Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Eurosong 2002
Selection date(s)	2 February 2002
Selected entrant	Francine Jordi
Selected song	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"
Selected songwriter(s)	Francine Jordi
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 15 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland entered the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with Francine Jordi and the song "Dans le jardin de mon âme". They were returning to the contest after being relegated from the 2001 contest after Jane Bogaert with "La vita cos'e" came 20th.

Before Eurovision[]

Eurosong 2002[]

The Swiss broadcaster, SRG SSR idée suisse, hosted a national final to select the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, held in Tallinn, Estonia.

The final was held at the Garage Music in Bellinzona on 2 February 2002, hosted by Milena Martelli. Eight songs competed, and the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round. The results of the top three songs were not revealed, but the results for the other five songs were revealed. In the second round, "Dans le jardin de mon âme" by Francine Jordi was revealed as the winner with 41.1% of the votes.

First Round – 2 February 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Matì	"Via dal buio"	Matteo Mazza	1.6%	8
2	Francine Jordi	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"	Francine Jordi	—	—
2	Marc and Friends	"It's a Perfect Day"	Marc Neff	7.5%	5
4	Amanda	"Fuego latino"	Amanda Blatter, Urs Wiesendanger	3.7%	6
5	Luciano de Soria	"Mia vita"	Luciano de Soria, Bernardos Yorgos	1.9%	7
6	Tanisha	"My Little Freaky Boy"	Martin Kohler, Tanisha Ammann	10.7%	4
7	A-Live	"Cosa"	Peter Zehnder	—	—
8	Nina Dimitri	"Die Engel tanzen um Mitternacht per te"	Véronique Müller	—	—

Second Round – 2 February 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Francine Jordi	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"	41.1%	1
2	A-Live	"Cosa"	35.6%	2
3	Nina Dimitri	"Die Engel tanzen um Mitternacht per te"	23.3%	3

At Eurovision[]

Jordi sang for Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performing 12th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Sweden. She received 15 points at the close of the voting, placing 22nd in a field of 24 and relegating Switzerland from the 2003 contest.^[1]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Switzerland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Austria
4 points
3 points	France Romania
2 points	Germany
1 point	Latvia Slovenia

Points awarded by Switzerland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Spain
10 points	France
8 points	Latvia
7 points	Austria
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Malta
3 points	Germany
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Israel

References[]

^ "Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links[]

Swiss National Final 2002

[1] "Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[2002detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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