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Not notable facts... Gossip, unimportant details...

1956
The stalls of the auditorium were reserved for invited guests whereas tickets for the balcony were on sale for 20 Swiss Francs.

Despite the limit of 10 May 1956 set by the official rules to deliver the details about their participating songs, France seems to have been late in naming their songs and singers, and the Netherlands forgot to mention the authors when registering their songs.

Reception: The Swiss victory was deemed deserved in the press.

1961
French press reported chaotic scenes at the entrance of the auditorium just before the beginning of the show. According to press reports, some seats had been mistakenly reserved two times for different spectators. In addition, some spectators had forgotten to bring their tickets. Amidst this confusion which threatened guests to miss the beginning of the show, the doors to the auditorium were forced and some guests randomly took empty seats.

1964
90 technicians of DR worked at Tivolis Koncertsal and the Radiohuset. Director of sound was E. Griffiths (EBU technical centre, Brussels).

1983
Spectators in the auditorium complained that there were no monitors in the hall and that the distance to the stage was such that they could not follow the artists' facial expressions nor watch the introductory film at the start of the show.

The head of the Swiss delegation criticised the greenroom as being too small, badly isolated from the outside air and lacking a separate room for non-smokers.

56fr
Dany Dauberson seems to have travelled to Lugano quite late: For 22 May, she was announced to sing in the cabaret Villa d'Este (cabaret) in Paris.

56it
In the "Voci nuovi" radio selection held in January 1956 to find the six artists for Sanremo, the artists were presented to listeners without their name, just being assigned a number, and listeners voted by sending a postcard with the number corresponding to their favourite voice to RAI. Voting took place in three categories: "female rhythmic voices", "female melodic voices" and "male voices". For each category, a voting lead to two singers chosen for Sanremo, making a total of six artists.

The winners in each category were:


 * "Female melodic voices": Tonina Torrielli, Luciana Gonzales
 * "Female rhythmic voices": Clara Vincenzi, Franca Raimondi
 * "Male voices": Ugo Molinari, Gianni Marzocchi

Tonina Torrielli seems to have enjoyed a great popularity with the Sanremo audience: At the gala held the day after the national final and starring all former Sanremo winners, the spectators applauded wildly, leading her to reprise her song „Amami se vuoi“ again, though it only had placed 2nd at the national final, – an honor that the first-placed „Aprite le finestre“ didn‘t encounter.

Also, pâtisseries in Sanremo seemed to have sold caramel confections named "Tonina" during the festival.

57at
Press reception: The Austrian entry was considered to be not outstanding enough/too normal.

57de
Press reception: The German entry was considered to be not outstanding enough/too normal.

64fr
At the start of the rehearsals in Copenhagen, France was tipped to win by the press. However, an observator was quoted to say that she "looks like a piece of wet wienerbrød".

64lu
At the rehearsals in Copenhagen, the Luxembourgish delegation brought a box of Cognac bottles for the Danish cameramen and sound technicians. Press reports speculated that this was made to ensure Luxembourg advantageous images and sound quality in the live contest.