Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest
- Broadcasting company
- First participation
- 1956
- Number of participations
- 60 (as of 2019)
- Highest ranking
- 1 ( 1956 , 1988 )
- Highest Score
- 364 ( 2019 )
- Lowest Score
- 0 ( 1964 , 1967 , 1998 , 2004 )
- Points average (since first post)
- 50.34 (as of 2019)
- Average points per voting country in the 12-point system
- 2.00 (as of 2019)
This article deals with the history of Switzerland as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .
Regular participation and success in the competition
Switzerland took part in the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and was able to win it straight away. Lys Assia was able to win the first edition of the competition in Lugano with her song Refrain . It also represented Switzerland in 1957, but was only able to land there on place 8 out of 10. Despite the little success, Lys Assia was also sent to the competition in 1958. This time she was more successful again and took second place with 24 points. She was only three points short of victory. In 1959, for the first time, another interpreter than Lys Assia was sent to the song contest, namely Christa Williams. However, this was also successful and finished 4th in 1960 the country was only average success and only landed 8th out of 13. In 1961, however, Switzerland was successful again and placed 3rd in 1962, the singer Jean Philippe landed in Middle field in 10th place out of 16. In 1963, Switzerland narrowly missed the victory again. The singer Esther Ofarim ended up only in second place, just two points short of victory. After this success came the first Swiss low point in the competition in 1964. The singer Anita Traversi landed in last place with her song I miei pensieri with zero points. However, she wasn't the only participant who ended up there. The Federal Republic of Germany, Yugoslavia and Portugal also came last with zero points. After this failure, Switzerland was not as successful as before in the competition.
After all, in 1965 the country only landed 8th out of 18 and thus only in the middle of the field. In 1966, on the other hand, the ranking was a little better with 6th place out of 18. In 1967, the next low point followed. Finally, the singer Géraldine landed in last place with zero points. This time, however, Switzerland came last, which was the worst Swiss result in the competition up to that point. In the following year, 1968, the country was unable to build on its previous successes and only landed 13th out of 17. In 1969, the best placement for six years followed, when the singer Paola del Medico landed 5th out of 16. In 1970 the singer Henri Dès even topped this ranking and landed on place 4 out of 12. In 1971 the success was over again when the trio Peter, Sue & Marc only landed in midfield on place 12 out of 18. In 1972, however, the singer Véronique Müller made it back into the top ten with 8th place out of 18. In 1973, Switzerland missed such a placement again, as the singer Patrick Juvet only landed 12th out of 17. In 1974, the third last place followed for Switzerland. However, after 1964 it was the second last shared place. This time, like in 1963, the FR of Germany and Portugal came in last. In addition, Norway ended up in last place. After this poor placement, Switzerland's most successful period to date at the Eurovision Song Contest followed, with the country always placing in the top ten.
In 1975 Switzerland was able to get the best place in five years with 6th place. In 1976 the trio Peter, Sue & Marc, who had represented Switzerland as early as 1971, returned. This time, however, they were much more successful and ended up in 4th place. In 1977 and 1978, Switzerland achieved good placements with 6th and 9th place. In 1979, the trio Peter, Sue & Marc competed for the country for the third time and won but this time the trio Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri added. Together with them, too, we managed to get a place in the top ten, because the song Trödler & Co landed in 10th place. In 1980 the singer Paolo took fourth place in the top ten. In 1981, the trio Peter, Sue & Marc competed for Switzerland for the fourth time in ten years. This time they got their best place in the competition with 4th place. In 1982 the best placement for 19 years followed, when the singer Arlette Zola took 3rd place. After this great success, Switzerland's most successful period in competition was over.
