Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
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Switzerland
participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
in Düsseldorf
, Germany
and selected their entry through the national final Die grosse Entscheidungs Show, organised by Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse
(SRG SSR).
, depending on budget details to be finalised in early autumn.
On 24 August Schweizer Fernsehen
(SF) announced that a national final would be organised, after increased popularity for Eurovision in Switzerland after victories for Norway
and Germany
. SRG SSR compiled the list of candidates for the national selection final with the Swiss radio broadcaster DRS 3
and the Swiss French and Italian-language television networks TSR
and RSI
. A national final with 12 finalists was held on 11 December 2010 from Kreuzlingen
. Seven finalists came from SF, three from DRS 3, one from TSR and one from RSI. Televoting will select the final winning song.
Former Eurovision Song Contests participants have applied to take part in this selection: DQ
, Todomondo
(both 2007
), Miodio
from San Marino 2008
, as well as Mariella Farré
who represented Switzerland in the 1983
and 1985
contests. Piero Esteriore, Switzerland's representative in 2004
has also submitted a song. However, none of these made it to the final.
Voting was held from 1 November to 10 November, with a jury and internet voting (each with 50%) selecting seven songs from the 327 submissions to qualify to the national final. The seven finalists were announced on 16 November by SF:
(RSI) chose one song for the national final. A jury selected five songs from 46 submissions, which took part firstly in an internet vote from 3–9 November, and then in a radio final on 10 November from the Hotel Besso in Lugano
, broadcast on radio station Rete Uno
. The winner was chosen by online voting (10%), SMS voting (50%) and jury voting (40%). The winner of the final was Orpheline with "Surrender", but the singer renounced for personal reasons. Therefore, Vittoria Hyde (2nd) was planned to be sent to the Swiss final, as RSI announced on 15 November. On 23 November however, SF disqualified her because her song had already been published before 1 September, which is a clear violation of the rules. This means that 3rd-placed Scilla will be the RSI finalist. The five songs in the RSI final
selected its finalist internally. They chose the duo Aliose. On 29 November, TSR announced that they would send "Sur les pavés" to the national final.
, Kreuzlingen
and hosted by Sven Epiney
. The entries were commented by an "expert group", consisting of Baschi, Nik Hartmann and the three former Swiss ESC participants Francine Jordi
(2002), Pepe Lienhard
(1977), and Peter Reber (member of Peter, Sue and Marc
, representants in 1971, 1976, 1979, 1981). Televoting was used to select the winner. Switzerland was the first country to announce its artist and song for the 2011 contest.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...
in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and selected their entry through the national final Die grosse Entscheidungs Show, organised by Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse
SRG SSR idée suisse
SRG SSR is the Swiss public broadcasting organisation, founded in 1931 as SRG-SSR. Headquartered in Bern, SRG SSR is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.Switzerland's system of direct...
(SRG SSR).
Selection process
After 6 years of internal selections it was announced in June 2010 that SRG SSR were looking at possibilities to hold a national final to select the Swiss entry, the first time since 2004Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Switzerland was represented by Piero Esteriore and Music Stars and the song "Celebrate". The Swiss National Final was held on March 6 2004, hosted by Jean-Marc Richard with the winner being chosen by regional televoting in two rounds of voting - the first to select the top 6 and the second to...
, depending on budget details to be finalised in early autumn.
On 24 August Schweizer Fernsehen
Schweizer Fernsehen
Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland...
(SF) announced that a national final would be organised, after increased popularity for Eurovision in Switzerland after victories for Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. SRG SSR compiled the list of candidates for the national selection final with the Swiss radio broadcaster DRS 3
Schweizer Radio DRS
Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz is a company of SRG SSR idée suisse. - Broadcasting :SR DRS own six radio stations, which in German-speaking Switzerland has a market share of over 60 percent....
and the Swiss French and Italian-language television networks TSR
Télévision Suisse Romande
Télévision Suisse Romande is a TV network with 2 channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2. They are the main French language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR idée suisse...
and RSI
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italian for Switzerland...
. A national final with 12 finalists was held on 11 December 2010 from Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of over 18,000...
. Seven finalists came from SF, three from DRS 3, one from TSR and one from RSI. Televoting will select the final winning song.
SF selection
The overall SF selection selected seven finalists. Candidates could submit entries to the broadcaster from 1–30 October.Former Eurovision Song Contests participants have applied to take part in this selection: DQ
DQ (artist)
DQ is a Danish singer and drag queen who won the Danish Melodi Grand Prix 2007 and therefore represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Drama Queen". The song was eliminated in the semi-final stage.- External links :* *...
