Kross-European Song Contest of 1958

21st May 1958

[Final]

23rd May 1958

 Austria

 Belgium

 Bulgaria

 Cyprus

 Czechoslovakia

 Denmark

 Egypt

 Finland

 France

 Germany

 East Germany

 Greece

 Hungary

 Iceland

 Ireland

 Israel

 Italy

 Liechtenstein

 Luxembourg

 Malta

 Monaco

 Morocco

 Netherlands

 Norway

 Poland

 Portugal

 Romania

 San Marino

 Soviet Union

 Spain

 Sweden

 Switzerland

 Turkey

 United Kingdom

 Wales

 Yugoslavia

 San Marino

This was the 33rd edition of the contest and was held in May 1958. Kross Company again collaborated with RECORDZA and EmbeX for the edition of the contest. The contest was to be hosted in the 2nd week of May but was moved to a later week to match up with the other contests (held every other year). The Semi Finals would be held on the Monday and Wednesday with the final on the Friday. This meant the first semi final would be held on 19th May 1958, the second semi final on the 21st May 1958 and the Grand Final on 23rd May 1958. Vendelín Slávik became the new executive producer after Kiana Rätz preferred to be given less responsibilities like when they were an assistant director for half a decade before.

## Hosting

Due to Egypt winning the 1957 contest, questions were raised over whether they would host the European contest since they weren't in Europe. Egypt wasn't in the richest of circumstances to host anyway and them hosting would lead to a withdrawal of the United Kingdom and France. It was decided that second place Bulgaria would host in Sofia to solve all these problems and give Bulgaria their first hosting duties despite winning the 1927 contest.

## Participants

The countries hosting a national final to find their participant:

The countries using an internal selection:

* Andorra
* Albania
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Czechia
* Finland
* East Germany
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Monaco
* Morocco
* Poland
* Romania
* Turkey
* Wales

## Other Countries

These countries didn't participate for some reason or another:

* Tunisia withdrew from the contest seeing it as another guest appearance and receiving a low score.
* Lebanon withdrew from the contest due to controversies with Israel and the grouping of the Semi-Finals.
* San Marino withdrew from the contest because of financial issues and no reason to pursue the contest.
* Australia has never participated before but broadcasts the show with the commentary from the United Kingdom. The broadcaster wants to make a guest appearance like those countries in North Africa but Kross Company has not stated the possibility of an Australian debut.

## Grouping

The automatic qualifiers are:

* Bulgaria (hosting)
* Egypt (winner of 1957)
* France
* Switzerland
* Italy
* United Kingdom
* Netherlands

## Semi Final 1

The voting system would 1pt, 2pts, 4pts, 6pts, 8pts, 10pts and 12pts.

## Grand Final

All participants of the show (27) will vote first. In the second table it will show any juries that won't fit onto this one, the rest of the participants and the televote will show up on the second table.

## Awards and Predictions

Bekaert Awards

 Best Voice
 Best Performance

Bookmaker's Predictions

  Germany
  Belgium
  France
  Ireland

Public predictions

  Italy
  Turkey
  Germany
  Netherlands