Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1984 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone '84: Finale Svizzera | |||
| Selection date | 4 February 1984 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein" | |||
| Artist | Rainy Day | |||
| Songwriters | Günther Loose | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 16th, 30 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein", written by Günther Loose, and performed by the group Rainy Day. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone '84: Finale Svizzera
[edit]The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. The broadcaster received 206 total song submissions (114 in German and 46 in French and Italian), and ultimately selected nine to take part in the selection (three per language).[1][2] Among the participants were Arlette Zola— who represented Switzerland in 1982 and Carol Rich, who would later represent Switzerland in 1987.
Swiss Italian broadcaster Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) staged the national final on 4 February at 21:00 CET at its studios in Lugano. It was hosted by Ezio Guidi and Natascha Giller, with Mario Robbiani accompanying the orchestra. The national final was broadcast on TV DRS (with commentary by Max Rüeger), TSR (with commentary by Serge Moisson) and on TSI.[3][4][5] Corinne Hermès— who won Eurovision for Luxembourg in 1983 — made a guest appearance.[6]
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Mauro Monti and Nando Morandi | "Liberi" | Mauro Monti | Nando Morandi | Italian |
| 2 | Andy L. | "Musica" | Peter Reber | Andy Lütolf | German |
| 3 | Milo & Pina | "Piccola sarà" | Olivia Gray | Corry Knobel | Italian |
| 4 | Martin Richard Trio | "Vivre d'amour" | Philip Martin | Martin Richard | French |
| 5 | Carol Rich | "Tokyo Boy" | Jean-Jacques Egli | French | |
| 6 | Manuela Felice | "Wo die Lieder sind" |
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Claudia Felice | German |
| 7 | Krypton | "Per te" | Urban Meier | Daniel Stöhr | Italian |
| 8 | Arlette Zola | "Emporte-moi | Alain Morisod | Pierre Alain | French |
| 9 | Rainy Day | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein" | Günther Loose | German | |
The voting consisted of a public jury combined from the regional public votes which were sent from the three divisions of SRG SSR (DRS, TSR, TSI: German, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and an "expert" jury.[7] Applications for viewers from Switzerland and Liechtenstein to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until 23 January, and 50 viewers from each canton were randomly selected to cast their votes to their broadcaster divisions via phone call.[7] The winner was the song "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein", written by Günther Loose and performed by Rainy Day.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Public Juries |
Press Jury |
Expert Jury |
Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nando Morandi and Mauro Monti | "Liberi" | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 5 |
| 2 | Andy L. | "Musica" | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
| 3 | Milo and Pina | "Piccola sarà" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Martin Richard Trio | "Vivre d'amour" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Carol Rich | "Tokyo Boy" | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| 6 | Manuela Felice | "Wo die Lieder sind" | 10 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 3 |
| 7 | Krypton | "Per te" | 2 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
| 8 | Arlette Zola | "Emporte-moi" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
| 9 | Rainy Day | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein" | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 1 |
| Draw | Song | DRS | TSR | TSI | Total | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Liberi" | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 |
| 2 | "Musica" | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
| 3 | "Piccola sarà" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | "Vivre d'amour" | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | "Tokyo Boy" | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 5 |
| 6 | "Wo die Lieder sind" | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 10 |
| 7 | "Per te" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | "Emporte-moi" | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
| 9 | "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein" | 10 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 8 |
At Eurovision
[edit]At the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, held at the Théâtre Municipal in Luxembourg City, the Swiss entry was the seventeenth entry of the night following Finland and preceding Italy. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Mario Robbiani, who previously composed and conducted several Swiss-Italian songs in the contest. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 30 points, placing Switzerland in sixteenth place out of nineteenth entries.
Voting
[edit]Each participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel with at least eleven members. The jurors awarded 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their top ten songs.
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Finalistes suisses de l'Eurovision — Qui chantera au Luxembourg?" [Swiss Eurovision Finalists – Who will sing in Luxembourg?]. 24 Heures (in French). 4 February 1984. p. 60. Retrieved 8 March 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b c "Schweizer Ausscheidung - Finale Suisse - Finale Svizzera 1984". Vorstadt Music & Records. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Fernsehen – Samstag" [Television – Saturday]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zurich, Switzerland. 4 February 1984. p. 47. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "TV – samedi 4 février" [TV – Saturday 5 February]. Radio TV – Je vois tout (in French). Vol. 62, no. 5. Lausanne, Switzerland. 2 February 1984. p. 14. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ "Programmi tv" [TV programmes]. Gazzetta Ticinese (in Italian). Lugano, Switzerland. 4 February 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese.
- ^ a b c Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone '84: Finale Svizzera (Video) (in Italian). 4 February 1984.
- ^ a b "Ein Lied für Luxembourg" [A Song for Luxembourg]. Der Bund (in German). Vol. 135, no. 12. 16 January 1984. p. 28. Retrieved 9 March 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.