Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Encyclopedia
The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest
. Like the first contest, this one was still mainly a radio
programme, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with television
s.
For some time, a rumour has existed that the German entry "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück
" by Walter Andreas Schwarz
came second at the 1956 contest and that is why Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1957. In fact, the rule stating that the winning nation hosted the next year's Eurovision had not yet been conceived, and it was planned at the time that each participating country would take it in turns to host the event. However, as more countries wished to participate, this became impractical.
In this year's contest the Italian entry lasted for 5:09 minutes, whilst the UK's entry lasted for only 1:52 minutes. It was because of songs like the former that a rule was eventually introduced restricting each song to a maximum of 3 minutes; this rule still applies today.
Birthe Wilke
and Gustav Winckler
at the end of their song exchanged the longest kiss that has ever occurred in the contest — although, of course, only people with televisions could actually see it. This was due to a member of the production staff forgetting to give a pre-arranged sign that the kiss should end.
This was the first year where the juries were contacted by telephone. It was the first time the Netherlands won the contest.
(NIR
), Janine Lambotte (INR
) - Jacques Navadic
(Télé-Luxembourg
) - Berkeley Smith
(BBC Television Service
), Tom Sloan
(BBC Light Programme
) - Bianca Maria Piccinino (Programma Nazionale) - Peter Alexander (Fernsehprogramm) – Piet te Nuyl (NTS
) - Wolf Mittler
(Deutsches Fernsehen
) - Robert Beauvais
(RTF
) - Gunnar "Nu" Hansen (Statsradiofonien TV
) - Georges Hardy (TSR
) (non participating country) - Nils Linnman (Radiotjänst TV
)
- TBC - Karl Bruck - Nunzio Filogamo - David Jacobs
- TBC - Bob Van Bael
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. Like the first contest, this one was still mainly a radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
programme, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
s.
For some time, a rumour has existed that the German entry "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück
Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück
"Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" was the first German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 , performed in German by Walter Andreas Schwarz.The song was performed fourth on the night "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" (English translation: "In The Waiting Room For Great Happiness") was the first...
" by Walter Andreas Schwarz
Walter Andreas Schwarz
Walter Andreas Schwarz was a German singer, songwriter, novelist, Kabarettist, author of radio dramas and translator.- Biography :...
came second at the 1956 contest and that is why Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1957. In fact, the rule stating that the winning nation hosted the next year's Eurovision had not yet been conceived, and it was planned at the time that each participating country would take it in turns to host the event. However, as more countries wished to participate, this became impractical.
In this year's contest the Italian entry lasted for 5:09 minutes, whilst the UK's entry lasted for only 1:52 minutes. It was because of songs like the former that a rule was eventually introduced restricting each song to a maximum of 3 minutes; this rule still applies today.
Birthe Wilke
Birthe Wilke
Birthe Wilke is a popular Danish singer. She grew up in a musical family in Copenhagen's Vesterbro area.When she was in her teens, she won a talent competition at the National Scala Theatre in Copenhagen, sang as soloist with Bruno Henriksen's Orchestra at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, made her...
and Gustav Winckler
Gustav Winckler
Gustav Frands Wilzeck Winckler was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen and started his career as a decorator....
at the end of their song exchanged the longest kiss that has ever occurred in the contest — although, of course, only people with televisions could actually see it. This was due to a member of the production staff forgetting to give a pre-arranged sign that the kiss should end.
This was the first year where the juries were contacted by telephone. It was the first time the Netherlands won the contest.
