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In the first ever Eurovision Song Contest (1956), Luxembourg asked Switzerland to vote on its behalf. And the winner was: Switzerland! In 1956, every participating country could enter with two songs. The Netherlands was the first country to sing a song in Eurovision with "De vogels van Holland"
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Switzerland was the winner of the first Eurovision Song...
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The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland; the country was awarded the contest in October 1955 at the EBU's General Assembly following an offer by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) to stage the event.
28 wrz 2019 · 1956 would be the only year in which two songs were entered for each nation and would also be the last time the voting was kept a secret. From 1957 on the voting has always been transparent if not always fair.
All participating countries sent two jury members to Lugano in order to vote secretly on the songs. The jury members from Luxembourg could not make it to Lugano, so the EBU allowed Swiss nationals to vote on their behalf.
71 songs written by 147 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union. The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.
Lugano 1956. Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. The latest news, photos, videos, participant info, voting results, the Contest's rich history and much more.
The 1956 Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on Saturday 24 May 1956. Presented by Lohengrin Filipello. This years votes were casted secretly. This table is interactive! To sort a column, just click on any of the column heading. Click again for reverse sort. The winner was Switzerland.
