Years > Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Contest details
Location: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Broadcaster: BBC
Host(s): Moira Shearer
Participating countries: 18
Voting: Each country had 2 jurors present in the hall. Each juror awarded all songs with a score between 1 and 5, so each country gave all other countries a score between 2 and 10 points.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1972
| country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
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17 | Luxembourg | Vicky Leandros | Aprčs toi | 128 | 1 |
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5 | United Kingdom | The New Seekers | Beg, steal or borrow | 114 | 2 |
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1 | Germany | Mary Roos | Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben | 107 | 3 |
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18 | The Netherlands | Sandra and Andres | Als het om de liefde gaat | 106 | 4 |
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11 | Austria | The Milestones | Falter im Wind | 100 | 5 |
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12 | Italy | Nicola di Bari | I giorni dell' arcobaleno | 92 | 6 |
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7 | Portugal | Carlos Mendes | A festa da vida | 90 | 7 |
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8 | Switzerland | Véronique Müller | C'est la chanson de mon amour | 88 | 8 |
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13 | Yugoslavia | Tereza | Muzika i ti | 87 | 9 |
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4 | Spain | Jaime Morey | Amanece | 83 | 10 |
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2 | France | Betty Mars | Comé-comédie | 81 | 11 |
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10 | Finland | Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor | Muistathan | 78 | 12 |
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14 | Sweden | Family Four | Härliga sommardag | 75 | 13 |
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6 | Norway | Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg | Småting | 73 | 14 |
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3 | Ireland | Sandie Jones | Ceol on ghrá | 72 | 15 |
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15 | Monaco | Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane | Comme on s'aime | 65 | 16 |
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16 | Belgium | Serge and Christine Ghisoland | Ā la folie ou pas du tout | 55 | 17 |
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9 | Malta | Helen and Joseph | L-Imhabba | 48 | 18 |
Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)
Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Monaco, last year's winner, was not able to host the 17th Eurovision Song Contest because they couldn't provide a decent venue for the contest. The BBC stepped in and hosted the contest in Scotland. For the first time, a kind of video wall was used where a picture of the participant and the title of the song were displayed prior to each performance. Malta ended up last again and a Greek performer won the contest on behalf of Luxembourg, Vicky Leandros.
