Lys Assia won the first ever contest and stayed a firm supporter of the show ever since.
Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer on 3 March 1924, died at the age of 94 on 24 March 2018. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940, after successfully standing in for a female singer.
