| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Concours Eurovision de la Chanson1973 | |||
| Selection date | 17 February 1973 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | |||
| Artist | Patrick Juvet | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 79 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Je vais me marier, Marie", written byPierre Delanoë, and performed and composed byPatrick Juvet. The Swiss participating broadcaster, theSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
TheSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for theEurovision Song Contest 1973. The broadcaster received 61 total song submissions, and ultimately selected ten to take part in the selection, with five songs being performed in French, three in German, and two in Italian.[1] Among the participants wereHenri Dès— who representedSwitzerland in 1970– andPeter, Sue and Marc— who representedSwitzerland in 1971, and would repeat this in1976,1979, and1981. On 30 January, "Bitte glaub es nicht" byMonica Morell was disqualified, due to its songwriter, Pepe Ederer, not having Swiss citizenship.[2][3]
Prior to the national final, the nine participating songs were broadcast on television in the form of music videos, starting on 1 February for the public to vote for via postcard until 12 February at midnight.[4]
Swiss French broadcasterTélévision suisse romande (TSR) staged the national final on 17 February 1973 at 20:00CET inBern.[5] It was presented byGeorges Hardy [fr].[6]
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Mady Rudaz | "Le vent qui sufflait ce matin" | Stuff Combe | Jean-Jacques Egli | French |
| 2 | Michel Bühler | "L'amour s'en vient, l'amour s'en va" | Michel Bühler | French | |
| 3 | Henri Dès | "Quand on revient d'ailleurs" | Henri Dès | French | |
| 4 | Patrick Juvet | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | Patrick Juvet | Pierre Delanoë | French |
| 5 | Britt Tobler | "Lass der Jungend ihre Liebe" | Pepe Ederer | Britt Tobler | German |
| 6 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Es kommt ein Tag" | Peter Reber [de] | German | |
| 7 | Claude Prélo | "Si tu t'en vas" |
| Claude Prélo | French |
| 8 | Gil & Leonia | "Brakata-Tunga" | Mario Robbiani |
| Italian |
| 9 | Yor Milano [it] | "Il vecchio orologio" | Mario Robbiani | Yor Milano [it] | Italian |
The voting consisted of public votes, a press jury, and a jury of music experts.[2] The votes, which were delivered in rankings, rather than points, were announced by SRG SSR chairmanFrank Tappolet [fr]. If a tie were to take place, the song with the best score from the public would be selected.[7] An estimate of 40,000 votes from the public were cast. The winner was the song "Je vais me marier, Marie" performed byPatrick Juvet, written byPierre Delanoë, and composed by Juvet himself.[8]
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Public | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mady Rudaz | "Le vent qui sufflait ce matin" | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 |
| 2 | Michel Bühler | "L'amour s'en vient, l'amour s'en va" | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | Henri Dès | "Quand on revient d'ailleurs" | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| 4 | Patrick Juvet | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Britt Tobler | "Lass der Jungend ihre Liebe" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Es kommt ein Tag" | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| 7 | Claude Prélo | "Si tu t'en vas" | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 7 |
| 8 | Gil & Leonia | "Brakata-Tunga" | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 |
| 9 | Yor Milano [it] | "Il vecchio orologio" | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 |
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At the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, held at theGrand Théâtre inLuxembourg, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night followingSpain and precedingYugoslavia. The Swiss conductor at the contest wasHervé Roy. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 79 points in total; finishing in twelfth place out of eighteen countries.
Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55, with at least 10 years between their ages. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. All jury members were located atVilla Louvigny CLT studios, watched the show on television from there, and appeared on screen to confirm their scores after all songs were performed.
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