Grand Prix of Folk Music 1997
The 12th Grand Prix of Folk Music took place on August 30, 1997 in Zurich ( Switzerland ). As in previous years , the participating countries were Germany , Austria and Switzerland. As has been the case since 1989 , a public preliminary decision was held on television in each country earlier this year. In each case 5 titles were determined for the final. The Swiss preliminary decision took place on March 29th in Interlaken , the German on June 8th in Saarbrücken and the Austrian on? in ? instead of. The events, for which a CD was released with all participants, were broadcast live.
The final was broadcast by SRG as part of a Eurovision broadcast from Zurich and taken over by ZDF and ORF . The moderators were again Carolin Reiber (Germany), Karl Moik (Austria) and Sepp Trütsch (Switzerland), who already led through the respective preliminary decisions in their country. The starting order of the titles and countries had been drawn beforehand. After the title was presented, several juries from the participating countries determined their favorite, although the titles from their own country were not allowed to be rated.
At the end of the evaluation, Sandra Weiss was the winner of the 1997 Grand Prix of Folk Music. Your title I'm not looking for paradise was composed and written by Eric Alphand . Sandra Weiss won the Grand Prix in Switzerland for the third time in a row, following Géraldine Olivier (1995) and Daniela and Dirk (1996).
Vienna was chosen as the venue for the next Grand Prix of Folk Music in 1998 , regardless of the country of the winner .
The placement of the Swiss preliminary decision in 1997
The first five titles made it to the finals.
| Start number | Interpreter | title | space | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | Sandra Weiss | I am not looking for paradise | 1. | 104 |
| 15th | Walter Andreas | Give me your feeling | 2. | 85 |
| 12 | Priska | Not a beautiful country | 3. | 69 |
| 3 | The swallows | What comes from the heart | 3. | 69 |
| 9 | Monique | The little wonders of this world | 5. | 65 |
| 7th | Adrian | Morning light | 6th | 62 |
| 4th | Original Bregenzerwald village musicians | Campo Amore | 7th | 38 |
| 11 | Rocco | De Alpecasanova | 7th | 38 |
| 2 | Thomas steps | Always on the line | 9. | 37 |
| 10 | Tornadoes | There's the worm in there | 10. | 34 |
| 1 | Susanne | Cupid's arrow | 11. | 30th |
| 6th | Monika Kaelin | Silent heroes | 12. | 22nd |
| 5 | Crazy Boebbers | Saw emol what he's got | 13. | 18th |
| 13 | Lucky Boys | Otto likes to play the lottery | 14th | 10 |
| 8th | Firecracker | Take it’s Labe | 15th | 9 |
| Venue | Kursaal Interlaken | |||
The placement of the German preliminary decision in 1997
The exact placement of the titles was not disclosed. Therefore, all titles are listed according to their starting order, with the five titles that made it to the finals named first.
| Start number | Interpreter | title | space | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hofmann siblings | Once upon a time there was a dream | ? | ? |
| 2 | Oswald Sattler | Amore mio Napoli | ? | ? |
| 9 | Judith and Mel | The magic of a night | ? | ? |
| 11 | Mountain fire | The eagles of the cordillera | ? | ? |
| 14th | Ulli Wanders | All the songs in the world | ? | ? |
| 3 | Margret Almer | What to do with love | ? | ? |
| 4th | Mürz Valley musicians | I can't see a girl cry | ? | ? |
| 5 | Kurt Elsasser | The bells of San Marco | ? | ? |
| 6th | Susan Schubert | Vino with Peppino | ? | ? |
| 7th | Jens Bogner | I'll be back soon | ? | ? |
| 8th | Ricky King | wedding day | ? | ? |
| 10 | Mara Kayser | When your heart is full of love | ? | ? |
| 12 | Simone Christ | Touch the stars with me | ? | ? |
| 13 | Werner Kellnberger | You always stay my princess | ? | ? |
| 15th | Oliver Thomas | Fairy tale eyes | ? | ? |
| Venue | Saarlandhalle Saarbrücken | |||
The placement of the Austrian preliminary decision in 1997
The first five titles made it to the finals. The exact placement, the starting numbers of the titles and the venue would have to be added.
| Start number | Interpreter | title | space | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Zellberg Buam | Tyrolean time | 1. | ? |
| ? | The Gschwandtner | Auf'm Berg da Samma Kaiser | ? | ? |
| ? | Monika Martin | Always longing | ? | ? |
| ? | Eva-Maria | My little world | ? | ? |
| ? | Duo sunshine | We both | ? | ? |
| ? | Gaby Maria | The grandpa | ? | ? |
| ? | summerdream | You have mi and i have you | ? | ? |
| ? | Ennstal sparrows | It is spring again | ? | ? |
| ? | Raabtal Dirndln | Hello, good mood | ? | ? |
| ? | D'Seer | Hey, shepherd | ? | ? |
| ? | Rudi | Every day you | ? | ? |
| ? | Christian | Fiddle to me | ? | ? |
| ? | Michael Scheickl | Just a dream | ? | ? |
| ? | Jakob Bergmann | Radltruch'n Polka | ? | ? |
| ? | Madness 5 | Where's the Pepi | ? | ? |
| Venue | ? | |||
Placement of the 1997 Grand Prix of Folk Music
| Start number | country | Interpreter | title | space | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | CH | Sandra Weiss | I am not looking for paradise | 1. | 73 |
| 2 | D. | Oswald Sattler | Amore mio Napoli | 2. | 68 |
| 8th | D. | The Hofmann siblings | Once upon a time there was a dream | 3. | 66 |
| 5 | D. | Mountain fire | And the eagles of the Cordilleras | 3. | 66 |
| 1 | A. | Zellberg Buam | Tyrolean time | 5. | 63 |
| 13 | A. | Monika Martin | Always longing | 6th | 56 |
| 14th | D. | Ulli Wanders | All the songs in the world | 7th | 54 |
| 15th | CH | Priska | Not a beautiful country | 8th. | 49 |
| 10 | A. | The Gschwandtner | Auf'm Berg da Samma Kaiser | 9. | 38 |
| 9 | CH | Walter Andreas | Give with your feeling | 10. | 33 |
| 12 | CH | Monique | The little wonders of this world | 11. | 29 |
| 4th | A. | Eva-Maria | My little world | 12. | 27 |
| 7th | A. | Duo sunshine with Jaqueline | We both | 13. | 21st |
| 3 | CH | The swallows | What comes from the heart | 14th | 14th |
| 11 | D. | Judith and Mel | The magic of a night | 15th | 9 |
| Venue | Hallenstadion Zurich , Switzerland | ||||
The titles also appeared on a CD .