Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Dates
Final3 March 1957 (1957-03-03)
Host
VenueGroßer Sendesaal des hessischen Rundfunks
Frankfurt, West Germany
Presenter(s)Anaid Iplicjian
Musical directorWilly Berking
DirectorMichael Kehlmann
Host broadcasterARD[a]
Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/frankfurt-1957 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries10
Debuting countries
Non-returning countriesNone
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemTen-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song
Winning song Netherlands
"Net als toen"
1956 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1958

The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) on behalf of ARD, the contest, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1957 (English: Eurovision Grand Prize of European Song 1957[1]) was held on Sunday 3 March 1957 and was hosted at the Großer Sendesaal des hessischen Rundfunks in Frankfurt, West Germany by German actress Anaid Iplicjian.

Ten countries took part, with Austria, Denmark, and the United Kingdom competing for the first time and joining the original seven participating countries from the first contest in 1956. A number of changes to the rules from the previous year's event were enacted, with each country now represented by only one song, which could be performed by up to two performers on stage. The voting system received an overhaul, with each country's jury now comprising ten individuals which awarded one vote each to their favourite song. The results of the voting were now conducted in public, with a scoreboard introduced to allow the process to be followed by viewers and listeners at home. Jurors were also for the first time not allowed to vote for the song from their own country.

The winner of the contest was the Netherlands, with the song "Net als toen" performed by Corry Brokken. This was Brokken's second appearance as a participant, after previously representing the Netherlands in 1956; her victory marked the first of five Dutch wins in the contest as of 2023.[2]

Location

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Großer Sendesaal des hessischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt – venue of the 1957 contest

The 1957 contest took place in Frankfurt, West Germany. The selected venue was the Großer Sendesaal des hessischen Rundfunks, a music hall and former broadcasting studio located in the Dornbusch district, and part of the wider Broadcasting House Dornbusch which serves as the headquarters and main broadcasting facility of the German public broadcaster for the state of Hesse, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR).[3][4] The contest was held in front of an audience of around 400 people.[5][6]

A new plan for staging the event was invoked ahead of the 1957 contest, with a different broadcaster organising the contest each year, after Switzerland's SRG SSR, which had both hosted the contest and provided the winning entry in 1956, declined to stage it for a second time.[6] Germany was subsequently selected to host the second edition, after Hans-Otto Grünefeldt, TV program director at HR, offered to organise it on behalf of ARD.[a][3][7] Frankfurt was selected as host city as early as June 1956 during an EBU meeting in Italy.[8]

Participating countries

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Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 – Participation summaries by country

Ten countries participated in the 1957 contest, with the seven countries which took part in the first contest being joined by Austria, Denmark and the United Kingdom in their first appearances.[3] Austria and Denmark had originally planned to compete in 1956, but missed the cut-off date for entry.[9][10]

Two of the participating artists, Switzerland's Lys Assia and the Netherlands' Corry Brokken, had previously competed at the 1956 contest. Brokken was one of the two Dutch participants in that year's contest, competing with the song "Voorgoed voorbij", while Assia had performed both of Switzerland's entries, "Das alte Karussell" and "Refrain", the latter of which had won the contest.[11]

Eurovision Song Contest 1957 participants[12][13]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Conductor
 Austria ORF Bob Martin "Wohin, kleines Pony?" German
  • Kurt Svab
  • Hans Werner
 Carl de Groof
 Belgium NIR Bobbejaan Schoepen "Straatdeuntje" Dutch
  • Eric Franssen
  • Harry Frékin
 Willy Berking
 Denmark Statsradiofonien Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler "Skibet skal sejle i nat" Danish
  • Erik Fiehn
  • Paul Sørensen
 Kai Mortensen
 France RTF Paule Desjardins "La Belle Amour" French
Paul Durand
 Germany HR[b] Margot Hielscher "Telefon, Telefon" German
  • Friedrich Meyer
  • Ralph Maria Siegel
 Willy Berking
 Italy RAI Nunzio Gallo "Corde della mia chitarra" Italian
  • Giuseppi Cavaliere
  • Mario Ruccione
 Armando Trovajoli
 Luxembourg CLT Danièle Dupré "Tant de peine" French
  • Jean-Pierre Kemmer
  • Jacques Taber
 Willy Berking
 Netherlands NTS Corry Brokken "Net als toen" Dutch
Dolf van der Linden
  Switzerland SRG SSR Lys Assia "L'Enfant que j'étais" French
Willy Berking
 United Kingdom BBC Patricia Bredin "All" English
  • Alan Stranks
  • Reynell Wreford
 Eric Robinson

Format

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The contest was organised and broadcast by HR on behalf of ARD, with Michael Kehlmann serving as director and Willy Berking serving as musical director, leading the Tanz- und Unterhaltungsorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks during the event.[15][16][17][18] 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.[13]

The stage built in the Großer Sendesaal featured a wooden staircase for the artists and conductors to make their entrance, and a lyre-shaped background for the singers, which should symbolize the history of popular songs since the Middle Ages.[19] The centre of the background contained a removable background, allowing for a different graphic to be used for each nation's performance.[6][20] The background of the orchestra featured photographs from different European landmarks, such as the Brandenburg Gate, the Colosseum and the Arc de Triomphe.[19] Curtains were used extensively as backgrounds and decorative elements.[19] The entire contest, including the performances and voting, lasted around one hour in total.[5][21] Held just over nine months after the inaugural contest, the contest date of 3 March remains the earliest date in the calendar year in which the contest has been held.[6]

A number of changes from the rules of the previous year's contest were enacted in 1957. Each country was now permitted to send only one song to compete, as opposed to the maximum of two in 1956.[20] Up to two people were now allowed on stage during the performance, however no other vocal backing was allowed.[3][6][20]

