Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "", written by Pierre Delanoë, and performed and composed by Patrick Juvet. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
Before Eurovision
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. The broadcaster received 61 total song submissions, and ultimately selected ten to take part in the selection, with five songs being performed in French, three in German, one in Italian, and one in all three languages. Among the participants were Henri Dès— who represented – and Peter, Sue and Marc— who represented , and would repeat this in , , and . On 30 January, "" by Monica Morell, who was drawn to perform as the tenth song, was disqualified due to its songwriter, Pepe Ederer, not having Swiss citizenship.
Swiss German broadcaster staged the national final on 9 February 1973 at 21:00 CET in Zurich, presented by . The nine participating songs were broadcast on television in the form of music videos, with the public being able to vote via postcard until 12 February at midnight. The songs were broadcast the following day on Télévision suisse romande (TSR), with presentation by .
+Participating entriesArtist(s)SongSongwriter(s)Language Composer Lyricist Mady Rudaz "" Stuff Combe Jean-Jacques Egli French Michel Bühler "" Michel Bühler French Henri Dès "" Henri Dès French Patrick Juvet "" Patrick Juvet Pierre Delanoë French Britt Tobler "" Pepe Ederer Britt Tobler German Peter, Sue and Marc "" German Claude Prélo "" Claude Prélo French Gil & Leonia "Brakata-Tunga" Mario Robbiani Italian, German, French "" Mario Robbiani Italian Monica Morell "" Pepe Ederer German
The voting consisted of public votes, a press jury, and a jury of music experts. The votes, which were delivered in rankings, rather than points, were announced on 16 February in Bern by SRG SSR chairman . If a tie were to take place, the song with the best score from the public would be selected. An estimate of 40,000 votes from the public were cast. The winner was the song "" performed by Patrick Juvet, written by Pierre Delanoë, and composed by Juvet himself.
+Final — 16 February 1973 R/O Artist(s) Song Public PressJury ExpertJury Total Place 1 Mady Rudaz "" 9 7 7 23 8 2 Michel Bühler "" 6 2 5 13 5 3 Henri Dès "" 5 3 3 11 3 4 Patrick Juvet "" 3 1 1 5 1 5 Britt Tobler "" 2 4 4 10 2 6 Peter, Sue and Marc "" 4 5 2 11 3 7 Claude Prélo "" 8 8 6 22 7 8 Gil & Leonia "Brakata-Tunga" 1 6 8 15 6 9 "" 7 9 9 25 9
At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, held at the in Luxembourg, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Hervé Roy. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 79 points in total; finishing in twelfth place out of eighteen countries.
Voting Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55, with at least 10 years between their ages. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. All jury members were located at the CLT studios in Villa Louvigny, watched the show on television from there, and appeared on screen to confirm their scores after all songs were performed. The Swiss jury members were Paola del Medico and .
+ Points awarded to Switzerland Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points
+ Points awarded by Switzerland Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points
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