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France was represented by Jean-Paul Mauric , with the song '"Printemps, avril carillonne ", at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place on 18 March in Cannes following Jacqueline Boyer 's victory for France the previous year. For 1961, broadcaster RTF opted to hold a national final, which took place on 18 February.
Final
The final was hosted by Jacqueline Joubert and Marcelle Cravenne. Six songs took part with the winner being chosen by votes from members of the public who were telephoned by RTF's regional studios.[ 1]
National Final - 18 February 1961
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
"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.[ 2]
See also
References
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"Al di là "Allons, allons les enfants "Angelique" "April, april "Are You Sure? " "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder "Estando contigo "Neke davne zvezde "Nous aurons demain "Nous les amoureux "Printemps, avril carillonne "Sehnsucht "September, gouden roos "Sommer i Palma "Valoa ikkunassa "Wat een dag
France