A new voting system was introduced, with ten individuals in each country giving one vote to their favourite song, with no abstentions allowed.[6] In an additional change to the 1956 rules, jurors were not allowed to vote for the song from their own country.[6][15] A scoreboard was introduced for the first time, and the voting process was now included as part of the broadcast, rather than conducted in secret as in 1956. This new aspect of the contest was inspired by the United Kingdom's Festival of British Popular Songs, which included voting by regional juries and the points received shown on a scoreboard, a telerecording of which was viewed by EBU organisers.[5][6] Each jury assembled in their own country to follow the contest on television and were then contacted by telephone by the contest's presenter in order to receive their votes, in a change from 1956 when the jurors were co-located to the contest venue.[6][20]

Each song, as in 1956, was required to last no longer than three minutes and 30 seconds, however several of the competing entries went beyond this limit. Italy's song, which lasted for five minutes and nine seconds, remains the longest song in the contest's history and, despite heavy protest, was not disqualified.[6][20] Conversely, the United Kingdom's first entry lasted for one minute and 53 seconds in total, and remained the shortest song to compete in the contest until 2015.[6] Subsequently the restriction on song length was more strictly monitored from 1958 onwards.[6][20]

The draw that determined the running order was held on 2 March 1957.[22]

Contest overview

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Corry Brokken (pictured in 1958) had previously represented the Netherlands in 1956 before entering the contest again in 1957 and ultimately winning.

The contest was held on 3 March 1957 at 21:00 (CET) and lasted 1 hour.[1][13] The event was hosted by German actress Anaid Iplicjian.[3][6]

The winner was the Netherlands represented by the song "Net als toen", composed by Guus Jansen, written by Willy van Hemert and performed by Corry Brokken.[23] Notable among this year's participants were Denmark's Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler, the first duo to compete in the contest, who made an impact with a passionate on-screen kiss at the end of their performance; and Germany's Margot Hielscher, the first Eurovision act to use a prop during their performance, in this instance a telephone.[3][6]

An award was presented to the winning composer for the first time, taking the form of a medallion, which was awarded at the end of the broadcast by Eberhard Beckmann [de], director of Hessischer Rundfunk.[15][24][25] The medallion had been commissioned by Deutsches Fernsehen and designed by sculptor Hans Mettel [de].[22][26] It featured the Eurovision logo and the words "Grand Prix 1957" on one side, and the mythological figure Europa on a bull on the other side.[27]

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1957[13][28]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Belgium Bobbejaan Schoepen "Straatdeuntje" 5 8
2  Luxembourg Danièle Dupré "Tant de peine" 8 4
3  United Kingdom Patricia Bredin "All" 6 7
4  Italy Nunzio Gallo "Corde della mia chitarra" 7 6
5  Austria Bob Martin "Wohin, kleines Pony?" 3 10
6  Netherlands Corry Brokken "Net als toen" 31 1
7  Germany Margot Hielscher "Telefon, Telefon" 8 4
8  France Paule Desjardins "La Belle Amour" 17 2
9  Denmark Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler "Skibet skal sejle i nat" 10 3
10   Switzerland Lys Assia "L'Enfant que j'étais" 5 8

Spokespersons

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Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone.[29] Known spokespersons at the 1957 contest are listed below.

Detailed voting results

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The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in reverse order to the order in which each country performed.[15]

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1957[15][31][32]
Total score
Switzerland
Denmark
France
Germany
Netherlands
Austria
Italy
United Kingdom
Luxembourg
Belgium
Contestants
 Belgium 5 1 2 2
Luxembourg 8 3 4 1
United Kingdom 6 2 1 1 1 1
Italy 7 1 2 2 1 1
Austria 3 1 2
Netherlands 31 7 3 4 1 6 1 1 3 5
Germany 8 6 1 1
France 17 2 6 1 2 4 2
Denmark 10 5 3 2
Switzerland 5 2 1 1 1

Broadcasts

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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. In total, the contest was broadcast in 12 countries.[33] 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.[34] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

The 1957 contest is the earliest edition to exist in full in the EBU's archives, as the 1956 edition has survived solely through audio recordings, with some missing segments, and limited video footage of the winning reprise performance through newsreel and other recordings.[6][21][35] Although the number of households which had access to a television in Europe continued to grow, this edition, as in the case of the 1956 contest, was still mainly accessed by spectators via radio.[3] Contemporary reports estimated that about eight million viewers had watched the show.[36]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Austria ORF ORF [18]
 Belgium NIR NIR, Brussel Vlaams [37][38]
INR INR Robert Beauvais [37][39]
 Denmark Statsradiofonien Statsradiofonien TV, Program 2 Svend Pedersen [40]
 France RTF RTF, Paris-Inter Robert Beauvais [39][41]
 Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen [42]
HR Zweites Programm [43]
WDR UKW West[c] [44]
 Italy RAI Programma Nazionale, Secondo Programma [45][46]
 Luxembourg CLT Télé-Luxembourg Robert Beauvais [39][47]
 Netherlands NTS NTS Piet te Nuyl Jr. [48]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SRG, Radio Beromünster [49]
TSR Robert Beauvais [50]
Radio Sottens [51]
Radio Monte Ceneri [52]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Television Service Berkeley Smith [1]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Monaco Télé Monte-Carlo Robert Beauvais [39][53]
Radio Monte-Carlo [51]
 Sweden SR Sveriges TV Nils Linnman [sv] [54][55]

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – "Working group of public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany"
  2. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[14]
  3. ^ Delayed broadcast on 29 April 1957 at 21:15 (CET)[44]

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