| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1990 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone: Finale Svizzera | |||
| Selection date | 24 February 1990 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus" | |||
| Artist | Egon Egemann [de] | |||
| Songwriter | Cornelia Lackner | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 11th, 51 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus", written by Cornelia Lackner, and performed byEgon Egemann [de]. The Swiss participating broadcaster, theSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final.
TheSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for theEurovision Song Contest 1990. Each division of SRG SSR —Swiss German andRomansh broadcasterSchweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS),Swiss French broadcasterTélévision 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]
It is unknown how the regional broadcasters selected their songs, but 136 total songs were submitted (with 11 being invalid), of which eight were selected: three each in French and Italian, and two in German.[2][3]
TSI staged the national final on 24 February 1990 at 20:20CET at thePalazzo dei Congressi inLugano.[3] It was hosted by Emanuela Gaggini. The national final was broadcast onTSI,TV DRS (with commentary by Beat Antenen), andTSR (with commentary bySerge Moisson [fr]).[4][5]Lys Assia, who won Eurovision forSwitzerland in 1956 and also represented the country in1957 and1958;Furbaz, who representedSwitzerland in 1989; andLes Frères Taquins made guest appearances.[4]
Among the participants wereSylvie, who would later representFrance in 1999 asNayah, andSandra Simó, who would later representSwitzerland in 1991.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
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| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Nando Morandi | "Canta con noi" | Nando Morandi | Italian | |
| 2 | Adela | "J'irai oú tu voudras" |
| French | |
| 3 | Egon Egemann [de] | "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus" | Cornelia Lackner | German | |
| 4 | Sylvie & Joel | "Dites à vos enfants" | Pierre Collet | Philippe Malignon | French |
| 5 | Sandra Simó | "Lo so" | Renato Mascetti | Italian | |
| 6 | Simone & Simon | "Träume müssen stark sein" |
| Simon Anderhub | German |
| 7 | Gemo | "Ailleurs c'est pareil" | Tobias Frey | Marco Schiess | French |
| 8 | Nadia Goj [it] | "Una donna che cresce" | Marco Crivelli | Italian | |
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] Applications for viewers to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until the week before the final, and 50 viewers from each canton were randomly selected to cast their votes to their broadcaster divisions via phone call.[7] The winner was the song "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus", composed by Cornelia Lackner and performed byEgon Egemann [de].
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRS | TSR | TSI | |||||||
| 1 | Nando Morandi | "Canta con noi" | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 4 |
| 2 | Adela | "J'irai oú tu voudras" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| 3 | Egon Egemann [de] | "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 1 |
| 4 | Sylvie & Joel | "Dites à vos enfants" | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 2 |
| 5 | Sandra Simó | "Lo so" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| 6 | Simone & Simon | "Träume müssen stark sein" | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5 |
| 7 | Gemo | "Ailleurs c'est pareil" | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| 8 | Nadia Goj [it] | "Una donna che cresce" | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 3 |
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At the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held at theVatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall inZagreb, the Swiss entry was the eighteenth entry of the night followingDenmark and precedingGermany. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Bela Balint. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 51 points in total; finishing in eleventh out of twenty-two 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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