Lugano 1956

The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first ever edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Seven countries participated in the event, which was eventually won by Switzerland.The winning song was Lys Assia's Refrain, which gave the first ever win of Eurovision to Switzerland.

Format
This contest was considered to be very different to contests to come. For example, each country had to submit two entries to the EBU to perform on the night. In all contests to follow, each country only submitted one entry to the EBU. Another difference to other contests that used juries was that the juries were allowed to vote for the countries they were representing. This is probably one of the reasons why Switzerland won this contest.

Debuting Countries

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

Results

 * 1st: Switzerland - Lys Assia - Refrain
 * 2nd: All Other Participants