With 15th place in 1983, the worst placement in nine years followed. In 1984, with 16th place, an even worse ranking was achieved. In 1985, Switzerland failed to make it into the top ten and only finished 12th in the end. The result was all the more surprising in 1986 when the singer Daniela Simons reached 2nd place, the best result since 1963. In the following year this success came to an end, because the Swiss contribution only reached 17th place out of 22. In the following year, 1988, the then unknown singer Celine Dion achieved Switzerland's second and so far last victory with Ne partez pas sans moi . After this great success, Switzerland hosted the Song Contest in 1989, but was only moderately successful in its own country. The Swiss contribution landed only in the midfield at 13th place out of 22. In 1990, the country narrowly missed a place in the top ten with 11th place. The participation in 1991 was all the more successful when the singer Sandra Simó took 5th place. In 1992, on the other hand, Switzerland only landed in the midfield with 15th place out of 23. In 1993, 3rd place followed, the best position since the win in 1988. With 148 points, singer Annie Cotton even scored a new high for Switzerland. However, this should be Switzerland's last successful contribution for the time being, because in the following years Switzerland had a real crash in the competition.
The 1994 entry only reached the lower midfield with 19th place out of 25. However, this placement had consequences, because due to the many new participating countries in the 1990s, only places 1 to 18 were allowed to take part in the 1995 competition. As a result, Switzerland had to suspend for the first time in 1995 and was therefore absent from the competition for the first time since its introduction in 1956. Furthermore, until 1994, Switzerland, together with Germany, was the only country that had taken part in all competitions broadcast up to then. In 1996, however, Switzerland returned to the competition and only came in 16th out of 23rd place. In 1997, it was not possible to achieve a good placement when the Swiss entry landed in 22nd place out of 25. The low point followed in 1998, as the singer Gunvor Guggisberg landed in last place and received zero points. It was Switzerland's worst placement since 1974. As a result, the country had to sit out for the second time in 1999. In the year 2000, Switzerland was allowed to participate again, but only finished 20th out of 24 and had to sit out again in 2001. In 2002, too, with 22nd out of 24th place, no good ranking was achieved, so that in 2003 no Swiss contribution was allowed to participate. When Switzerland returned in 2004, they immediately had to take part in the newly introduced semi-finals. But the worst Swiss ranking to date was achieved there. Finally Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars reached out to Celebrate! zero points and so they ended up in last place. It was the fifth time that Switzerland finished last. Only in the following year was there another ray of hope for Switzerland.
Switzerland had to compete in the semifinals again in 2005. The Estonian band Vanilla Ninja took 8th place there, leading Switzerland back to the finals for the first time in three years. The great success then followed in the final. The song Cool Vibes came in 8th with 128 points, which was the best ranking for twelve years. For a long time it was also the last Swiss place in the top ten, because in the following years Switzerland became one of the most unsuccessful countries in the competition. In 2006, the country was already pre-qualified for the final thanks to its good position in the previous year. The band six4one ended up in 17th place out of 24. In 2007 the well-known DJ Bobo was sent to the song contest. But he also missed the final and only finished 20th out of 28 in the semifinals. In 2008 and 2009, the Swiss contributions did not make it to the final, which means that Switzerland was not represented in the final for three years for the first time in its Eurovision history. Another low point then followed in 2010, because Michael von der Heide finished last in the semi-finals, which was Switzerland's sixth last place. In 2011, the country returned to a preliminary decision and was able to qualify for the final for the first time since 2006. But there followed the next disappointment, because the song In Love for a While took the last place in the final, which was the seventh last place in Switzerland. In 2012 and 2013, the Swiss entries missed the final again. In 2014, however, the singer Sebalter placed fifth in the semifinals, bringing the country back to the final for the first time in three years. In the final, he finished 13th and thus got the best Swiss result since 2005. It should be noted, however, that with pure televoting he would even have placed in the top ten. In 2015, Switzerland wanted to build on the success of 2014, but clearly missed this goal. Mélanie René ended up in last place in the semi-finals. In 2016, too, the Swiss contribution landed in last place in the semi-finals, making Switzerland ninth from last place. In 2017 the band Timebelle should qualify for the final again, but missed this goal with 12th place in the semifinals. The duo ZiBBZ also failed to bring Switzerland back to the final in 2018. Only in 2019 did another success for the country follow.
