Lugano 1956
The first ever Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland, at the Teatro Kursaal, on 24th of May 1956.
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Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival, the idea to organise a pan-European musicial competition was born at a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union in Monaco in 1955. It was decided that the first ever Eurovision Song Contest would be hosted the following year in the Swiss resort of Lugano. The 1956 Eurovision Song Contest was primarily a radio show, although some cameras were taping the contest for the few Europeans who had a television set at that time. Lohengrin Filipello hosted the programme, which lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The seven participating countries each submitted two entries. The songs of the contest were not to exceed three and a half minutes, and the performers were accompanied by an orchestra of 24 musicians, led by Fernando Paggi.
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Franco Marazzi is the director of Lugano 1956.
The cast of Lugano 1956 includes Lohengrin Filipello as Self - Presenter and Franco Marazzi.
Episodes run about 1h 20 mins. The total runtime is about 1h 20 mins.
Lugano 1956 was released on 24 May 1956.
Lugano 1956 has 69 seasons and 1 episode on Fanbiz. Available seasons include Frankfurt 1957, Hilversum 1958, Cannes 1959, London 1960, Cannes 1961, Luxembourg City 1962, London 1963, Copenhagen 1964, Naples 1965, Luxembourg City 1966, Vienna 1967, London 1968, Madrid 1969, Amsterdam 1970, Dublin 1971, Edinburgh 1972, Luxembourg City 1973, Brighton 1974, Stockholm 1975, The Hague 1976, London 1977, Paris 1978, Jerusalem 1979, The Hague 1980, Dublin 1981, Harrogate 1982, Munich 1983, Luxembourg City 1984, Gothenburg 1985, Bergen 1986, Brussels 1987, Dublin 1988, Lausanne 1989, Zagreb 1990, Rome 1991, Malmö 1992, Millstreet 1993, Dublin 1994, Dublin 1995, Oslo 1996, Dublin 1997, Birmingham 1998, Jerusalem 1999, Stockholm 2000, Copenhagen 2001, Tallinn 2002, Riga 2003, Istanbul 2004, Kyiv 2005, Athens 2006, Helsinki 2007, Belgrade 2008, Moscow 2009, Oslo 2010, Düsseldorf 2011, Baku 2012, Malmö 2013, Copenhagen 2014, Vienna 2015, Stockholm 2016, Kyiv 2017, Lisbon 2018, Tel Aviv 2019, Rotterdam 2021, Turin 2022, Liverpool 2023, Malmö 2024, Basel 2025, and Vienna 2026.