Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. The broadcaster received 68 total song submissions (four of which were invalid), and ultimately selected eight to take part in the selection, with three being performed in French and German, and two in Italian. Among the participants were Peter, Sue & Marc— who represented , and would repeat this in , , and . Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS) staged the national final on 24 January 1974 at 21:00 CET in Zürich. It was presented by Liselotte Pulver and , with conducting the orchestra. The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent as postcards to the three divisions of SRG SSR (DRS, TSR, TSI: German, French and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and an "expert" jury. Overall, an estimate of 30,000 votes from the public were accepted. The results and winner were announced live on television on 11 February by Liselotte Pulver and Michel Stocker, head of SRG SSR. The winner was the song "" performed by Piera Martell, written by Pepe Ederer. ==At Eurovision==

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, held at The Dome in Brighton, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Pepe Ederer, the composer of the song. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received three votes in total; finishing in joint fourteenth (last) place out of seventeen countries. Voting Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel. Every jury member could give one point to their favourite song. This would be the last time this voting system was used, as the 12, 10, 8-1 voting system would be introduced the following year. ==References==