Switzerland was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by

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, with lyrics by , and performed by

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and . The Swiss participating broadcaster, the

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

Before Eurovision

Regional selections

The

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

. The national final was a collaboration between three broadcasters that comprised SRG SSR: the Swiss-German and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS), the Swiss-French broadcaster (TSR), and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster (TSI). Unlike previous Swiss national finals, where all composite broadcasters internally selected their entries, a public preliminary round was held by one of the regional broadcasters. SF DRS held a preselection to select its three entries, while TSR and TSI internally selected their entries.

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: , the SF DRS preselection, was held and broadcast on radio on 15 December 1984 at 20:00 (

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) on DRS 1 and RTS 2 and was held in

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were able to submit songs for

(who represented ), (who represented as part of the Pepe Lienhard Group), and the Martin Richard Trio. The Swiss-German and Romansh viewers then voted to decide which songs would qualify to the final. The following songs were selected to enter the national final. No other information is currently known about the preliminary round, including the titles of the remaining songs and songwriters.

''1985''

TSR staged the national final on 23 February 1985 at 21:10 (CET) in its studios in

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. It was hosted by Serge Moisson, with Le Groupe Instrumental Romand accompanying the performances. Les Compagnons de l'Arche featuring Hana Lamkova and the Black Theater of Prague made guest appearances. Among the participants were

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(who represented ), (who represented ), and

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(who would later represent ). The Martin Richard Trio was renamed to 'Swiss Singers' and featured a fourth member. The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of

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( DRS, TSR,

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: German, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and an "expert" jury. Applications for viewers to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until 17 February, and 50 viewers from each canton were randomly selected to cast their votes to their broadcaster divisions via phone call. The winner was the song "", composed by

with lyrics from and performed by

and .

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, held at the in

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, the Swiss entry was the fifteenth entry of the night following the and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was

, who composed the song. Additionally, she was one of the only three female conductors in the history of Eurovision Song Contest. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 39 points in total; finishing in twelfth place out of nineteen countries.

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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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

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