Results
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... |
Bobbejaan Schoepen Bobbejaan Schoepen Bobbejaan Schoepen is a pseudonym of Modest Schoepen was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music... |
"Straatdeuntje Straatdeuntje Straatdeuntje was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in Dutch by Bobbejaan Schoepen.The song was performed first on the night... " |
Street tune | 8 | 5 | |
| 02 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Danièle Dupré Danièle Dupré Danièle Dupré was a French singer from the 1950s, most notable for representing Luxembourg in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Amours mortes – Faded Love – where she finished in a tie for fourth.... |
"Amours mortes (tant de peine) Amours mortes (tant de peine) "Amours mortes " was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in French by French singer Danièle Dupré.... " |
Dead love (so much sorrow) | 4 | 8 | |
| 03 | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
Patricia Bredin Patricia Bredin Patricia Bredin is a British actress and one-time singer from Hull, England, who was best known as the very first United Kingdom representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. She took part in the 1957 contest, held in Frankfurt, and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song All,... |
"All All (song) "All" was the United Kingdom entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 performed in English by Patricia Bredin. At a length of 1:52 minutes, it has the distinction of being the shortest entry in the history of the Contest as well as being the first song to be performed in English.The song was... " |
- | 7 | 6 | |
| 04 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Nunzio Gallo Nunzio Gallo Nunzio Gallo was an Italian singer. He was born in Naples and represented his country in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 6th. The song he performed, "Corde Della Mia Chitarra", is famous for being the longest song ever played for Eurovision at 5:09 before the new rules came into place.... |
"Corde della mia chitarra Corde Della Mia Chitarra "Corde della mia chitarra" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in Italian by Nunzio Gallo.... " |
Strings of my guitar | 6 | 7 | |
| 05 | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
Bob Martin Bob Martin (singer) Bob Martin was an Austrian singer, who was the first participant representing Austria in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest. The first "Austrian" was Freddy Quinn who performed in 1956 represent Germany. Martin, singing in German "Wohin, Kleines Pony?" , placed last in the field of ten... |
"Wohin, kleines Pony? Wohin, Kleines Pony? "Wohin, kleines Pony?" was Austria's debut entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, performed in German by Bob Martin... " |
Where to, little pony? | 10 | 3 | |
| 06 | Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... |
Corry Brokken Corry Brokken Corry Brokken is a former Dutch singer.Brokken won the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Netherlands singing "Net als toen"... |
"Net als toen Net Als Toen "Net als toen" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 performed in Dutch by Corry Brokken representing the Netherlands.... " |
Just like then | 1 | 31 | |
| 07 | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher is a German singer and film actress. She appeared in over fifty films between and 1939 and 1994.... |
"Telefon, Telefon Telefon, Telefon "Telefon, Telefon" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in German by Margot Hielscher.The song was performed seventh on the night... " |
Telephone, telephone | 4 | 8 | |
| 08 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Paule Desjardins Paule Desjardins Paule Desjardins is a French singer who represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 with the song "La belle amour" which finished second with 17 points.- References :... |
"La belle amour La Belle Amour "La belle amour" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in French by Paule Desjardins.The song was performed eighth on the night, following Germany's Margot Hielscher with "Telefon, Telefon" and preceding Denmark's Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler with "Skibet skal sejle... " |
Beautiful love | 2 | 17 | |
| 09 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Birthe Wilke Birthe Wilke Birthe Wilke is a popular Danish singer. She grew up in a musical family in Copenhagen's Vesterbro area.When she was in her teens, she won a talent competition at the National Scala Theatre in Copenhagen, sang as soloist with Bruno Henriksen's Orchestra at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, made her... & Gustav Winckler Gustav Winckler Gustav Frands Wilzeck Winckler was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen and started his career as a decorator.... |
"Skibet skal sejle i nat Skibet Skal Sejle I Nat "Skibet skal sejle i nat" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in Danish by Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler and consequently the first time Danish was heard in the Eurovision.... " |
The ship will sail tonight | 3 | 10 | |
| 10 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Lys Assia Lys Assia Lys Assia born Rosa Mina Schärer on 3 March 1924, Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. When Lys Assia was a young girl she was a dancer. In 1940, however, she stood in for a female singer... |
"L'enfant que j'étais L'enfant que j'étais "L'enfant que j'étais" was the Swiss entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in French by Lys Assia.The song was performed last on the night, following Denmark's Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler with "Skibet skal sejle i nat"... " |
The child I was | 8 | 5 |
Score sheet
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Belgium | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Italy | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Germany | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| France | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Denmark | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Corry Brokken Corry Brokken Corry Brokken is a former Dutch singer.Brokken won the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Netherlands singing "Net als toen"... |
1956 Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on 24 May 1956... |
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| Lys Assia Lys Assia Lys Assia born Rosa Mina Schärer on 3 March 1924, Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. When Lys Assia was a young girl she was a dancer. In 1940, however, she stood in for a female singer... |
1956 Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on 24 May 1956... (winner) |
Commentators
- Anton PetersAnton Peters
Anton Peters was a Belgian actor.He was born in Ekeren. On 13 June 1944 he was arrested by Nazis in Norway...
