Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Country	Luxembourg
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Danièle Dupré
Selected song	"Amours mortes (tant de peine)"
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 8 points
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1956 • 1957 • 1958►

Luxembourg was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 by Danièle Dupré with the song "Amours mortes (tant de peine)", written by Jean-Pierre Kemmer and Jacques 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^[1] 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.

Sources

• Article in La Semaine Radiophonique, published November 11, 1957

References

Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 to 2017
Artists 1950s Michèle Arnaud Danièle Dupré Solange Berry 1959 1960s Camillo Felgen Jean-Claude Pascal Camillo Felgen Nana Mouskouri Hugues Aufray France Gall Michèle Torr Vicky Leandros Chris Baldo & Sophie Garel Romuald 1970s David Alexandre Winter Monique Melsen Vicky Leandros Anne-Marie David Ireen Sheer Geraldine Jürgen Marcus Anne-Marie B Baccara Jeane Manson 1980s Sophie & Magaly Jean-Claude Pascal Svetlana Corinne Hermès Sophie Carle Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Chris & Malcolm Roberts Sherisse Laurence Plastic Bertrand Lara Fabian Park Café 1990s Céline Carzo Sarah Bray Marion Welter & Kontinent Modern Times 1994 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2009 2010s 2010 to 2016
Songs 1950s "Ne crois pas" (1956) "Les amants de minuit" (1956) "Amours mortes (tant de peine)" "Un grand amour" 1959 1960s "So laang we's du do bast" "Nous les amoureux" "Petit bonhomme" "À force de prier" "Dès que le printemps revient" "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" "Ce soir je t'attendais" "L'amour est bleu" "Nous vivrons d'amour" "Catherine" 1970s "Je suis tombé du ciel" "Pomme, pomme, pomme" "Après toi" "Tu te reconnaîtras" "Bye Bye I Love You" "Toi" "Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment" "Frère Jacques" "Parlez-vous français?" "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" 1980s "Papa Pingouin" "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" "Cours après le temps" "Si la vie est cadeau" "100% d'amour" "Children, Kinder, Enfants" "L'amour de ma vie" "Amour, Amour" "Croire" "Monsieur" 1990s "Quand je te rêve" "Un baiser volé" "Sou fräi" "Donne-moi une chance" 1994 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2009 2010s 2010 to 2016
(Note: Entries scored out are when Luxembourg did not compete)