In 2019, Switzerland finally returned to an internal selection. The singer Luca Hänni was selected with the song She Got Me and took fourth place in the semi-finals, making Switzerland back in the final for the first time since 2014. In the final, Luca Hänni got the best position since 1993 and the new millennium and the second best since the victory in 1988. In addition, with this contribution Switzerland got the highest number of points in its Eurovision history.
A total of 25 of the 60 entries ended up in the left half of the table. With nine last places, four of them with zero points, Switzerland is one of the countries that came last most frequently. With only five finals since the semi-finals were introduced in 2004, Switzerland is also the country that has been eliminated most often (eleven times) in the semi-finals. Nevertheless, the country has so far been able to achieve two wins, three times second place and three times third place. With 60 participants, Switzerland is also one of the countries with the most frequent participations. After all, the Alpine state has never voluntarily waived participation, but had to stop in 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003 because of poor placements in the previous year. Nevertheless, Switzerland is one of the average successful countries in terms of competition.
List of posts
- 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.
year | Interpreter | Title Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | translation | final | Semi-final / qualification |
National preliminary decision |
Charts (CH) |
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space | Points | space | Points | |||||||
1956 | Lys Assia |
Refrain M: Géo Voumard ; T: Émile Gardaz |
French | - | 1 / 14th | k. A. | Direct participation | Concours Eurovision 1956 | - | |
1956 | Lys Assia |
The old M / T carousel : Georg Benz Stahl |
German | - | k. A. / 14 | k. A. | - | |||
1957 | Lys Assia |
L'enfant que j'étais M: Géo Voumard; T: Émile Gardaz |
French | The kid that I was | 8/10 | 5 | 1957 Eurovision Concours | - | ||
1958 | Lys Assia |
Giorgio M: Paul Burkhard ; T: Fridolin Tschudi |
German, Italian | - | 2/10 | 24 | internal selection | - | ||
1959 | Christa Williams |
Somewhere M / T: Lothar Löffler |
German | - | 4/11 | 14th | Concours Eurovision 1959 | - | ||
1960 | Anita Traversi |
Cielo e terra M / T: Mario Robbiani |
Italian | Heaven and Earth | 8/13 | 5 | Concours Eurovision 1960 | - | ||
1961 | Franca di Rienzo |
Nous aurons demain M: Géo Voumard; T: Émile Gardaz |
French | Tomorrow we will have | 3/16 | 16 | Concours Eurovision 1961 | - | ||
1962 | Jean Philippe |
Le retour M: Géo Voumard; T: Émile Gardaz |
French | The return | 10/16 | 2 | internal selection | - | ||
1963 | Esther Ofarim |
T'en vas pas M: Géo Voumard; T: Émile Gardaz |
French | Do not go | 2/16 | 40 | Concours Eurovision 1963 | - | ||
1964 | Anita Traversi |
I miei pensieri M: Giovanni Pelli; T: Sanzio Chiesa |
Italian | My thoughts | 13/16 | 0 | Concours Eurovision 1964 | - | ||
1965 | Yovanna |
Non, à jamais sans toi M: Bob Calfati; T: Jean Charles |
French | Forever without you | 8/18 | 18th | Concours Eurovision 1965 | - | ||
1966 | Madeleine Pascal |
Ne vois-tu pas? M: Pierre Brenner; T: Roland Schweizer |
