Еуровидениеде Германияның алғашқы қатысуы және 1956 жылғы іріктеу кезеңі

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Germany debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956, held on 24 May 1956 at the Teatro Cursaal in Lugano, Switzerland. (NWRV), on behalf of ARD, organised a national final held on 1 May 1956 to determine two German entries for the contest. The results were determined by a jury panel. The songs "Das Lied vom großen Glück" by Walter Andreas Schwarz, later known as "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück", and "So geht das jede Nacht" by Freddy Quinn were selected to represent the nation. German entries performed fourth and eleventh, respectively, out of the 14 entries competing in the contest.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was formed in 1950 among 23 organisations with the aim of the exchange of television programmes. Following the formation of the EBU, a number of notable events were transmitted through its networks in various European countries, such as Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom. Following this series of transmissions, a "Programme Committee" was set up within the EBU to investigate new initiatives for cooperation between broadcasters. The new European contest was subsequently approved at the EBU's General Assembly in October 1955. A planning sub group, was subsequently formed to build out the rules of the competition. The rules of the contest were finalised and distributed to EBU members in early 1956. Per the rules of the contest, each participating country submitted two songs into the contest. Germany was subsequently included on the EBU's list of 7 countries that had signed up to partake in the contest.

"Grand Prix 1956 Eurovision" – Schlager und Chansons was the national final held to determine the two songs that should represent Germany. It took place on 1 May 1956 at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Großer Sendesaal of in Cologne and was broadcast on Deutsches Fernsehen. It was produced by (NWRV), a cooperation of NDR and WDR, and directed by The participants were chosen upon invitation from NWRV. Several listings magazines announced a list of 11 performers who should sing the competing compositions: Lys Assia, Eva Busch, Angèle Durand, Margot Eskens, , Margot Hielscher, Bibi Johns, Rolf Baro, Walter Andreas Schwarz, , and The running order as well as the titles of the participating songs are not known for a few exceptions: A song titled "Ich bin so unmusikalisch" reportedly took part. However, this turned out to be incorrect, as she competed with this song in the
Three French speaking acts, among them Les Compagnons du zodiaque and Annie Cordy, singing in both German and French, were the interval acts. A jury, which was watching the songs in a separate room on TV screens, decided the winning songs. It seems that the selection took place in two rounds, with a superfinal confronting a few songs chosen from the 13 entries in a first round. The first two places were selected to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lugano: "Das Lied vom großen Glück", written by Walter Andreas Schwarz (first place), and "So geht das jede Nacht", written by and Lotar Olias (second).

Eurovision Song Contest 1956 took place at the [[Casinò Lugano in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956. The order in which the countries and songs were performed was determined artistically by the Swiss broadcasters, with input and support by the musical directors from each participating country; It was performed fourth and "So geht das jede Nacht" was performed eleventh in the running order, both following Belgium and preceding France's two songs. Both of the German entries were conducted at the contest by Fernando Paggi. Neither of the German songs won the contest, and the full results were not revealed and have not been retained by the EBU. In the German national final of 1982, co presenter claimed that "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" had come second. Though the full results have never been made public, the claim has been repeated several times since. Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was televised in Germany on Deutsches Fernsehen and also broadcast live on Radio Bremen 2. Excerpts from the final in Lugano were broadcast on radio SWF2 on 18 June 1956 at 23:00 CET.