Selection process National Final Selection date(s) 24 April 1956 Selected entrant Jetty Paerl andCorry Brokken Selected song „De vogels van Holland“ and„Voorgoed voorbij Finals performance Final result N/A The Netherlands held a national final to select the two entrants that Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), the Dutch broadcaster, would send to the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in Lugano, Switzerland. The final was held on 24 April 1956. Draw…
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…
Name : Micheline Caré Born : 18-3-1919 Nationality : French National Finals : – ESC Entries : Ne crois pas (1956)Les amants de minuit (1956) Website : – Biography Michèle Arnaud was a French singer and TV producer. She started her career in 1952 with the cabaret group Milord…
Name : Marie-Thérèse Renée Micheline Altare Born : 12-9-1927 Nationality : French National Finals : French national final 1957 ESC Entries : Ne crois pas (1956) Website : – Biography Mathé Altéry is a French singer, born in Paris. She started singing at a young age in Cherbourg, where she…
Name : Walter Andreas Schwarz Born : 2-6-1913 Nationality : German National Finals : German national final 1956 ESC Entries : Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück (1956) Website : – Biography Walter Andreas Schwarz was a German singer, writer, comedian and radio play author and actor. He also did translation…
Name : Mony Marc Born : unknown Nationality : Belgian National Finals : – ESC Entries : Le plus beau jour de ma vie (1956) Website : – Biography Mony Marc is a Belgian singer. She released her first single “La charmante chanteuse à l´ancienne Belgique” in 1952. She had success in 1954 with the…
Name : Franz Eugen Helmuth Manfred Nidl Born : 27-9-1931 Nationality : German National Finals : German national final 1956 ESC Entries : So geht das jeden Nacht (1956) Website : – Biography Freddy Quinn grew up partly in Vienna, but also partly in West Virginia, United States. In 1954 he was discovered in Hamburg. Two…
Name : Suzanne Marguerite Renée Gauche Born : 16-1-1925 Nationality : French National Finals : – ESC Entries : Il est là Website : – Biography Dany Dauberson is a French singer and actress who was particularly successful in the 1950s. Dany studied classical singing. She lived and worked in Lyon, but the fact that she…
Name : Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq Born : 1924 Nationality : Belgian National Finals : Belgian National Final 1962, 1960, 1958 ESC Entries : Ton nom (1962)Mon amour pour toi (1960)Ma petite chatte (1958)Messieurs les noyés de la Seine (1956) Website : Biography Fud Leclerc was a Belgian singer and musician. He owes his stage name Fud…
Henriette Nanette „Jetty“ Paerl (27 May 1921 – 22 August 2013) was a Dutch singer and resistance member of Jewish origin. She is known for being one of the Netherlands‘ representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 with the song „De vogels van Holland„, and for being the first singer ever to perform in the…