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1956
VENUE

Teatro Kursaal, Lugano

Lys Assia ENTRIES

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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

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