| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Concours Eurovision de la Chanson1979 | |||
| Selection date | 27 January 1979 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Trödler und Co." | |||
| Artist | Peter, Sue, Marc,Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri | |||
| Songwriters | Peter Reber [de] | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 60 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Trödler und Co.", written byPeter Reber [de], and performed byPeter, Sue, Marc,Pfuri, Gorps, and Kniri. 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 1979. The broadcaster received 109 total song submissions (50 in French, 35 in German, and 14 in Italian). In late November 1978, an internal jury shortlisted 26 songs before ultimately selecting eight to take part in the selection, with three being performed in German and Italian and two in French.[1] Among the participants werePeter, Sue and Marc— who representedSwitzerland in 1971 and1976 and repeated this in1981.Biggi Bachmann [de] previously won an internal song contest from Liechtenstein in 1976 which was intended to be a Eurovision selection, but could not enter the contest as the country did not have a member broadcaster of theEuropean Broadcasting Union.[2]
Shortly before the final, "Amour on t'aime" byAlain Morisod and his group withdrew as the group disbanded. The song was resubmitted to the1982 Swiss national final, where it was performed byArlette Zola and won.[1][3]
Swiss German andRomansh broadcasterSchweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS) staged the national final on 28 January 1979 at 21:00CET inZürich.[1] It was presented by Christian Heeb, withPeter Jacques [de] conducting the orchestra.Izhar Cohen and theAlphabeta— who won Eurovision forIsrael in 1978 — andCissy Houston made guest appearances.[4][5]
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Biggi Bachmann [de] | "Musik, Musik" | Ambros Baumann | Beat Hirt | German |
| 2 | Rita Pavone | "Dieci cuori" | Mario Robbiani | Italian | |
| 3 | Groupe Atlas | "Moi je viens d'un pays" | Pierre Alain | French | |
| 4 | Salvo Ingrassia [de] | "Senza te" | Ambros Baumann | Salvo Ingrassia [de] | Italian |
| 5 | Peter, Sue, Marc,Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri | "Trödler und Co." | Peter Reber [de] | German | |
| 7 | Ruby Manila [de] | "Shake Hands" | Ruby Manila [de] | Pierre Studer | German[a] |
| 8 | Sandro Caroli | "La nostra favola" | Sandro Caroli | Italian | |
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions ofSRG SSR (DRS,TSR,TSI: German, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and a jury of music experts.[1][6] Applications for viewers from Switzerland andLiechtenstein to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until 20 January, and 50 viewers from each canton were randomly selected to cast their votes to their broadcaster divisions via phone call.[6] The winner was the song "Trödler und Co.", composed byPeter Reber [de] and performed byPeter, Sue, Marc,Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRS | TSR | TSI | |||||||
| 1 | Biggi Bachmann [de] | "Musik Musik" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 |
| 2 | Rita Pavone | "Dieci cuori" | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 4 |
| 3 | Groupe Atlas | "Moi je viens d'un pays" | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 2 |
| 4 | Salvo Ingrassia [de] | "Senza te" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| 5 | Peter, Sue, Marc,Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri | "Trödler und Co." | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 1 |
| 6 | Ruby Manila [de] | "Shake Hands" | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| 7 | Sandro Caroli | "La nostra favola" | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
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At the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held at theInternational Convention Center inJerusalem, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night followingGreece and precedingGermany. The Swiss conductor at the contest wasRolf Zuckowski. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 60 points in total; finishing in tenth place out of nineteen 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. Until1980, the votes were given in the order the awarded songs were performed in, rather than in ascending numerical order.
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