context: The first Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland in 1956. The idea's father was the EBU's French powerhouse Marcel Bezençon. The founding companies of the EBU had a need to invent television programs of interest to all member countries. [14] The smallest common denominator was found in the song contest, modeled on the 1951 National Festival of Song Festival organized by the Italian state-owned TV company RAI and the Sanremo Casino, Festival di Sanremo.
question: In what year was the Eurovision Song Contest held for the first time?
answers.text: 1956