Eurovision Song Contest 1959
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The 4th Euro Vision Song Contest (former official title 4th Grand Prix de la Chanson Européenne Euro Vision ) was held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on March 11, 1959. Presenter was Jacqueline Joubert.
Special
For the first time went to Monaco. The United Kingdom returned and Luxembourg paused, so that the number of participants increased to eleven countries, a previous peak. It won the Dutch singer Teddy Scholten with her song Een beetje. In place 2 Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson came from the United Kingdom and the third place went to hosts France, represented by Jean Philippe.
Commercially successful than the winning song, however, the contribution Piove from Italy, presented as in the year before was become by Domenico Modugno and known under the title Ciao ciao bambina additive.
The German contribution was determined without decision show from the ARD; the Kessler Twins were selected. Austria, too, determined its representative intern The Kessler Twins build space with 8 Tonight we woll'n go dancing, Austria's representative Ferry Graf Platz 9 with the K and k Kalypso from Vienna. The Switzerland -placed better with the candidate chosen in a public preliminary Christa Williams. For her song from somewhere, she won the fourth place behind their opponents from the United Kingdom and France. It was the first Swiss Post, which was not sung by Lys Assia, who had represented the country one after another in the last three years, three times.
German preliminary
The German contribution was determined internally by the ARD. Chosen the Kessler Twins, the ' 'd ' with the written by Helmut Zander and Astrid Volt Man song Today I should take a stroll. Since the Kessler Twins were not satisfied with the title of the song, this was in woll'n Tonight we go dancing changed.
Placements
Scoring
* The table is vertically ordered by the appearance order, horizontally to the chronological point Ever reading.
Map
- Participating countries
- Countries that had already participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1959