Le retour
"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".
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1962 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Jean Philippe |
| Language | |
| Composer(s) | |
| Lyricist(s) | |
| Conductor | Cédric Dumont |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 10th |
| Final points | 2 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Nous aurons demain" (1961) | |
| "T'en va pas" (1963) ► | |
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.
It was succeeded as Swiss representative at the 1963 contest by Esther Ofarim with "T'en va pas".
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