Luxembourg has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since making its debut at the first contest in . Between 1956 and , Luxembourg missed only the contest. Luxembourg has not participated in the contest since its last participation in 1993. Luxembourg has won the contest five times. Only (seven) and (six) have more wins. Luxembourg's first victory was in , when Jean-Claude Pascal won with "Nous les amoureux". France Gall then won in with "Poupée de cire, poupée de son". Luxembourg achieved back-to-back victories in the early 1970s, with Vicky Leandros winning with "Après toi" in and Anne-Marie David with "Tu te reconnaîtras" in . Luxembourg's fifth victory was in , when Corinne Hermes won with "Si la vie est cadeau". After hosting the contest, Luxembourg struggled to make an impact, only reaching the top ten twice, with Sherisse Laurence third () and Lara Fabian fourth (). Since being relegated from taking part in , the country withdrew from the contest indefinitely.

Participation overview

Due to the country's small size and the national broadcaster's penchant for internal selection, most of Luxembourg's entrants came from outside the Grand Duchy, mainly from France. Solange Berry, Plastic Bertrand and Lara Fabian were from Belgium, Nana Mouskouri and Vicky Leandros from Greece, David Alexandre Winter and Margo from the Netherlands, Ireen Sheer and Malcolm Roberts (singer), Malcolm Roberts from the United Kingdom, Geraldine Brannigan, Geraldine from Ireland, Jürgen Marcus and Chris Roberts (singer), Chris Roberts from Germany, Baccara from Spain, Jeane Manson, Maggie Parke and Diane Solomon from the United States and Sherisse Laurence from Canada. Of the five winners who represented Luxembourg, four were French and one was Greek. Out of 38 entries in total, only the following nine entrants were native to Luxembourg: Camillo Felgen, Chris Baldo, Monique Melsen, Sophie Carle, Franck Olivier, Park Café, Sarah Bray, Marion Welter and Modern Times (band), Modern Times. Another singer native to Luxembourg, Mary Christy, represented Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, Monaco in the 1976 contest, finishing in third place. {, class="wikitable" , +Table key , - , width=15px bgcolor=gold, , Winner , - , bgcolor=silver, , Second place , - , bgcolor=#c96, , Third place , - , bgcolor=#FE8080, , Last place {, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" , Year ! scope="col" , Entrant ! scope="col" , Song ! scope="col" , Language ! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" , Final ! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" , Points ! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" , Semi ! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" , Points , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" , {{Escyr, 1956 , rowspan="2", Michèle Arnaud , "{{lang, fr, Ne crois pas, i=unset" , French language, French , align="center" rowspan="2" data-sort-value="99999" {{N/A{{efn, name="esc 1956", The 1956 contest had secret voting and, apart from the winner, no results were released. , rowspan="2" data-sort-value="0" {{N/A{{efn, name="esc 1956" , rowspan="37" colspan="2" {{N/A, No semi-finals , - , "{{lang, fr, Les Amants de minuit, i=unset" , French language, French , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1957 , Danièle Dupré , "{{lang, fr, Amours mortes (tant de peine), i=unset" , French , align=center, 4 , align=center, 8 , -style="background:#fe8080;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1958 , Solange Berry , "{{lang, fr, Un grand amour, i=unset" , French , align=center, 9 ◁ , align=center, 1 , -style="background:#fe8080;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1960 , Camillo Felgen , "{{lang, lb, So laang we's du do bast, i=unset" , Luxembourgish language, Luxembourgish , align=center, 13 ◁ , align=center, 1 , -style="background:gold;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1961 , Jean-Claude Pascal , "{{lang, fr, Nous les amoureux, i=unset" , French , align=center, 1 , align=center, 31 , -style="background:#c96;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1962 , Camillo Felgen , "{{lang, fr, Petit bonhomme, i=unset" , French , align=center, 3 , align=center, 11 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1963 , Nana Mouskouri , "{{lang, fr, À force de prier, i=unset" , French , align=center, 8 , align=center, 13 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1964 , Hugues Aufray , "{{lang, fr, Dès que le printemps revient, i=unset" , French , align=center, 4 , align=center, 14 , -style="background:gold;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1965 , France Gall , "{{lang, fr, Poupée de cire, poupée de son, i=unset" , French , align=center, 1 , align=center, 32 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1966 , Michèle Torr , "{{lang, fr, Ce soir je t'attendais, i=unset" , French , align=center, 10 , align=center, 7 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1967 , Vicky Leandros, Vicky , "{{lang, fr, L'Amour est bleu, i=unset" , French , align=center, 4 , align=center, 17 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1968 , Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel , "{{lang, fr, Nous vivrons d'amour, i=unset" , French , align=center, 11 , align=center, 5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1969 , Romuald Figuier, Romuald , "Catherine (song), Catherine" , French , align=center, 11 , align=center, 7 , -style="background:#fe8080;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1970 , David Alexandre Winter , "{{lang, fr, Je suis tombé du ciel, i=unset" , French , align=center, 12 ◁ , align=center, 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1971 , Monique Melsen , "{{lang, fr, Pomme, pomme, pomme, i=unset" , French , align=center, 13 , align=center, 70 , -style="background:gold;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1972 , Vicky Leandros , "{{lang, fr, Après toi, i=unset" , French , align=center, 1 , align=center, 128 , -style="background:gold;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1973 , Anne-Marie David , "{{lang, fr, Tu te reconnaîtras, i=unset" , French , align=center, 1 , align=center, 129 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1974 , Ireen Sheer , "Bye Bye I Love You" , French, English , align=center, 4 , align=center, 14 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1975 , Geraldine Brannigan, Géraldine , "{{lang, fr, Toi (song), Toi, i=unset" , French , align=center, 5 , align=center, 84 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1976 , Jürgen Marcus , "{{lang, fr, Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment, i=unset" , French , align=center, 14 , align=center, 17 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1977 , Anne-Marie B , "{{lang, fr, Frère Jacques (Anne-Marie Besse song), Frère Jacques, i=unset" , French , align=center, 16 , align=center, 17 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1978 , Baccara , "{{lang, fr, Parlez-vous français ?, i=unset" , French , align=center, 7 , align=center, 73 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1979 , Jeane Manson , "{{lang, fr, J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux, i=unset" , French , align=center, 13 , align=center, 44 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1980 , Sophie and Magaly , "{{lang, fr, Papa Pingouin, i=unset" , French , align=center, 9 , align=center, 56 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1981 , Jean-Claude Pascal , "{{lang, fr, C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique, i=unset" , French , align=center, 11 , align=center, 41 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1982 , Svetlana (singer), Svetlana , "{{lang, fr, Cours après le temps, i=unset" , French , align=center, 6 , align=center, 78 , -style="background:gold;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1983 , Corinne Hermès , "{{lang, fr, Si la vie est cadeau, i=unset" , French , align=center, 1 , align=center, 142 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1984 , Sophie Carle , "{{lang, fr, 100% d'amour, i=unset" , French , align=center, 10 , align=center, 39 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1985 , Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts (singer), Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts (singer), Chris Roberts , "Children, Kinder, Enfants, Children, Kinder, Enfants" , French, German language, German, English , align=center, 13 , align=center, 37 , -style="background:#c96;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1986 , Sherisse Stevens, Sherisse Laurence , "{{lang, fr, L'Amour de ma vie, i=unset" , French , align=center, 3 , align=center, 117 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1987 , Plastic Bertrand , "{{lang, fr, Amour, Amour, i=unset" , French , align=center, 21 , align=center, 4 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1988 , Lara Fabian , "{{lang, fr, Croire, i=unset" , French , align=center, 4 , align=center, 90 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1989 , Park Café , "{{lang, fr, Monsieur (song), Monsieur, i=unset" , French , align=center, 20 , align=center, 8 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1990 , Céline Carzo , "{{lang, fr, Quand je te rêve, i=unset" , French , align=center, 13 , align=center, 38 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1991 , Sarah Bray , "{{lang, fr, Un baiser volé, i=unset" , French , align=center, 14 , align=center, 29 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1992 , Marion Welter and Kontinent (band), Kontinent , "{{lang, lb, Sou fräi, i=unset" , Luxembourgish , align=center, 21 , align=center, 10 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , {{Escyr, 1993 , Modern Times (band), Modern Times , "{{lang, fr, Donne-moi une chance, i=unset" , French, Luxembourgish , align=center, 20 , align=center, 11 , colspan="2" {{N/a, {{lang, bs, Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

''Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest''

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Hostings

{, class="wikitable plainrowheaders" , - ! Year ! Location ! Venue ! Presenter , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1962 , rowspan="4", Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg , rowspan="2", Villa Louvigny , Mireille Delannoy , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1966 , Josiane Chen , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1973 , Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Nouveau Théâtre Luxembourg , Helga Guitton , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1984 , Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Théâtre Municipal , Désirée Nosbusch

Conductors

{, class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !Year !Conductor !Musical Director !Notes !{{Abbr, Ref., Reference , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1956 , {{flagicon, France Jacques Lasry , rowspan="5" {{N/A, N/A , , rowspan="13", , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1957 , {{flagicon, Germany Willy Berking , rowspan="3", Host conductor , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1958 , {{flagicon, Netherlands Dolf van der Linden , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1960 , {{flagicon, UK Eric Robinson (conductor), Eric Robinson , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1961 , {{flagicon, France Léo Chauliac , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1962 , colspan="2", Jean Roderes , {{efn, Also conducted the Spanish entry. , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1963 , {{flagicon, UK Eric Robinson , rowspan="3" {{N/A, N/A , Host conductor , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1964 , {{flagicon, France Jacques Denjean , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1965 , {{flagicon, France Alain Goraguer , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1966 , colspan="2", Jean Roderes , {{efn, Also conducted the Belgian and Swiss entries. , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1967 , {{flagicon, France Claude Denjean , rowspan="6" {{N/A, N/A , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1968 , {{flagicon, France André Borly , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1969 , {{flagicon, Spain, 1945 Augusto Algueró , Host conductor , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1970 , {{flagicon, France Raymond Lefèvre , , rowspan="10", , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1971 , {{flagicon, France Jean Claudric , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1972 , {{flagicon, Germany Klaus Munro , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1973 , colspan="2", Pierre Cao , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1974 , {{flagicon, UK Charles Blackwell (music producer), Charles Blackwell , rowspan="10" {{N/A, N/A , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1975 , {{flagicon, UK Phil Coulter , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1976 , {{flagicon, Germany Jo Plée , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1977 , {{flagicon, UK Johnny Arthey , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1978 , {{flagicon, Germany Rolf Soja , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1979 , {{flagicon, France Hervé Roy , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1980 , {{flagicon, Austria Norbert Daum , , rowspan="10", {{cite book , last1=Roxburgh , first1=Gordon , title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest , date=2016 , publisher=Telos Publishing , location=Prestatyn , isbn=978-1-84583-118-9 , volume=Three: The 1980s , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1981 , {{flagicon, France Joël Rocher , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1982 , {{flagicon, France Jean Claudric , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1983 , {{flagicon, France Michel Bernholc , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1984 , {{flagicon, France Pascal Stive , Pierre Cao , {{Efn, Cao conducted the Cypriot and German entries. , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1985 , {{flagicon, Austria Norbert Daum , rowspan="9" {{N/A, N/A , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1986 , {{flagicon, Germany Rolf Soja , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1987 , {{flagicon, Belgium Alec Mansion , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1988 , {{flagicon, France Régis Dupré , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1989 , {{flagicon, France Benoît Kaufman , Host conductor , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1990 , {{flagicon, France Thierry Durbet , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1991 , {{flagicon, Belgium Francis Goya , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1992 , {{flagicon, France Christian Jacob (musician), Christian Jacob , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1993 , {{flagicon, Belgium Francis Goya , ,

Commentators and spokespersons

{{unreferenced section, date=March 2012 Through the 37 years Luxembourg took part in the Eurovision Song Contest, the contest was broadcast on two channels (RTL9, RTL TV and RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, RTL Hei Elei), but the contest was mostly broadcast on the French section of RTL until it was divided in 1991 and after that it was broadcast in Luxembourgish. However, only one commentator, Maurice Molitor, was native to Luxembourg. {, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%;" , - !Year !Television commentator !Radio commentator !Spokesperson !class="unsortable", {{Abbr, Ref., Reference , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1956 , rowspan="6" {{N/A, Commentary via RTF , , rowspan="14" {{N/A, No radio broadcast , , {{N/A, No spokesperson , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1957 , rowspan="2", Pierre Bellemare , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1958 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1959 , {{N/A, Did not participate , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1960 , rowspan="2" {{N/A, Unknown , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1961 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1962 , Nicole Védrès , , Robert Diligent , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1963 , rowspan="3" {{N/A, Commentary via ORTF , , rowspan="3" {{N/A, Unknown , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1964 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1965 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1966 , rowspan="15", Jacques Navadic , , Camillo Felgen , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1967 , rowspan="4" {{N/A, Unknown , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1968 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1969 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1970 , rowspan="6", Camillo Felgen , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1971 , rowspan="3" {{N/A, No spokesperson , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1972 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1973 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1974 , rowspan="2" {{N/A, Unknown , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1975 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1976 , rowspan="16", André Torrent , , rowspan="9", Jacques Harvey , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1977 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1978 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1979 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1980 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1981 , Jacques Navadic and Marylène Bergmann , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1982 , Marylène Bergmann , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1983 , Valérie Sarn , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1984 , Valérie Sarn and Jacques Navadic , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1985 , rowspan="7", Valérie Sarn , , rowspan="3", Frédérique Ries , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1986 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1987 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1988 , rowspan="4", Jean-Luc Bertrand , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1989 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1990 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1991 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1992 , rowspan="2", Maurice Molitor , , rowspan="2" {{N/A, Unknown , , rowspan="2" {{N/A, Unknown , , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1993 , , - !scope="row", {{Escyr, 1994–{{Escyr, 2022 , , colspan="2" {{N/A, No broadcast , , {{N/A, Did not participate , , -

Photogallery

Image:Eurovision Song Contest 1958 - Solange Berry.png, Solange Berry in Hilversum (Eurovision Song Contest 1958, 1958) Image:Eurovisie Songfestival 1962 te Luxemburg, voor Luxemburg Camillo Felgen, Bestanddeelnr 913-6609.jpg, Camillo Felgen in Luxembourg (Eurovision Song Contest 1962, 1962) Image:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - France Gall.jpg, France Gall in Naples (Eurovision Song Contest 1965, 1965) Image:David Alexandre Winter (Luxemburg), Bestanddeelnr 923-3696.jpg, David Alexandre Winter in Amsterdam (Eurovision Song Contest 1970, 1970) File:Eurovisie Songfestival 76 Den Haag Jurgen Marcus (Luxemburg), Bestanddeelnr 928-5031.jpg, Jürgen Marcus in The Hague (Eurovision Song Contest 1976, 1976) Image:Eurovision Song Contest 1980 - Sophie & Magaly.jpg, Sophie and Magaly in the Hague (Eurovision Song Contest 1980, 1980)

Notes and references

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External links

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