National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	28 April 1956
Selected entrant	Lys Assia
Selected song	“Das alte Karussell” and “Refrain”
Finals performance
Final result	1st “Refrain” N/A “Das alte Karussell”

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Jo Roland	“Vendredi”
2	Lys Assia	“Sei Doch Nicht So Eifersüchtig”
3	Lys Assia & Quinteta Radiosa	“Das alte Karussell“
4	Jo Roland	“L’Allée Aux Ormeaux”
5	Anita Traversi	“Bandella Ticinese”
6	Jo Roland	“La Ballade Des Bonnes Années”
7	Lys Assia & Quinteta Radiosa	“Le Bohémien”
8	Jo Roland	“Les Deux Coquins (L’Argent Et L’Amour)”
9	Jo Roland	“J’Ai Triché”
10	Lys Assia  & Quinteta Radiosa	“Addio Bella Napoli”
11	Lys Assia & Quinteta Radiosa	“Refrains*“

“Das alte Karussell” and “Refrains” won the national pre selection, and “Refrain” went on to win the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest. The result of “Das alte Karussell”, as well as the scores and placings of the other songs, wasn’t declared and remained unknown.

1. Lys Assia- Refrain

Language	French
Composer(s)	Géo Voumard
Lyricist(s)	Émile Gardaz

NA. Lys Assia – Das alte Karusell

Language	German
Composer(s)	Georg Benz Stahl
Lyricist(s)	Georg Benz Stahl

NA. Jo Roland

Jo Roland did participate with the following songs

J’ai triché
Vendredi	L’allée aux ormeaux
La ballade des bonnes années	Les deux coquins (l’argent et l’amour)

NA. Lys Assia & Quintet Radiosa

Refrains( The song was later known as Refrain)

Addio bella Napoli

Le bohémien

NA. Anitta Traversi

Bandella ticinese