Eurovision Song Contest 1957

2nd Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 3, 1957
Host country	BR Germany
venue	Large broadcasting hall of the Hessischer Rundfunk , Frankfurt am Main
Broadcasting television station	for the
Moderation	Anaid Iplicjian
participating countries	10
winner	Netherlands
First time participation	Denmark , Austria , United Kingdom
Voting rule	Each country provided 10 judges. Each jury member voted with one point for a single title.
◄ ESC 1956 • ESC 1958 ►

The 2nd Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson , the official title of that year, took place on March 3, 1957 in the large broadcasting hall of the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main , after this television station had agreed to hold the event. Switzerland had refused to organize the program a second time in a row. The moderator was the actress Anaid Iplicjian .

Attendees

participating countries

In addition to the seven participants from the previous year, three more took part in the second Eurovision Song Contest, namely the United Kingdom , Denmark and Austria , so the EBU decided to only allow one song from each country.

Voting procedure

The voting procedure had been fundamentally changed compared to the previous year. In each country there were 10 jury members who were each allowed to give one vote to a song. The results have now been sent to Frankfurt a. M. transmitted.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	06th	Netherlands	Corry Brokken	Net as toen M: Guus Jansen; T: Willy van Hemert	Dutch	Like then	31
02.	08th	France	Paule Desjardins	La belle amour M: Guy Lafarge; T: Francis Carco	French	The beautiful love	17th
03.	09	Denmark	Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler	Skibet should be included in M: Erik Fiehn; T: Poul Sørensen	Danish	The ship sets sail tonight	10
04th	02	Luxembourg	Danièle Dupré	Tant de peine M: Jean-Pierre Kemmer; T: Jacques Taber	French	So much pain	08th
	07th	BR Germany	Margot Hielscher	Telephone, Telephone M: Friedrich Meyer ; T: Ralph Maria Siegel	German a.	-	08th
06th	04th	Italy	Nunzio Gallo	Corde della mia chitarra M: Mario Ruccione; T: Giuseppe Fiorelli	Italian	Strings of my guitar	07th
07th	03	United Kingdom	Patricia Bredin	All M: Reynell Wreford; T: Alan Stranks	English	Everything	06th
08th.	01	Belgium	Bobbejaan Schoepen	Straatdeuntje M: Harry Frekin; T: Eric Franssen	Dutch	Street melody	05
	10	Switzerland	Lys Assia	L'enfant que j'étais M: Géo Voumard ; T: Émile Gardaz	French	The kid that I was	05
10.	05	Austria	Bob Martin	Where to, little pony? M: Kurt Svab; T: Kurt Svab, Hans Werner	German	-	03

^a.in a few words in English, French, Italian and Spanish

Scoreboard

Map of the scoring for the winning title from the Netherlands by country

country	Points	CH	DK	FR	DE	NL	AT	IT	UK	LU	BE	Voting
Belgium	05	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-		3
Luxembourg	08th	-	-	-	-	-	3	4th	1		-	3
United Kingdom	06th	2	-	-	-	1	1	-		1	1	5
Italy	07th	-	1	-	-	2	-		2	1	1	5
Austria	03	-	-	-	-	1		-	2	-	-	2
Netherlands	31	7th	3	4th	1		6th	1	1	3	5	9
BR Germany	08th	-	-	6th		-	-	1	-	-	1	3
France	17th	-	2		6th	1	-	-	2	4th	2	6th
Denmark	10	-		-	-	5	-	3	2	-	-	3
Switzerland	05		2	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	4th

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Others

• The points were presented for the first time.
• It's the ESC that aired the earliest.
•  Germany : In the post Phone, took Margot Hielscher a telephone on the stage.
•  Italy , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom : Italy's post was over 5 minutes and the Netherlands' contribution was over 4 minutes. The UK bet on a song that was under 2 minutes long.  
•  Austria : Austria took part for the first time and came in last.
•  Switzerland : Last year's winner, Lys Assia , took part again, and in 1957 she finished next to last.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurovision.tv 1957 read "About the show"