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The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the annual
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. It took place in
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,
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and was organised by the
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(EBU) and host broadcaster
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(BBC), who agreed to stage the event after , who won in , were unable to meet the demands of hosting the event and could not find a suitable venue. The contest was held at the Usher Hall on 25 March 1972 and was hosted by Scottish ballet dancer
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. Eighteen countries took part in the contest, the same countries as the previous year. The winner was with the song "
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", performed by
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, with lyrics by Yves Dessca, and music composed by Mario Panas (which was the writing pseudonym of Vicky's father Leo Leandros). "Après toi" became the winner with the lowest percentage of the total vote, winning with just 8.30% of the points available. Yves Dessca also wrote "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" that had won the previous edition, and became the second person to win the contest twice, the first person to win for two different countries and the first person to win two years in a row. finished in third place for the third consecutive year, equalling their highest placement from the previous two editions.


Location

Following Séverine's win for at the in
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with the song " Un banc, un arbre, une rue", the principality were unable to meet the demands of hosting the event.
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received a letter from the European Broadcasting Union about hosting the 1972 contest in the principality, but he was unable to provide a venue, the props and the remainder of the requirements. Therefore the BBC from the United Kingdom stepped in, and chose to stage the contest in
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, making it the first of four times that the BBC had chosen a venue outside
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contests held in
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respectively. It is also the only time that the contest has been held in
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. It is the only UK hosted Eurovision Song Contest to have been held outside England as of 2022 The Usher Hall, the venue for the 1972 contest, is a
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, situated on Lothian Road, in the west end of the city. It has hosted concerts and events since its construction in 1914 and can hold approximately 2,900 people in its recently restored auditorium, which is well loved by performers due to its acoustics. The Hall is flanked by The
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on the right and The
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on the left.
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has registered the Hall with Category A listed building status.


Format

The stage design included a screen to introduce and accompany the on stage competing performances, and to show an interval act and voting sequence that were done at Edinburgh Castle. Before each country's performance, a picture of each song's performers along with their names and the song's title were projected on the screen, and during each performance, animated
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. However, she looked thoroughly uninterested in the Monegasque entry when seen by viewers checking her watch before the song was performed.O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 1972 was the first year that had no ties in the voting. Every year prior to 1972, at least two countries had received the same score.


Participating countries

All countries that participated in the 1971 contest were present this year.


Conductors

Each performance had a musical director who conducted the orchestra. *
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* David Mackay *
Carsten Klouman Carsten Klouman (21 August 1923 – 2 July 2004) was born in Oslo and was a Norwegian pianist, arranger and composer. He was the son of the actor Thoralf Klouman and the actress Borghild Johannessen. He was a jazz pianist in the group String Swi ...
* Richard Hill * Jean-Pierre Festi * Charles Camilleri *
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* Gian Franco Reverberi * * Mats Olsson * Raymond Bernard * Henri Segers * Klaus Munro * Harry van Hoof


Returning artists


Participants and results


Detailed voting results


10 points

Below is a summary of all perfect 10 scores that were given during the voting.


Jury members

Listed below is the order in which votes were cast during the 1972 contest along with the names of the two jury members who voted for their respective country. Each country announced their results in groups of three. # ''Unknown'' # ''Unknown'' # ''Unknown'' # Emma Cohen and Luis María Ansón # Doreen Samuels and Robert Walker # Rachel Nord and Signe Abusdal # Pedro Sousa Macedo and Maria João Aguiar # ''Unknown'' # Mary Rose Mallia and Joe Zerafa"Views and comments on the Eurovision Song Contest", Times of Malta, 29 March 1972 # Merita Merikoski and Åke Granholm # ''Unknown'' # ''Unknown'' # Vera Zloković and Veljko Bakasun #
Titti Sjöblom Titti Sigrid Renée Eliasson Sjöblom (born 29 August 1949) is a Swedish pop singer. She is the daughter of singer Alice Babs and director Nils Ivar Sjöblom. She participated at Melodifestivalen 1974 with the song "Fröken Ur-sång", ending up ...
and Arne Domnérus # ''Unknown'' # ''Unknown'' # ''Unknown'' # Jennifer Baljet and Cornelis Wagter


Broadcasts

Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.


References


External links

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