Eurovision Song Contest 1958

Eurovision Song Contest 1958
Dates
Final	12 March 1958
Host
Venue	AVRO Studios Hilversum, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Hannie Lips
Musical director	Dolf van der Linden
Directed by	Gijs Stappershoef
Executive producer	Piet te Nuyl Jr.
Host broadcaster	Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/hilversum-1958
Participants
Number of entries	10
Debuting countries	Sweden
Non-returning countries	United Kingdom
Participation map      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1958
Vote
Voting system	Ten-member juries in each country; each member gave one vote to their favourite song
Winning song	France "Dors mon amour"
1957 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1959

The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), the contest, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1958 (English: Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Contest 1958^[1]) was held on Wednesday 12 March 1958 at the AVRO Studios in Hilversum, the Netherlands and hosted by Dutch television presenter Hannie Lips. This marked the first time that the contest was hosted in the country of the preceding year's winner, a tradition that has been continued ever since (with some exceptions).

Ten countries participated, equalling the number which took part the previous year; Sweden made its first appearance in the contest, while the United Kingdom decided not to participate.

The winner of the contest was France, represented by the song "Dors mon amour" performed by André Claveau, marking the first of five eventual wins for the country. Another entry however made a greater impact following the contest; the Italian entry, "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" performed by Domenico Modugno which had placed third, became a worldwide hit for Modugno, winning two Grammy Awards in 1959 and becoming a chart success in several countries.