Lugano, Thursday, 24 May 1956
Eurovision 1956: the show, song by song
14 songs. Only the winner was announced on the night, and the votes were never published.
The result
In the order the songs were sung.
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Netherlands Jetty Paerl “De vogels van Holland”
Sang no. 1
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Switzerland Lys Assia “Das alte Karussell”
Sang no. 2
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Belgium Fud Leclerc “Messieurs les noyés de la Seine”
Sang no. 3
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Germany Walter Andreas Schwarz “Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück”
Sang no. 4
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France Mathé Altéry “Le Temps perdu”
Sang no. 5
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Luxembourg Michèle Arnaud “Ne crois pas”
Sang no. 6
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Italy Franca Raimondi “Aprite le finestre”
Sang no. 7
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Netherlands Corry Brokken “Voorgoed voorbij”
Sang no. 8
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Switzerland Lys Assia “Refrain”
Sang no. 9
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Germany Freddy Quinn “So geht das jede Nacht”
Sang no. 11
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France Dany Dauberson “Il est là”
Sang no. 12
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Luxembourg Michèle Arnaud “Les Amants de minuit”
Sang no. 13
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Italy Tonina Torrielli “Amami se vuoi”
Sang no. 14
The votes
There is no scoreboard for this one. The jury voted in secret, only the winner was announced, and the marks were never published. The story of 1956 has what is known.
On the night
What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.
- in the interval
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- Les Joyeux Rossignols and Les Trois Ménestrels songs to fill the wait for the result; Les Trois Ménestrels sang “Guerre de Troie” and “Ma mie, ma caravelle”
Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.