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The contest, originally titled the Gran premio Eurovisione 1956 della canzone europea [1] (English: Grand Prix of the Eurovision song competition 1956; [2] French: Grand prix Eurovision 1956 de la chanson européenne [3]), was held on 24 May 1956 at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland, and hosted by Swiss television presenter Lohengrin ...
Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 with two songs: "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine", composed by Jean Miret and Jack Say, with lyrics by Robert Montal, and performed by Fud Leclerc; and "Le Plus Beau Jour de ma vie", composed by Claude Alix, with lyrics by David Bée, and performed by Mony Marc.
"Grand Prix 1956 Eurovision" – Schlager und Chansons was the national final held to determine the two songs that should represent Germany. [15] It took place on 1 May 1956 at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Großer Sendesaal of Kölner Funkhaus in Cologne and was broadcast on Deutsches Fernsehen. [15]
The national final called Grand Prix Européen de la Chanson: Finale suisse was held at the Radio Lausanne Studio de la Sallaz in Lausanne on 28 April 1956 at 20:45 CET (19:45 UTC). [3] [5] [6] It was broadcast on TSR and SRG as well as on the radio stations Beromünster, Sottens and Monte Ceneri.
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.
[2] [9] The results were announced on 5 May 1956 in a television show held at the Minerva Theater in Heemstede. [2] [10] In total, 6,694 postcards were received. [11] The top two songs were "Voorgoed voorbij", written and composed by Jelle de Vries , and "De vogels van Holland", written by Annie M. G. Schmidt and composed by Cor Lemaire .
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits featured live performances from fifteen previous Eurovision acts from thirteen countries, video montages of past editions of the contest and footage of former entries, and a performance by the cast of Riverdance, originally conceived as the interval performance for the 1994 contest before being developed ...
The full results of the contest were not revealed and have not been retained by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). [17] Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was televised in France on RTF with commentary by Michelle Rebel, and also broadcast live on radio Paris-Inter. [1] [18]