| Amerivision Song Contest 1956 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 8 1956 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Carnegie Hall New York City, United States |
| Presenter(s) | Ed Sullivan |
| Host broadcaster | National Broadcasting Company (NBC) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 12 (from 6 countries) |
| Debuting countries | 
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Mexico
United States |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Jury from each country distributes 10 points across their favorite songs. |
| Winning song |
Brazil "Tarde triste" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU) and host broadcaster National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Argentina
|
TVP | Los Fronterizos | "Guitarra de medianoche" | Spanish | "Midnight Guitar" |
| Leo Marini | "Historia de un amor" | "Story of a Love" | |||
|
Brazil
|
Tupi | Elizeth Cardoso | "Último desejo" | Portuguese | "Last Wish" |
| Maysa | "Tarde triste" | "Sad Evening" | |||
Canada
|
CBC | Anita Ellis | "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" | English | - |
| Gisele MacKenzie | "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | ||||
|
Colombia
|
Canal 1 | Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera | "Bésame morenita" | Spanish | "Kiss Me Young Girl" |
| "Me voy pa' la habana" | "I'm Going to Havana" | ||||
Mexico
|
Telesistema Mexicano | Gloria Lasso | "Luna de miel" | "Honeymoon" | |
| Jorge Negrete | "Mexico lindo y querido" | "Beautiful and Dear Mexico" | |||
United States
|
NBC | Harry Belafonte | "Jamaica Farewell" | English | - |
| Julie London | "Lonely Girl" |
Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mexico
|
Jorge Negrete | "Mexico lindo y querido" | 6 | 9 |
| 2 |
Argentina
|
Los Fronterizos | "Guitarra de medianoche" | 18 | 2 |
| 3 |
Canada
|
Gisele MacKenzie | "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | 15 | 3 |
| 4 |
Brazil
|
Elizeth Cardoso | "Último desejo" | 12 | 5 |
| 5 |
Colombia
|
Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera | "Me voy pa' la habana" | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |
United States
|
Harry Belafonte | "Jamaica Farewell" | 9 | 7 |
| 7 |
Mexico
|
Gloria Lasso | "Luna de miel" | 14 | 4 |
| 8 |
Argentina
|
Leo Marini | "Historia de un amor" | 7 | 8 |
| 9 |
Canada
|
Anita Ellis | "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" | 5 | 10 |
| 10 |
Brazil
|
Maysa | "Tarde triste" | 19 | 1 |
| 11 |
Colombia
|
Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera | "Bésame morenita" | 10 | 6 |
| 12 |
United States
|
Julie London | "Lonely Girl" | 1 | 12 |
Total score
|
Mexico
|
Argentina
|
Canada
|
Brazil
|
Colombia
|
United States
|
Mexico
|
Argentina
|
Canada
|
Brazil
|
Colombia
|
United States
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contestants
|
Mexico (1) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Argentina (1) | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Canada (1) | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Brazil (1) | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Colombia (1) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| United States (1) | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mexico (2) | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Argentina (2) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Canada (2) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Brazil (2) | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Colombia (2) | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| United States (2) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||