Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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Country | Switzerland | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2011 | |||
Selection date(s) | 11 December 2010 | |||
Selected entrant | Anna Rossinelli | |||
Selected song | "In Love for a While" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | David Klein | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 55 points) | |||
Final result | 25th, 19 points | |||
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Switzerland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2011. Performing during the show in position 8, "In Love for a While" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. This marked the second time Switzerland managed to qualify to the final, which they achieved after six years since 2005. It was later revealed that Switzerland placed tenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 55 points. In the final, Switzerland performed in position 13 and placed twenty-fifth (last) out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 19 points.
Background
Prior to the 2011 contest, Switzerland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-one times since its first entry in 1956.
The Swiss national broadcaster, SRG SSR idée suisse, broadcasts the event within Switzerland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. SRG SSR idée suisse confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest on 1 September 2010. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Swiss entry for the 2011 contest would be selected through a national final for the first time since 2004 due to increased popularity for Eurovision in Switzerland after victories for Norway and Germany.[2] Switzerland has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through both national finals and internal selections in the past. Between 2005 and 2010, the Swiss entry was internally selected for the competition.
Before Eurovision
Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2011
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, DRS 3, TSR and RSI each conducting varying selections in order to determine the candidates they submitted for the second stage of the competition. SF submitted six candidates, DRS 3 submitted three candidates, and TSR and RSI each submitted one candidate. The twelve artists and songs proceed to the second stage, the televised national final, where the winning artist and song was selected to represent Switzerland in Düsseldorf.[4][5]
- 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 accepted entries between 1 October 2010 and 30 October 2010. 327 entries were submitted following the submission deadline, including entries from 1983 and 1985 Swiss entrant Mariella Farré, 2004 Swiss entrant Piero Esteriore, 2007 Danish entrant DQ and 2008 Sammarinese entrants Miodio.[6][7] Internet users had between 1 and 10 November 2010 to vote for their favourite entries and their votes were combined with the votes from an expert jury.[8] On 16 November 2010, the top seven entries and SF candidates for the national final were announced.[9][10]
- The DRS 3 selection involved artists submitting their songs through an online platform between 1 October 2010 and 30 October 2010.[11][12] All submitted entries were discussed by a jury panel consisting of Sascha Rossier, Tamara Steffen and Patrik Lütolf during the DRS 3 programme ESC-Club, which together with listeners selected ten of the entries for an internet vote held between 2 and 12 November 2010.[13] The top three entries and DRS 3 candidates for the national final were announced on 12 November 2010.[14]
- Following an internal selection, the TSR candidate for the national final was announced on 19 November 2010.[15][16]
- RSI opened a submission period between 1 October 2010 and 30 October 2010 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries.[17] On 3 November 2010, a jury panel consisting of Marco Trovesi, Mauro Ravarelli and Nicola Albertoni evaluated the 46 entry submissions received and selected five songs for the regional final RSI Eurosong Contest, which took place on 10 November 2010 at the Hotel Besso in Lugano and was broadcast via radio on RSI Rete Uno.[18][19] The combination of results from public televoting (50%), an expert jury consisting of Barbara Berta, Giuliana Castellani and Renato Reichlin (40%) and internet voting held between 3 and 9 November 2010 (10%) selected "Surrender" performed by Orpheline as the RSI candidate for the national final, however the song was withdrawn by the artist on 22 November 2010 and replaced the following day by "Barbie Doll" performed by Scilla, which came third, as runner-up "Play the Trumpet" performed by Vittoria Hyde was disqualified for being published prior to the 1 September 2010 deadline, making it ineligible for the Eurovision Song Contest.[20][21]
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Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Channel |
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Aliose | "Sur les pavés" | Alizé Oswald, Xavier Michel | TSR |
Andrina | "Drop of Drizzle" | Andi Schneider, Martina Denzinger | SF |
Anna Rossinelli | "In Love for a While" | David Klein | |
Bernarda Brunović | "Confidence" | Bernarda Brunović | |
