Eurovision Song Contest 1958
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third Eurovision Song Contest
. The convention that the winning country from a year hosted the following year's contest was introduced in this year. France's win was their first. It was the last time to date that the United Kingdom did not enter the contest. Unlike the competition in 1956, 1957 limited one song per country, they were still limited to entering a single song in 1958, which has remained the policy to date. Together with 1956, it is the only contest that has not featured a single song in the English language
.
Sweden
, a country that would later be one of the most successful in the contest, debuted this year.
The juries were not in the studio as in 1956. As in 1957, this year they stayed in their own countries, listening to the event. Once the songs had all been sung, juries sent their results via telephone
. The Italian entry was not picked up properly in some of the other countries, which meant that after all the other songs had been presented, Domenico Modugno
had to sing it again. Later on, it became very successful in the United States
, where it has become commonly known as Volare
, and got two Grammy Awards
. It is one of few Eurovision songs that has reached #1 in the US singles charts. At the 50th anniversary show "Congratulations
" in 2005, it was elected the 2nd best Eurovision entry ever.
The interval acts was music by the Metropole Orkest, under the lead of conductor Dolf van der Linden. This year, there were two interval acts; one in the middle, one after all the songs were played.
It was also the only year that the host country came last place, and the first time more than one country came last.
) - Pierre Tchernia
(RTF
) - Jacques Navadic
(Télé-Luxembourg
) - Jan Gabrielsson (Sveriges Radio-TV
) - Gunnar "Nu" Hansen (Statsradiofonien TV
) - Arlette Vincent (INR
), Nand Baert
(NIR
) - Wolf Mittler
(Deutsches Fernsehen
) - Peter Alexander (Fernsehprogramm) - Theodor Haller (TV DRS
), Georges Hardy (TSR
) (non participating country) - Peter Haigh
(BBC Television Service
) , Tom Sloan
(BBC Light Programme
)
- Bent Henius - Roland Eiworth - TBC - Claude Darget - Piet te Nuyl - Fulvia Colombo
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. The convention that the winning country from a year hosted the following year's contest was introduced in this year. France's win was their first. It was the last time to date that the United Kingdom did not enter the contest. Unlike the competition in 1956, 1957 limited one song per country, they were still limited to entering a single song in 1958, which has remained the policy to date. Together with 1956, it is the only contest that has not featured a single song in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Sweden
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since their debut in 1958. Since 1959, the Swedish representative has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. Three times – 1964, 1970, and 1976 – Sweden didn't participate...
, a country that would later be one of the most successful in the contest, debuted this year.
The juries were not in the studio as in 1956. As in 1957, this year they stayed in their own countries, listening to the event. Once the songs had all been sung, juries sent their results via telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
. The Italian entry was not picked up properly in some of the other countries, which meant that after all the other songs had been presented, Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu "...
had to sing it again. Later on, it became very successful in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where it has become commonly known as Volare
Volare (song)
"Nel blu dipinto di blu" , popularly known as "Volare" , is Domenico Modugno's signature song....
, and got two Grammy Awards
Grammy Awards of 1959
The inaugural Grammy Awards were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Domenico Modugno, Henry Mancini, Ella Fitzgerald and Ross Bagdasarian, Sr...
. It is one of few Eurovision songs that has reached #1 in the US singles charts. At the 50th anniversary show "Congratulations
Congratulations (Eurovision)
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. It took place at Forum,...
" in 2005, it was elected the 2nd best Eurovision entry ever.
The interval acts was music by the Metropole Orkest, under the lead of conductor Dolf van der Linden. This year, there were two interval acts; one in the middle, one after all the songs were played.
It was also the only year that the host country came last place, and the first time more than one country came last.
Results
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
Domenico Modugno Domenico Modugno Domenico Modugno was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu "... |
"Nel blu dipinto di blu Volare (song) "Nel blu dipinto di blu" , popularly known as "Volare" , is Domenico Modugno's signature song.... " |
In the blue painted in blue | 3 | 13 | |
| 02 | Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second... |
Corry Brokken Corry Brokken Corry Brokken is a former Dutch singer.Brokken won the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Netherlands singing "Net als toen"... |
"Heel de wereld Heel De Wereld "Heel de wereld" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in Dutch by Corry Brokken. This was Brokken's third consecutive appearance on the Eurovision stage and it would be her last as a performer.... " |
The whole world | 9 | 1 | |
| 03 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
André Claveau André Claveau André Claveau was born in Paris and was a very popular singer in France from the 1940s to 1960s.... |
"Dors, mon amour Dors, Mon Amour "Dors, mon amour" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. Performed in French by André Claveau representing France, the song was the first entry sung by a male soloist to win the contest.... " |
Sleep, my love | 1 | 27 | |
| 04 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Solange Berry Solange Berry Solange Berry is a Belgian singer.- Eurovision Song Contest 1958 :In 1958, Berry was the Luxembourgish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song "Un grand amour"... |
"Un grand amour Un grand amour "Un grand amour" was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in French by Solange Berry.... " |
A big love | 9 | 1 | |
| 05 | Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish... |
Alice Babs Alice Babs Alice Babs is a singer and actor from Kalmar in Sweden. While she has worked in a wide number of genres - e.g. Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera - she is best known internationally as a jazz singer... |
"Lilla stjärna Lilla stjärna "Lilla stjärna" performed by Alice Babs was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 held in Hilversum, the Netherlands... " |
Little star | 4 | 10 | |
| 06 | Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language... |
Raquel Rastenni Raquel Rastenni Raquel Rastenni , born Anna Rachel Rastén, was a popular Danish singer. She was born in Copenhagen, and grew up in a little apartment in the poor central part of the city. Her Jewish parents had immigrated to Denmark from Russia at the start of the 1900s... |
"Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog Jeg Rev Et Blad Ud Af Min Dagbog "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in Danish by Raquel Rastenni.... " |
I tore a letter out of my diary | 8 | 3 | |
