Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Mikado", written and performed by Simone Drexel. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1975 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) | |||
| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1975 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 12 February 1975 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Simone Drexel | |||
| Selected song | "Mikado" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Simone Drexel | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 77 points | |||
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
editConcours Eurovision de la Chanson 1975
editThe Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final on 12 February 1975 at 21:15 CET in Geneva.[1] The national final was presented by Heidi Abel, Mascia Cantoni, and Claude Evelyne, with Roger Volet conducting the orchestra.[1]
The broadcaster received 96 total song submissions, and ultimately selected seven to take part in the selection on December 10 and 11, with four being performed in French, two in Italian, and one in German.[2][3] Among the participants was Peter, Sue & Marc— who represented Switzerland in 1971, and would repeat this in 1976, 1979, and 1981. "Le chercheur d'or" by Pierre Alain was previously submitted to the 1972 Swiss internal selection.[4]
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Lyricist | ||||
| 1 | Peter, Sue & Marc | "Lève-toi soleil" |
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Peter Reber | French |
| 2 | I Nuovi Angeli | "Liverpool" | Andreas Wyden | Italian | |
| 3 | Henri | "Evasion" | Henri | French | |
| 4 | Simone Drexel | "Mikado" | Simone Drexel | German | |
| 5 | Pierre Alain | "Le chercheur d'or" | Pierre Alain | Christian Vellas | French |
| 6 | Marisa Frigerio | "Ricominciare" | Raffaele Gilardi | Marisa Frigerio | Italian |
| 7 | Gérald Matthey | "Chante avec nous" | Gérald Matthey | Jean-Jacques Egli | French |
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (DRS, TSR, TSI: German, French and Italian speaking, respectively) from February 12 to 16, a press jury, and an "expert" jury.[2][6] The votes were delivered in rankings, rather than points.[5] The results and winner were announced live on television on 21 February in Bern.[6] The winner was the song "Mikado" performed and written by Simone Drexel.
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Regional Juries | Press Jury |
Expert Jury |
Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRS | TSR | TSI | |||||||
| 1 | Peter, Sue & Marc | "Lève-toi soleil" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | I Nuovi Angeli | "Liverpool" | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 5 |
| 3 | Henri | "Evasion" | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Simone Drexel | "Mikado" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Pierre Alain | "Le chercheur d'or" | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 6 |
| 6 | Marisa Frigerio | "Ricominciare" | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 4 |
| 7 | Gérald Matthey | "Chante avec nous" | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 3 |
At Eurovision
editAt the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held at Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, the Swiss entry was the seventh entry of the night following Norway and preceding Yugoslavia. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Peter Jacques. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 77 points in total; finishing in sixth place out of nineteen countries.
Voting
editEach 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. Until 1980, the votes were given in the order the awarded songs were performed in, rather than in ascending numerical order.
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References
edit- ^ a b c "TV Suisse Romandie" [Swiss Romandie TV] (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland. 6 February 1975. p. 24. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ a b c "Eurovision Suisse Finale" [Eurovision Swiss Final] (in French). 12 February 1974. p. 58-59. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "Jura". Bieler Tagblatt (in German). 11 February 1975. p. 16. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "Schweizer Ausscheidung - Finale Suisse - Finale Svizzera 1972". Vorstadt Music & Records. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "Schweizer Ausscheidung - Finale Suisse - Finale Svizzera 1975". Vorstadt Music & Records. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Finale suisse du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson" [Swiss Final of the Eurovision Song Contest]. Journal du Jura (in French). 12 February 1975. p. 14. Retrieved 17 February 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2025.