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Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2014

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2014 was the fourth edition of the Swiss national final format that selected Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The national final was a collaboration between four broadcasters in Switzerland: the Swiss-German broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI) and the Swiss-Romansh broadcaster Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR). [5] [6]

"Hunter of Stars" was chosen by RSI. RSI opened a submission period between 21 July 2013 and 30 September 2013 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. [7] Seven candidates were to be selected to proceed to the RSI selection that would have been broadcast via radio on RSI Rete Tre from Lugano, however the broadcaster opted to suspend the selection and extend the submission deadline to 28 October 2013. [8] [9] [10] Instead on 13 November 2013, a jury panel evaluated the 23 entry submissions received and selected the three candidates that proceeded to the "Expert Check". [11] [12] "Hunter of Stars" was able to pass the "Expert Check", becoming the only song to move onto the final for RSI.

The final took place on 1 February 2014. The show consisted of two parts: in the first part the six candidate songs in contention to represent Switzerland were performed and in the second part each artist performed a cover version of a song of their choice. For the cover, Sebalter would sing "Wake Me Up" by Avicii. The combination of televoting (50%) and the votes of an expert jury (50%) selected "Hunter of Stars" performed by Sebalter as the winner. [13]

At Eurovision

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Switzerland was drawn to compete in the second half of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014. [14] In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Switzerland would perform 12th, following Macedonia and preceding Greece. [15]

"Hunter of Stars" was able to qualify from the second semi-final, finishing in fourth with 92 points. [16]

The song would then go on to compete in the second half of the final, [17] eventually being selected to compete in the 20th position. [18] In the final, "Hunter of Stars" would finish 13th, with 64 points. [19]

Track listing

"Hunter of Stars"
Hunter of Stars cover.jpg
Single by Sebalter
from the album Day of Glory
ReleasedDecember 2, 2013
Genre Folk rock, indie folk
Length2:59
Songwriter(s) Sebastiano Paù-Lessi
Sebalter singles chronology
"Hunter of Stars"
(2013)		"Saturday"
(2014)
Music video
"Hunter of Stars" on YouTube
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Hunter of Stars"2:59

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [20] 48
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [21] 82
Germany (Official German Charts) [22] 77
Ireland (IRMA) [23] 49
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [24] 98
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [26] 85

Release history

RegionDateFormat
SwitzerlandDecember 2, 2013 Digital download

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