| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1992 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection amongConcorso Eurovisione della Canzone1992 entries | |||
| Announcement date | 13 April 1992 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Mister Music Man" | |||
| Artist | Daisy Auvray [fr] | |||
| Songwriter | Gordon Dent | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 32 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Mister Music Man", written by Gordon Dent, and performed byDaisy Auvray [fr]. The Swiss participating broadcaster, theSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), organised a national final in order to select its entry for the contest. The national final was won by the song "Soleil, soleil" performed byGéraldine Olivier, but it was disqualified later, and the runner-up "Mister Music Man" was internally selected as the Swiss entry for Eurovision.
TheSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for theEurovision Song Contest 1992. Each division of SRG SSR —Swiss German andRomansh broadcasterSchweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS),Swiss French broadcaterTélévision suisse romande (TSR), andSwiss Italian broadcasterTelevisione Svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) — used its own method to select its entries for the final.[1] Eligible songs were required to have been composed by songwriters from Switzerland orLiechtenstein.[1]
TSR and SF DRS internally selected their songs,[2] however it is unknown how TSI selected theirs. In total, 142 songs were submitted (with 38 being invalid), of which ten were ultimately selected: three each in French and Italian and four in German.[3]
TSI staged the national final on 23 February 1992 at 20:25CET at thePalazzo dei Congressi inLugano.[4] It was hosted by Alessandra Marchese. The national final was broadcast onTSI,TSR (with commentary fromIvan Frésard [fr]),[5] andSF.[5]Sandra Simó, who representedSwitzerland in 1991, andRichard Clayderman made guest appearances.[4]
Initially, only nine songs were due to compete,[4] however "Soleil, soleil" byGéraldine Olivier was eventually added to the lineup.[6]
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
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| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Philippe Roussel | "Immer gewinnen kannst du nicht" | Toni Amatoni | German | |
| 2 | K. Loren | "Un monde sans musique" | Pierre Collet | French | |
| 3 | Guido Bugmann | "Heut' nacht" |
| Guido Bugmann | German |
| 4 | Renato Mascetti | "Non sei piu la mia bambina" | Renato Mascetti | Italian | |
| 5 | Daisy Auvray [fr] | "Mister Music Man" | Gordon Dent | French | |
| 6 | Daniel Stein | "Es geht uns alle an" | Bela Balint | Salvatore Ingrassia [de] | German |
| 7 | Mary | "Vento da nord" | Mario Robbiani | Italian | |
| 8 | Michel Audrey | "Marie-Blanche" | Michel Audrey | Jean-Jacques Egli | French |
| 9 | Mario D'azzo | "Apro le mani" | Mario D'azzo | Italian | |
| 10 | Géraldine Olivier | "Soleil, soleil" | Peter-Jörg Wassermann [de] | Géraldine Olivier | German |
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (SF DRS, TSR, TSI: German-Romansh, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and a jury of music experts.[7][8] The winner was the song "Soleil, soleil", composed byPeter-Jörg Wassermann [de] and written and performed byGéraldine Olivier.
| R/O | Artist | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place | ||
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| DRS | TSI | TSR | |||||||
| 1 | Philippe Roussel | "Immer gewinnen kannst du nicht" | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 4 |
| 2 | K. Loren | "Un monde sans musique" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 7 |
| 3 | Guido Bugmann | "Heut' nacht" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 |
| 4 | Renato Mascetti | "Non sei più la mia bambina" | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 |
| 5 | Daisy Auvray [fr] | "Mister Music Man" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 2 |
| 6 | Daniel Stein | "Es geht uns alle an" | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | Mary | "Vento da nord" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 5 |
| 8 | Michel Audrey | "Marie-Blanche" | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 3 |
| 9 | Mario D'Azzo | "Apro le mani" | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 6 |
| 10 | Géraldine Olivier | "Soleil, soleil" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 51 | 1 |
On 9 April, it was announced thatGéraldine Olivier was disqualified due to her song being submitted in both the TSR (in French, where it was rejected) and SF DRS preselections, which breached a rule regarding song submissions, specifically that songs could not be submitted twice to the regional selections by the same artist.[2][6] Additionally, the song was also added to the lineup late, even though only nine songs were supposed to compete, with 3 songs per language, and the song was selected for the national final after the submission deadline.[6] Runner-upDaisy Auvray [fr] later filed a lawsuit against SRG SSR for the oversight of the breach in rules.[2]
On 13 April, it was announced that runner-upDaisy Auvray [fr] would replace Olivier and represent Switzerland instead with her song "Mister Music Man".[9] It was previously speculated that she would have done so following Olivier's disqualification.[6]
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At the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held at theMalmö Isstadion inMalmö, the Swiss entry was the thirteenth entry of the night followingFinland and precedingLuxembourg. The Swiss conductor at the contest wasRody Seidel [fr]. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 32 points in total; finishing in fifteenth place out of twenty-three countries.
Each participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel with at least eleven members. The jurors awarded 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their top ten songs.
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