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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 artist(s)Takasa
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.[1] 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".[2]

On 17 December 2012, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Heilsarmee must change their band name and uniforms for the Eurovision Song Contest.[3] 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.[4]

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 Radio und Fernsehen (SF), the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI).

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.[5]

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.[6] 175 entries were submitted following the submission deadline, including entries from the first Eurovision winner Lys Assia, 1983 and 1985 Swiss entrant Mariella Farré, 1996, 2002 and 2005 Cypriot entrant Constantinos Christoforou, Dutch group LA The Voices (featuring Gordon Heuckeroth, 2009 Dutch entrant as part of De Toppers), 2011 Polish entrant Magdalena Tul, Spanish 2011 national final participant Melissa, German Popstars winner Leo Ritzmann and Swiss Got Talent winner Maya Wirz.[7][8][9][10][11] The internet votes were combined with the votes from an expert jury and on 12 November 2012, the top four entries for the national final were announced.[5] The four candidates selected from the SF selection were "Do the Monkey" performed by Anthony Bighead, "You and Me" performed by Heilsarmee, "Forever & a Day" performed by Jesse Ritch and "The Point of No Return" performed by Melissa.[12][13]

RTS selection

Following an internal selection by a selection committee, the three candidates selected from the RTS selection for the national final were announced on 5 November 2012: "J'avais rendez-vous" performed by Carrousel, "Lève-toi" performed by Nicolas Fraissinet and "On My Way" performed by Nill Klemm.[14][15]

RSI selection

RSI opened a submission period between 1 September 2012 and 30 September 2012 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries.[16] On 9 October 2012, a jury panel evaluated the entry submissions received and selected seven candidates for the regional final.[17] The winner of the regional singing competition Fattore Voce 2012, Sohaila El Shater, was given a wildcard entry to compete in the regional final, aired on radio channel RSI Rete Tre from the Lugano Living Room on 23 October 2012.[18] Public televoting and a jury panel selected "Bella sera" performed by Chiara Dubey and "Catch Me" performed by Ally respectively as the two candidates from the RSI selection for the national final.[19]

  Public vote qualifier   Jury qualifier

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

National final

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show took place on 15 December 2012 at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen, hosted by Sven Epiney.[20] Public televoting solely selected "You and Me" performed by Heilsarmee as the winner.[5]

Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Ally "Catch Me" 0.79% 9
2 Chiara Dubey "Bella sera" 9.04% 5
3 Carrousel "J'avais rendez-vous" 17.26% 2
4 Anthony Bighead "Do the Monkey" 5.66% 7
5 Heilsarmee "You and Me" 37.54% 1
6 Nill Klemm "On My Way" 1.69% 8
7 Melissa "The Point of No Return" 9.72% 4
8 Nicolas Fraissinet "Lève-toi" 6.55% 6
9 Jesse Ritch "Forever & a Day" 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.[21] In the second semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Switzerland would perform 16th, following Georgia and preceding Romania.[22]

Switzerland failed to qualify from the second semi-final of the competition.[23]

Points awarded to Switzerland

Points awarded to Switzerland (semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Switzerland

References

  1. ^ "Das sagen Musik-Promis zum Baku-Aus". 20min.ch (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ^ Brey, Marco (15 December 2012). "It's Heilsarmee for Switzerland!". Eurovision.tv.
  3. ^ "Switzerland: Heilsarmee told to drop name and uniform". escxtra.com. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. ^ "The new name is Takasa". escxtra.com. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Die Schweizer Selektion zum Eurovision Song Contest 2013". SF.tv. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2013". Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  7. ^ "GERMAN SWISS SUBMISSION ENDED WITH 175 SONGS". 9 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Mariella Farré: one of a kind". 29 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Constantinos Christoforou: I Still Remember". 19 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Switzerland: LA The Voices ask fans to choose selection song". Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Magdalena Tul: Give It Up". 7 October 2012.
  12. ^ "9 finalists announced on November 12". ESCToday.com. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  13. ^ "The Swiss final line-up complete". ESCToday.com. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  14. ^ "SUISSE 2013 : La Suisse Romande nous répond". Eurovision-fr.net/ (in French). 5 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  15. ^ "La sélection Romande à la finale suisse 2012 à Kreuzlingen". RTS.ch. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Regolamento di Eurovision Song Contest 2013 - Selezione regionale (pdf)". RSI.ch (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Switzerland: RSI Announce Regional Finlaists". escXtra.com. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  18. ^ "COMPLIMENTI a SOHAILA EL SHATER vincitrice di FATTORE VOCE 2012". fattorevoce.ch/ (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  19. ^ "RESULT: TWO SONGS CLEAR FOR THE SWISS FINAL". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  20. ^ "SVEN EPINEY TO HOST SWISS FINAL!". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  21. ^ Siim, Jarmo (17 January 2013). "Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv.
  22. ^ Siim, Jarmo (28 March 2013). "Eurovision 2013: Semi-Final running order revealed". Eurovision.tv.
  23. ^ Leon, Jakov (16 May 2013). "We have ten more finalists!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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