, Todomondo
Todomondo
Todomondo represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Liubi, Liubi, I love you". They were the 20th group to perform and finished in 13th place.-Andrei Ştefănescu:...
(both 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...
), Miodio
Miodio
Miodio is a band that consists of three Italian and two Sammarinese members. They represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, performing the song Complice. This was the first time San Marino had entered the competition...
from San Marino 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
, as well as Mariella Farré
Mariella Farré
Mariella Farré is a Swiss singer of Italian descent, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1983 and 1985....
who represented Switzerland in the 1983
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
The Eurovision Song Contest 1983, the 28th in the series, was held in Munich, then West Germany, on 23 April 1983. The presenter was Marlene Charell. Corinne Hermes was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "Si la vie est cadeau". This was Luxembourg's fifth victory in the contest which...
and 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....
contests. Piero Esteriore, Switzerland's representative in 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...
has also submitted a song. However, none of these made it to the final.
Voting was held from 1 November to 10 November, with a jury and internet voting (each with 50%) selecting seven songs from the 327 submissions to qualify to the national final. The seven finalists were announced on 16 November by SF:
- CH
- Sarah BurgessSarah Burgess (singer)Sarah Burgess is an American singer-songwriter and was a contestant on the sixth season of the television series American Idol . She signed with indie label, PME Records in 2007, and released her album One in 2008 to stores in the US. In 2009, her album was released in Japan stores...
- Polly Duster
- The Glue
- Anna RossinelliAnna RossinelliAnna Rossinelli is a Swiss singer-songwriter. Rossinelli sings as a part of a pop-soul trio band, which performs under her name.- Eurovision Song Contest :...
- Bernarda Brunovic
- Andrina
DRS 3 selection
DRS 3 selected its three finalists via online voting. Over 4 weeks the submitted entries were discussed and voted on in the radio show ESC-Club. Listeners and a jury decided 10 entries to proceed to the online voting which was held from 2–12 November on the DRS 3 website. DRS 3 stated afterwards that one user had tried to manipulate the voting, but this was spotted in time and the result was corrected after the voting had closed. The three entries which received the most votes and proceed therefore to the final are Dominique Borriello, Duke, and The Colors and Illira. The ten songs in the voting were:| Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Dominique Borriello | "Il ritmo dentro di noi" | 20.4 % |
| Duke | "Waiting for Ya" | 19.9 % |
| The Colors and Ilira | "Home" | 16.1 % |
| Anetta Morozova feat. Wilder Berg | "Sky" | ? |
| Dorian Gray | "No Seasons" | ? |
| Simongad | "I Will Stand (for the Nation)" | ? |
| Fräkmündt | "D'Draachejongfer" | ? |
| Evelyn | "Who Do You Love?" | ? |
| Scilla | "Barbie Doll" | ? |
| Lucas | "Hot Temptation" | ? |
RSI selection - RSI Eurosong Contest
Italian language Swiss broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italianaRadiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italian for Switzerland...
(RSI) chose one song for the national final. A jury selected five songs from 46 submissions, which took part firstly in an internet vote from 3–9 November, and then in a radio final on 10 November from the Hotel Besso in Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, broadcast on radio station Rete Uno
Rete Uno
Rete Uno is the principal radio channel of the Swiss public-service broadcasting organization RSI.Broadcasting in Italian, it is receivable throughout Switzerland via FM, DAB, cable, and satellite...
. The winner was chosen by online voting (10%), SMS voting (50%) and jury voting (40%). The winner of the final was Orpheline with "Surrender", but the singer renounced for personal reasons. Therefore, Vittoria Hyde (2nd) was planned to be sent to the Swiss final, as RSI announced on 15 November. On 23 November however, SF disqualified her because her song had already been published before 1 September, which is a clear violation of the rules. This means that 3rd-placed Scilla will be the RSI finalist. The five songs in the RSI final
| Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Orpheline | "Surrender" | 1st (Withdrew) |
| Vittoria Hyde | "Play the Trumpet" | 2nd (Disqualified) |
| Scilla | "Barbie Doll" | 3rd |
| Néo | "Learning to Love" | ? |
| Maxi B feat. Marco | "Most Likely - Probabilmente" | ? |
TSR selection
French language broadcaster TSRTélévision Suisse Romande
Télévision Suisse Romande is a TV network with 2 channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2. They are the main French language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR idée suisse...
selected its finalist internally. They chose the duo Aliose. On 29 November, TSR announced that they would send "Sur les pavés" to the national final.
