Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956

The Netherlands organized a national final to select the two songs that NOS, the country's television, would send to the inaugural edition of the Eurovision Song Contest held on May 24 in Lugano, Switzerland. The national final of the Netherlands took place the 24 of April of 1956. Results of the national final

"De vogels van Holland" by Jetty Paerl and "Voorgoed voorbij" by Corry Brokken were chosen as the two songs of the Netherlands at the festival. As the votes of the national final were not made public, it is still unknown what position the two songs were in, just as it would at the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest, where only the winner was announced without the votes being cast. each country.

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