This is a chart of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, which was held in Cannes, in Palais des Festivals. The presenter was Jacqueline Joubert. The conductor was Franck Pourcel.
| # | COUNTRY | PERFORMER(S) | TITLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Spain | Concita Bautista | Estando contigo |
| 2 | | Monaco | Colette Deréal | Allons, allons les enfants |
| 3 | | Austria | Jimmy Makulis | Sehnsucht |
| 4 | | Finland | Laila Kinnunen | Valoa ikkunassa |
| 5 | | Yugoslavia | Ljiljana Petrovic | Neke davne zvezde |
| 6 | | Netherlands | Greetje Kauffeld | Wat een dag |
| 7 | | Sweden | Lill-Babs | April, April |
| 8 | | Germany | Lale Andersen | Einmal sehen wir uns wieder |
| 9 | | France | Jean-Paul Mauric | Printemps (Avril Carillonne) |
| 10 | | Switzerland | Franca di Rienzo | Nous aurons demain |
| 11 | | Belgium | Bob Benny | Septembre, gouden roos |
| 12 | | Norway | Nora Brockstedt | Sommer i Palma |
| 13 | | Denmark | Dario Campeotto | Angelique |
| 14 | | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Pascal | Nous les amoureux |
| 15 | | United Kingdom | The Allisons | Are you sure? |
| 16 | | Italy | Betty Curtis | Al di la |
"...nous les amoureux - le soleil brille pour nous,
et l'on dort sur les genoux du Bon Dieu
nous, les amoureux - il nous a donné le droit
au bonheur et à la joie d'être deux..."
final update 7th January 2006
thanks to 13 voters:
| POS | COUNTRY | PERFORMER(S) | TITLE | POINTS | FAVE | VOTERS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | | United Kingdom | The Allisons | Are you sure? | 102 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | | | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Pascal | Nous les amoureux | 76 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | | | Italy | Betty Curtis | Al di la | 66 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | | | Finland | Laila Kinnunen | Valoa ikkunassa | 62 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | | | France | Jean-Paul Mauric | Printemps (Avril Carillonne) | 62 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | | | Switzerland | Franca di Rienzo | Nous aurons demain | 60 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | | | Monaco | Colette Deréal | Allons, allons les enfants | 57 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | | | Spain | Concita Bautista | Estando contigo | 55 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | | | Sweden | Lill-Babs | April, April | 46 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | | | Norway | Nora Brockstedt | Sommer i Palma | 41 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | | | Germany | Lale Andersen | Einmal sehen wir uns wieder | 39 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | | | Denmark | Dario Campeotto | Angelique | 34 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | | | Yugoslavia | Ljiljana Petrovic | Neke davne zvezde | 22 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | | | Netherlands | Greetje Kauffeld | Wat een dag | 20 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | | | Belgium | Bob Benny | Septembre, gouden roos | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | | | Austria | Jimmy Makulis | Sehnsucht | 0 | 0 | 0 |
=highest climber, 
=going upwards, 
=same
position as last time, 
=going downwards, =new entry