French | Do not you see? | 6/18 | 12 | Concours Eurovision 1966 | - | ||
1967 | Géraldine |
Quel cœur vas-tu briser? M: Daniel Faure; T: Gérard Gray |
French | Whose heart are you going to break now? | 17/17 | 0 | Concours Eurovision 1967 | - | ||
1968 | Gianni Mascolo |
Guardando il sole M: Aldo D'Addario; T: Sanzio Chiesa |
Italian | Looking at the sun | 13/17 | 2 | Concours Eurovision 1968 | - | ||
1969 | Paola del Medico |
Bonjour, bonjour M: Henry Mayer; T: Jack Stark |
German a. | Good afternoon Good afternoon | 5/16 | 13 | 1969 Eurovision Concours | 7th | ||
1970 | Henri Dès |
Return M / T: Henri Dès |
French | return | 4/12 | 8th | Concours Eurovision 1970 | - | ||
1971 | Peter, Sue & Marc |
Les illusions de nos vingt ans M: Peter Reber ; T: Maurice Tézé |
French | The illusions of our youth | 12/18 | 78 | internal selection | - | ||
1972 | Véronique Müller |
C'est la chanson de mon amour M: Véronique Müller ; T: Catherine Desage |
French | This is the song of my love | 8/18 | 88 | Concours Eurovision 1972 | - | ||
1973 | Patrick Juvet |
Je vais me marier, Marie M: Patrick Juvet ; T: Pierre Delanoë |
French | I'm getting married, Marie | 12/17 | 79 | 1973 Eurovision Concours | - | ||
1974 | Piera Martell |
My call for you M / T: Pepe Ederer |
German | - | 14/17 | 3 | 1974 Eurovision Concours | - | ||
1975 | Simone Drexel |
Mikado M / T: Simone Drexel |
German | - | 6/19 | 77 | Concours Eurovision 1975 | 2 | ||
1976 | Peter, Sue & Marc |
Djambo, Djambo M / T: Peter Reber |
English | Djambo, Djambo (name of a clown) |
4/18 | 91 | 1976 Eurovision Concours | 6th | ||
1977 | Pepe Lienhard Band |
Swiss Lady M / T: Peter Reber |
German b. | - | 6/18 | 71 | Concours Eurovision 1977 | 1 | ||
1978 | Carole Vinci |
Vivre M: Alain Morisod; T: Pierre Alain |
French | Life | 9/20 | 65 | Concours Eurovision 1978 | - | ||
1979 | Peter, Sue & Marc + Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri |
Trödler & Co M / T: Peter Reber |
German | - | 10/19 | 60 | Concours Eurovision 1979 | - | ||
1980 | Paola |
Cinéma M: Peter Reber; T: Peter Reber, Véronique Müller |
French | movie theater | 4/19 | 104 | Concours Eurovision 1980 | 7th | ||
1981 | Peter, Sue & Marc |
Io senza te M: Peter Reber; T: Peter Reber, Nella Martinetti |
Italian | Me without You | 4/20 | 121 | Concours Eurovision 1981 | 5 | ||
1982 | Arlette Zola |
Amour on t'aime M: Alain Morisod; T: Pierre Alain |
French | Love we love you | 3/18 | 97 | Concours Eurovision 1982 | - | ||
1983 | Mariella Farré |
Io so non ci sto M: Thomas Gonzenbach, Remo Kessler; T: Nella Martinetti |
Italian | I don't like it like that | 15/20 | 28 | Concours Eurovision 1983 | 12 | ||
1984 | Rainy Day |
What color is the sunshine? M / T: Günter Loose |
German | - | 16/19 | 30th | Concours Eurovision 1984 | - | ||
1985 | Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini |
Piano, piano M: Anita Kerr ; T: Trudi Müller-Bosshard |
German | Quiet quiet | 12/19 | 39 | Concours Eurovision 1985 | - | ||
1986 | Daniela Simons |
Pas pour moi M: Atilla Şereftuğ ; T: Nella Martinetti |
French | Not for me | 2/20 | 140 | Concours Eurovision 1986 | - | ||
1987 | Carol Rich |
Moitié, moitié M / T: Jean-Jacques Egli |
French | Fifty - fifty | 17/22 | 26th | Concours Eurovision 1987 | - | ||
1988 | Celine Dion |
Ne partez pas sans moi M: Atilla Şereftuğ; T: Nella Martinetti |
