Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956

Eurovision Song Contest 1956

Country|  Netherlands
National selection
Selection process| Het Eurovisie Song Festival
Selection date(s)| 24 April 1956
Selected entrant| Jetty Paerl
and Corry Brokken
Selected song| "De vogels van Holland"
and "Voorgoed voorbij"
Selected songwriter(s)| "De vogels van Holland":

* Cor Lemaire
* Annie M. G. Schmidt

"Voorgoed voorbij":
Jelle de Vries
Finals performance
Final result| N/A
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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.

## Before Eurovision[edit]

For its national selection, NTS invited a number of songwriters to send in entries.[1] From the submitted entries, a jury consisting of Hugo de Groot [nl], Harm Smedes and Max Dendermonde [nl], chose eight songs for the national final.[2] Corry Brokken, Jetty Paerl and Bert Visser were chosen separately by NTS to sing the entries.[1]

### Het Eurovisie Song Festival[edit]

The final was held at the AVRO TV Studios in Hilversum on 24 April 1956 at 21:45 CET and lasted about 45 minutes.[3][4][5] It was broadcast on NTS with the title Het Eurovisie Song Festival, and also in Belgium on NIR.[4][2] It was produced by Piet de Nuyl jr. and directed by Ger Lugtenburg [nl].[3] Two songs were sung by Bert Visser; Corry Brokken and Jetty Paerl sang three songs each.[5] The artists were accompanied by the Metropole Orkest under the direction of Dolf van der Linden.[1]

The songs were ranked by postcard voting.[3] The postcards with votes for the song which should place first, participated also in a lottery: The prize was a journey to the final in Lugano.[2][6] The results were announced on 5 May 1956 in a TV show held at the Minerva Theater in Heemstede.[2][7] In total, 6,694 postcards were received.[8]

The top two songs were "Voorgoed voorbij", written and composed by Jelle de Vries [nl], and "De vogels van Holland", written by Annie M. G. Schmidt and composed by Cor Lemaire [nl].[9][8] "'t is lente", written by Alexander Pola [nl] and composed by Else van Epen [nl], came third.[8]

National final – 24 April 1956[8][10][11] Place  | Artist  | Song  | Votes

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1  | Corry Brokken | "Voorgoed voorbij"  | 1,854
2  | Jetty Paerl | "De vogels van Holland"[a] | 1,530
3  | Corry Brokken | "'t Is lente"  | 1,210
4  |  | "Mei in Parijs"  | 1,034
5  |  | "Ik zei ja"  | 478
6  | Jetty Paerl | "De telefoon"  | 438
7  |  | "Gina mia"  | 116
8  |  | "Meisje"  | 34

## At Eurovision[edit]

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.[13][14]

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.[15] All jury members were colocated in a separate room in the venue in Lugano and followed the contest via a television set.[16] The Dutch jury members were Lia Dorana and Ger Lugtenburg [nl].[17]

## Notes and references[edit]

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ Credited as "Vogels van Holland"[8][12]

### References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Onze chansons: TV-vooronde voor Lugano". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 7 April 1956. p. 13\. OCLC 643834779. Retrieved 1 November 2023 - via Delpher.
2. ^ a b c d "Kijk naar: Song-finale". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 24 April 1956. p. 7\. OCLC 643834779. Retrieved 1 November 2023 - via Delpher.
3. ^ a b c "Draadlos: Chanson-concours uit Lugano". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 9 April 1956. p. 3\. OCLC 1367969039. Retrieved 1 November 2023 - via Delpher.
4. ^ a b "Radioprogramma". Trouw (in Dutch). 23 April 1956. p. 2\. OCLC 224973665. Retrieved 1 November 2023 - via Delpher.
5. ^ a b "Uit de lucht gegrepen". Het Parool (in Dutch). 25 April 1956. p. 4\. OCLC 1367886223. Retrieved 2 November 2023 - via Delpher.
6. ^ "Wie wil naar Lugano?". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 April 1956. p. 7\. OCLC 643834779. Retrieved 5 November 2023 - via Delpher.
7. ^ "Nationale T.V.-uitsending Minerva-Theater". Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant (in Dutch). 26 April 1956. p. 3\. OCLC 72688418. Retrieved 3 November 2023 - via Delpher.
8. ^ a b c d e "Voorgoed voorbij". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 7 May 1956. p. 5\. OCLC 643834779. Retrieved 2 November 2023 - via Delpher.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ "Vocale sympathieën". Trouw (in Dutch). 25 April 1956. p. 2\. OCLC 224973665. Retrieved 5 November 2023 - via Delpher.
11. ^ "TV van gisteren: Songfestival". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 25 April 1956. p. 5\. OCLC 643834779. Retrieved 7 November 2023 - via Delpher.
12. ^ "Nederland in Eurovisie-songfestival". Het Binnenhof (in Dutch). 8 May 1956. p. 11\. OCLC 72687086. Retrieved 2 November 2023 - via Delpher.
13. ^ Sivertsen, Eirik (13 May 2009). "Hva vet du om ESC?" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
14. ^ 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.
15. ^ "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.
16. ^ 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.
17. ^ "Dorana en Lugano: Lia in de jury". Algemeen Dagblad. 18 April 1956. p. 7. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Dutch National Final page
* Diggiloo Thrush. "1956 Netherlands". Retrieved 30 November 2006.
* Diggiloo Thrush. "1956 Netherlands". Retrieved 30 November 2006.

