Eurovision Song Contest 1956

The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Lugano, Switzerland. The event was hosted in Italian by Lohengrin Filipello. Seven countries participated, the least out of any Eurovision edition. Each country sent in two songs.

The winner was decided by a group of music experts, two from each country, named the "jury". Each juror voted once for their favourite song. The Luxembourgish jurors were unable to attend so two Swiss people took their place. The winner was Switzerland, with the song "Refrain" by Lys Assia.

Overview

Order	Country	Performer	Song	Result
1	Netherlands	Jetty Paerl	"De vogels van Holland"	Unknown
2	Switzerland	Lys Assia	"Das alte Karussell"	Unknown
3	Belgium	Fud Leclerc	"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine"	Unknown
4	Germany	Walter Andreas Schwarz	"Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück"	Unknown
5	France	Mathé Altéry	"Le Temps perdu"	Unknown
6	Luxembourg	Michèle Arnaud	"Ne crois pas"	Unknown
7	Italy	Franca Raimondi	"Aprite le finestre"	Unknown
8	Netherlands	Corry Brokken	"Voorgoed voorbij"	Unknown
9	Switzerland	Lys Assia	"Refrain"	Winner
10	Belgium	Mony Marc	"Le Plus beau jour de ma vie"	Unknown
11	Germany	Freddy Quinn	"So geht das jede Nacht"	Unknown
12	France	Dany Dauberson	"Il est là"	Unknown
13	Luxembourg	Michèle Arnaud	"Les Amants de minuit"	Unknown
14	Eurovision Song Contest 1956 Media Marcel Bezençon (1980).jpg Marcel Bezençon (pictured in 1980) was instrumental in the creation of the contest as president of the EBU's Programme Committee. Lys Assia (1957).jpg Switzerland's Lys Assia (pictured in 1957) was the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, and would represent her country in the contest again in 1957 and 1958. Italy	Tonina Torrielli	"Amami se vuoi"	Unknown