After their win in
1956
Events
January
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, Switzerland continued with their format of a national final to select their entry for the
1957 contest.
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 11 February 1957 in
St. Moritz
St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...
. Three artists competed to represent Switzerland: last year's winner
Lys Assia; Jo Roland, who participated at the national final of 1956; and Gianni Ferraresi, and the winning song was chosen by the votes of 4 regional juries. The winner was
Lys Assia for the second year, with the song "".
The winning title was written by
Émile Gardaz and composed by
Géo Voumard, the same duo who wrote the previous year's Swiss entry and Eurovision winner "".
At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 in
Frankfurt, the Swiss entry was the last of the night following
Denmark with "". At the close of voting, Switzerland had received five points in total; the country finished shared eight among the ten participants. The Switzerland jury gave seven points, to the winning country, the
Netherlands.
The Swiss entry was conducted at the contest by the musical director
Willy Berking.
Voting
Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.
References
External links
Swiss National Final page
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1957
1957
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957
Eurovision
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