French | Do not go without me | 1 / 21st | 137 | Concours Eurovision 1988 | 11 | ||
1989 | Furbaz |
Viver senza tei M / T: Marie Louise Werth |
Romansh | Live without you | 13/22 | 47 | Concours Eurovision 1989 | 23 | ||
1990 | Egon Egemann |
Music sounds out into the world M / T: Cornelia Lackner |
German | - | 11/22 | 51 | Concours Eurovision 1990 | - | ||
1991 | Sandra Simó |
Canzone per te M / T: Renato Mascetti |
Italian | Song for you | 5/22 | 118 | Concours Eurovision 1991 | - | ||
1992 | Daisy Auvray |
Mister Music Man M / T: Gordon Dent |
French b. | - | 15/23 | 32 | Concours Eurovision 1992 | - | ||
1993 | Annie Cotton |
Moi, tout simplement M: Christophe Duc; T: Jean-Jacques Egli |
French | Just me | 3/25 | 148 | Concours Eurovision 1993 | - | ||
1994 | Duilio |
Sto pregando M / T: Giuseppe Scaramello |
Italian | I pray | 19/25 | 15th | Qualified directly for the final | internal selection | - | |
1995 | Not qualified | |||||||||
1996 | Kathy Leander |
Mon coeur l'aime M / T: Régis Mounir |
French | My heart loves him | 16/23 | 22nd | 8/29 | 67 | internal selection | - |
1997 | Barbara Berta |
Dentro di me M / T: Barbara Berta |
Italian | Inside of me | 22/25 | 5 | Qualified directly for the final | internal selection | - | |
1998 | Gunvor Guggisberg |
Let him M / T: Gunvor , Egon Egemann |
German | - | 25/25 | 0 | Concours Eurovision 1998 | - | ||
1999 | Not qualified | |||||||||
2000 | Jane Bogaert |
La vita cos'è M: Brigitte Schöb, Bernie Staub; T: Thomas Marin |
Italian | What is life? | 20/24 | 14th | Qualified directly for the final | Concours Eurovision 2000 | 98 | |
2001 | Not qualified | |||||||||
2002 | Francine Jordi |
Dans le jardin de mon âme M / T: Francine Jordi |
French | In the garden of my soul | 22/24 | 15th | Qualified directly for the final | Concours Eurovision 2002 | 49 | |
2003 | Not qualified | |||||||||
2004 | Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars |
Celebrate! M / T: Greg Manning |
English | Celebrate! | Eliminated | 22/22 | 0 | Concours Eurovision 2004 | 11 | |
2005 | Vanilla ninja |
Cool Vibes M: David Brandes , Jane Tempest; T: Bernd Opinion |
English | Cool Vibes (name of a tiger) |
8/24 | 128 | 8/25 | 114 | internal selection | 17th |
2006 | six4one |
If We All Give a Little M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion |
English | If we all give a little | 17/24 | 30th | Qualified directly for the final | internal selection | 86 | |
2007 | DJ BoBo |
Vampires Are Alive M / T: DJ BoBo , Axel Bendung |
English | Vampires live | Eliminated | 20/28 | 40 | internal selection | 3 | |
2008 | Paolo Meneguzzi |
Era stupendo M: Pablo Meneguzzo; T: Vincenzo Incenzo |
Italian | It was wonderful | Eliminated | 13/19 | 47 | internal selection | 11 | |
2009 | Lovebugs |
The Highest Heights M / T: Florian Senn, Thomas Rechberger, Adrian Sieber |
English | The highest heights | Eliminated | 14/18 | 15th | internal selection | 25th | |
2010 | Michael von der Heide |
Il pleut de l'or M: Michael von der Heide , Pele Lorriano; T: Heike Kospach |
French | It's raining gold | Eliminated | 17/17 | 2 | internal selection | 65 | |
2011 | Anna Rossinelli |
In Love for a While M / T: David Klein |
English | In love for a while | 25/25 | 19th | 10/19 | 55 | The big decision show 2011 | 3 |
2012 | Sinplus |
Unbreakable M / T: Sinplus |
