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== Participants == {{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}} {{interlanguage link info|section=yes}} {{ESC 1958 participants}} Ten countries participated in the 1958 contest, the same number as had featured in the previous year's event. Sweden entered the contest for the first time, while the United Kingdom decided not to compete, despite having originally intended to participate and being listed as one of the participating countries in the original rules dated November 1957.<ref name="ESC1958" /><ref name="UK" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|p=160}} {{esccnty|Monaco}} had also intended to submit an entry, but ultimately did not feature among the participating nations.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2014}} Several of the participants had previously competed in the contest. Switzerland's [[Lys Assia]] and the Netherlands' [[Corry Brokken]] had both represented their countries in 1956 and 1957, and were both former winners; Assia was the first winner of the contest in 1956 with the song "{{lang|fr|[[Refrain (Lys Assia song)|Refrain]]|i=unset}}", and had also performed Switzerland's other entry in that contest "{{lang|de|Das alte Karussell|i=unset}}", while Brokken had performed "{{lang|nl|Voorgoed voorbij|i=unset}}" in the 1956 contest, one of the Netherlands' two entries, and was then the winner the following year with the song "{{lang|nl|[[Net als toen]]|i=unset}}".<ref name="1956participants">{{cite web |title=Lugano 1956 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/lugano-1956/participants |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026152819/https://eurovision.tv/event/lugano-1956/participants |archive-date=26 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1957participants">{{cite web |title=Frankfurt 1957 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/frankfurt-1957/participants |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009012006/https://eurovision.tv/event/frankfurt-1957/participants |archive-date=9 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Belgium's [[Fud Leclerc]] had also competed in the 1956 contest, performing "{{lang|fr|Messieurs les noyés de la Seine|i=unset}}", one of his country's two entries, and [[Margot Hielscher]] returned to perform for Germany for a second year in a row, having competed in 1957 with "{{lang|de|Telefon, Telefon|i=unset}}".<ref name="1956participants" /><ref name="1957participants" /> {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header" |- |+ Eurovision Song Contest 1958 participants<ref>{{cite web |title=Hilversum 1958 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/hilversum-1958/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401081947/https://eurovision.tv/event/hilversum-1958/participants |archive-date=1 April 2023 |access-date=9 June 2023 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)}}</ref>{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=160–164}} |- ! scope="col" | Country ! scope="col" | Broadcaster ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Language ! scope="col" | Songwriter(s) ! scope="col" | Conductor |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Austria}} | [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] | [[Liane Augustin]] | "{{lang|de|Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe|i=unset}}" | German | {{hlist|Günther Leopold|Kurt Werner}} | Willy Fantl |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium}} | {{ill|National Broadcasting Institute|fr|Institut national de radiodiffusion|nl|Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep|lt=INR}} | [[Fud Leclerc]] | "{{lang|fr|Ma petite chatte|i=unset}}" | French | André Dohet | [[Dolf van der Linden]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Denmark}} | {{lang|da|[[DR (broadcaster)|Statsradiofonien]]|i=unset}} | [[Raquel Rastenni]] | "{{lang|da|Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog|i=unset}}" | Danish | {{ill|Harry Jensen (musician)|sv|Harry Jensen|lt=Harry Jensen}} | Kai Mortensen |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|France}} | [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]] | [[André Claveau]] | "{{lang|fr|[[Dors, mon amour|Dors mon amour]]|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|[[Pierre Delanoë]]|[[Hubert Giraud]]}} | [[Franck Pourcel]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany}} | [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |trans-title=All German ESC acts and their songs |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |publisher=[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>}} | [[Margot Hielscher]] | "{{lang|de|Für zwei Groschen Musik|i=unset}}" | German | {{hlist|{{ill|Walter Brandin|de}}|{{ill|Friedrich Meyer|de|Friedrich Meyer (Musiker)}}|[[Fred Rauch]]}} | Dolf van der Linden |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy}} | [[RAI]] | [[Domenico Modugno]] | "{{lang|it|[[Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song)|Nel blu, dipinto di blu]]|i=unset}}" | Italian | {{hlist|[[Franco Migliacci]]|Domenico Modugno}} | [[Alberto Semprini]] |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Luxembourg}} | [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion|CLT]] | {{ill|Solange Berry|fr}} | "{{lang|fr|Un grand amour|i=unset}}" | French | {{hlist|Michel Eric|Monique Laniece|Raymond Roche}} | Dolf van der Linden |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}} | [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]] | [[Corry Brokken]] | "{{lang|nl|Heel de wereld|i=unset}}" | Dutch | {{ill|Benny Vreden|nl}} | Dolf van der Linden |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}} | [[Sveriges Radio|SR]] | [[Alice Babs]] | "{{lang|sv|[[Lilla stjärna]]|i=unset}}" | Swedish | {{hlist|[[Åke Gerhard]]|{{ill|Gunnar Wersén|sv}}}} | Dolf van der Linden |- ! scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland}} | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]] | [[Lys Assia]] | "Giorgio" | German, Italian | {{hlist|[[Paul Burkhard]]|{{ill|Fridolin Tschudi|de}}}} | [[Paul Burkhard]] |}
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