"Giorgio" was the Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1958

Eurovision Song Contest 1958

The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third Eurovision Song Contest. The convention that the winning country from a year hosted the following year's contest was introduced in this year. France's win was their first. It was the last time to date that the United Kingdom did not enter the contest...

, held in Hilversum

Hilversum

is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages...

, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It was performed in 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....

 and 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...

. It was the first song to be performed in more than one language in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The song was performed by 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...

, winner for Switzerland at the 1956 contest

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...

, and was composed by Paul Burkhard

Paul Burkhard

Paul Burkhard was Swiss composer. He wrote primarily Oratoria, Musicals and Operettas.His probably most famous artistic creation was the song Oh mein Papa , about the death of a beloved clown-father, written for the musical "Der Schwarze Hecht" that premiered in April 1939...

 and Fridolin Tschudi.

On the night of the contest the song was performed 10th (last), following Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

's Liane Augustin

Liane Augustin

Liane Augustin was a German/Austrian singer and actress.-Biography:Liane Augustin was born in Berlin, Germany in 1928...

 with "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe

Die Ganze Welt Braucht Liebe

"Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in German by Liane Augustin....

". At the close of the voting Assia had received 24 points, placing second behind France

France

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's André Claveau

André Claveau

André Claveau was born in Paris and was a very popular singer in France from the 1940s to 1960s....

.

It was succeeded as Swiss representative

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since it began, except 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2003. Switzerland hosted the first contest in 1956, and won it themselves. Switzerland has won the contest twice, in 1956 and 1988. A third victory in 1963 could have been possibly...

 at the 1959 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1959

The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Cannes, following the French victory the previous year....

 by Christa Williams

Christa Williams

Christa Williams is a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s....

 with "Irgendwoher

Irgendwoher

"Irgendwoher" was the Swiss entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, composed by Lothar Löffler and performed in German by Christa Williams...

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