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Switzerland's Lys Assia (pictured in 1957) was the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, and would represent her country in the contest again in 1957 and 1958. The contest was held on 24 May 1956, beginning at 21:00 with an approximate duration of 1 hour 40 minutes. [3] [4] The event was hosted in Italian by Lohengrin Filipello. [3]
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
Ireland's Johnny Logan has won the contest three times as a performer and composer, and was the first performer to win multiple contests.. Since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 and until semi-finals were introduced in 2004, a total of 917 entries were submitted, comprising songs and artists which represented thirty-eight countries. [1]
[234] 14 songs from Eurovision history, chosen by fans and the contest's Reference Group, competed to determine the most popular song from the contest's first 50 years. [235] [236] Broadcast live in 31 countries which had competed in Eurovision at that point, the combined votes of the viewing public and juries selected a winner over two rounds ...
Rosa Mina Schärer (3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018), [1] [2] known by her stage name Lys Assia, was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 where she met her first musical success in 1950 with "O mein Papa".
After the jury had held its vote, "Refrain" was announced as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1956. [19] The placements of all other participating entries is not known. [19] The final in Lugano was broadcast in Switzerland on TSR and SRG as well as on the radio stations Beromünster, Sottens and Monte Ceneri. [23]
The discography of the Eurovision Song Contest winners includes all the winning singles of the annual competition held since 1956. As of 2024, 71 songs have won the competition, including four entries which were declared joint winners in 1969.
France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 with two songs: "Le Temps perdu", composed by André Lodge, with lyrics by Rachèle Thoreau, and performed by Mathé Altéry; and "Il est là", written by Simone Vallauris, and performed by Dany Dauberson.