- Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957
ESC National Year
Year = 1957
Country = LUX
Preselection = Internal Selection
Preselection date =
Entrant =Danièle Dupré
Song = "Amours Mortes"
Final result = 4th, 8 pointsLuxembourg was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 by
Danièle Dupré with the song "Amours Mortes ", written byJean-Pierre Kemmer andJacques Taber . The entry had been chosen internally by the broadcaster.The entry
Both the singer and the song were selected internally. The singer was currently touring France whens she was invited to perform in the Eurovision contest for Luxembourg. Later she stated, that she was ambivalent about the song and like a few performers at the time, she only practiced her song once, at the pre-show rehearsal. At the competition, she met
Paule Desjardins , the French representative, with whom she would maintain a long friendship. The song was never recorded [ [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1957 Amours Mourts - Lyrics at Diggiloo Thrush] ] and therefore also never released as a single.At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest, the entry from Luxembourg was performed second on the night following Belgium and preceding the United Kingdom. Dupré delivered a simple but dramatic performance of her entry. At the close of voting, Luxembourg had received eight points in total putting the country in fourth place among the ten participants along with Germany.
Voting
Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.
Points given
*4 points to France
*3 points to the Netherlands
*1 point to the United Kingdom
*1 point to Italy
*1 point to SwitzerlandPoints received
*4 points from Italy
*3 points from Austria
*1 point from the United KingdomSources
*Article in La Semaine Radiophonique, published November 11, 1957
References
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