Lys Assia (born
Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924, in
Rapperswil,
Aargau,
Switzerland) is a
Swiss singer who won the first
Eurovision Song Contest in
1956. When Assia was a young girl she was a dancer. In 1940, however, she stood in for a female singer. People who heard her singing liked it, so she changed from dancing to singing.