winner, 1962
Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1962 and 1968, for France, and won in 1962 with “Un premier amour”.
- who
- French singer
- born
- 27 July 1938, Marquette-lez-Lille, France
- contests
- 1962, 1968
- win
- 1962
- music
- chanson
- active
- since 1952
- record labels
- Philips Records
- sang for
- France
Biography
Isabelle Aubret is a French singer, best known for winning the 1962 contest with “Un premier amour”. Aubret sang for France a second time in 1968, with “La Source”, and finished third.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Isabelle Aubret”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1962 Luxembourg City
“Un premier amour”
Winner Won the contest with 26 points, ahead of 15 other songs.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Roland Valade, Claude-Henri Vic
- Conductor
- Franck Pourcel
- Running order
- 9th of 16
- Age on the night
- 23
Play: Isabelle Aubret — “Un premier amour”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1962 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1962: The lights go out, and nul points is born
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1968 London
“La Source”
3rd of 17 Finished 3rd of 17, with 20 points.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Guy Bonnet, Henri Dijan, Daniël Faure
- Conductor
- Alain Goraguer
- Running order
- 10th of 17
- Age on the night
- 29
- Won that year
- Spain: Massiel, “La La La”
The story of Eurovision 1968: Colour, a borrowed singer and a one-vote finish
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Knight of the Legion of Honour 1992
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Isabelle Aubret, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1962 The result
France won, with Isabelle Aubret and "Un premier amour" on 26 points. It was France's third win in five years, and the first time any country had won three times.
- 1968 The same seventeen
Nobody joined and nobody left: the seventeen countries of 1967 all came back. One of the singers had won before — Isabelle Aubret, France's winner in 1962.
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