Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1958 (section)

== Location ==
[[File:522701-Studiogebouw 's-Gravelandseweg 52.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[AVRO Studios]], Hilversum – host venue of the 1958 contest]]
The 1958 contest took place in [[Hilversum]], the Netherlands. The selected venue was the [[AVRO Studios]], which served at the time as the main radio and television broadcasting facilities of the Dutch broadcaster [[AVRO]].<ref name="ESC1958">{{cite web |title=Hilversum 1958 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/hilversum-1958 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530101326/https://eurovision.tv/event/hilversum-1958 |archive-date=30 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Former AVRO-studio |url=https://www.dudokarchitectuurcentrum.nl/en/andere-werken/former-avro-studio/ |publisher=Dudok Architectuur Centrum |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606174435/https://www.dudokarchitectuurcentrum.nl/en/andere-werken/former-avro-studio/ |archive-date=6 June 2022}}</ref> Often called "media city", Hilversum is the principal centre for radio and television broadcasting in the Netherlands and is the location of several of the organisations that make up the {{lang|nl|[[Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization)|Nederlandse Publieke Omroep]]|i=unset}} (NPO) public broadcasting organisation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=LaFleur |first1=Louise |title=How the Netherlands hosts the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/how-the-netherlands-hosts-the-eurovision-song-contest |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415104147/https://eurovision.tv/story/how-the-netherlands-hosts-the-eurovision-song-contest |archive-date=15 April 2020 |date=6 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Hilversum |url=https://www.hilversum.nl/English/English/About_Hilversum |publisher=Gemeente Hilversum |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308053941/https://www.hilversum.nl/English/English/About_Hilversum |archive-date=8 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Although they had won in 1957, the Netherlands' did not receive automatic rights to host the contest, as the convention in place at the time specified that each broadcaster would stage the event in turns.<ref name="throwback">{{cite web |last1=Escudero |first1=Victor M. |title=#ThrowbackThursday to 60 years ago: Eurovision 1957 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/throwback-thursday-1957 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102163146/https://eurovision.tv/story/throwback-thursday-1957 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC) had been the first choice to stage the event in the United Kingdom, but gave up the rights after failing to reach agreement with artistic [[Trade union|unions]].<ref name="UK">{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Paul |last2=Roxburgh |first2=Gordon |title=Shining a light on the United Kingdom: 60 Years at Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/shining-a-light-on-the-united-kingdom-60-years-at-eurovision |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424001714/https://eurovision.tv/story/shining-a-light-on-the-united-kingdom-60-years-at-eurovision |archive-date=24 April 2017 |date=11 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, the Dutch broadcaster, {{lang|nl|[[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=unset}} (NTS), only received the rights to host the event after other broadcasters declined the opportunity.<ref name="throwback" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Looking back to just like it was in 1957 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/looking-back-to-just-like-it-was-in-1957 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513004233/https://eurovision.tv/story/looking-back-to-just-like-it-was-in-1957 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |date=3 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=12–13}} This established the tradition that the previous year's winner would host it the following year.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|p=160}}<ref name="HowItWorks">{{cite web |title=How it works |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531032850/https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works |archive-date=31 May 2022 |date=15 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>