Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956

Switzerland held a national pre selection to choose the two songs that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1956. It was held on April 28, 1956.

Results

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Jo Roland	"Vendredi"
2	Lys Assia	"Sei Doch Nicht So Eifersüchtig"
3	Lys Assia & Quinteta Radiosa	"Das alte Karussell"
4	Jo Roland	"L'Allée Aux Ormeaux"
5	Anita Traversi	"Bandella Ticinese"
6	Jo Roland	"La Ballade Des Bonnes Années"
7	Lys Assia & Quinteta Radiosa	"Le Bohémien"
8	Jo Roland	"Les Deux Coquins (L'Argent Et L'Amour)"
9	Jo Roland	"J'Ai Triché"
10	Lys Assia & Quinteta Radiosa	"Addio Bella Napoli"
11	Lys Assia & Quinteta Radiosa	"Refrains*"
*THE "S" WAS DROPPED FROM THE TITLE

"Das alte Karussell" and "Refrains" won the national pre selection, and "Refrain" went on to win the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest. The result of "Das alte Karussell", as well as the scores and placings of the other songs, wasn't declared and remained unknown.

External links

Swiss National Final page

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 ~~1995~~ 1996 1997 1998 ~~1999~~ 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 ~~2003~~ 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1950s	Lys Assia Lys Assia Lys Assia Christa Williams

1960s	Anita Traversi Franca Di Rienzo Jean Philippe Esther Ofarim Anita Traversi Yovanna Madeleine Pascal Géraldine Gianni Mascolo Paola Del Medico

1970s	Henri Des Peter, Sue and Marc Veronique Mueller Patrick Juvet Piera Martell Simone Drexel Peter, Sue and Marc Pepe Lienhard Band Carole Vinci Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri

1980s	Paola Peter, Sue and Marc Arlette Zola Mariella Farré Rainy Day Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini Daniela Simmons Carol Rich Céline Dion Furbaz

1990s	Egon Egemann Sandra Simó Daisy Auvray Annie Cotton Duilio ~~1995~~ Kathy Leander Barbara Berta Gunvor ~~1999~~

2000s	Jane Bogaert ~~2001~~ Francine Jordi ~~2003~~ Piero and the MusicStars Vanilla Ninja six4one DJ BoBo Paolo Meneguzzi Lovebugs

2010s	Michael von der Heide Anna Rossinelli Sinplus Takasa Sebalter Mélanie René Rykka

Songs

1950s	"Das alte Karussell" "Refrain" "L'enfant que j'étais" "Giorgio" "Irgendwoher"

1960s	"Cielo e terra" "Nous aurons demain" "Le retour" "T'en va pas" "I miei pensieri" "Non, à jamais sans toi" "Ne vois-tu pas?" "Quel cœur vas-tu briser?" "Guardando il sole" "Bonjour, Bonjour"

1970s	"Retour" "Les illusions de nos vingt ans" "C'est la chanson de mon amour" "Je vais me marier, Marie" "Mein Ruf nach dir" "Mikado" "Djambo, Djambo" "Swiss Lady" "Vivre" "Trödler und Co"

1980s	"Cinéma" "Io senza te" "Amour on t'aime" "Io così non ci sto" "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" "Piano, Piano" "Pas pour moi" "Moitié, moitié" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Viver senza tei"

1990s	"Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" "Canzone per te" "Mister Music Man" "Moi, tout simplement" "Sto pregando" ~~1995~~ "Mon coeur l'aime" "Dentro di me" "Lass' ihn" ~~1999~~

2000s	"La vita cos'è?" ~~2001~~ "Dans le jardin de mon âme" ~~2003~~ "Celebrate" "Cool Vibes" "If We All Give a Little" "Vampires Are Alive" "Era stupendo" "The Highest Heights"

2010s	"Il pleut de l'or" "In Love for a While" "Unbreakable" "You and Me" "Hunter of Stars" "Time to Shine" "The Last of Our Kind"

(Note : Entries scored out are when Switzerland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1956

Countries

Final (in order of appearance)	Netherlands Switzerland Belgium Germany France Luxembourg Italy

Artists

First performance	Jetty Paerl Lys Assia Fud Leclerc Walter Andreas Schwarz Mathé Altéry Michèle Arnaud Franca Raimondi

Second performance	Corry Brokken Lys Assia Mony Marc Freddy Quinn Dany Dauberson Michèle Arnaud Tonina Torrielli

Songs

First performance	"De vogels van Holland" "Das alte Karussell" "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" "Le temps perdu" "Ne crois pas" "Aprite le finestre"

Second performance	"Voorgoed voorbij" "Refrain" "Le plus beau jour de ma vie" "So geht das jede Nacht" "Il est là" "Les amants de minuit" "Amami se vuoi"

(Note: all countries performed twice)

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