Eurovision Song Contest 1958
Template:Short description Template:Good article Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox song contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (NTS), the contest, originally known as the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Template:Langx<ref name="Radio Times" />) was held on Wednesday 12 March 1958 at the AVRO Studios in Hilversum, the Netherlands and hosted by Dutch television presenter Hannie Lips. This marked the first time that the contest was hosted in the country of the preceding year's winner, a tradition that has been continued ever since (with some exceptions).
Ten countries participated, equalling the number which took part the previous year; Template:Esccnty made its first appearance in the contest, while the Template:Esccnty decided not to participate.
The winner of the contest was Template:Esccnty, represented by the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" performed by André Claveau, marking the first of five eventual wins for the country. Another entry however made a greater impact following the contest; the Italian entry, "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" performed by Domenico Modugno which had placed third, became a worldwide hit for Modugno, winning two Grammy Awards in 1959 and becoming a chart success in several countries.
LocationEdit
The 1958 contest took place in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The selected venue was the AVRO Studios, which served at the time as the main radio and television broadcasting facilities of the Dutch broadcaster AVRO.<ref name="ESC1958">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Often called "media city", Hilversum is the principal centre for radio and television broadcasting in the Netherlands and is the location of several of the organisations that make up the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (NPO) public broadcasting organisation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Although they had won in 1957, the Netherlands' did not receive automatic rights to host the contest, as the convention in place at the time specified that each broadcaster would stage the event in turns.<ref name="throwback">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had been the first choice to stage the event in the United Kingdom, but gave up the rights after failing to reach agreement with artistic unions.<ref name="UK">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Subsequently, the Dutch broadcaster, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (NTS), only received the rights to host the event after other broadcasters declined the opportunity.<ref name="throwback" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn This established the tradition that the previous year's winner would host it the following year.Template:Sfn<ref name="HowItWorks">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ParticipantsEdit
Template:Further Template:Interlanguage link info Template:ESC 1958 participants Ten countries participated in the 1958 contest, the same number as had featured in the previous year's event. Sweden entered the contest for the first time, while the United Kingdom decided not to compete, despite having originally intended to participate and being listed as one of the participating countries in the original rules dated November 1957.<ref name="ESC1958" /><ref name="UK" />Template:Sfn Template:Esccnty had also intended to submit an entry, but ultimately did not feature among the participating nations.Template:Sfn
Several of the participants had previously competed in the contest. Switzerland's Lys Assia and the Netherlands' Corry Brokken had both represented their countries in 1956 and 1957, and were both former winners; Assia was the first winner of the contest in 1956 with the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", and had also performed Switzerland's other entry in that contest "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", while Brokken had performed "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" in the 1956 contest, one of the Netherlands' two entries, and was then the winner the following year with the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}".<ref name="1956participants">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="1957participants">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Belgium's Fud Leclerc had also competed in the 1956 contest, performing "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", one of his country's two entries, and Margot Hielscher returned to perform for Germany for a second year in a row, having competed in 1957 with "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}".<ref name="1956participants" /><ref name="1957participants" />
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| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
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| Template:Esc | ORF | Liane Augustin | lang}}" | German | Template:Hlist | Willy Fantl |
| Template:Esc | Template:Ill | Fud Leclerc | lang}}" | French | André Dohet | Dolf van der Linden |
| Template:Esc | lang}} | Raquel Rastenni | lang}}" | Danish | Template:Ill | Kai Mortensen |
| Template:Esc | RTF | André Claveau | lang}}" | French | Template:Hlist | Franck Pourcel |
| Template:Esc | WDRTemplate:Efn | Margot Hielscher | lang}}" | German | Template:Hlist | Dolf van der Linden |
| Template:Esc | RAI | Domenico Modugno | lang}}" | Italian | Template:Hlist | Alberto Semprini |
| Template:Esc | CLT | Template:Ill | lang}}" | French | Template:Hlist | Dolf van der Linden |
| Template:Esc | NTS | Corry Brokken | lang}}" | Dutch | Template:Ill | Dolf van der Linden |
| Template:Esc | SR | Alice Babs | lang}}" | Swedish | Template:Hlist | Dolf van der Linden |
| Template:Esc | SRG SSR | Lys Assia | "Giorgio" | German, Italian | Template:Hlist | Paul Burkhard |
FormatEdit
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The contest was organised and broadcast by NTS, with Piet te Nuyl Jr. serving as producer, Gijs Stappershoef serving as director, and Dolf van der Linden serving as musical director, leading the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} during the event.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Each country was allowed to nominate their own musical director to lead the orchestra during the performance of their country's entry, with the host musical director also conducting for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor.Template:Sfn
