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| Eurovision Song Contest 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1974 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 24 January 1974 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Piera Martell | |||
| Selected song | "Mein Ruf nach dir" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Pepe Ederer | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 14th, 3 points | |||
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song "Mein Ruf nach dir", written by Pepe Ederer, and performed by Piera Martell. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1974
[edit]The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final on 24 January 1974 at 21:00 CET in Zürich.[1] The national final was presented by Liselotte Pulver and Guido Baumann, with Hans Moeckel conducting the orchestra.[2][3]
The broadcaster received 68 total song submissions (four of which were invalid), and ultimately selected eight to take part in the selection, with three being performed in French and German, and two in Italian.[4][5] Among the participants were Peter, Sue & Marc— who represented Switzerland in 1971, and would repeat this in 1976, 1979, and 1981.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Pierre Bardin | "Je veux vivre" | Beat Graf | Michel Neuville | French |
| 2 | Marisa Frigerio | "È l'amore" | Marisa Frigerio | Italian | |
| 3 | Peter, Sue & Marc | "Frei" | Peter Reber | German | |
| 4 | Françoise Rime | "On se dira toujours "je t'aime"" | Pierre Alain | French | |
| 5 | Gil & Leonia | "A Tucicabu" | Mario Robbiani | Italian | |
| 6 | Linda | "Ein Wort von dir, ein Wort von mir" | Arthur Paul Huber | German | |
| 7 | Tatjana | "La vague de la mer" | Eugène Tiel | François Heller | French |
| 8 | Piera Martell | "Mein Ruf nach dir" | Pepe Ederer | German | |
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (DRS, TSR, TSI: German, French and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and an "expert" jury.[5][6] The votes were delivered in rankings, rather than points.[6] The results and winner were announced live on television on 11 February.[7] The winner was the song "Mein Ruf nach dir" performed by Piera Martell, written by Pepe Ederer.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place | ||
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| DRS | TSR | TSI | |||||||
| 1 | Pierre Bardin | "Je veux vivre" | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
| 2 | Marisa Frigerio | "È l'amore" | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Peter, Sue & Marc | "Frei" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | Françoise Rime | "On se dira toujours "je t'aime"" | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 5 |
| 5 | Gil & Leonia | "A Tucicabu" | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 3 |
| 6 | Linda | "Ein Wort von dir, ein Wort von mir" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 8 |
| 7 | Tatjana | "La vague de la mer" | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 6 |
| 8 | Piera Martell | "Mein Ruf nach dir" | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
At Eurovision
[edit]At the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, held at The Dome in Brighton, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night following Germany and preceding Portugal. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Pepe Ederer, the composer of the song. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received three points in total; finishing in joint fourteenth (last) place out of seventeen countries.
Voting
[edit]Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel. Every jury member could give one point to their favourite song. This would be the last time this voting system was used, as the 12, 10, 8-1 voting system would be introduced the following year.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Fernsehen – Samstag 26. Januar" [Television – Saturday 26 January]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 19 February 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "Finale svizzera del Gran Premio Eurovisione della canzone 1974" [Swiss final of the Eurovision Song Contest 1974]. Gazzetta Ticinese (in Italian). 22 January 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese.
- ^ "Schweitzer Eurovision Song Contest Vorausscheidung 1974". Keystone SDA. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Samedi, pas moyen d'échapper à la sélection suisse du concours Eurovision de la chanson" [Saturday, no way to escape the Swiss selection of the Eurovision Song Contest] (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland. 26 January 1974. p. 58. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b "La Suisse au grand prix Eurovision de la chanson" [Switzerland and the Eurovision Song Contest]. FAN - L'express (in French). 12 February 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b c d "Schweizer Ausscheidung - Finale Suisse - Finale Svizzera 1974". Vorstadt Music & Records. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "SRG-Premiere — Schlagerwettbewerb als Gemeinschaftssendung aller Radio- und Fernsehstudios" [SRG premiere — hit competition as a joint broadcast of all radio and television studios]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 28 January 1974. p. 22. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Brighton 1974". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2025.