, placing France 4th of the 16 competing entries.^[4]

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Points awarded to France^[5]
Score	Country
4 points	Germany
2 points	Monaco Spain United Kingdom
1 point	Finland Luxembourg Sweden

Points awarded by France^[5]
Score	Country
2 points	Spain Sweden Yugoslavia
1 point	Finland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands

Notes and references

Notes

^ A seventh song called "Pic' Nic'" was named by French TV magazine Télérama to take part in the national final but didn't appear to compete in the live broadcast.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Thill, Robert (12 February 1961). "Un jury de 550 téléspectateurs va désigner la chanson qui représentera la France". Télérama. No. 578. p. 26.
^ ESC National Finals database 1961
^ "Sélection française du Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson". INAthèque (in French). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. CPF86622517. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ "ESC History - France 1961". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Cannes 1961". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.