L'Enfant que j'étais

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"L'enfant que j'étais"
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 entry
Country	Switzerland
Artist(s)	Lys Assia
Language	French
Composer(s)	Géo Voumard
Lyricist(s)	Émile Gardaz
Conductor	Willy Berking
Finals performance
Final result	8th
Final points	5
Entry chronology
"Giorgio" (1958) ►

"L'enfant que j'étais" (The child that I was) was the Swiss entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, performed in French by Lys Assia.

The song was performed last on the night, following Denmark's Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler with "Skibet skal sejle i nat". The song was placed eighth out of ten songs, and gained a total of 5 points.

The song was succeeded as Swiss representative at the 1958 by Assia with "Giorgio".

v t e 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 1996 1997 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Lys Assia Daisy Auvray Marius Bear Barbara Berta DJ BoBo Jane Bogaert Annie Cotton Paola del Medico Henri Dès Franca di Rienzo Céline Dion Simone Drexel Duilio Egon Egemann Piero Esteriore and the MusicStars Mariella Farré Remo Forrer Furbaz Pino Gasparini Géraldine Gjon's Tears Luca Hänni Michael von der Heide Kathy Leander Pepe Lienhard Band Lovebugs Gianni Mascolo Véronique Müller Jean Philippe Francine Jordi Patrick Juvet Piera Martell Paolo Meneguzzi Nemo Esther Ofarim Madeleine Pascal Peter, Sue and Marc Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri Rainy Day Mélanie René Carol Rich Anna Rossinelli Rykka Sebalter Sandra Simó Daniela Simons Sinplus six4one Takasa Timebelle Anita Traversi Vanilla Ninja Carole Vinci Christa Williams Yovanna Zibbz Arlette Zola
Songs	"Das alte Karussell" "Amour on t'aime" "Apollo" "Bonjour, Bonjour" "Boys Do Cry" "Canzone per te" "Celebrate" "C'est la chanson de mon amour" "Cielo e terra" "Cinéma" "The Code" "Cool Vibes" "Dans le jardin de mon âme" "Dentro di me" "Djambo, Djambo" "L'Enfant que j'étais" "Era stupendo" "Giorgio" "Guardando il sole" "The Highest Heights" "Hunter of Stars" "I miei pensieri" "If We All Give a Little" "Il pleut de l'or" "In Love for a While" "Io così non ci sto" "Io senza te" "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans" "Irgendwoher" "Je vais me marier, Marie" "Lass ihn" "The Last of Our Kind" "Mikado" "Mein Ruf nach dir" "Mister Music Man" "Moi, tout simplement" "Moitié, moitié" "Mon cœur l'aime" "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Ne vois-tu pas ?" "Non, à jamais sans toi" "Nous aurons demain" "Pas pour moi" "Piano, piano" "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?" "Refrain" ~~"Répondez-moi"~~ "Retour" "Le Retour" "She Got Me" "Sto pregando" "Stones" "Swiss Lady" "T'en va pas" "Time to Shine" "Tout l'univers" "Trödler und Co" "Unbreakable" "Vampires Are Alive" "La vita cos'è?" "Viver senza tei" "Vivre" "Watergun "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" "You and Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Switzerland did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom
Artists	Lys Assia Patricia Bredin Corry Brokken Paule Desjardins Danièle Dupré Nunzio Gallo Margot Hielscher Bob Martin Bobbejaan Schoepen Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler
Songs	"All" "Amours mortes (tant de peine)" "La Belle amour" "Corde della mia chitarra" "L'Enfant que j'étais" "Net als toen" "Skibet skal sejle i nat" "Straatdeuntje" "Telefon, Telefon" "Wohin, kleines Pony?"

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