The Eurovision Song Contest 1962, originally known as the ( The chosen venue was the Villa Louvigny, situated within the city's Municipal Park in the Ville Haute quarter of the city centre, which served as the headquarters of the (CLT), the Luxembourgish public broadcaster. The contest itself was held in the building's .
Participants
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There was no change in the participants line-up for the first time, with no new countries joining the event and the same sixteen countries which had competed in 1961 returning for 1962. Jean Philippe, representing at this event, also participated for the second time, after previously competing for in ; and Fud Leclerc made his fourth contest appearance for , following past entries in , and 1960. Philippe became the first artist to represent two different countries in separate Eurovision Song Contests, while Leclerc became the first of only four acts to compete in four separate contests, alongside Switzerland's Peter, Sue and Marc (, , and ); 's Elisabeth Andreassen (, , and ); and 's Valentina Monetta (, , and ).