Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956

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Eurovision Song Contest 1956
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
National selection
Selection processHet 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":

"Voorgoed voorbij":
Jelle de Vries
Finals performance
Final resultN/A
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
1956• 1957►

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.

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Before Eurovision

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

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]
PlaceArtistSongVotes
1 Corry Brokken "Voorgoed voorbij"1,854
2 Jetty Paerl "De vogels van Holland" [lower-alpha 1] 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

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

Notes

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

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