(NIR
EEN
EEN may refer to:* Eastern Educational Television Network, the original name for American Public Television.* Elemental Energy, a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game booster pack.* Emerald Energy, an oil company...
), Janine Lambotte (INR
La Une
La Une is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.- INR :The Institut National de Radiodiffusion began experimental television in Belgium on 2 June 1953, with the crowning of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom...
) - Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic was a Broadcasting editor and Television presenter who joined Radio Luxembourg in 1955. He worked with Robert Diligent. He was the regular Luxembourgian commentator in the Eurovision Song Contest and worked for RTL Luxembourg.-References:...
(Télé-Luxembourg
RTL9
RTL9 is a Luxembourger television channel shown internationally to viewers in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and francophone Switzerland.- Télé-Luxembourg :...
) - Berkeley Smith
Berkeley Smith
Berkeley Alexander Smith . Broadcaster and a senior figure in the television world for nearly 40 years.-Birth:...
(BBC Television Service
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
), Tom Sloan
Tom Sloan (broadcaster)
Thomas James H Sloan, was a British Broadcaster and Journalist and BBC Head of Light Entertainment during the 'Golden Age of British Television' in the 1960s.-Early life:...
(BBC Light Programme
BBC Light Programme
The Light Programme was a BBC radio station which broadcast mainstream light entertainment and music from 1945 until 1967, when it was rebranded as BBC Radio 2...
) - Bianca Maria Piccinino (Programma Nazionale) - Peter Alexander (Fernsehprogramm) – Piet te Nuyl (NTS
Nederland 1
Nederland 1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it was launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels Nederland 2 and 3. The several broadcasting organisations of the Publieke Omroep deliver programmes. A wide...
) - Wolf Mittler
Wolf Mittler
Wolf Mittler was a German radio host and journalist, known as one of the persons associated with the nickname Lord Haw-Haw.He became internationally known as Lord Haw-Haw on the English language propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain...
(Deutsches Fernsehen
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
) - Robert Beauvais
Robert Beauvais
Robert Beauvais was a French writer and journalist. He was married twice, to Gisèle Parry and Ginette Garcin. Among his friends were Guy des Cars, Jacques Rueff, Maurice Boitel, and Françoise Sagan. Some of his works were later adapted by Jean Yanne. Beauvais is buried in the village of...
(RTF
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
) - Gunnar "Nu" Hansen (Statsradiofonien TV
DR1
DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
) - Georges Hardy (TSR
TSR 1
TSR 1 is a Swiss public television channel owned by Télévision Suisse Romande.- History :Launched on 1 November 1954 to succeed Télé Geneva, TSR 1 is the first channel of the two French Swiss networks of television group TSR ....
) (non participating country) - Nils Linnman (Radiotjänst TV
SVT1
SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
)
Spokespersons
- Theodor Haller - Bent Henius - Claude Darget - Joachim FuchsbergerJoachim Fuchsberger
Joachim Fuchsberger is a German actor, television host, lyricist, businessman, activist, paratrooper and World War II veteran best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in various Edgar Wallace movies Joachim Fuchsberger (born 11 March 1927 in Zuffenhausen, today...
- TBC - Karl Bruck - Nunzio Filogamo - David Jacobs
David Jacobs (disc jockey)
David Lewis Jacobs CBE is a British actor and broadcaster who gained prominence as presenter of the peak-time BBC Television show Juke Box Jury and the BBC Radio 4 political forum, Any Questions?-Early career:...
- TBC - Bob Van Bael
- NOTE: This is the reverse order