Eurovision Song Contest 1957 (original) (raw)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second Eurovision and was held on March 3, 1957, in Germany. With Anaid Iplikjan as the presenter, the contest was won by Corry Brokken who represented the Netherlands, with her song "Net Als Toen".
The second contest was still mainly a radio program, but the increasing number of people with televisions, was noticed. Although Switzerland won in 1956, it was not held in Switzerland in 1957 because the rule stating that the winning nation hosted the next year's Eurovision was not yet created. It was originally planned that each participating country would take it in turns to host the event, but as more countries wished to participate, this became impossible.
There was a rumour from the 1956 contest that the German entry, "Das Lied vom Gro�en Gl�ck" by Walter Andreas Schwarz came second. Which according to the rumour, is why Germany held the 1957 contest.
In this years contest the Italian entry lasted for 5:09 minutes, whilst the UK's entry lasted for only 1:52 minutes. It was because of songs like this that the "3 minute rule" was created.
Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler at the end of their song exchanged the longest kiss that has ever occurred in the contest, though obviously, only people with televisions could actually see it. A sign should have been given when Birthe and Gustav could stop kissing, but the one in charge forgot to do so.
Interval Act
There was no interval act in 1957.
Results
| Country(Language) | Artist(s) | Song(_Translation_) | Place | Points || ----------------- | --------- | ------------------- | ----- | ------ | | Austria( | | | | |
Wohin, Kleines Pony?
(Where, Little Pony?)
10
3
Belgium
(Dutch)
Straatdeuntje
(Street Tune)
8
5
Denmark
(Danish)
Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler
Skibet Skal Sejle I Nat
(The Ship is Leaving Tonight)
3
10
France
(French)
Paul Desjardins
La Belle Amour
(Beautiful Love)
2
17
Germany
(German)
Margot Hielscher
Telefon, Telefon
(Telephone, Telephone)
4
8
Italy
(Italian)
Nunzio Gallo
Corde Della Mia Chitarra
(Strings of my Guitar)
6
7
Luxembourg
(French)
Dani�le Dupr�
Amours Mortes
(Faded Love)
4
8
Netherlands
(Dutch)
Corry Brokken
Net Als Toen
(Just Like Then)
1
31
Switzerland
(French)
L'enfant que j'�tais
(The Child I was)
8
5
Patricia Bredin
7
6
Venue: Gro�er Sendesaal des Hessisches Rundfunk - Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The table is ordered by the countries names.
First Appearances
Austria, Denmark, United Kingdom
Voting Structure
Each Country had 10 Jury Members who each decided the best song and each awarded 1 point.
Score Sheet
| | Juries | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Belgium | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | Luxembourg | 0 | | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | | France | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | 0 | | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | The table is ordered by appearance. | | | | | | | | | | |
Other Eurovision Song Contests
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