Eurovision Song Contest 1957

The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second Eurovision Song Contest and was held on March 3, 1957, in Frankfurt am Main. With Anaid Iplikjan as the presenter, the contest was won by Corry Brokken who represented the Netherlands, with her song "Net Als Toen".

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Eurovision Song Contest - March 3 - 1957 - Frankfurt am Main - Anaid Iplikjan - Corry Brokken

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The second contest was still mainly a radio program, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with televisions. Although Switzerland won in 1956, it was not held in Switzerland in 1957 because the rule stating that the winning nation hosted the next year's Eurovision had not yet been created. It was originally planned that each participating country would take it in turns to host the event, but as more countries wished to participate, this became impossible.

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Radio - Television - 1956

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There was a rumour from the 1956 contest that the German entry, "Das Lied vom Großen Glück" by Walter Andreas Schwarz came second. According to the rumour, this is why Germany held the 1957 contest.

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In this year's contest the Italian entry lasted for 5:09 minutes, whilst the UK's entry lasted for only 1:52 minutes. It was because of songs like this that the "3 minute rule" was created.

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Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler at the end of their song exchanged the longest kiss that has ever occurred in the contest - although, of course, only people with televisions could actually see it. This was due to a member of the production staff forgetting to give a pre-arranged sign that the kiss should end.

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Birthe Wilke - Gustav Winckler

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