Eurovision Song Contest 1956 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

The UK missed the contest because the BBC was too late with the national selection. Jury chairman Rolf Liebermann only mentioned the winner (Lys Assia - Refrain) and until today, the final ranking has.. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1956: 24 May 1956
Location: Teatro Kursaal, Lugano, Switzerland
Broadcaster: RTSI
Host(s): Lohengrin Filipello
Participating countries: 7
Voting: Each country had two jurors who gave each song (including the songs of their own country) a mark between 1 and 10 points. The song with the most points was declared the winner. The votes were never made public.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1956

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	9	Switzerland	Lys Assia	Refrain	1	1
	10	Belgium	Mony Marc	Le plus beau jour de ma vie	0	2
	11	Germany	Freddy Quinn	So geht das jede Nacht	0	2
	12	France	Dany Dauberson	Il est là	0	2
	14	Italy	Tonina Torielli	Amami se vuoi	0	2
	13	Luxembourg	Michèle Arnaud	Les amants de minuit	0	2
	8	The Netherlands	Corry Brokken	Voorgoed voorbij	0	2
	7	Italy	Franca Raimondi	Aprite le finestre	0	2
	3	Belgium	Fud Leclerc	Messieurs les noyés de la Seine	0	2
	2	Switzerland	Lys Assia	Das alte Karussell	0	2
	4	Germany	Walter Andreas Schwarz	Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück	0	2
	5	France	Mathé Altéry	Le temps perdu	0	2
	6	Luxembourg	Michèle Arnaud	Ne crois pas	0	2
	1	The Netherlands	Jetty Paerl	De vogels van Holland	0	2

Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)

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The UK missed the contest because the BBC was too late with the national selection. Jury chairman Rolf Liebermann only mentioned the winner (Lys Assia - Refrain) and until today, the final ranking has not became public. Several Eurovision fans tried to make it complete, but they did not succeeded.