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Luxembourg definitely punch above their weight in Eurovision, taking five wins before their retirement in 1994 (triggered by their "relegation" in 1993). Their secret has been their small size: they've felt no parochial necessity to field home-grown talent, and so have been able to have their pick of the whole of Europe (this chart includes performers from France, Greece and Spain). Early Luxembourg entries were a bit of a mixed bag, but in the 1970s, inspired by earlier efforts by Monaco, they hit on a particular form of song that would prove very successful: the power ballad. Entries such as those that won in 1972 and 1973 set the template that would dominate the contest for decades to come. Luxembourg experimented with disco in the late '70s (much to our delight and Europe's disinterest), before returning to their winning model in the 1980s.

Here, then, are the top five votings of the AView jury:

	1pt	1980	AV: 6th Eur: 9th
	Sophie & Magaly - "Papa Pingouin"
	Following the triumph (in our mind) of "Dschinghis Khan" in 1979, this year's Ralph Siegel entry (under the flag of Luxembourg) was a Gainsbourgian piece of cartoonish pop called "Papa Pingouin". Penguin costumes were involved. The song mainly consisted of the lyrics: "Le papa pingouin / le papa pingouin / Le papa, le papa, le papa pingouin" being sung by a pair of twins in coordinated outfits.
	2pts	1956	AV: 4th Eur: undisclosed
	Michèle Arnaud - "Ne crois pas"
	A galloping chase of chanson. Hold onto your berets!
	3pts	1965	AV: 6th Eur: 1st
	France Gall - "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
	An undoubted Eurovision classic, the Gainsbourg-penned "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (relentless and pounding fun draped with sweeping strings) won the contest from the mouth of France Gall. Yet it is our view that her performance on the night was rather weak: the arrangement was quite limp and she was nowhere near hitting that first note. Going into 1965 knowing this song, we thoroughly expected to be giving it our 12pts at the end of the night. That in the end we put it sixth goes some way to demonstrating quite how strong the 1965 competition was.
	4pts	1983	AV: unplaced Eur: 1st
	Corinne Hermès - "Si la vie est cadeau"
	A rather frosty affair: another soaring power-ballad of the kind that would dominate and almost destroy the contest. Thanks to its frostiness, its minor sections, and a slightly unconventional climax, it's not nearly as awful as some of its descendants; in fact it's by no means a bad song. But when judged alongside the previous two Luxembourg winners (1972 and 1973) one can already discern the rot setting in. There's something far too slick and plastic lurking at the heart of this song: the definite whiff of a 'winning formula' being worked out.
	5pts	1973	AV: 7th Eur: 1st
	Anne-Marie David - "Tu te reconnaîtras"
	Luxembourg got the win for the second year running. As with the previous two winners, it was a rousing power-ballad to which anyone with a lighter might meaninglessly participate. Again, it was by no means a bad song and it is easy to see how it won.
	6pts	1972	AV: 7th Eur: 1st
	Vicky Leandros - "Après toi"
	A power ballad with definite overtones of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" (though thankfully superior to both) and a worryingly familiar sort of chorus that tends to garner votes. It was sung by Vicky Leandros who'd represented Luxembourg in 1967 with "L'amour est bleu". The lyricist Yves Dessca also wrote last year's winner and became the first winner under two different flags.
	7pts	1961	AV: 1st Eur: 1st
	Jean-Claude Pascal - "Nous les amoureux"
	1961 was the first year where our jury concurred with the official result. Even Europe could appreciate Jean-Claude Pascal's sensuous slab of skittish chanson.
	8pts	1978	AV: 1st Eur: 7th
	Baccara - "Parlez-vous français?"
	The Spanish duo Baccara, best known for "Yes, Sir, I can Boogie" represented Luxembourg in 1978 with a song that isn't anywhere near as good as that. Still, few things are quite as good as "Yes, Sir, I can Boogie", so this was to be expected. It was at least an admirable attempt and captured a good deal of the spirit and style of their big hit. Some excellent 'chance-meeting' spoken exchanges and a dance routine in the instrumental pepped things up nicely, and the song provided some much needed fun on what was on the whole a pretty dull night.
	10pts	1977	AV: 4th Eur: 16th
	Anne-Marie B - "Frère Jacques"
	1977 was the year that Eurovision embraced disco. Luxembourg's entry, owing a lot to the likes of Serge Gainsbourg and Pierre Henry, is a repetitive, seductive number that mainly consists of the words "Frère Jacques" being sung in a handful of different keys to a delicious disco groove overlaid with tubular bells and cross-dressed urchin backing vocals.
	12pts	1967	AV: 2nd Eur: 4th
	Vicky Leandros - "L'amour est bleu"
	Some readers may be shocked to notice that France Gall's "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" has failed to make this list (we place it sixth, but Luxembourg don't have enough great songs to make a top ten worthwhile). The simple truth is that, as good as that song is, her performance on the night was off-key and underwhelmingly wooden. But enough about the also-rans; what about our winner? 1967 was another year in which, as with 1958, a song which didn't win would go on to become a bigger hit worldwide than the song which did. The song which didn't win in this case was the hypnotic, "Greensleeves"-like "L'amour est bleu". Face it: it's beautiful.