Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Location Germany
Host Broadcaster ARD
Venue Großer Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks
Host(s) Anaïd Iplicjian
Participants 10
Voting method Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favorite song
Interval Act none

Danes kiss on stage

The Eurovision Song Contest of 1957 was hosted by the Hessischer Rundfunk on behalf of Deutsches Fernsehen ARD. This year, Austria, Denmark and the United Kingdom entered the contest for the first time, joining the other seven participating countries from the previous year. Despite the fact that an increasing number of Europeans had got access to television, the contest was still mainly a radio programme.

As a change to the contest the year before, duos were allowed into the competition with the first being the Danish entry by Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler. The couple gave viewers the longest on-stage kiss in the history of the contest to date, but it was not enough to win and they ended third.
About the winner

For the first time, the Netherlands won the contest with the song Net Als Toen, performed by Corry Brokken who also represented her country in Lugano the year before.
Facts & figures * The participating countries were represented by one song each, but the duration of the songs varied. The UK entry lasted for only 1:52 minutes, whereas the Italian lasted for 5:09 minutes. Even though the rules suggested that a song should not exceed three minutes, the Italian entry was not disqualified despite heavy protests. The incident lead to the restriction of each song to last a maximum of three minutes. Another change was that the national juries could not vote for their own song anymore, a rule that still applies today.

Category:

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[manueluchi1]

Me gusta la canción de Bélgica :)

[Premtown]

Denmark best!

[pimmagrimm]

Wow thanks! Only an hour long too! lol How charming and innocent the eurovision was back then. The icelandic entry of 1997 keeps popping into my head :)

[marciomaco]

I would like to have a traduction of what are they saying

[estebanpolaco]

Vielen Dank!

[bripe]

Thanks ESCBelgium!!!