Lys Assia

Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in . 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. Eurovision Song Contest In , she was the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest, in which she sang for Switzerland with the song "Refrain". She returned to the contest again for Switzerland in and . Her Eurovision success was followed by success in Germany with "O mein Papa". In , Assia performed at the Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest event. In , together with the previous year's winner Dima Bilan, Assia presented the Eurovision trophy to that year's winner Alexander Rybak.