| Heel De Wereld | ||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1958 entry | ||
| Country | Netherlands | |
| Artist(s) | Corry Brokken | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Composer(s) | Benny Vreden | |
| Lyricist(s) | Benny Vreden | |
| Place | 9th | |
| Points | 1 | |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush | |
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Heel De Wereld (English translation: "The Whole World") was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in Dutch by Corry Brokken. The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the 3rd Eurovision Song Contest. The Netherlands was one of the seven countries competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the 3rd Eurovision Song Contest. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname This was Brokken's third consecutive appearance on the Eurovision stage and it would be her last as a performer.
The song is in the chanson style, popular at the early Contest. Brokken sings that she wants to tell the whole world "my secret", because she is happy. She wonders if perhaps the world is too busy to be happy, but this does not diminish her joy. Peculiarly, she never explains why she is happy.
The song was performed second on the night (following Italy's Domenico Modugno with Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare) and preceding France's André Claveau with Dors, Mon Amour). Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Domenico Modugno ( January 9 1928 - August 6 1994) was a twice Grammy Award -winning Italian Singer, Songwriter " Nel blu dipinto di blu " (literally "In the blue painted blue" popularly known as " Volare " ( Italian for the infinitive form of the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. André Claveau ( December 17, 1915 - July 4, 2003) was born in Paris and was a very popular singer in France from the 1940s " Dors mon amour " ( Sleep my love) was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. At the close of voting, it had received 1 point, placing 9th (equal last) in a field of 10.
It was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1959 Contest by Teddy Scholten with Een Beetje. The Netherlands was one of the seven countries competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth Eurovision Song Contest. Teddy Scholten-van Swieteren ( May 11, 1926) is a Dutch singer " Een beetje " ( A little bit) sometimes spelled "' n Beetje " was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959.