National final
The national final was held on 11 December 2010 in the Bodensee ArenaBodensee Arena
Bodensee Arena is an arena in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of HC Thurgau and EHC Kreuzlingen-Konstanz. Bodensee Arena opened in 2000 and holds 4,000 people.-External links:*http://www.bodensee-arena.com...
, Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of over 18,000...
and hosted by Sven Epiney
Sven Epiney
Sven Epiney is a famous Swiss television host TV-moderator, radio moderator and editor, who works for SF DRS and DRS3 Television channels in Switzerland. He speaks German, French, English and Italian. He was the Swiss commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and...
. The entries were commented by an "expert group", consisting of Baschi, Nik Hartmann and the three former Swiss ESC participants Francine Jordi
Francine Jordi
Francine Jordi is a Swiss pop singer.As a young child she was already singing songs for the Japanese tourists in Interlaken. With this musical background she won the German Grand Prix der Volksmusik in 1998 with the song Das Feuer der Sehnsucht...
(2002), Pepe Lienhard
Pepe Lienhard
Pepe Lienhard, is a Swiss bandleader and musician.- Life :Already in school, Lienhard had begun a band with the name "The College Stompers". In university, he studied law, but broke off his studies in 1969 and founded a professional sextet with which he released numerous albums...
(1977), and Peter Reber (member of Peter, Sue and Marc
Peter, Sue and Marc
Peter, Sue and Marc were a Swiss music group from Bern. The members were Peter Reber , Sue Schell , and Marc Dietrich...
, representants in 1971, 1976, 1979, 1981). Televoting was used to select the winner. Switzerland was the first country to announce its artist and song for the 2011 contest.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result | Vote | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Polly Duster | "Up to You" | 8 | 4.36% | SF Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland... |
| 02 | Duke | "Waiting for Ya" | 11 | 2.66% | DRS 3 Schweizer Radio DRS Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz is a company of SRG SSR idée suisse. - Broadcasting :SR DRS own six radio stations, which in German-speaking Switzerland has a market share of over 60 percent.... |
| 03 | Andrina | "Drop of Drizzle" | 9 | 3.30% | SF Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland... |
| 04 | Bernarda Brunovic | "Confidence" | 2 | 13.36% | SF Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland... |
| 05 | Anna Rossinelli Anna Rossinelli Anna Rossinelli is a Swiss singer-songwriter. Rossinelli sings as a part of a pop-soul trio band, which performs under her name.- Eurovision Song Contest :... |
"In Love For a While In Love for a While -Credits and personnel:*Lead vocals – Anna Rossinelli*Bass – Georg Dillier *Electric Guitar – Manuel Meisel -Chart performance:-External links:*... " |
1 | 23.93% | SF Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland... |
| 06 | Aliose | "Sur les pavés" | 7 | 6.49% | TSR Télévision Suisse Romande Télévision Suisse Romande is a TV network with 2 channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2. They are the main French language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR idée suisse... |
| 07 | Dominique Borriello | "Il ritmo dentro di noi" | 12 | 2.33% | DRS 3 Schweizer Radio DRS Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz is a company of SRG SSR idée suisse. - Broadcasting :SR DRS own six radio stations, which in German-speaking Switzerland has a market share of over 60 percent.... |
| 08 | Scilla | "Barbie Doll" | 10 | 2.88% | RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italian for Switzerland... |
| 09 | CH | "Gib nid uf" | 4 | 11.73% | SF Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland... |
| 10 | The Colors and Illira | "Home" | 3 | 13.05% | DRS 3 Schweizer Radio DRS Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz is a company of SRG SSR idée suisse. - Broadcasting :SR DRS own six radio stations, which in German-speaking Switzerland has a market share of over 60 percent.... |
| 11 | Sarah Burgess Sarah Burgess (singer) Sarah Burgess is an American singer-songwriter and was a contestant on the sixth season of the television series American Idol . She signed with indie label, PME Records in 2007, and released her album One in 2008 to stores in the US. In 2009, her album was released in Japan stores... |
"Just Me" | 6 | 7.70% | SF Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland... |
| 12 | The Glue | "Come What May" | 5 | 8.21% | SF Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland... |