eurovision 1956
Dany Dauberson
Dany Dauberson represented France at Eurovision 1956 in Lugano with “Il est là”; only the winner was announced that year.
France
1956
- who
- French singer
- born
- 16 January 1925, Le Creusot, France
- died
- 16 March 1979 (aged 54), Marseille, France
- contest
- 1956
- sang for
- France
Biography
Dany Dauberson, who died in 1979, was a French singer and actor and one of the two singers France sent to the first contest, in Lugano in 1956; the other was Mathé Altéry. Dauberson sang “Il est là”; the results of that first contest were never published beyond the name of the winner.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Dany Dauberson”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1956 Lugano
“Il est là”
Placing not published Only the winner was announced that year. The other placings were never published.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Simone Vallauris
- Conductor
- Franck Pourcel
- Running order
- 12th of 14
- Age on the night
- 31
- Won that year
- Switzerland: Lys Assia, “Refrain”
The story of Eurovision 1956: Seven countries, fourteen songs, and a result nobody kept
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