Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 20 February 2023; Song: 7 March 2023
Selected entrant	Remo Forrer
Selected song	"Watergun"
Selected songwriter(s)	Argyle Singh; Ashley Hicklin ; Mikołaj Trybulec;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (7th, 97 points)
Final result	20th, 92 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Last updated April 11, 2024

Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, having internally selected Remo Forrer to represent the country with the song "Watergun".

Background

Prior to the 2023 contest, Switzerland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-two times since its first entry in 1956.^[2] Switzerland is noted for having won the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Refrain " performed by Lys Assia. Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song " Ne partez pas sans moi ". Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Switzerland had managed to participate in the final four times up to this point. In 2005, the internal selection of Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja, performing the song "Cool Vibes", qualified Switzerland to the final where they placed 8th. Due to their successful result in 2005, Switzerland was pre-qualified to compete directly in the final in 2006. Between 2007 and 2010, the nation failed to qualify to the final after a string of internal selections. Opting to organize a national final between 2011 and 2018, Switzerland has managed to qualify to the final twice out of the last eight years. After returning to an internal selection in 2019, Switzerland has managed to qualify to the final in all contests they participated in and yielded two top five results. In 2022, "Boys Do Cry" performed by Marius Bear qualified for the final and finished 17th.

The Swiss national broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), broadcasts the event within Switzerland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. SRG SSR confirmed their intentions to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on 12 July 2022.^[3] Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that the Swiss entry for the 2023 contest would be selected internally.^[4] Switzerland has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through both national finals and internal selections in the past. Between 2011 and 2018, the broadcaster has opted to organize a national final in order to select their entry. Since 2019, the Swiss entry was internally selected for the competition.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

SRG SSR opened a submission period between 25 August 2022 and 8 September 2022 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs; however those with a Swiss passport or residency were given priority.^[4]^[5] Songs shortlisted from the received submissions were then tested by their music producers with various artists and the combination of a 100-member public panel (50%) and the votes of a 23-member international expert jury (50%) selected the Swiss entry. The members of the public panel were Swiss residents put together according to selected criteria in cooperation with Digame, while the international jury consisted of members who had been national juries for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest.^[6]

Remo Forrer was announced as the Swiss entrant for the contest on 20 February 2023.^[7] Forrer had previously participated in and won both the third season of the Swiss reality singing competition The Voice of Switzerland and one episode of German music game I Can See Your Voice.^[8]^[9] Forrer's song for the contest, "Watergun", was revealed on 7 March 2023.^[10]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Switzerland was placed into the first semi-final, which will be held on 9 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.^[11]

Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Switzerland was set to perform in position 8, following the entry from Croatia and before the entry from Israel.^[12]

At the end of the show, Switzerland was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Voting

Points awarded to Switzerland

Points awarded to Switzerland (Semi-final 1)^[13]
Score	Televote
12 points
10 points
8 points	Finland Germany Netherlands Norway Sweden
7 points	Azerbaijan Ireland Moldova
6 points	France Malta
5 points	Czech Republic Portugal
4 points	Israel Italy
3 points	Latvia
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Serbia

Points awarded to Switzerland (Final)^[1]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points
10 points		Finland
8 points	Sweden
7 points		Albania
6 points		Malta Netherlands Sweden
5 points	Norway
4 points	Denmark Estonia	Austria Azerbaijan Italy
3 points	Germany	France
2 points	Armenia Austria	Cyprus Greece Norway Poland Portugal
1 point	Azerbaijan Finland Italy	Slovenia

Points awarded by Switzerland

Points awarded by Switzerland (Semi-final 1)^[13]
Score	Televote
12 points	Portugal
10 points	Finland
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Israel
6 points	Serbia
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Czech Republic
3 points	Norway
2 points	Moldova
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded by Switzerland (Final)^[1]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Albania	Czech Republic
10 points	Italy	Estonia
8 points	Finland	Italy
7 points	Portugal	Austria
6 points	Croatia	Sweden
5 points	Sweden	Armenia
4 points	Germany	Norway
3 points	Israel	Spain
2 points	Norway	Australia
1 point	Serbia	Israel

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Swiss jury:

Benjamin Jon Alasu
Mauro Rossi
Thierry Epiney
Roxane Lara Debora Ischi
Zoë Kressler

Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Semi-final 1)^[13]
Draw	Country	Televote
Draw	Country	Rank	Points
01	Norway	8	3
02	Malta	14
03	Serbia	5	6
04	Latvia	13
05	Portugal	1	12
06	Ireland	10	1
07	Croatia	6	5
08	Switzerland
09	Israel	4	7
10	Moldova	9	2
11	Sweden	3	8
12	Azerbaijan	12
13	Czech Republic	7	4
14	Netherlands	11
15	Finland	2	10

Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Final)^[1]
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Austria	1	8	7	3	5	4	7	11
02	Portugal	11	12	21	11	7	14		4	7
03	Switzerland
04	Poland	15	18	18	14	23	21		19
05	Serbia	23	16	16	6	17	17		10	1
06	France	8	23	15	13	11	16		14
07	Cyprus	5	14	17	16	12	13		15
08	Spain	19	3	4	25	8	8	3	20
09	Sweden	2	5	13	12	4	5	6	6	5
10	Albania	22	11	12	21	15	20		1	12
11	Italy	21	1	2	2	13	3	8	2	10
12	Estonia	7	6	14	1	1	2	10	22
13	Finland	25	9	19	23	6	15		3	8
14	Czech Republic	12	7	1	4	2	1	12	17
15	Australia	3	17	8	7	20	9	2	21
16	Belgium	18	21	6	8	14	12		13
17	Armenia	13	2	3	22	10	6	5	24
18	Moldova	9	20	10	15	16	18		16
19	Ukraine	4	15	11	5	22	11		12
20	Norway	20	4	9	9	3	7	4	9	2
21	Germany	17	24	25	24	21	24		7	4
22	Lithuania	10	13	22	10	18	19		18
23	Israel	6	10	5	17	9	10	1	8	3
24	Slovenia	14	19	24	18	19	22		23
25	Croatia	24	25	23	20	25	25		5	6
26	United Kingdom	16	22	20	19	24	23		25

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Remo Forrer is a Swiss singer. He won the third season of the TV talent show The Voice of Switzerland in April 2020, and also participated in the German television talent show I Can See Your Voice. He represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Watergun", which peaked at number two in his home country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watergun (song)</span> 2023 song by Remo Forrer

"Watergun" is a song by Swiss singer Remo Forrer, released as a single on 7 March 2023. The song represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after being internally selected by SRG SSR, Switzerland's broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest. The song reached number two in Switzerland.

Switzerland is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "The Code" performed by Nemo. The Swiss broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation internally selected the country's representative for the contest.

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v t e Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Artists	Lys Assia Daisy Auvray Marius Bear Barbara Berta DJ BoBo Jane Bogaert Annie Cotton Paola del Medico Henri Dès Franca di Rienzo Céline Dion Simone Drexel Duilio Egon Egemann Piero Esteriore and the MusicStars Mariella Farré Remo Forrer Furbaz Pino Gasparini Géraldine Gjon's Tears Luca Hänni Michael von der Heide Kathy Leander Pepe Lienhard Band Lovebugs Gianni Mascolo Véronique Müller Jean Philippe Francine Jordi Patrick Juvet Piera Martell Paolo Meneguzzi Nemo Esther Ofarim Madeleine Pascal Peter, Sue and Marc Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri Rainy Day Mélanie René Carol Rich Anna Rossinelli Rykka Sebalter Sandra Simó Daniela Simons Sinplus six4one Takasa Timebelle Anita Traversi Vanilla Ninja Carole Vinci Christa Williams Yovanna Zibbz Arlette Zola
Songs	"Das alte Karussell" "Amour on t'aime" "Apollo" "Bonjour, Bonjour" "Boys Do Cry" "Canzone per te" "Celebrate" "C'est la chanson de mon amour" "Cielo e terra" "Cinéma" "The Code" "Cool Vibes" "Dans le jardin de mon âme" "Dentro di me" "Djambo, Djambo" "L'Enfant que j'étais" "Era stupendo" "Giorgio" "Guardando il sole" "The Highest Heights" "Hunter of Stars" "I miei pensieri" "If We All Give a Little" "Il pleut de l'or" "In Love for a While" "Io così non ci sto" "Io senza te" "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans" "Irgendwoher" "Je vais me marier, Marie" "Lass ihn" "The Last of Our Kind" "Mikado" "Mein Ruf nach dir" "Mister Music Man" "Moi, tout simplement" "Moitié, moitié" "Mon cœur l'aime" "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" " Ne partez pas sans moi " "Ne vois-tu pas ?" "Non, à jamais sans toi" "Nous aurons demain" "Pas pour moi" "Piano, piano" "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?" " Refrain " ~~" Répondez-moi "~~ "Retour" "Le Retour" "She Got Me" "Sto pregando" "Stones" "Swiss Lady" "T'en va pas" "Time to Shine" " Tout l'univers " "Trödler und Co" "Unbreakable" "Vampires Are Alive" "La vita cos'è?" "Viver senza tei" "Vivre" "Watergun "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" "You and Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Switzerland did not compete