Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

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Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country  Switzerland
National selection
Selection processDie grosse Entscheidungs Show 2013
Selection date(s)15 December 2012
Selected entrantTakasa
Selected song"You and Me"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (13th, 41 points)
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 held in Malmö, Sweden. The Swiss national final took place on 15 December 2012, where each of their regional broadcasters presented a number of songs, with the winner being decided by televoting.

The national final was won by Heilsarmee with the song "You and Me".

On 17 December 2012, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Heilsarmee must change their band name and uniforms for the Eurovision Song Contest.[1] Heilsarmee is the German title of the Christian denominational charitable organisation The Salvation Army. The rules of the contest forbid promotion of political and religious content. On 14 March 2013, the band changed their name to Takasa.[2]

Before Eurovision[]

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2013[]

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2013 was the third edition of the Swiss national final format that selected Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The national final was a collaboration between three broadcasters in Switzerland: the Swiss-German broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI).[3]

Selection process[]

The selection process took place in two stages before the finalists for the live show and ultimately the winner are selected. The first stage of the competition included SF, RTS and RSI each conducting varying selections in order to determine the candidates they submitted for the second stage of the competition. SF submitted four candidates, RTS submitted three candidates and RSI submitted two candidates. The nine artists and songs proceed to the second stage, the televised national final, where the winning artist and song was selected to represent Switzerland in Malmö.[4]

SF selection[]

The SF selection involved an online internet voting platform where interested artists could submit their songs and have them listed for public listening. The platform began accepting entries on 1 September 2012 and concluded on 8 October 2012. 175 entries were submitted following the submission deadline, including entries from 1956, 1957 and 1958 Eurovision winner Lys Assia, 1983 and 1985 Swiss entrant Mariella Farré, 1996, 2002 and 2005 Cypriot entrant Constantinos Christoforou, 2009 Dutch entrant as part of De Toppers Gordon Heuckeroth (from the group LA The Voices) and 2011 Polish entrant Magdalena Tul.[5] Internet users had between 15 and 29 October 2012 to vote for their favourite entries.[6] The internet votes were combined with the votes from an expert jury and on 12 November 2012, the top four entries were announced. The four candidates ultimately selected from the SF selection for the national final were "Do the Monkey" performed by Anthony Bighead, "You and Me" performed by Heilsarmee, "The Point of No Return" performed by Melissa and "Forever & a Day" performed by Jesse Ritch.[7][8]

RTS selection[]

The RTS selection involved an internal selection with a selection committee selecting three candidates. The three candidates ultimately selected from the RTS selection for the national final were "J'avais rendez-vous" performed by Carrousel, "Lève-toi" performed by Nicolas Fraissinet and "On My Way" performed by Nill Klemm.[9][10]

RSI selection[]

RSI opened a submission period between 1 September 2012 and 30 September 2012 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. On 9 October 2012, a jury panel consisting of Nicola Albertoni, Daniela Tami and Gianluca Verga evaluated over 30 entry submissions received and selected six candidates to proceed to the RSI selection.[11] Sohaila El Shater was automatically selected as a seventh candidate following her win at the singing competition Fattore Voce 2012.[12] The RSI selection, broadcast via radio on RSI Rete Tre, took place on 23 October 2012 from the Lugano Living Room in Lugano and was hosted by Pablo Creti. Public televoting and the votes of an expert jury respectively selected "Bella sera" performed by Chiara Dubey and "Catch Me" performed by Ally as the two candidates from the RSI selection for the national final.[13]

  Public vote qualifier   Jury qualifier

Draw Artist Song (English translation) Result
1 N2L "Smoke Out" Eliminated
2 Vanda Palma "La farfalla va" (The butterfly goes) Eliminated
3 Theo "My Wonderful Life" Eliminated
4 Sohaila "But Who" Eliminated
5 Marilise "Nobody" Eliminated
6 Chiara Dubey "Bella sera" (Beautiful evening) Finalist
7 Ally "Catch Me" Finalist

National final[]

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2013 took place on 15 December 2012 at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen, hosted by Sven Epiney.[14] The show was televised on SF1, RSI La 2 with Italian commentary by Sandy Altermatt and RTS deux with French commentary by Valérie Ogier and Jean-Marc Richard.[15][16] The competition was also streamed online at the respective official website of each Swiss broadcaster.[17] The nine candidate songs in contention to represent Switzerland were performed and an international panel of Swiss residents with roots in different European countries provided commentary and feedback to the competing artists. The international panel consisted of Hella von Sinnen (Germany), Sanna Thöresson (Sweden), Danijel Ivanović (Serbia), Claudio Martella (Italy) and Mali Demren (Turkey).[18] In addition to the performances from the competing artists, Swiss Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entrants Sinplus performed their song "Turn On the Lights" as the interval act.[19] Public televoting solely selected "You and Me" performed by Heilsarmee as the winner.[4]

Draw Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s) Televote Place
1 Ally "Catch Me" Tancredi Barbuscia, Francesco Colombo 0.79% 9
2 Chiara Dubey "Bella sera" (Beautiful evening) Chiara Dubey 9.04% 5
3 Carrousel "J'avais rendez-vous" (I had a meeting) Sophie Burande, Léonard Gogniat 17.26% 2
4 Anthony Bighead "Do the Monkey" Anthony Ackermann 5.66% 7
5 Heilsarmee "You and Me" Georg Schlunegger, Roman Camenzind, Fred Herrmann 37.54% 1
6 Nill Klemm "On My Way" Nill Klemm 1.69% 8
7 Melissa "The Point of No Return" Rafael de Alba 9.72% 4
8 Nicolas Fraissinet "Lève-toi" (Arise) Nicolas Fraissinet 6.55% 6
9 Jesse Ritch "Forever & a Day" Thomas J. Gyger, Fredrik Strömberg, Jesse Ritch 11.75% 3

At Eurovision[]

Takasa at the second semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö.

Switzerland was allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[20] In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Switzerland would perform 16th, following Georgia and preceding Romania.[21]

Switzerland failed to qualify from the second semi-final of the competition, placing 13th with 41 points.[22][23]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Switzerland[]

Points awarded to Switzerland (Semi-final 2)[24]
Score Country
12 points
10 points  France
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points  Iceland
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Switzerland[]

References[]

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