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Unbreakable (Sinplus Song)
Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Unbreakable" written by Gabriel Broggini and Ivan Broggini. The song was performed by the duo Sinplus. The Swiss entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan was selected through the national final ''Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2012'', organised by the Swiss German speaking broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) and radio station DRS 3 in collaboration with the other broadcasters part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). SF, DRS 3, the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI) each conducted varying selections and a total of fourteen entries were selected to advance to the televised national final—six artists and songs from the SF selection, three from the DRS 3 selection, three from the RTS selection and two from the RSI selection. The fourteen finalists performed during the national final on 10 December 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (; ; ; ; SRG SSR) is the Swiss public broadcasting association, founded in 1931, the holding company of 24 radio and television channels. Headquartered in Bern, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees (79%) and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship. Switzerland's system of direct democracy and the fact that the country has four official languages (German, French, Italian and Romansh) mean that the structure of Swiss public service broadcasting is rather complicated. The actual holders of the broadcasting licences that enable SRG SSR to operate are four regional corporations: * German Switzerland: (SRF) * French Switzerland: (RTS) * Italian Switzerland: (RSI) * Romansh: (RTR) These four corporations maintain SRG SSR as a joint central production and broadcasting association. The fifth business unit of the SRG SSR is the ten-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Love For A While
Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "In Love for a While" written by David Klein. The song was performed by Anna Rossinelli. The Swiss entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany was selected through the national final ''Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2011'', organised by the Swiss German speaking broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) and radio station DRS 3 in collaboration with the other broadcasters part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). SF, DRS 3, the Swiss-French broadcaster Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI) each conducted varying selections and a total of twelve entries were selected to advance to the televised national final—seven artists and songs from the SF selection, three from the DRS 3 selection, one from the TSR selection and one from the RSI selection. The twelve finalists performed during the national final on 11 December 2010 were publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DQ (singer)
DQ (born Peter Andersen on 16 February 1973) is a Danish singer and drag queen who won the Danish Melodi Grand Prix 2007 and therefore represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasti ... with the song " Drama Queen". The song failed to qualify in the semi-final stage, placing 19th with 45 points. Notes External links DQ official siteVideo of song "Drama Queen" Danish entertainers Living people Dansk Melodi Grand Prix winners Danish drag queens 1973 births 21st-century Danish singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Denmark-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark In The Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Drama Queen", written by Peter Andersen, Simon Munk, and Claus Christensen, and performed by Andersen under the drag stage persona DQ. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. The national selection consisted of two televised semi-finals, a radio wildcard selection and a televised final. In the final, the winner was selected by regional televoting. "Drama Queen" performed by DQ was the winner after gaining the most votes. Denmark competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 12, "Drama Queen" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Denmark placed nineteenth out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 45 points. Background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland In The Eurovision Song Contest 1958
Switzerland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 65 times since its debut at the first contest in , missing only four contests because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year: , , , and . Switzerland hosted the inaugural contest in 1956 in Lugano, where it also won. The country claimed its second victory in , 32 years after the first, and its third in , 36 years after the second win. The Swiss participating broadcaster in the contest is the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). "" performed by Lys Assia won the inaugural contest in 1956 for Switzerland; she returned to place second in with "Giorgio". The country achieved second place with "" by Esther Ofarim () and "" by Daniela Simmons (), and third place with "" by Franca di Rienzo () and "" by Arlette Zola (). It won for the second time in 1988 with "" performed by Céline Dion. "" by Annie Cotton secured Switzerland's 15th top-five finish by placing third in . Since the introduction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland In The Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 with the song "", composed by Géo Voumard, with lyrics by Émile Gardaz, and performed by Lys Assia. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final. Assia had already represented Switzerland at the performing both Swiss entries, and winning with "". Before Eurovision The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1957. The broadcaster received 109 song submissions (69 in German, 22 in French, and 18 in Italian), and ultimately selected eleven songs to compete in the selection. Six of these songs were in French, three were in Italian, and two were in German. Three artists competed to represent Switzerland, among whom were Lys Assia— who won for . The national final was staged on 11 February 1957 at 21:00 CET (19:00 UTC) in Badrutt's Palace Hotel, St. Moritz. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Richard (TV And Radio Presenter)
