Switzerland – According to the SF official twitter page, Lys Assia is going to wear her winning dress of the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest in the Swiss national final which is due to be held 10th December. The tweet read “I’m going to wear the 1956 winning dress at the national final (hope it still fits…)“.
Lys Assia is a strong favourite to win the Swiss ticket to Baku with her ballad “C’etait Ma Vie”. Could the dress be good luck for the former Eurovision winner? The dress is expected to be one of the most discussed topics when the Swiss national final is taking place. The whole of Europe will be watching Assia waiting to see if she makes it to Baku. Lys Assia won the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1956, which was the first edition of Europe’s favourite TV-show. The ballad was written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara, here it is:
Futhermore Assia is in the lead with 30.77% of the votes in our Swiss national final poll. Can the Eurovision legend make it to Azerbaijan?
Source – ESCDAILY
That’ll be a trip down memory lane.
How does a dress that is over 50 years old smell? And will she actally fit into it?
It seems her team is trying every publicity stunt to push her to Baku. Just for the story I would want her to go! (There are better songs tough sinplus!!!)
Including Chiria
Well, Simone de Oliveira wore her ESC 69 dress in FdC 10 and it looked great. Anyway, and in the wake of what Togravus wrote below, this lady has planned her move very carefully.
Well, as I said before, I wouldn’t underestimate this lady. She has always known what she is doing. Moreover, she is some sort of institution in Switzerland, which is a small country too, and will get a good share of promotion and media coverage until the Swiss NF. Finally, she is a German speaking Swiss who will sing a song in French and won the 1st ESC with a French chanson in Italian speaking Ticino. So everyone in Switzerland (perhaps except for those parts of Graubünden where Romansh is spoken) can relate to her in a positive way. I still think that Lys might be a main contender … unless she boms live of course.
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Totally off-topic but I have to share this with someone. I was at my sis’ house all day helping her to put together the Ikea furniture she had bought for her daughters’ rooms. While working, we watched old contests via beamer on the oppoiste wall … and gosh! I fell in love with ‘Voltarei’. That song came from nowhere on my list and has rushed up my list into my all-time top 20 today. Dora had the most tasteful styling of the (aesthetically) hideous 80s too.
“Voltarei”? well that’s kind of a sad story…
Why sad?
I’ve always liked ‘Voltarei’ and Dora’s elegant dress. However, the live rendition was off and it sounded messy. Btw, one of ‘Voltarei’s composers, José Niza, who also co-wrote ‘E depois do adeus’, died last September.
Well, you don’t notice vocal subleties while screwing and hammering, I guess …
Terry Wogan said ‘Well done, Dora’ too …