Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | 19 February 1997 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Dentro di me" | |||
| Artist | Barbara Berta | |||
| Songwriters | Barbara Berta | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 5 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Dentro di me", written and performed by Barbara Berta. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through an internal selection.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Internal selection
[edit]The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held an internal selection to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. Since 1994, the broadcaster selected its entries for Eurovision internally due to the low publicity and high expenses on their national finals.[1]
The internal selection took place on 19 February in Zurich,[2][3] where nine songs were presented after presumably being shortlisted, with three songs in French and German, two in Italian, and one in Romansh.[4] It is unknown how many total songs were submitted.
On the following day, it was first reported that the selected song was "Dentro di me," written and performed by Barbara Berta.[2] Both songs in Italian are known and their results are listed in the chart below.
| Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | Place | |
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| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| Barbara Berta | "Dentro di me" | Barbara Berta | Italian | 1 | |
| Ramona Cerutti | "Brivido" | Daniela Zerbinati | Italian | 3 | |
At Eurovision
[edit]At the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, held at the Point Theatre in Dublin, the Swiss entry was the seventh entry of the night following Slovenia and preceding the Netherlands. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Pietro Damiani. At the close of voting, Switzerland had only received 5 points in total; finishing in twenty-second place out of twenty-five countries.[5]
Voting
[edit]This year, a new "televoting" system was introduced, in which five countries had their viewers vote their favorite songs from their country rather than those countries using jurors. The countries that utilized the new televote system were Austria, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.[6] The remaining participating broadcasters still assembled a jury panel with at least eleven members. All countries awarded 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their top ten songs.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Eurovision de la chanson" [Eurovision Song Contest]. Journal du Jura (in French). Vol. 131, no. 8. Bern, Switzerland. 11 January 1994. p. 26. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b "Une Tessinoise à l'Eurovision" [A Ticino woman at Eurovision]. Le Nouvelliste (in French). Vol. 30, no. 42. Lugano, Switzerland. 20 February 1997. p. 7. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b Passalacqua, Nadia (21 February 1997). "Canzoni: a Barbara Berta la selezione nazionale, terza Ramona Cerutti — Eurovisione, trionfo ticinese" [Songs: to Barbara Berta the national selection, third Ramona Cerutti — Eurovision, Ticino triumph]. Giornale del Popolo (in Italian). p. 30. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese.
- ^ Tschanz, Corinne (8 March 1997). "Concours Eurovision de la chanson 1997: une Tessinoise, Barbara Berta, sélectionnée" [Eurovision Song Contest 1997: Barbara Berta from Ticino selected]. L'Impartial (in French). Lugano, Switzerland. p. 7. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Ireland once again hosts Eurovision Song Contest" (Press release). Geneva, Switzerland: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (EBU). 7 April 1997. Archived from the original on 16 May 1997. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 June 2025.