The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the seventeenth Eurovision. Monaco was unable to host this year's Eurovision as they were unable to provide a venue, so the United Kingdom stepped in to host it again. For the first time, however, the BBC chose a venue outside London and the contest took place at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Severine made the trip to Edinburgh to pass on the 'Grand Prix' to Vicky Leandros. The Republic of Ireland's entry was in the Irish language, so far the country's only entry in that language. Luxembourg's win was their third. Yves Desca also wrote the text for "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" that won in 1971, and became the second person to win the Contest twice, the first person to win for two different countries, and the first person to win two years in a row. Source: Wikipedia