Eurovision Song Contest 1958

Eurovision Song Contest 1958;
Dates
Final date	Wednesday, 12 March 1958
Host
Venue	AVRO Studios; Hilversum, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Hannie Lips
Conductor	Dolf van der Linden
Host broadcaster	NTS
Interval act	Metropole Orkest
Participants
Number of entries	10
Debuting countries	Sweden
Returning countries	None
Withdrawing countries	United Kingdom
	Participation map Participating participants Countries who have participated in the past but did not this year;
Vote
Voting system	Each country had 10 jury members who each decided the best song and each awarded 1 point.
Nul points	None
Winning song	France; "Dors, mon amour"
Eurovision Song Contest
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AVRO Studios hosted the 1958 edition

The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 12 March 1958 in Hilversum. 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.^[1]

André Claveau during a rehearsal, singing Dors, mon amour

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.

[edit] Individual Entries

[edit] Results

Draw	Country	Language^[2]	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Italy	Italian	Domenico Modugno	"Nel blu diplinto di blu"	In the blue painted blue	3	13
02	Netherlands	Dutch	Corry Brokken	"Heel de wereld"	The whole world	9	1
03	France	French	André Claveau	"Dors, mon amour"	Sleep, my love	1	27
04	Luxembourg	French	Solange Berry	"Un grand amour"	A great love	9	1
05	Sweden	Swedish	Alice Babs	"Lilla stjärna"	Little star	4	10
06	Denmark	Danish	Raquel Rastenni	"Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog"	I tore a letter out of my diary	8	3
07	Belgium	French	Fud Leclerc	"Ma petite chatte"	My little sweetie	5	8
08	Germany	German	Margot Hielscher	"Für zwei Groschen Musik"	Music for two pennies	7	5
09	Austria	German	Liane Augustin	"Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe"	The whole world needs love	5	8
10	Switzerland	German, Italian	Lys Assia	"Giorgio"	—	2	24