Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956

ESC National Year
Year = 1956
Country = GER
Preselection = National Final
Preselection date = 1 May 1956
Entrant = Walter Andreas Schwarz and Freddy Quinn
Song = "Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück" and "So Geht Das Jede Nacht"
Final result = N/A

Germany held a national preselection to choose the two songs that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1956. The final was held on May 1 and was presented by Heinz Piper.

National Final

There was a rumour that Lys Assia performed the song "Ein Keiner Gld'ner Ring" (A Little Golden Ring) in the national final. However, this rumour turned out to be untrue as the singer has only remembered that she took part with a song of that title in a German music festival - it turned out that she actually competed with this song in the German schlager festival of 1961 [Jan Feddersen: "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein", Hoffmann und Campe 2002] .

At Eurovision

"So Geht Das Jede Nacht" and "Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück" were the dual winners of the national selection, and went on to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956. However, neither song prevailed at the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest, which was won by the Swiss entry "Refrain", sung by Lys Assia.

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