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ESC Year edit

1956 edit

Prose: The transmission didn't run smooth for France either: RTF's technical report ("Rapport du chef de chaîne") for 24 May 1956 (catalog) held in the INA archives mentions a disruption of images ("panne d'image") from 21:28 to 21:31 CET, locating the source of disruption in Utliburg.[1] RTF made an excuse after the performance of "Le Temps perdu".[1] [which means that the disruption occurred during or before her performance]

1957 edit

[elaboration/more info necessary] Anaid Iplicjian took the votes from the international juries by telephone, assisted by an employee of Deutsche Bundespost.[2]

[prose] Iplicjian "commented" for German TV = no commentary?[3]

Country per year edit

1956fr edit

prose...: The final of the previous, second season was held on 31 March 1956, with ten songs chosen by listeners.[4] [so the programs after that seem to have been the selection rounds for Lugano, prose article necessary]

The program continued to be aired on 26 May (Le Monde radio program) and several times in June and July 1956 (INA). Finals of the season were held on 7 July (Le Monde 07-07-1956, p. 13).

On 20 April, a press report about Mathé Altéry mentions her various activities and an upcoming disc ("Le printemps") but doesn't mention the ESC[5] => maybe a hint that she wasn't yet chosen as French representative at that time and that selection only took place in the last month prior to the contest?

Dany Dauberson sang in cabarets, later in music halls, such as L'Olympia and Alhambra.[6] She seemed to have sung explicit / erotic songs regularly.[7] She started singing in the Alhambra in 1956, a few weeks ahead of the contest in Lugano.[6] The news report from 8 May doesn't mention the ESC.[6]

1956lu edit

Radio Luxembourg aired the music show “Kermesse aux chansons” on 12 May 1956 at 15:00 CET.[8] Michèle Arnaud participated in it.[8] Was this a song presentation or a selection?

1957de edit

[prose] "Zwei auf einem Pferd" "split" by NF: so neither at beginning nor end but in between?[9]

1957fr edit

Both the singer (Paule Desjardins) and the composer (Guy Lafarge) had been chosen by 21 February: On that day, Deutsches Fernsehen published a press release on the upcoming contest, saying that Paule Desjardins would sing a song by Guy Lafarge for France.[10] The press release also names the singers and composers of all other countries, adding that "at the time of going to press, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg hadn't named their participants yet."[10]

1957it edit

At Eurovision: Nunzio Gallo was accompanied by the guitar player Gosio.[2] [first name? Piero?]

1957lu edit

[prose] When arriving at Frankfurt, Danièle Dupré didn't know her song yet, and had to rehearse it intensively the night before the international final.[2]

1960fr edit

Known members of the French jury were: Jacques Péberay (jury president and lawyer), Josyane Perez (shoe vendor), Marcel Corbolin (horse butcher), Jacqueline Martin (housewife), Michel Benita (bus driver), Robert Soulodre (engineer student), Jacques Cagnac (teacher), Anne Caprile [fr] (actress), Jean-Louis Vergne (painter), Claudine Francke (employee at PTT).[11]

1964fr edit

At the start of the rehearsals in Copenhagen, France was among the favourites to win.[12]

1965fr edit

The song "N'avoue jamais" and the singer Guy Mardel were chosen in an internal selection organised by ORTF.[13] The singer and the song were announced only a few days ahead of the contest.[13] Observers saw a lack of transparency in the selection and criticised ORTF for both the selection process and the late revealing of the French entry.[13]

1966fr edit

No official accounts of the French viewing figures of the contest are known to exist. However, French newspaper Le Monde reported that concerts by Charles Trenet and Gilbert Bécaud held on the same evening as the Eurovision Song Contest had an half-empty auditorium.[14]

1967fr edit

RTF received around 100 submissions of unpublished songs by different record labels. The song was chosen by a jury of musicians and songwriters, which included Georges Van Parys, Paul Misraki, Jacques Loussier and Jean Wiener.[15]

1968fr edit

Isabelle Aubret was chosen as the French participant and announced by RTF in February 1968.[16]

1973ch edit

Paola was one of the two Swiss jurors.[17]

1977de edit

At Eurovision: The show was watched by 13.11 million viewers in Germany.[18]

1980de edit

Known members of the German jury were: S.D.[19] [more names necessary to incorporate it]

1983de edit

Known members of the German jury are: Sylvia Leigh (dental assistant, Munich).[20] (more names necessary to incorporate it)

1984de edit

Known members of the German jury were: K.J.[19] [more names necessary to incorporate it]

1993de edit

The show was watched by 4.38 million viewers in Germany.[21]

1994de edit

The show was watched by 4.46 million viewers in Germany.[22]

1995de edit

The show was watched by 3.98 million viewers in Germany, which is, as of 2023, the lowest German TV rating for a Eurovision Song Contest with German participation.[23]

Songs edit

83de: Rücksicht edit

"Rücksicht" was produced by Peter Kirsten [de]'s record label Global.[24] It sold 150,000 copies already before the international final.[24]

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c "Europa sang um die Wette". Bild+Funk (Ausgabe B) (in German). No. 12/1956. 17 March 1957. p. 6. OCLC 643528928.
  3. ^ "Weitere Programmleistungen im Spiegel der Kritik". Fernseh-Informationen (in German). Vol. 8, no. 8. March 1957. p. 165. ISSN 0015-0134. OCLC 643533986.
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  18. ^ Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  19. ^ a b Kuhnert, Volker (22 May 2020). "Mit den Stars bestens bekannt". Die Rheinpfalz (in German). Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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