English | Indestructible | Eliminated | 11/18 | 45 | The big decision show 2012 | 36 | |
2013 | Takasa |
You and Me M / T: Georg Schlunegger |
English | You and me | Eliminated | 13/17 | 41 | The big decision show 2013 | 21st | |
2014 | Sebalter |
Hunter of Stars M / T: Sebastiano Paulessi |
English | Star hunters | 13/26 | 64 | 5/15 | 92 | The big decision show 2014 | 6th |
2015 | Mélanie René |
Time to Shine M / T: Mélanie René |
English | Time to shine | Eliminated | 17/17 | 4th | The big decision show 2015 | 73 | |
2016 | Rykka |
The Last of Our Kind M / T: Christina Maria Rieder , Mike James, Jeff Dawson, Warne Liversey |
English | The last of our kind | Eliminated | 18/18 | 28 | The big decision show 2016 | - | |
2017 | Timebelle |
Apollo M / T: Elias Näslin, Nicolas Günthardt, Alessandra Günthardt |
English | Apollo | Eliminated | 12/18 | 97 | The big decision show 2017 | 37 | |
2018 | ZiBBZ |
Stones M: Laurell Barker , Corinne "Co" Gfeller , Stefan Gfeller ; T: Laurell Barker, Corinne "Co" Gfeller |
English | Stones | Eliminated | 13/19 | 86 | The big decision show 2018 | 62 | |
2019 | luca Haenni |
She Got Me M / T: Laurell Barker , Mac Frazer, Luca Hänni , Jon Hällgren, Lukas Hällgren |
English | She makes me do it | 4/26 | 364 | 4/18 | 232 | internal selection | 1 |
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Gjon's Tears |
Répondez-moi M / T: Gjon Muharremaj , Xavier Michel, Alizé Oswald, Jeroen Swinnen |
French | Answer me |
Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU |
internal selection | 100 | |||
2021 | Gjon's Tears | internal selection |
National preliminary decisions
Some Swiss contributions were selected internally by Swiss television, namely in the years 1969 to 1971, 1980, 1994 to 1997, 2005 to 2010 and 2019. In all other years there was a national preliminary decision, with the selection process changing:
1956 to 1962
1956 to 1960 three singers took part in the preliminary round and presented a total of eleven songs from 1956 to 1958; In 1959 each presented three songs, in 1960 each four. In 1961 the singers presented a total of nine songs. The number of participants in 1962 is unknown.
1963 to 1968 and 1972
Between 1963 and 1968, three songs were presented in the preliminary round, two of them in French, two in German and two in Italian. Until 1966 five singers took part, in 1967, 1968 and 1972 six each.
1972 to 1979, 1981
In each of these years there was a “classic” preliminary decision with a different number of participants (between seven and nine) and a different linguistic composition. It was now common for each singer to only introduce one song.
1982 to 1989
1982 to 1988 there were always nine songs to choose from in the preliminary round, one each in Romansh and three each in two of the other languages and two in the remaining language. The titles were selected separately by language in the context of regional preliminary rounds held on the radio. The host role changed annually between the Welsch Switzerland , the German-speaking Switzerland and Italian-speaking Switzerland . In 1989 the number of songs was increased to ten.
1990 to 1993, 1998 to 2004
In these years the preliminary decision took place again in an unregulated linguistic composition; the number of participants was between six and twelve.
