Tags: Eurovision Song Contest Entry.
Skibet skal sejle i nat (The ship is leaving tonight) was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 performed in Danish by Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler and consequently the first time Danish was heard in the Eurovision.The song was performed ninth on the night following France’s Paule Desjardins with La belle amour and preceding Switzerland’s Lys Assia with L’enfant que j’étais.