Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. The broadcaster received 61 total song submissions, and ultimately selected ten to take part in the selection, with five songs being performed in French, three in German, and two in Italian. Among the participants were Henri Dès— who represented – and Peter, Sue and Marc— who represented , and would repeat this in , , and . On 30 January, "" by Monica Morell was disqualified, due to its songwriter, Pepe Ederer, not having Swiss citizenship. Prior to the national final, the nine participating songs were broadcast on television in the form of music videos, starting on 1 February for the public to vote for via postcard until 12 February at midnight. Swiss French broadcaster (TSR) staged the national final on 17 February 1973 at 20:00 CET in Bern. It was presented by . The voting consisted of public votes, a press jury, and a jury of music experts. An estimate of 40,000 votes from the public were cast. The winner was the song "" performed by Patrick Juvet, written by Pierre Delanoë, and composed by Juvet himself. ==At Eurovision==

(pictured in 1976) represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 At the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, held at the in Luxembourg, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Hervé Roy. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 79 points in total; finishing in twelfth place out of eighteen countries. Voting Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55, with at least 10 years between their ages. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. All jury members were located at Villa Louvigny CLT studios, watched the show on television from there, and appeared on screen to confirm their scores after all songs were performed. ==References==