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1956
According to Swiss Italian newspaper Giornale del Popolo, a draw held a few days before the final took place in Gardone to determine the running order of the countries. ; draw also claimed by: [contradicts the rules which state that the R/O would be determined artistically by the producers]

The stalls of the auditorium were reserved for invited guests whereas tickets for the balcony were on sale for 20 Swiss Francs. [not notable]

Luxembourg didn't send jurors to Lugano for financial reasons. [unreliable]

The global viewership is estimated to have been four million viewers. // A press report of the time estimated that the contest had been broadcast to six million television sets in total, calculating that the contest could have reached about 20 million viewers if there were three viewers per set. [unreliable as long as there are no other sources]

The contest was broadcast (live or deferred) in Germany on BR, RIAS, HR and NDR, as well as on radio stations in Morocco, Austria, Portugal, Monaco, Turkey, Australia and Canada. [unreliable, has to be confirmed by listings/radio programs]

Alternative / speculative results
[all results given here are speculative/unreliable]

Dutch jury member Ger van Lugtenburg stated that many members had deemed Dany Dauberson’s “Il est là” the best song.

Places 2, 3 and 4: #2 "Das Lied vom großen Glück", #3 "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine", #4 "Aprite le finestre".

"Numerous sources": Belgium came third.

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).

On the day after the contest, Danish newspaper Politiken claimed that DR had decided not to take part in the contest any longer. [Politiken gives no source nor details whatsoever]

1967
Sandie Shaw's song was published three days prior to the limit set by the official rules for eligible entries. Shortly before the contest, rumours about disqualification of the United Kingdom's entry were exchanged between the delegations in Vienna. => needs more sources to be confirmed to be true

1982
reason for France's absence: "costs too high and outcome [Nutzen] too low". <=> contradicts info in ESC 1982 (which is unsourced). => better or more sources needed

1983
Ralph Siegel's party was held at the Palais Lenbach (= Bernheimer-Haus? Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz?).

During Luxembourg's performance, which was the last in the running order, a number of spectators had already left the auditorium to consume sausages and cheese sticks at the food stands in the entrance hall. <=> not visible in original broadcast video, looks as if audience is more or less fully present after Luxembourg's performance

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.

56de
Despite being produced by NWRV, all broadcasters of ARD seem to have participated in the national final. => cf. Hörzu "with the participation". By nominating artists? By composing the jury (like in the Schlagerfestspiele)? By just broadcasting it?; A report by Bild + Funk credited Walter Andreas Schwarz as “candidate of Hessischer Rundfunk” in the national final.

The participants (composers? performers? both?) of the national final were chosen in a closed (not open) selection, upon invitation by NWRV, according to its director general Werner Pleister. [=> more prose needed: article]

Seems to have been two-round final, a selection of these 13 songs forward to second round as winning song was performed three times. => more prose, article

song “Ich bin so unmusikalisch” by composer Kühn => more prose, article

"Lied vom großen Glück", written and performed by Walter Andreas Schwarz, was given the first place. [=> needs additional ref in respect to second place/”So geht das jede Nacht”: was it joint 1st place or did "So geht das jede Nacht" come second?].

WA Schwarz erster, Quinn zweiter (sagt ganz klar, dass dem nicht der Vorzug gegeben wurde) => prose, article

"So geht das jede Nacht" war recorded by Freddy Quinn on 14 May 1956. => means that by 14 May, it was clear that Freddy would perform the second German representative and perform in Lugano. According to the rules, details about the song must have been submitted by 10 May, the performer by 21-24 May.

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.

64es
Decorative stage elements at the Spanish performance were designed by Salvador Dalí. [seems not plausible that they brought with them own stage elements if no-one else did and this was not common in the early years => additional source needed]

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.

Anneke Grönloh
She moved to Europe in 1950. [better (high quality) source needed. A Danish newspaper for a Dutch person is not good enough]

Refrain (1956ch)
The single record of "Refrain" was only published several weeks after the contest. [needs additional citations for verification]