"Net als toen" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 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....

 performed in Dutch

Dutch language

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 by 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"...

 representing the Netherlands

Netherlands

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The song is a classic chanson, with the singer addressing her husband and asking him if he remembers their early days as a couple. The lyrics suggest that the romance has gone out of the marriage, although it had not always been this way. Brokken also recorded the song in French and German, as "Tout comme avant" and "Damals war alles so schön".

The song was performed sixth on the night, following Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

's Bob Martin

Bob Martin

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 with "Wohin, kleines Pony?

Wohin, Kleines Pony?

"Wohin, kleines Pony?" was Austria's debut entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, performed in German by Bob Martin...

" and preceding Germany

Germany

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's Margot Hielscher

Margot Hielscher

Margot Hielscher is a German singer and film actress. She appeared in over fifty films between and 1939 and 1994....

 with "Telefon, Telefon

Telefon, Telefon

"Telefon, Telefon" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in German by Margot Hielscher.The song was performed seventh on the night...

". By the close of voting, it had received 31 points, placing it first in a field of ten.

The song was succeeded in 1958 as Contest winner by "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....

", performed by André Claveau

André Claveau

André Claveau was born in Paris and was a very popular singer in France from the 1940s to 1960s....

 representing France

France

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It was succeeded as Dutch representative

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

The Netherlands was one of the seven countries competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. It has missed only four contests so far...

 at the 1958 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1958

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...

 by Brokken again, this time singing "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....

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