Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Concours Eurovision de la Chanson | |||
| Selection date | 23 February 1991 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Canzone per te" | |||
| Artist | Sandra Simó | |||
| Songwriters | Renato Mascetti | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 118 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Canzone per te", written by Renato Mascetti, and performed by Sandra Simó. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Regional selections
[edit]The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1991. Each division of SRG SSR — Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS), Swiss French broadcater Télévision suisse romande (TSR), and Swiss Italian broadcaster Televisione Svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) —, used its own method to select its entries for the final.[1][2] Eligible songs were required to have been composed by songwriters from Switzerland or Liechtenstein, and applicants could register their songs in a cassette tape until 27 October 1990.[2]
In total, 143 songs were submitted (with 18 being invalid), of which nine were selected: three in French, German, and Italian.[3] It is unknown how the regional broadcasters selected their songs.
Concours Eurovision de la Chanson
[edit]TSR staged the national final on 23 February 1991 at 20:40 CET at the Casino du Rivage in Vevey.[2][3][4] It was hosted by Lolita Morena, with Benoît Kaufman accompanying the orchestra.[5] The national final was broadcast on TSR, SF, and TSI.[4] The show was also aired on TV5 Europe in 9 April and on TV5 Québec Canada, in 14 May.[6][7] Egon Egemann— who represented Switzerland in 1990 —, made a guest appearance.
Among the participating artists were Daniela Simons— who represented Switzerland in 1986 — and Carol Rich— who represented Switzerland in 1987.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
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| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Marco, Daria, & Mattia Zappa | "La nave va…" | Marco Zappa | Italian | |
| 2 | Christine Nachbauer | "Segel im wind" | Philipp Martin Christen | German | |
| 3 | Claude Lander | "Laissez-le vivre" | Claude Lander | French | |
| 4 | R.C.O. | "Ruhelos" | Willi Rüegsegger |
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German |
| 5 | Daniela Simons | "Come finirà?" | Atilla Şereftuğ | Nella Martinetti | Italian |
| 6 | Suisse Home | "Home Suisse Home" |
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French | |
| 7 | Sandra Simó | "Canzone per te" | Renato Mascetti | Italian | |
| 8 | Chris Lorens | "Ein ganzes leben lang" | Chris Lorens | German | |
| 9 | Carol Rich | "Donner la main" | Dom Torche | French | |
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 an "expert" jury.[8][9] 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.[9] The winner was the song "Canzone per te", composed by Renato Mascetti and performed by Sandra Simó, who received the maximum number of points available.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury |
Expert Jury |
Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRS | TSI | TSR | |||||||
| 1 | Marco, Daria, & Mattia Zappa | "La nave va…" | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 5 |
| 2 | Christine Nachbauer | "Segel im wind" | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 |
| 3 | Claude Lander | "Laissez-le vivre" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 4 | R.C.O. | "Ruhelos" | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6 |
| 5 | Daniela Simons | "Come finirà?" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 2 |
| 6 | Suisse Home | "Home Suisse Home" | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 7 |
| 7 | Sandra Simó | "Canzone per te" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 1 |
| 8 | Chris Lorens | "Ein ganzes leben lang" | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 3 |
| 9 | Carol Rich | "Donner la main" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 4 |
At Eurovision
[edit]At the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, held at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, the Swiss entry was the tenth entry of the night following Austria and preceding Greece. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Flaviano Cuffari. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 118 points in total; finishing in fifth place out of twenty-two countries.
Voting
[edit]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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References
[edit]- ^ "Grand Prix Eurovision: Schweizer Vorentscheidung im Februar" [Eurovision Grand Prix: Swiss preselection in February]. Nidwaldner Tagblatt (in German). Vol. 9, no. 172. 27 July 1990. p. 40. Retrieved 25 March 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b c "Grand Prix «Eurovision» de la chanson — Finale suisse en février à Vevey" [Eurovision Song Contest — Swiss Final in February in Vevey]. Journal et feuille d'avis de Vevey-Riviera (in French). No. 218. Vevey, Switzerland. 19 September 1990. p. 9. Retrieved 25 March 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b c "Chanson Eurovision: qui ira à San Remo?" [Eurovision Song Contest: Who will go to San Remo?]. TV8 (in French). 20 December 1990. p. 15. Retrieved 17 March 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b "TV/Loisirs Samedi" [TV/Leisure Saturday]. Journal de Montreux, Feuille d'avis d'Aigle, and Courrier de Leysin (in French). 23 February 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 25 March 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b "Concours Eurovision de la chanson — La finale suisse à Vevey" [Eurovision Song Contest — The Swiss final in Vevey]. Journal de Montreux, Feuille d'avis d'Aigle, and Courrier de Leysin (in French). No. 218. 11 January 1991. p. 9. Retrieved 25 March 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ "Dienstag, 9. April | Mardi, 9 avril" [Saturday 6 May]. Télé-Revue (in French, German, and Luxembourgish). No. 14. 6–12 April 1991. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 4 December 2024 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
- ^ "Votre soirée de télévision" [Your evening of television]. La Presse. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 14 May 1991. p. C–6. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via National Library and Archives of Quebec.
- ^ a b c Concours Eurovision de la Chanson (Video) (in French). 23 February 1991.
- ^ a b "Eurovision de la chanson — L'épreuve par neuf" [Eurovision Song Contest — The Challenge of Nine]. L'Express (in French). 23 February 1991. p. 44. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.