Eurovision Song Contest 1957
| Eurovision Song Contest 1957 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 3 March 1957 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Großer Sendesaal des hessischen Rundfunks Frankfurt, West Germany |
| Presenter(s) | Anaïd Iplicjian |
| Conductor | Willy Berking |
| Executive supervisor | Rolf Liebermann |
| Host broadcaster | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) |
| Interval act | None |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 10 |
| Debuting countries | |
| Returning countries | None |
| Withdrawing countries | None |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country had 10 jury members who each awarded 1 point to their favourite song |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |
 Netherlands"Net als toen" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on Sunday 3 March 1957 in Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany. It was won by the Netherlands with "Net als toen", performed by Corry Brokken. Like the first 1956 edition, this one was still mainly a radio programme, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with televisions.
For some time, a rumour had existed that the privilege of hosting the 1957 contest was given to Germany because they had come in second place in 1956 with "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" by Walter Andreas Schwarz. In fact, not only were the official 1956 scores withheld, but the rule stating that the winning nation hosts the next year's Eurovision Song Contest had not yet been conceived. It was planned at the time that each participating country would take it in turns to host the event. However, as more countries wished to participate, this became impractical.
The contest took place in Frankfurt am Main (or simply Frankfurt), one of the largest cities in, at the time West Germany. The host venue was the Großer Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks, a building, music hall and former television studio based in Frankfurt am Main. Today it is used as a music hall.
After being devastated in the Second World War during the early 1940s, Frankfurt rebuilt itself well into the 1950s into one of Europe's most prominent financial centres. With investments coming in from both national and international financial institutions, 1957, the year of the contest, already saw the first of Frankfurt's high-rise business buildings.
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