2011 to 2016
After the Swiss participant had been selected directly by the Swiss television company SRG SSR between 2005 and 2010 , a preliminary decision broadcast on television called The Great Decision Show took place in 2011 . The twelve starting places were awarded by the Swiss radio station DRS 3 and three television stations in different national languages. The German-language television station SF got seven places; he was the first to use the Internet to find his candidates. The Italian language broadcaster RSI had a seat; he searched for his candidate through a combination of internet, SMS and jury voting. The French-language broadcaster TSR also had a seat, which it occupied through an internal decision. The radio station DRS 3 selected the candidates for its three spots on the Internet. The winner of the preliminary decision was determined in December 2010 by televoting . For the preliminary decision for the 2012 contest, the number of participants was increased to 14. RSI and RTS each got one more starting place. In return, the total number was reduced to six in 2013: three contributions came from SF, two from RTS and one RSI. Although RSI proportionally has the lowest chance of winning, participants from Ticino were able to win the preliminary round in 2012 and 2014.
2017
On June 15, 2016, SRG SSR announced that it wanted to change its preliminary decision concept. Instead of the previous regional selection , only a non-publicly accessible internet platform will now serve as an application to select the contribution. 21 candidates were invited to a “live check” on December 4, 2016, from which six artists qualified for the final on February 5, 2017 in Zurich- Oerlikon .
On February 5, 2017, six candidates competed in the two-hour program Eurovision Song Contest 2017 - Decision Show . The show was produced in SRF Studio 1 in Zurich . Sven Epiney was the moderator . During the broadcast, the singer Sebalter , who represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 , performed with his song Weeping Willow . The majority of the Swiss television audience opted for the band Timebelle with their song Apollo via televoting . However, they could not qualify for the final.
2018
On July 13, 2017, SRG SSR presented its new preliminary decision concept. It was already known in advance that the preliminary decision concept would be conceived by the producers of Melodifestivalen, Christer Björkman and Martin Österdahl. SGR SSR invited interested musicians to submit their songs from September 1, 2017 to September 22, 2017. In addition to Swiss citizens or those who have a place of residence in Switzerland, international songwriters were also allowed to submit their works. However, it was mentioned in the SRG SSR regulations that the former are preferred, depending on the work. In 2018 the focus should be on the songs and only then should the perfect voices be found later. In order to give songwriters the chance to submit their song without a voice, an independent jury of 20 selected the six best songs in the first round of the selection process. This jury consisted of music and media professionals, «ESC» fans and television viewers. These six songs were then tested with different voices to find the perfect interpretation for each song. That's why the live check was also dropped from 2018. The six artists ultimately selected met with their songs on February 4, 2018. The corresponding program was broadcast live from the television studio in Zurich. In the end, 50 percent of the television audience decided via televoting and 50 percent by an international jury of experts who represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal in 2018. In the end, the sibling duo ZiBBZ won with the song Stones . However, they did not reach the final of the Song Contest either.
languages
Due to its multilingualism, no other country has appeared in as many languages as Switzerland. Before the abolition of the language regulation in 1999, the contributions were mostly in German , French or Italian , once (1989) in Romansh . In 1976, as in previous years, there were also contributions in English .
overview
language | number | Years |
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French | 24 | 1956 (2), 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992 †, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2010, 2020 |
English | 15th | 1976, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
German | 12 | 1956 (1), 1958 *, 1959, 1969 †, 1974, 1975, 1977 †, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1998 |
Italian | 10 | 1960, 1964, 1968, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2008 |
Romansh | 1 | 1989 |
- * Although the article from 1958 contains many Italian words, the article is assigned to German in these statistics: On the one hand, the text follows the German syntax; the Italian words are only "interspersed", on the other hand most of the words are also in international use ("risotto", "Chianti" ...) or inserted as quotations.
- † Despite the French and English headlines, the contributions from 1969, 1977 and 1992 were sung in German and French respectively.
Many of Switzerland's contributions were also sung in other languages. In the case of French-language contributions, this was often German. English was also very popular. Bonjour, Bonjour from 1969 were also recorded in Spanish and Portuguese , Retour from 1970 in Spanish. Pas pour moi , the representative from 1986, was also sung in Dutch and Moitié-Moitié from the following year in Portuguese. Otherwise, all other language versions were in English or in another national language.