Held in one of the studios of the AVRO broadcasting complex, the hall contained a small stage for the singers, with the orchestra situated stage right. The rear of the performance area had interchangeable backgrounds for each song to add context to each song's lyrics, which could also be removed to show the scoreboard during the voting sequence, and the venue was decorated with thousands of tulips.<ref name="ESC1958" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
No significant changes to the rules of the 1957 contest were implemented; each country, participating through one EBU member broadcaster, was represented by one song performed by up to two people on stage.<ref name="ESC1958" />Template:Sfn Due to several entries having violated the duration limit in the previous event, the maximum song limit of 3 minutes and 30 seconds was more stringently enforced for this year's entries.<ref name="throwback"/> The voting system was the same as the one used the previous year; the results were determined through jury voting, with each country's jury containing ten individuals who each gave one vote to their favourite song, with no abstentions allowed and with jurors unable to vote for their own country.Template:Sfn
Contest overviewEdit
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The contest was held on 12 March 1958 at 21:00 (CET), with an approximate duration of 1 hour and 10 minutes.<ref name="NLC" /><ref name="Telegraaf" /> The contest was hosted by Dutch presenter Hannie Lips.<ref name="ESC1958" />Template:Sfn A performance by the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} featured as the interval act between the final competing performance and the commencement of the voting results, which included a rendition of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.Template:Sfn In addition, after the first five songs, the Metropole Orkest performed the "Wedding Dance" from the Symphonic Suite "Hasseneh" by Template:Ill as an interval act to give the juries a break to deliberate.<ref name="contestAV" />
During the live transmission of the contest several countries were unable to see or hear the Italian entry, which was the first act to perform, due to a technical fault, and it was subsequently allowed to perform again after the last song.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The winner was Template:Esccnty represented by the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", composed by Pierre Delanoë, written by Hubert Giraud and performed by André Claveau.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was the first of an eventual five contest victories that France would go on to achieve.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Italian entry, "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" performed by Domenico Modugno, went on to become a worldwide success, and was one of the first Eurovision songs to achieve notability outside of the contest.Template:Sfn Popularly known as "Volare", the song went to number one in the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as reaching the top 5 in singles charts in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and Norway, and the top 10 in the United Kingdom, and was named Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the first edition of the Grammy Awards held in May 1959.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The song has been covered by several artists, including Dean Martin, Dalida and Gipsy Kings, and many new versions with lyrics in different languages have been produced.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" was also nominated in 2005 to compete in Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, a special broadcast to determine the contest's most popular entry of its first 50 years as part of the contest's anniversary celebrations. One of 14 entries chosen to compete, "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" ultimately finished in second place behind "Waterloo", ABBA's winning song from the Template:Escyr.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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| Template:Abbr | Country | Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
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| 1 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 27 | 1 |
| 4 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 8 | 5 |
| 8 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | lang}}" | 8 | 5 |
| 10 | Template:Esc | Template:Sortname | "Giorgio" | 24 | 2 |
SpokespersonsEdit
Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country via telephone.<ref name="HowItWorks"/> Known spokespersons at the 1958 contest are listed below.
- Template:FlaguTemplate:SndArmand Lanoux<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
- Template:FlaguTemplate:SndPiet te Nuyl Jr.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
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Detailed voting resultsEdit
The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in reverse order to the order in which each country performed.Template:Sfn
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| rowspan="10" Template:Vert header | Italy | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| France | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Austria | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 24 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||
BroadcastsEdit
Broadcasters competing in the event were required to relay the contest via its networks; non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest. Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
No official accounts of the viewing figures are known to exist. In his introductory remarks, the Dutch commentator stated that a total number of "about 25 million viewers" across Europe could be estimated.<ref name="contestAV">Template:Cite AV media</ref>
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Template:Refh |
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| Template:Flagu | BBC | BBC Television ServiceTemplate:Efn | Peter Haigh | <ref name="Radio Times">Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
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