Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Participating broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Concours Eurovision 1979
Selection date(s)	27 January 1979
Selected artist(s)	Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps, and Kniri
Selected song	"Trödler und Co."
Selected songwriter(s)	Peter Reber
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 60 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Trödler und Co.", written by Peter Reber, and performed by Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps, and Kniri. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final. Peter, Sue, and Marc had already represented Switzerland in 1971 and 1976. The entry finished on 10th place with 60 points at the contest.

Before Eurovision

Concours Eurovision 1979

Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS) was in charge of staging and broadcasting the selection of the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. It held the national final on 27 January 1979 at its studios in Geneva, hosted by Christian Heeb. The winner was chosen by three regional juries (DRS, TSR, TSI: German, French and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and a jury of experts.

Final – 27 January 1979
Draw	Artist	Song	Regional Juries			Press Jury	Expert Jury	Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	DRS	TSR	TSI	Press Jury	Expert Jury	Total	Place
1	Biggi Bachmann	"Musik musik"	4	4	4	1	2	15	6
2	Rita Pavone	"Dieci cuori"	3	3	5	4	6	21	4
3	Groupe Atlas	"Moi je viens d'un pays"	5	8	3	2	5	23	2
4	Salvo Ingrassia	"Senza te"	1	1	2	3	4	11	7
5	Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps, and Kniri	"Trödler und Co"	8	5	8	8	8	37	1
6	Ruby Manila	"Shake Hands"	6	6	1	6	3	22	3
7	Sandro Caroli	"La nostra favola"	2	2	6	5	1	16	5

At Eurovision

Switzerland was the 8th in sequence to perform on the night, following Greece and preceding Germany. The group scored 60 points, placing Switzerland 10th out of 19 entries.^[1]

The Swiss conductor at the contest was Rolf Zuckowski.

Voting

Points awarded to Switzerland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Austria
10 points	Finland
8 points	Norway
7 points	Denmark France Germany
6 points
5 points
4 points	Israel
3 points
2 points	Greece Monaco
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded by Switzerland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Spain
10 points	France
8 points	Finland
7 points	Greece
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Israel
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Denmark

References

^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[1979detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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