Piera Martell (born 2 July 1943, in Jona,

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) is a Swiss singer, best known for her participation in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. In 1974, Martell took part in the Swiss Eurovision selection with the song " Mein Ruf nach dir" ("My Call to You"), which won the competition and went forward to the 19th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Brighton, England on 6 April. In what is considered one of the strongest Eurovisions, won by

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and featuring already internationally known performers such as

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and

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, "Mein Ruf nach dir" picked up only three points, finishing in joint last place (with the songs from Germany,

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) of the 17 entries. Martell went on to make three further attempts to perform at Eurovision, without success. In 1976, she entered the German selection ("Ein neuer Tag" – 11th), followed by two more participations in the Swiss selection in 1977 ("Aldo Rinaldo" – 4th) and 1978 ("Hier, Pierre" – 6th). She continued performing and releasing singles periodically until her retirement from the music industry in 1981.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martell, Piera 1943 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1974 People from Rapperswil-Jona Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Switzerland 20th-century Swiss women singers