Eurovision Song Contest History - [1958]

Final: 12 March 1958
Presenter(s) Hannie Lips
Conductor: Dolf van der Linden
Host broadcaster: NTS
Venue: AVRO Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Winning song: France "Dors, mon amour"


iNFO

The Netherlands had the honour of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest this year.Despite ending third, the Italian entry Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) by Domenico Modugno became a worldwide hit and to date. Sweden entered the contest for the first time and France won with the song Dors, Mon Amour, performed by André Claveau.

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.

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 like in 1956. Like 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.

France won the contest for the first time.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Italy	Domenico Modugno	"Nel blu dipinto di blu"	3	13
2	Netherlands	Corry Brokken	"Heel de wereld"	9	1
3	France	André Claveau	"Dors, mon amour"	1	27
4	Luxembourg	Solange Berry	"Un grand amour"	9	1
5	Sweden	Alice Babs	"Lilla stjärna"	4	10
6	Denmark	Raquel Rastenni	"Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog"	8	3
7	Belgium	Fud Leclerc	"Ma petite chatte"	5	8
8	Germany	Margot Hielscher	"Für zwei Groschen Musik"	7	5
9	Austria	Liane Augustin	"Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe"	5	8
10	Switzerland	Lys Assia	"Giorgio"	2	24

	Juries
	total	ita	net	fra	lux	swe	den	bel	ger	aus	swi
Italy	13		1	1	0	1	0	4	4	1	1
Netherlands	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
France	27	6	0		1	1	9	1	1	7	1
Luxembourg	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1
Sweden	10	0	2	0	3		0	1	0	1	3
Denmark	3	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0
Belgium	8	0	0	0	0	1	1		5	0	1
Germany	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		1	0
Austria	8	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0		2
Switzerland	24	4	6	3	5	4	0	2	0	0

dOWNLOAD
You can download all songs here

wATCH