Commercial success
Many Swiss contributions were not great commercial successes, especially not the two winning titles: Ne partez pas sans moi only came in at number eleven in the single charts, while at the time of the winning title, refrain by Lys Assia, no Swiss single charts existed. In total, only 26 of the 60 entries reached the charts, ten of them the top 10. The most commercially successful entry in 1977 was the entry Swiss Lady by the Pepe Lienhard Band, which until 2019 was the only one to reach number one in the Swiss singles charts. Simone Drexel was also very successful in 1975 with Mikado in second place, followed by DJ BoBo in 2007 with Vampires Are Alive and Anna Rossinelli in 2011 with In Love for a While , both Top 3. In 2014, Sebalter came in at number 6 in the charts with Hunter of Stars . This was only exceeded again in 2019 when Luca Hänni landed at number one in the charts - the first number one hit since 1977.
Hosted competitions
In 1956, Switzerland was chosen to host the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition took place in Lugano . Lohengrin Filipello moderated the program completely in Italian, depending on the venue. After the second victory in 1988, the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Switzerland for the second time in 1989. This time Lausanne was chosen as the venue . The moderators were Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux , who moderated the competition in English, French, Italian and German. With this edition of the event, Switzerland set a record, namely that of the longest opening sequence: it took a total of 20 minutes for the first contribution to be presented.
year | city | venue | Moderation |
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1956 | Lugano | Kursaal Theater | Lohengrin Filipello |
1989 | Lausanne | Palais de Beaulieu | Lolita Morena & Jacques Deschenaux |
Commentators
Switzerland broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest on the television channels SRF (German), RTS (French) and RSI (Italian).
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Points speaker
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1957 | Manni Weber | Moderator |
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1959 | Boris Acquadro | journalist |
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1964 | Alexandre Burger | journalist |
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1974 | Alexandre Burger | journalist |
1975 | Michel Stocker | journalist |
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1994 | Sandra Simó | Presenter, singer |
1996 | Yves Ménestrier | Journalist |
1997 | Sandy Altermatt | Presenter, journalist |
1998 | Regula Elsener | Journalist, author and presenter |
2000 | Astrid Von Stockar | Journalist |
2002 | Diana Jörg | Journalist |
2004 | Emel Aykanat | singer |
2005 | Cécile Bähler | moderator |
2006 | Jubaira Bachmann | moderator |
2007 | Sven Epiney | Moderator |
2008 | Cécile Bähler | moderator |
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2010 | Christa Rigozzi | moderator |
2011 | Cécile Bähler | moderator |
2012 | Sara Hildebrand | moderator |
2013 | Mélanie Freymond | Journalist, presenter |
2014 | Kurt Aeschbacher | Moderator |
2015 | Laetitia Guarino | Model |
2016 | Sebalter | Singer |
2017 | luca Haenni | Singer |
2018 | Leticia Carvalho | singer |
2019 | Sinplus | Music duo |
2020 | Competition canceled |
Scoring
The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Switzerland (as of 2019):
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Award of the highest rating
Since 1975, Switzerland has awarded the maximum number of points in the final to 21 different countries, including Ireland six times. In the semifinals, on the other hand, Switzerland awarded the maximum number of points to 14 different countries, four of them to Serbia.
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In 2013, Switzerland did not make it to the final with Takasa in the second semi-final. Emil Ramsauer took part in their appearance, at 95 years of age he is the oldest participant in the ESC of all time. In Switzerland the band is not called Takasa, but Salvation Army . The youngest participant in the band was Sarah Breiter at the age of 20. According to the telephone vote, Switzerland would easily have made it into the final in fifth place, but this was prevented by the juries that put Switzerland in 16th place.
Impressions
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart placements in Switzerland
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest" 2017: Swiss contribution wanted
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest" 2017 - Acts selected for live check
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