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* The Common Linnets
* Dion Cooper
* Ben Cramer
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* Esther Hart
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* Hind
* Ruth Jacott
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* Greetje Kauffeld
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* Heddy Lester
* Maggie MacNeal
* Jeangu Macrooy
* Marcha
* Maribelle
* Marlayne
* Maxine
* Maywood
* Michelle
* Mouth and MacNeal
* Mrs. Einstein
* Mia Nicolai
* OG3NE
* Trijntje Oosterhuis
* Jetty Paerl
* Annie Palmen
* Justine Pelmelay
* Sandra Reemer
* Re-union
* Edsilia Rombley
* S10
* Sandra and Andres
* Saskia and Serge
* Teddy Scholten
* Milly Scott
* Sieneke
* De Spelbrekers
* Thérèse Steinmetz
* Teach-In
* Ronnie Tober
* The Toppers
* Treble
* Conny Vandenbos
* Linda Wagenmakers
* Waylon
* Linda Williams

Songs|

* "Alles heeft ritme"
* "Als het om de liefde gaat"
* "Amambanda"
* "Amsterdam"
* "Arcade"
* "Een beetje"
* "Birds"
* "Birth of a New Age"
* "Blijf zoals je bent"
* "Burning Daylight"
* "Calm After the Storm"
* "Colorado"
* "De diepte"
* "Ding-a-dong"
* "De eerste keer"
* "Fernando en Filippo"
* ~~"Grow"~~
* "Heel de wereld"
* "Hemel en aarde"
* "Het is een wonder"
* "I See a Star"
* "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"
* "Ik hou van jou"
* "Ik wil alles met je delen"
* "Jij bent mijn leven"
* "Jij en ik"
* "Katinka"
* "Lights and Shadows"
* "De mallemolen"
* "Morgen"
* "My Impossible Dream"
* "Net als toen"
* "Never Alone"
* "Niemand heeft nog tijd"
* "No Goodbyes"
* "On Top of the World"
* "One Good Reason"
* "One More Night"
* "De oude muzikant"
* "Out on My Own"
* "Outlaw in 'Em"
* "The Party's Over"
* "Rechtop in de wind"
* "Ring-dinge-ding"
* "Shangri-La"
* "Shine"
* "Sing Me a Song"
* "Slow Down"
* "Een speeldoos"
* "'t Is genoeg"
* "'t Is OK"
* "Tijd"
* "De troubadour"
* "De vogels van Holland"
* "Voorgoed voorbij"
* "Vrede"
* "Waar is de zon"
* "Walk Along"
* "Wat een dag"
* "Wat een geluk"
* "Waterman"
* "Wijs me de weg"
* "Without You"
* "You and Me"
* "Your Heart Belongs to Me"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where the Netherlands did not compete

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Countries|

* Belgium
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Switzerland

Artists|

* Mathé Altéry
* Michèle Arnaud
* Lys Assia
* Corry Brokken
* Dany Dauberson
* Fud Leclerc
* Mony Marc
* Jetty Paerl
* Freddy Quinn
* Franca Raimondi
* Walter Andreas Schwarz
* Tonina Torrielli

Songs|

* "Amami se vuoi"
* "Das alte Karussell"
* "Les Amants de minuit"
* "Aprite le finestre"
* "Il est là"
* "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück"
* "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine"
* "Ne crois pas"
* "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie"
* "Refrain"
* "So geht das jede Nacht"
* "Le Temps perdu"
* "De vogels van Holland"
* "Voorgoed voorbij"

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