Jean-Marc Richard (born 18 September 1960 in Lausanne) is a Swiss radio and television personality, best known for his work with Radio télévision suisse. Career Since 1993, Richard has been the Swiss French commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest. Richard was unable to commentate on the 1996 and 1997 Contests, and Pierre Grandjean filled in; however he returned to commentate on the 1998 contest. Richard was absent again in 2001 and 2002, this time replaced by Phil Mundwiller. Since 2003, Richard has co-commentated the event with other presenters, with Nicolas Tanner joining him since 2008. He is set to step down from the role following the 2025 contest in Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo .... Currently he hosts various programmes broadcast on the Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTS Deux
RTS 2 (''RTS deux''), launched on 1 September 1997 as TSR2 and renamed in 2012, is the second Swiss (French-speaking) public television channel owned by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS); the other is RTS 1. Logos and identities TSR2 logo (1997-2006).png, TSR 2's logo from 1997 to 2006 File:TSR_2_alt.svg, TSR 2's logo from 2006 to 2011 File:RTS deux.svg, RTS Deux's logo from 2011 to 2015 File:RTS Deux logo 2015.svg, RTS Deux's logo from 2015 to 2019 File:RTS 2 logo 2019.svg, RTS 2's logo from 2019 to 2023 Programming The channel's programming is composed of reruns from the RTS 1 television archive, children's television programs in the morning and early afternoon, teens programs in the late afternoon and evening and cultural programs or sports transmissions during prime time Prime time, or peak time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Meneguzzi
Paolo Meneguzzi (born 6 December 1976, as Pablo Meneguzzo) is a Swiss Italian singer. He is the son of Loredana Pacchiani and Gomez Meneguzzo. Biography In 1996, while the name Paolo Meneguzzi was still unknown in Italy, Paolo won the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, held in Chile with the song "Aria, Ariò". The success of the song prompted the release of his debut album ''Por Amor'' on 27 March 1997. Paolo continued to build his career with the release of another album, self-titled, which contained the single, "Si enamorarse". Paolo Meneguzzi's Italian debut occurred with his participation in the Young Artists section at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2001. His song "Ed io non ci sto più" earned him seventh place. That same year, the album ''Un sogno nelle mani'' was released. He released a new single in 2002, "In nome dell'amore". In 2003, he released the single "Verofalso", and the album ''Lei è'', released in October that year, went gold (with 50,000 copies sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSI La 2
RSI La 2 (''RSI La due'') is a Swiss public television channel owned by Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana. It is a sister channel of RSI La 1, broadcast in Italian. It mainly airs sport programmes, but also reruns and music shows. It does not broadcast any newscasts. History TSI launched its second channel in 1997, basing it on programming for a younger audience and sports. Unlike RSI La 1, RSI La 2 is not broadcast across the whole of Switzerland, but only in Italian-speaking Switzerland. The channel ended analogue broadcasts on 24 July 2006, from that date being available only on digital terrestrial television, satellite and cable. It was the first channel of the SRG SSR network to make the transition. Logos File:No image available.svg, 1997-1999 File:No image available.svg, 1999 File:No image available.svg, 1999-2009 File:RSI La 2.svg, 2009-2012 File:RSI La 2 2012.svg, 2012- File:RSI La 2 HD.svg, HD logo, since 2012 Programmes Information * ''L'Agenda' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SRF 1
SRF 1 (''SRF eins'') is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 December 2012, together with its sister German-speaking TV channels and five radio channels, as part of an exercise aimed at emphasizing their common ownership as well as establishing a shared web presence for all of them. The channel promotes itself as "a full-service TV station with a high proportion of home-produced content, especially documentaries and dramas" that offers "news and current affairs, education, arts, and entertainment for all", and it focuses on drama, entertainment, news and current affairs. Programming Children *'' The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends'' (''Die Abenteuer von Hello Kitty & Friends'') *'' The Adventures of Paddington Bear'' (''Die Abenteuer von Paddington Bär'') *''The Adventures of Tintin'' (''Tim und St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Epiney
Sven Epiney (born on 14 January 1972 in Naters, Switzerland) is a Swiss people, Swiss TV presenter, radio host and Editing, editor, who works for Swiss national television and radio broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRF. He speaks German language, German, French language, French, English language, English and Italian language, Italian. Since Eurovision Song Contest 2008, 2008 he has been the Swiss German commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest. He also served as the Swiss spokesperson at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, 2007 and Eurovision Song Contest 2025, 2025 contests. He was the presenter of Miss Switzerland 2010. He was also a member of the jury for the third season of The Greatest Swiss Talents, a show he had previously been the presenter on. In addition, since 2012, he has hosted the morning show quiz "Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund" on Radio SRF 1. He has been in relationship with Michael Graber since 2011. References External links * 1972 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
