After their win in

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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. Three artists competed to represent Switzerland: last year's winner

Lys Assia Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 ...

; 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

for the second year, with the song "". The winning title was written by

Émile Gardaz Émile Gardaz (29 August 1931, Échallens, Vaud - 19 December 2007) was a Swiss radio moderator and author, working for Radio suisse romande since 1955. He was the father of comedian Sophie Gardaz. Ten years before his death, in 1997, he was, ...

and composed by

Géo Voumard Géo Voumard (2 December 1920 – 3 September 2008) was a Swiss jazz pianist and composer. He was a co-founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival and composer of the song "'' Refrain''" which won the first Eurovision Song Contest. Life and caree ...

, the same duo who wrote the previous year's Swiss entry and Eurovision winner "".

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 in

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, the Swiss entry was the last of the night following

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of 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 ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The Swiss entry was conducted at the contest by the musical director

Willy Berking Willy Berking (22 June 1910 – 21 May 1979) was a German orchestra conductor, trombonist and composer. Career Berking studied music (piano and composition) in Düsseldorf and then in Berlin, where he formed his first big band at the age of 1 ...

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

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957

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