Tonight 53 years ago... Refrain

On May 25, 1956 EBU organized in Lugano the Grand Prix de la Chanson Europeenne. It was an experiment and chance to try live broadcasting in its member countries. Seven countries took part, each with two songs: The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Italy. Denmark, Austria and UK wanted to take part, too, but were too late. They broadcast the final anyways. No