| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1978 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Schweizer Finale | |||
| Selection date | 18 January 1978 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Vivre" | |||
| Artist | Carole Vinci [fr] | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 65 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Vivre", composed byAlain Morisod, with lyrics by Pierre Alain, and performed byCarole Vinci [fr]. 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 1978. The broadcaster received 95 total song submissions (53 in French, 29 in German, and 13 in Italian). In October 1977, a jury internally shortlisted 14 songs before ultimately selecting seven to take part in the selection, with five being performed in French and two in Italian.[1] None of the songs in the selection were performed in German. Among the participants wasPiera Martell— who representedSwitzerland in 1974.
Swiss German andRomansh broadcasterSchweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS) staged the national final on 18 January 1978 at 21:05CET inZürich.[2] It was presented by Christian Heeb, withPeter Jacques [de] conducting the orchestra.Marie Myriam — who won Eurovision forFrance in 1977 — and theGünter Kallmann Choir [de] made guest appearances.[1][3]
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
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| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Françoise Rime | "Quand l'amour rencontre un jour une chanson" | Alain Morisod | Jean-Jacques Egli | French |
| 2 | Piera Martell | "Hier, Pierre" | Pierre Cavalli [de] | Max Rüeger [de] | French |
| 3 | Isabelle Alba | "Colombe chante" | Pierre Alain | French | |
| 4 | Marisa Frigerio | "Il chiromante" | Raphael Gibardi | Italian | |
| 5 | Carole Vinci [fr] | "Vivre" | Alain Morisod | Pierre Alain | French |
| 6 | Salvo Ingrassia [de] | "Solo tu" | Ambros Baumann | Italian | |
| 7 | Alain Morisod Group | "Hey! Le musicien" | Alain Morisod | French | |
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.[2][4] Applications for viewers from Switzerland andLiechtenstein to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until 10 January, and 50 viewers from each canton were randomly selected to cast their votes to their broadcaster divisions via phone call.[4] The winner was the song "Vivre", composed byAlain Morisod, with lyrics by Pierre Alain, and performed byCarole Vinci [fr].
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place | ||
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| DRS | TSR | TSI | |||||||
| 1 | Françoise Rime | "Quand l'amour rencontre un jour une chanson" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 3 |
| 2 | Piera Martell | "Hier, Pierre" | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| 3 | Isabelle Alba | "Colombe chante" | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Marisa Frigerio | "Il chiromante" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
| 5 | Carole Vinci [fr] | "Vivre" | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 1 |
| 6 | Salvo Ingrassia [de] | "Solo tu" | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| 7 | Alain Morisod Group | "Hey! Le musicien" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 2 |
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At the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, held at thePalais des Congrès inParis, the Swiss entry was the ninth entry of the night following theUnited Kingdom and precedingBelgium. The Swiss conductor at the contest wasDaniel Janin [fr]. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 65 points in total; finishing in ninth place out of twenty 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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