Eurovision Song Contest Final 1957 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

The 1957 contest was a good example of why we would get the three-minute rule. The song All, submitted by the United Kingdom, lasted 1:52 minutes. The next song, Corde della mia chitarra, lasted 5:09 .. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1957: 3 March 1957
Location: Großer Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Broadcaster: HR for Deutsches Fernsehen/ARD
Host(s): Anaid Plikjan
Participating countries: 10
Voting: Each country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song. So each country devided 10 points freely among the other participants.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1957

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	6	The Netherlands	Corry Brokken	Net als toen	31	1
	8	France	Paule Desjardins	La belle amour	17	2
	9	Denmark	Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler	Skibet skal sejle i nat	10	3
	7	Germany	Margot Hielscher	Telefon, Telefon	8	4
	2	Luxembourg	Danièle Dupré	Tant de peine	8	5
	4	Italy	Nunzio Gallo	Corde della mia chitarra	7	6
	3	United Kingdom	Patricia Bredin	All	6	7
	1	Belgium	Bobbejaan Schoepen	Straatdeuntje	5	8
	10	Switzerland	Lys Assia	L'enfant que j'étais	5	9
	5	Austria	Bob Martin	Wohin, kleines Pony	3	10

Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)

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The 1957 contest was a good example of why we would get the three-minute rule. The song All, submitted by the United Kingdom, lasted 1:52 minutes. The next song, Corde della mia chitarra, lasted 5:09 minutes. Also it was decided the winning country would organize the next contest. 3 countries participated for the first time, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Austria, so 10 countries took part in this contest.