ESC 2018 - Decision Show
| ESC 2018 - Decision Show | |
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| Preliminary decision data | |
| country |  Switzerland
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| place |  Studio Zurich Leutschenbach, Zurich - Oerlikon |
| date | 4th February 2018 |
| Time | 8:05 p.m. ( CET ) |
| Duration | about 100 minutes |
| Number of participants | 6th |
| Number of contributions | 6th |
| poll | 50% international jury voting, 50% televoting |
| Opening act | Timebelle and youth music Kreuzlingen: Apollo (music / text: Elias Näslin, Nicolas Günthardt, Alessandra Günthardt) |
| Pause filler | Leticia Carvalho and Appenzell singer friends: Amar pelos dois (music / text: Luísa Sobral ) |
| Moderation | |
 Sven Epiney , Stefan Büsser (Backstage) |
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The ESC 2018 - Decision Show was the Swiss preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon ( Portugal ). The band ZiBBZ won the preliminary round with their song Stones . In the Song Contest, however, they were eliminated in the first semifinals on May 8, 2018.
format
concept
On July 13, 2017, SRG SSR presented a new preliminary decision concept. In the run-up there was a workshop with Martin Österdahl and Christer Björkman , the producers of the Swedish preliminary round Melodifestivalen . On the basis of this workshop, SRG SSR developed its new preliminary decision concept.
From September 1 to September 22, 2017, 8:00 a.m., composers had the opportunity to submit a contribution to Swiss television SRG SSR. In addition to Swiss citizens and those who have a place of residence in Switzerland, international composers were also allowed to submit their contributions. Contributions from Swiss citizens will be given preference in the pre-selection. A 20-member independent jury selected six songs from all entries. This jury consisted of music and media professionals, ESC fans and television viewers. A suitable interpreter for the six songs was then sought.
The six artists ultimately chosen then appeared with their songs on February 4, 2018 in a live broadcast. 50% of the entry was selected by tele-voting and 50% by an international jury of experts. The composition of the jury was announced after the broadcast.
A total of 670 entries were submitted, more than in previous years.
final
On January 9, 2018, the performers and their songs were presented.
| space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
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| 1. | 1 | ZiBBZ |
Stones M: Laurell Barker , Corinne Gfeller , Stefan Gfeller ; T: Laurell Barker, Corinne Gfeller |
English | Stones | 12 | 8th | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 76 | 30.64 | 77 | 153 | |||
| 2. | 5 | Alejandro Reyes |
Compass M / T: Alejandro Reyes, Laurell Barker , Lars Christen |
English | compass | 8th | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 19.23 | 48 | 120 | |||
| 3. | 6th | Vanessa Iraci |
Redlights M / T: Borislav Milanov , Joacim Bo Persson, Johan Alkenäs, Jessica Ashley Karpov , Jesse Saint John |
English | Red lights | 10 | 12 | - | 8th | - | 6th | 6th | 42 | 9.91 | 25th | 67 | |||
| 4th | 4th | Chiara Dubey |
Secrets and Lies M / T: Chiara Dubey, Janie Price, Jeroen Swinnen, Darcy Proper, Sally Herbert |
English | Secrets and lies | - | - | - | 6th | 8th | 8th | - | 22nd | 17.59 | 44 | 66 | |||
| 5. | 2 | Angie Ott |
A Thousand Times M / T: Jonas Gladnikoff, Sara Ljunggren, Glen Vella |
English | A thousand times | 6th | 6th | 8th | - | 6th | - | - | 24 | 15.27 | 39 | 63 | |||
| 6th | 3 | Naeman |
Kiss Me M / T: Kate Northrop, Eric Lumiere, Ken Berglund, Alejandro Reyes |
English | Kiss Me | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 8th | 14th | 7.36 | 19th | 33 | |||
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Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tickets for the “Eurovision Song Contest 2018 - Decision Show”. (No longer available online.) In: srf.ch. December 14, 2017, archived from the original on December 16, 2017 ; accessed on December 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ «Eurovision Song Contest» 2018: Wanted a song for Switzerland! ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ewan Mccaig: Switzerland: Record Number of Submissions for Eurovision 2018. In: eurovoix.com. September 22, 2017, accessed October 11, 2017 .
- ↑ The 6 finalists in the "ESC 2018 - Decision Show". In: srf.ch. January 9, 2018, accessed January 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Robyn Gallagher: SWITZERLAND: SRF REVEALS THE SIX ACTS COMPETING IN ESC 2018 - DECISION SHOW. In: wiwibloggs.com. January 9, 2018, accessed January 10, 2018 .