| 07 | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
Fud Leclerc Fud Leclerc Fud Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor... |
"Ma petite chatte Ma Petite Chatte "Ma petite chatte" was the Belgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in French by Fud Leclerc.The song was performed seventh on the night, following Denmark's Raquel Rastenni with "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog" and preceding Germany's Margot Hielscher with "Für zwei Groschen... " |
My little sweetie | 5 | 8 | |
| 08 | 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.... |
Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher is a German singer and film actress. She appeared in over fifty films between and 1939 and 1994.... |
"Für zwei Groschen Musik Für Zwei Groschen Musik "Für zwei Groschen Musik" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in German by Margot Hielscher.... " |
Music for two pennies | 7 | 5 | |
| 09 | 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.... |
Liane Augustin Liane Augustin Liane Augustin was a German/Austrian singer and actress.-Biography:Liane Augustin was born in Berlin, Germany in 1928... |
"Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe Die Ganze Welt Braucht Liebe "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in German by Liane Augustin.... " |
The whole world needs love | 5 | 8 | |
| 10 | 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.... , Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
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... |
"Giorgio Giorgio (song) "Giorgio" was the Swiss entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, held in Hilversum, the Netherlands. It was performed in German and Italian... " |
— | 2 | 24 |
Score sheet
Each country had 10 jury members who each decided the best song and each awarded 1 point.| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Italy | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 24 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Fud Leclerc Fud Leclerc Fud Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor... |
1956 Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on 24 May 1956... |
|
| Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher is a German singer and film actress. She appeared in over fifty films between and 1939 and 1994.... |
1957 Eurovision Song Contest 1957 The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest. Like the first contest, this one was still mainly a radio programme, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with televisions.... |
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| Corry Brokken Corry Brokken Corry Brokken is a former Dutch singer.Brokken won the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Netherlands singing "Net als toen"... |
1956 Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on 24 May 1956... , 1957 Eurovision Song Contest 1957 The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest. Like the first contest, this one was still mainly a radio programme, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with televisions.... (winner) |
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| 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... |
1956 Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland on 24 May 1956... (winner), 1957 Eurovision Song Contest 1957 The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the 2nd Eurovision Song Contest. Like the first contest, this one was still mainly a radio programme, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with televisions.... |
Commentators
- Bianca Maria Piccinino (Programma Nazionale) – Siebe van der Zee (NTSNederland 1
Nederland 1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it was launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels Nederland 2 and 3. The several broadcasting organisations of the Publieke Omroep deliver programmes. A wide...
) - Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor.- Career :...
(RTF
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
) - Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic
Jacques Navadic was a Broadcasting editor and Television presenter who joined Radio Luxembourg in 1955. He worked with Robert Diligent. He was the regular Luxembourgian commentator in the Eurovision Song Contest and worked for RTL Luxembourg.-References:...
(Télé-Luxembourg
RTL9
RTL9 is a Luxembourger television channel shown internationally to viewers in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and francophone Switzerland.- Télé-Luxembourg :...
) - Jan Gabrielsson (Sveriges Radio-TV
SVT1
SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
) - Gunnar "Nu" Hansen (Statsradiofonien TV
DR1
DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
) - Arlette Vincent (INR
La Une
La Une is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.- INR :The Institut National de Radiodiffusion began experimental television in Belgium on 2 June 1953, with the crowning of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom...
), Nand Baert
Nand Baert
Ferdinand Baert was a Flemish radio and television presenter.Baert was born in Ghent in 1932. He was a well known Disc Jockey on Radio Luxembourg, he was also the Flemish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, 1958 and 1960, he also hosted the Flemish heat in 1965 and 1969...
(NIR
EEN
EEN may refer to:* Eastern Educational Television Network, the original name for American Public Television.* Elemental Energy, a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game booster pack.* Emerald Energy, an oil company...
) - Wolf Mittler
Wolf Mittler
Wolf Mittler was a German radio host and journalist, known as one of the persons associated with the nickname Lord Haw-Haw.He became internationally known as Lord Haw-Haw on the English language propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain...
(Deutsches Fernsehen
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
) - Peter Alexander (Fernsehprogramm) - Theodor Haller (TV DRS
SF 1
SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
), Georges Hardy (TSR
TSR 1
TSR 1 is a Swiss public television channel owned by Télévision Suisse Romande.- History :Launched on 1 November 1954 to succeed Télé Geneva, TSR 1 is the first channel of the two French Swiss networks of television group TSR ....
) (non participating country) - Peter Haigh
Peter Haigh
Peter Varley Haigh was a familiar and popular face as an in-vision announcer on BBC Television in the years after the Second World War.-Education:...
(BBC Television Service
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
) , Tom Sloan
Tom Sloan (broadcaster)
Thomas James H Sloan, was a British Broadcaster and Journalist and BBC Head of Light Entertainment during the 'Golden Age of British Television' in the 1960s.-Early life:...
(BBC Light Programme
BBC Light Programme
The Light Programme was a BBC radio station which broadcast mainstream light entertainment and music from 1945 until 1967, when it was rebranded as BBC Radio 2...
)
Spokespersons
- TBC - Karl Bruck - Claudia Doren - Paule HerremanPaule Herreman
Paule Herreman was a Belgian Actress and television presenter for RTBF.Herreman started her debut to television as a Television Announcer. In 1954 she joint INR to work with the Eurovision, Herreman even provided the French language commentary for RTBF viewers on 10 occasions for the Eurovision...
- Bent Henius - Roland Eiworth - TBC - Claude Darget - Piet te Nuyl - Fulvia Colombo
- NOTE: This is the reverse order