Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956

The Netherlands held a national final to select the two entrants that Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), the Dutch broadcaster, would send to the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in Lugano, Switzerland. The final was held on 24 April 1956.

Eurovision Song Contest 1956
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processNationaal Songfestival 1956
Selection date(s)24 April 1956
Selected entrantJetty Paerl
and Corry Brokken
Selected song"De vogels van Holland"
and "Voorgoed voorbij"
Selected songwriter(s)"De vogels van Holland":

"Voorgoed voorbij":
Jelle de Vries
Finals performance
Final resultN/A
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
1956 • 1957►

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1956

The final was held on 24 April 1956 at the AVRO TV Studios in Hilversum, hosted by Karin Kraaykamp. The songs were ranked by postcard voting.[1] The top two songs were "Voorgoed voorbij", written and composed by Jelle de Vries, and "De vogels van Holland", written by Annie M. G. Schmidt and composed by Cor Lemaire.[2]

Final – 24 April 1956
Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Corry Brokken "Ik zei : ja" 478 5
2 Jetty Paerl "De vogels van Holland" 1,530 2
3 Bert Visser "Gina mia" 116 7
4 Jetty Paerl "De telefoon" 438 6
5 Corry Brokken "Voorgoed voorbij" 1,854 1
6 Bert Visser "Meisje" 34 8
7 Corry Brokken "'t Is lente" 1,210 3
8 Jetty Paerl "Mei in Parijs" 1,034 4

At Eurovision

There were seven participating countries, and each was drawn to perform two songs in the same order via two rounds, with Netherlands performing first in each round, making "De vogels van Holland" the first song performed in the Eurovision Song Contest history.[3][4]

Both of the Dutch entries were conducted at the contest by the musical director Fernando Paggi.

Each country nominated two jury members who voted for their respective country by giving between one and ten points to each song, including those representing their own country.[5] All jury members were colocated in a separate room in the venue in Lugano and followed the contest via a television set.[6] The Dutch jury members were Lia Dorana and Ger Lugtenburg.[7]

References
  1. "DUTCH NATIONAL FINAL 1956". natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. Crommert, Richard van de (27 May 2010). "Jetty Pearl vandaag jarig". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. Sivertsen, Eirik (13 May 2009). "Hva vet du om ESC?" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. Wolther, Irving (2009). "Musik im Medienkorsett: Der Eurovision Song Contest zwischen Kompositionswettbewerb und Fernsehereignis". In Peter Moormann (ed.). Musik Im Fernsehen: Sendeformen und Gestaltungsprinzipien (in German). Springer. pp. 11–29. ISBN 9783531919058.
  5. "Reglement du Grand Prix Eurovision 1956 de la Chanson Européenne (version définitive)" [Rules of the Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Competition 1956 (final version)] (PDF) (in French). European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2016.
  6. Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
  7. "Dorana en Lugano: Lia in de jury". Algemeen Dagblad. 18 April 1956. p. 7. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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