CH | "Gib nid uf" | Reto Burrell, Marc A. Trauffer | |
Dominique Borriello | "Il ritmo dentro di noi" | Dominique Borriello | DRS 3 |
Duke | "Waiting for Ya" | Silvio Panosetti | |
Ilira and the Colors | "Home" | Andreas Renggli, Fabian Liechti | |
Polly Duster | "Up to You" | Ralf Zünd | SF |
Sarah Burgess | "Just Me" | Sarah Burgess, John Gordon, Lene Dissing
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Scilla | "Barbie Doll" | Scilla Hess Siekmann | RSI |
The Glue | "Come What May" | Michael Moor, Gregor Beermann, Tumasch Clalüna, Jonas Göttin, Oliver Rudin | SF |
Final
The final took place on 11 December 2010. The twelve candidate songs in contention to represent Switzerland were performed and televoting solely selected "In Love for a While" performed by
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Polly Duster | "Up to You" | 4.36% | 8 |
2 | Duke | "Waiting for Ya" | 2.66% | 11 |
3 | Andrina | "Drop of Drizzle" | 3.30% | 9 |
4 | Bernarda Brunović | "Confidence" | 13.36% | 2 |
5 | Anna Rossinelli | "In Love for a While" | 23.93% | 1 |
6 | Aliose | "Sur les pavés" | 6.49% | 7 |
7 | Dominique Borriello | "Il ritmo dentro di noi" | 2.33% | 12 |
8 | Scilla | "Barbie Doll" | 2.88% | 10 |
9 | CH | "Gib nid uf" | 11.73% | 4 |
10 | Ilira and the Colors | "Home" | 13.05% | 3 |
11 | Sarah Burgess | "Just Me" | 7.70% | 6 |
12 | The Glue | "Come What May" | 8.21% | 5 |
Promotion
Anna Rossinelli made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "In Love for a While" as the Swiss Eurovision entry. On 11 February, Rossinelli performed "In Love for a While" during the final of the Azerbaijani Eurovision national final Milli Seçim Turu 2011.[26] On 14 April, Rossinelli performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Club Air venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas, Esther Hart and Sascha Korf.[27] On 17 April, Rossinelli performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Shadow Lounge venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell.[28]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
In Switzerland, three broadcasters that form SRG SSR idée suisse aired the contest. Sven Epiney provided German commentary for the first semi-final and the final airing on SRF zwei.[30] Jean-Marc Richard provided French commentary on TSR 2 together with Henri Dès for the first semi-final and Nicolas Tanner for the final.[31] Jonathan Tedesco provided Italian commentary for the semi-finals on RSI La 2 and the final on RSI La 1. The Swiss spokesperson, who announced the Swiss votes during the final, was Cécile Bähler.
Semi-final
Anna Rossinelli took part in technical rehearsals on 1 and 5 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.
The Swiss performance featured Anna Rossinelli performing on stage in a sparkly mid length dark red dress together with a double bassist and a guitarist who also played the banjo at the beginning of the performance. The LED screens displayed multicoloured clouds shapes and stars in amongst bright yellow and orange sun rays, and the performance featured bubbles being blown on stage from the back.[32][33] The double bassist and guitarist/banjo player that joined Anna Rossinelli were Manuel Meisel and Georg Dillier, respectively.[34]
At the end of the show, Switzerland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. This marked the second time Switzerland managed to qualify to the final, which they achieved after six years since their last qualification in 2005 (and final appearance in 2006). It was later revealed that Switzerland placed tenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 55 points.[35]
Final
Shortly after the first semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine the running order for the final. This draw was done in the order the countries were announced during the semi-final. Switzerland was drawn to perform in position 13, following the entry from Italy and before the entry from the United Kingdom.[36]
Anna Rossinelli once again took part in dress rehearsals on 13 and 14 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. Rossinelli performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 14 May. Switzerland placed twenty-fifth (last) in the final, scoring 19 points.[37]
Voting
Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.
Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Switzerland had placed twenty-fifth (last) with the public televote and twenty-third with the jury vote in the final. In the public vote, Switzerland scored 2 points, while with the jury vote, Switzerland scored 53 points. In the first semi-final, Switzerland placed twelfth with the public televote with 45 points and seventh with the jury vote, scoring 76 points.[38]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Switzerland and awarded by Switzerland in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Serbia in the semi-final and to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final of the contest.
Points awarded to Switzerland
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Points awarded by Switzerland
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External links
- (in German) Official Swiss Eurovision website (SF)
- (in German) SF Selection Artists site
- (in German) DRS3 Radio Selection Website
- (in Italian) RSI Selection Website