Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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Switzerland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Country  Switzerland
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 20 February 2023
Song: 7 March 2023
Competing entry
Song"Watergun"
ArtistRemo Forrer
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (7th, 97 points)
Final result20th, 92 points
Participation chronology
◄2022 • 2023 • 2024►

Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, having internally selected Remo Forrer to represent the country with the song "Watergun".

Switzerland were drawn to compete in the first semi-final on 9 May and qualified to the grand final, ultimately placing 20th with 92 points.[1]

Background

Main article: Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2023 contest, Switzerland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-two times since its first entry in 1956.

introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Switzerland had managed to participate in the final four times up to this point. In 2005, the internal selection of Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja, performing the song "Cool Vibes", qualified Switzerland to the final where they placed 8th. Due to their successful result in 2005, Switzerland was pre-qualified to compete directly in the final in 2006. Between 2007 and 2010, the nation failed to qualify to the final after a string of internal selections. Opting to organize a national final between 2011 and 2018, Switzerland has managed to qualify to the final twice out of the last eight years. After returning to an internal selection in 2019, Switzerland has managed to qualify to the final in all contests they participated in and yielded two top five results. In 2022, "Boys Do Cry" performed by Marius Bear
qualified for the final and finished 17th.

The Swiss national broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), broadcasts the event within Switzerland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. SRG SSR confirmed their intentions to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on 12 July 2022.[3] Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that the Swiss entry for the 2023 contest would be selected internally.[4] Switzerland has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through both national finals and internal selections in the past. Between 2011 and 2018, the broadcaster has opted to organize a national final in order to select their entry. Since 2019, the Swiss entry was internally selected for the competition.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

SRG SSR opened a submission period between 25 August 2022 and 8 September 2022 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs; however those with a Swiss passport or residency were given priority.[4][5] Songs shortlisted from the received submissions were then tested by their music producers with various artists and the combination of a 100-member public panel (50%) and the votes of a 23-member international expert jury (50%) selected the Swiss entry. The members of the public panel were Swiss residents put together according to selected criteria in cooperation with Digame, while the international jury consisted of members who had been national juries for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest.[6]

I Can See Your Voice.[8][9] Forrer's song for the contest, "Watergun", was revealed on 7 March 2023.[10]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "

Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Switzerland was placed into the first semi-final, which will be held on 9 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[11]

Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Switzerland was set to perform in position 8, following the entry from Croatia and before the entry from Israel.[12]

At the end of the show, Switzerland was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Voting

Points awarded to Switzerland

Points awarded by Switzerland

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Swiss jury:

Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Semi-final 1)[13]
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Norway 8 3
02  Malta 14
03  Serbia 5 6
04  Latvia 13
05  Portugal 1 12
06  Ireland 10 1
07  Croatia 6 5
08   Switzerland
09  Israel 4 7
10  Moldova 9 2
11  Sweden 3 8
12  Azerbaijan 12
13  Czech Republic 7 4
14  Netherlands 11
15  Finland 2 10
Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Final)[1]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Rank Points Rank Points
01  Austria 1 8 7 3 5 4 7 11
02  Portugal 11 12 21 11 7 14 4 7
03   Switzerland
04  Poland 15 18 18 14 23 21 19
05  Serbia 23 16 16 6 17 17 10 1
06  France 8 23 15 13 11 16 14
07  Cyprus 5 14 17 16 12 13 15
08  Spain 19 3 4 25 8 8 3 20
09  Sweden 2 5 13 12 4 5 6 6 5
10  Albania 22 11 12 21 15 20 1 12
11  Italy 21 1 2 2 13 3 8 2 10
12  Estonia 7 6 14 1 1 2 10 22
13  Finland 25 9 19 23 6 15 3 8
14  Czech Republic 12 7 1 4 2 1 12 17
15  Australia 3 17 8 7 20 9 2 21
16  Belgium 18 21 6 8 14 12 13
17  Armenia 13 2 3 22 10 6 5 24
18  Moldova 9 20 10 15 16 18 16
19  Ukraine 4 15 11 5 22 11 12
20  Norway 20 4 9 9 3 7 4 9 2
21  Germany 17 24 25 24 21 24 7 4
22  Lithuania 10 13 22 10 18 19 18
23  Israel 6 10 5 17 9 10 1 8 3
24  Slovenia 14 19 24 18 19 22 23
25  Croatia 24 25 23 20 25 25 5 6
26  United Kingdom 16 22 20 19 24 23 25

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Results of the Grand Final of Liverpool 2023". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union.
  2. ^ "Switzerland Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ Farren, Neil (12 July 2022). "🇨🇭 Switzerland: Eurovision 2023 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b Granger, Anthony (24 August 2022). "Today: 🇨🇭 Switzerland Opens Song Submissions For Eurovision 2023". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ^ "ESC - Herzlichen Dank für die zahlreichen Songs!". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 12 July 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ Granger, Anthony (29 November 2022). "🇨🇭 Switzerland: Final Round of Jury Assessment for Eurovision 2023 Entry Underway". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Remo Forrer will represent Switzerland at Eurovision 2023". eurovision.tv. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  8. ^ "St. Galler gewinnt "The Voice of Switzerland"". Blick (in Swiss High German). 7 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  9. ^ Bernet, Remo (1 August 2022). "Corona versaute "The Voice"-Sieger den Durchbruch". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  10. ^ Bijuvignesh, Darshan (17 February 2023). "🇨🇭 Switzerland: Eurovision 2023 Entry to be Revealed on March 7". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". eurovision.tv. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Semi-Final running orders revealed!". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. ^ a b c "Results of the First Semi-Final of Liverpool 2023". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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