| VENUE
Teatro Kursaal, Lugano |
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ENTRIES
14 |
| HOST
Lohengrin Filipello |
DEBUTS
Netherlands, Switzerland,
Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Italy |
The Eurovision Song Contest was the brainchild of Marcel
Baisoncon of the European Broadcasting Union, and made it's bow on May 24th,
1956 in Lugano, Switzerland (a Thursday night). Seven countries participated and they were each allowed two
songs.
Both Luxemburg and the winners. Switzerland, used the same singer for
both, and indeed the same jury!. No information has ever been made publicly available about the
1956 result, other than Switzerland's victory on home soil, although an
authentic looking manuscript with scores did surface.........
one April 1st.
The winning singer, Lys Assia is still
going strong (she appeared at the 50th anniversary show) and interesting trivia is that she was the first
ever singer to record "Oh Mein Papa". This is one
of two contests (the other being 1964) where no complete recording of the
event exists.
| Netherlands |
De Vogels Van Holland |
Jetty Paerl |
| Switzerland |
Das Alte Karussel |
Lys Assia |
| Belgium |
Messieurs Les Noyés De La Seine |
Fud Leclerc |
| Germany |
Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück |
Walter Andreas Schwarz |
| France |
Le Temps Perdu |
Mathé Altéry |
| Luxembourg |
Ne Crois Pas |
Michèle Arnaud |
| Italy |
Apreite Le Finstre |
Franca Raimondi |
| Netherlands |
Voorgoed Voorbij |
Corrie Brokken |
| Switzerland |
Refrain |
Lys Assia |
| Belgium |
Les Plus Beaux Jours De Ma Vie |
Mony Marc |
| Germany |
So Geht Das Jede Nacht |
Freddy Quinn |
| France |
Il Est Là |
Dany Dauberson |
| Luxembourg |
Les Amants De Minuit |
Michèle Arnaud |
| Italy |
Amami Se Vuoi |
Tonina Torielli |
| WINNER: Switzerland |
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REFRAIN by
Lys Assia |
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