Lys Assia
The Swiss singer who won the very first contest in 1956.
Lys Assia (Rosa Mina Scharer, 1924-2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 with "Refrain", one of two songs she sang for Switzerland that night. She started out as a dancer and had her first hit in 1950 with "O mein Papa". She returned to the contest for Switzerland with "L'Enfant que j'etais" and "Giorgio", and in 2009 she helped present the trophy to Alexander Rybak.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Rosa Mina Schärer
- Born
- 3 March 1924
- Birthplace
- Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland
- Died
- 24 March 2018
- Place of death
- Zollikerberg, Zürich, Switzerland
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Occupation
- Singer
- Years active
- 1942–2018
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