Le retour

"Le retour"
Eurovision Song Contest 1962 entry
Country	Switzerland
Artist(s)	Jean Philippe
Language	French
Composer(s)	Géo Voumard
Lyricist(s)	Émile Gardaz
Conductor	Cédric Dumont
Finals performance
Final result	10th
Final points	2
Appearance chronology
◄ "Nous aurons demain" (1961)
"T'en va pas" (1963) ►

"Le retour" ("The return") was the Swiss entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, composed by Géo Voumard and performed in French by Jean Philippe, who had previously represented France in 1959 with "Oui, oui, oui, oui".

On the night of the contest the song was performed 11th, following Norway's Inger Jacobsen with "Kom sol, kom regn" and preceding Yugoslavia' Lola Novaković with "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak". At the close of the voting the song had received 2 points, placing 10th in a field of 16.

Countries

Final (by final results)	France (winner) Monaco Luxembourg Yugoslavia United Kingdom Germany Finland Sweden Italy Denmark Norway Switzerland Belgium Spain Austria Netherlands

Artists

Final (by final results)	Isabelle Aubret François Deguelt Camillo Felgen Lola Novaković Ronnie Carroll Conny Froboess Marion Rung Inger Berggren Claudio Villa Ellen Winther Inger Jacobsen Jean Philippe Fud Leclerc Victor Balaguer Eleonore Schwarz De Spelbrekers

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Un premier amour" "Dis rien" "Petit bonhomme" "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak" "Ring-A-Ding Girl" "Zwei kleine Italiener" "Tipi-tii" "Sol och vår" "Addio, addio" "Vuggevise" "Kom sol, kom regn" "Le retour" "Ton nom" "Llámame" "Nur in der Wiener Luft" "Katinka"

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