"Tout l'univers" (; ) is a song by Swiss singer

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released as a single on 10 March 2021 by Jo & Co and

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. It was written and composed by the singer himself alongside Nina Sampermans, Wouter Hardy and Xavier Michel. The song represented Switzerland in the

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, the Netherlands, after being internally selected by the

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(SRG SSR). The song finished in 3rd place, receiving 432 points, the best result of Switzerland in the 21st century and its best result since 1993. It also won the Composer Award in the 2021 edition of the

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, voted on by a panel of participating composers in the 2021 contest.

Release and promotion

"Tout l'univers" was made available for digital download and streaming by Jo & Co and

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on 10 March 2021. The accompanying

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premiered on the official

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channel of the Eurovision Song Contest simultaneously with the digital release on 10 March 2021 at 16:00 (

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At Eurovision

Internal selection

On 20 March 2020, SRG SSR confirmed that

would represent Switzerland in the 2021 contest.

Rotterdam

The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in

, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 May and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021. According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the " Big Five", consisting of , , , and the , are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final. On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Switzerland would be performing in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest.

At The 2022 Winter Olympics

The track was used by Georgian figure skater

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in his short program for 2021–2022 season, which was also presented at 2022 Winter Olympics

Track listing

Charts

Release history

External links

Tout l'univers
(lyrics and translation)

References

{{Authority control 2021 songs 2021 singles French-language songs Eurovision songs of 2021 Eurovision songs of Switzerland Gjon's Tears songs Number-one singles in Switzerland Sony Music singles Songs written by Wouter Hardy