LUGANO 1956 - OIKOTIMES

Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival, the idea to organise a pan-European competition for light music was born at a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union in Monaco, back in 1955. It was decided that the first ever Eurovision Song Contest would be hosted the following year in the Swiss resort of Lugano. The 1956 Eurovision Song Contest was primarily a radio show, although some cameras were taping the contest for the few Europeans who had a television set at that time. Lohengrin Filipello was hosting the programme, which lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The seven participating countries were represented with two songs each. The songs of the contest were not to exceed three and a half minutes, and the performers were accompanied by an orchestra of 24 musicians, led by Fernando Paggi.

VOTING GRID: FINAL (NOT AVAILABLE)

	COUNTRY	PERFORMER(S)	SONG TITLE	SCORE	RANK
01	Netherlands	Jetty Paerl	De Vogels Van Holland	N/A	02
02	Switzerland	Lys Assia	Das Alte Karussell	N/A	02
03	Belgium	Fud Leclerc	Messieurs Les Noyés De La Seine	N/A	02
04	Germany	Walter Andreas Schwarz	Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück	N/A	02
05	France	Mathé Altéry	Le Temps Perdu	N/A	02
06	Luxembourg	Michèle Arnaud	Ne Crois Pas	N/A	02
07	Italy	Franca Raimondi	Aprite Le Finestre	N/A	02
08	Netherlands	Corry Brokken	Voorgoed Voorbij	N/A	02
09	Switzerland	Lys Assia	Refrain	N/A	01
10	Belgium	Mony Marc	Le Plus Beau Jour De Ma Vie	N/A	02
11	Germany	Freddy Quinn	So Geht Das Jede Nacht	N/A	02
12	France	Dany Dauberson	Il Est Là	N/A	02
13	Luxembourg	Michèle Arnaud	Les Amants De Minuit	N/A	02
14	Italy	Tonina Torielli	Amami Se Vuoi	N/A	02