Giorgio (song)

hideThis article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (October 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (October 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

"Giorgio"
Single by Lys Assia
Released	1958
Songwriter(s)	Fridolin Tschudi

"Giorgio"
Eurovision Song Contest 1958 entry
Country	Switzerland
Artist(s)	Lys Assia
Languages	German, Italian
Composer(s)	Paul Burkhard
Lyricist(s)	Fridolin Tschudi
Conductor	Paul Burkhard
Finals performance
Final result	2nd
Final points	24
Entry chronology
◄ "L'enfant que j'étais" (1957)
"Irgendwoher" (1959) ►

"Giorgio" was the Swiss entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, held in Hilversum, the Netherlands. It was performed in German and Italian by Lys Assia, winner of the 1956 contest for Switzerland. It was the first song to be performed in more than one language in the Eurovision Song Contest.^{[citation needed]} The song was composed by Paul Burkhard and  [de].^{[citation needed]}

On the night of the contest, the song was performed 10th (last), following Austria's Liane Augustin with "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe". At the close of the voting, Assia had received 24 points, placing second behind France's André Claveau.

It was succeeded as Swiss representative at the 1959 contest by Christa Williams with "Irgendwoher".

This Switzerland-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This 1950s song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This article about the Eurovision Song Contest is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t