Lohengrin Filipello

Lohengrin Filipello (1912 – 19 June 1981) was a Swiss television presenter.[2][3] In 1956, Filipello was chosen to host the first Eurovision Song Contest staged in Lugano, Switzerland.[4] He was the only male presenter to host the competition until Léon Zitrone was co-presenter in the 1978 contest.[5] Filipello passed away from unknown causes at 18 June 1981 shortly before being appointed as the Head of the Swiss Current Affairs Department.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This Swiss biographical article related to television is a stub.
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