Switzerland was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Pierre Brenner, with lyrics by Roland Schweizer, and performed by Madeleine Pascal. 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

. The broadcaster received 26 submissions and ultimately selected six songs to take part in the selection, with two songs being performed each in French, German, and Italian.

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broadcaster (TSR) staged the national final on 5 February 1966 at 20:20

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(18:20

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) in

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. It was presented by Heidi Abel, , and Madeline Demartines. The voting consisted of 12 national juries, whose members gave 3 points to their favorite song, 2 to their second favorite, and 1 to their third favorite. The winner was the song "" composed by Pierre Brenner, written by Roland Schweizer, and performed by Madeleine Pascal.

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 in

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, the Swiss entry was the twelfth song of the night following and preceding . The Swiss entry was conducted by Jean Roderès, who reprised his role as the musical director of the contest after doing the same in . At the close of voting, Switzerland had received twelve points and finished sixth among the eighteen participants.

Voting

Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel. Every jury member could distribute 9 points in 3 different ways depending on how the jurors voted; 5, 3, and 1 points to their 3 favorite songs, 6 and 3 points to their 2 favorite songs, or 9 points to a single song. The 1966 contest was the last edition to utilize this voting system, as the voting system from to reused the 10-member expert jury system.

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

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