Eurovision 1961 Summary - The first LGBT anthem, the original Conchita and fake brothers

I have a look at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, which saw Finland, Spain and Yugoslavia debut, Luxembourg win for the first time and the first interval act. Winning song Nous, les amoureux by Jean-Claude Pascal has LGBT undertones, while Britain was represented by fake brothers The Allisons and Spain sent Conchita Bautista to represent them. Participants: 1 Spain Conchita 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 Petrović "Neke davne zvezde" (Неке давне звезде) 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 "September, 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 là"