Switzerland was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Christophe Duc, with lyrics by Jean-Jacques Egli, and performed by Canadian singer Annie Cotton. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the

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(SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

The

(SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the

. For the first time since , an internal jury selected the songs for the national final, rather than the broadcaster's regional divisions using their own selection methods for the event. The broadcaster received 165 total song submissions, and initially selected eight to take part in the selection, with four in Italian, three in French, and two in German. "" by was disqualified due to the song breaching the rules regarding song submissions. He would later represent .

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and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS) staged the national final on 6 February 1993 at 20:30 (

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) at its television studios in

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. It was hosted by

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, who had represented . The national final was broadcast on SF, TSR (with commentary from Jean-Marc Richard), and

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. The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (SF DRS, TSR, TSI: German-Romansh, French, and Italian speaking, respectively) and an expert jury. The winner was the song "", composed by Christophe Duc, with lyrics by Jean-Jacques Egli, and performed by Annie Cotton.

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held at the

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, the Swiss entry was the fourth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Marc Sorrentino. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 148 points in total; finishing in third place out of twenty-five countries. This instance was the first time Switzerland finished in the top 3 since their

Voting

Each 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.

References

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