Kross-European Song Contest of 1960

This was the 35th edition of the contest and was held in May 1960. Originally, a different company was supposed to organise the contest with Kross Company but due to scheduling issues they didn't. Kross Company again collaborated with RECORDZA and EmbeX for the edition of the contest. Vendelín Slávik continued as executive producer with Kiana Rätz as assistant director.

The contest would start on Tuesday 10th May 1960 with the first semi final, continue through to Thursday (12th May 1960) with the second semi final and end with the grand final on Saturday 14th May 1960.

Hosting
France won the 1959 contest in Venice, Italy and so gained the right to host the 1960 contest. They previously hosted the 1945 contest in Marseilles when the contest was revived for the second time. Before that they hosted in Paris 1938, Paris 1933, Lyon 1927 and Calais 1921. Due to hosting twice, Paris withdraw from any voting. Marseilles was crossed off early due to hosting it in the previous edition. Bordeaux was chosen due to it's large size and having not hosted the event as of the picking.

Participants
forty-two countries participated in this edition of the contest. The countries that used a national selection method are: Only Countries that used an internal selection or alternative method are:
 * Andorra.png Andorra
 * AlbaniaOld.png Albania
 * Algeria.png Algeria
 * Egypt.png Egypt
 * EastGermany.png East Germany
 * GreeceOld.png Greece
 * Hungary.png Hungary
 * Iceland.png Iceland
 * Ireland.png Ireland
 * Israel.png Israel
 * Lebanon.png Lebanon
 * Libya.png Libya
 * Liechtenstein.png Liechtenstein
 * Luxembourg.PNG Luxembourg
 * Malta.png Malta
 * Monaco.png Monaco
 * Romania.png Romania
 * SanMarino.png San Marino
 * SovietUnion.png Soviet Union
 * Tunisia.png Tunisia
 * Turkey.png Turkey
 * Wales.png Wales

Grouping
The host, France, is already a big five member. It was decided that a temporary sixth member of the big five which was chosen to be the new economic power of Europe, West Germany. The remaining 36 countries would be separated into 6 countries per pot in 6 pots.
 * Italy.png Italy
 * Switzerland.png Switzerland
 * Germany.png Germany
 * Netherlands.png Netherlands
 * France.png France
 * UK.png United Kingdom