"Irgendwoher" 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....

 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1959

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....

, composed by Lothar Löffler and 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....

 by Christa Williams

Christa Williams

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

. This was the first Swiss entry to not be 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...

, who had performed all Swiss entrants up to this date.

On the night of the contest the song was performed 8th, following Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

's Brita Borg

Brita Borg

Brita Borg, full name Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg was a Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist. Her variety show career spanned from 1943 into the 1970s, while her singing career trailed away at the end of the 1960s. However, she was still an active actress in the 1980s...

 with "Augustin

Augustin (song)

"Augustin" was the Swedish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, performed in Swedish by Brita Borg.The song was the winner of Melodifestivalen 1959, there performed by Siw Malmkvist...

" and preceding 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 Ferry Graf

Ferry Graf

Ferry Graf is an Austrian singer, who is now a Finnish citizen.-Career:In 1959, Graf was selected by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, with the German language song "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien"...

 with "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien

Der K Und K Kalypso Aus Wien

"Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, performed in German by Ferry Graf....

". At the close of the voting the song had received 14 points, placing fourth in a field of 11.

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 1960 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1960

The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth in the series, and was held on 29 March 1960 in London. France's win this year was their second in the contest....

 by Anita Traversi

Anita Traversi

Anita Traversi was a Swiss singer, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1960 and 1964.-Early career :...

 with "Cielo e terra

Cielo e terra

"Cielo e terra" was the Swiss entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, composed by Mario Robbiani and performed in Italian by Anita Traversi....

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