Eurovision: 1957 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Germany

The competition took place at the Grosser Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks in Frankfurt, Germany. Deutsches Fernsehen ARD was the host television company, although most of the audience still were listening on radio rather than television. Deutches Fernsehen ARD, now known as "Das Erste" ("The First"), is a German public television station, and first broadcast nationwide on 1 November 1954.

Answer: The Netherlands

The Netherlands won with their entry "Net als toen" ("Just Like Then"). The song is a woman asking her husband if he remembers when their marriage still had romance. It was composed by Guus Jansen, with lyrics by Willy van Hemert.

Answer: Patricia Bredin

Patricia Bredin is a British actress and singer whose accomplishments include co-starring in "The Desert Mice" with Sid James and also taking over the role of Guenevere from Julie Andrews in the Broadway stage version of Camelot. At one minute fifty-two seconds the UK entry was far shorter than the average Eurovision entry.

Answer: kiss

It was a kiss. Duos were allowed this year, and the Danish entry, performed by Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler had them kissing at the end of the song. They were supposed to be cued to end the kiss, but the production person responsible for giving the cue forgot...

Answer: three

Three of the entries were sung in French. They were:

France - "La belle amour" ("Beautiful Love")
Luxembourg - "Amours mortes (tant de peine)" ("Dead Love (So Much Sorrow)") and
Switzerland - "L'enfant que j'etais" ("The Child I Was").

Answer: Italy

Italy's entry, "Corde della mia chitarra" ("Strings of My Guitar") ran for five minutes nine seconds. It's rather ironic that this song, the longest in the history of the competition, was performed immediately following the shortest in the history of the competition. Needless to say, by the next year a rule was instituted limiting songs to three minutes thirty seconds, later amended to just three minutes.

Answer: three

Three countries joined the competition this year. Denmark's "Skibet skal sejle i nat" ("The Ship Will Sail Tonight") placed third. The United Kingdom came in seventh with their entry, "All", while poor Austria took last place with their "Wohin, kleines Pony?" ("Where, Little Pony?").

Answer: Anaid Iplicjian

Anaid Iplicjian presented the show. Born in Croatia, she has acted in numerous films and television programmes.

The others are all European television presenters.

Answer: there wasn't any halftime show

There was no halftime show this year.

Heinz Schroder was a German puppeteer, Kerry Christensen is an American yodeler and The Flying Wallendas are a circus act.

Answer: four

Four countried tied for two positions. Luxembourg and Germany tied for fourth position with eight points each, while Belgium and Switzerland vied for eighth place with five points each.