Switzerland was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by

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, with lyrics by Pierre Alain, and performed by Arlette Zola. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the

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

Before Eurovision

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The

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

. The broadcaster received 155 total song submissions (90 in German, 36 in French, and 29 in Italian), and ultimately selected nine to take part in the selection (three per language). Among the participants were , who would later represent . "" by Arlette Zola was previously submitted in the and was set to be sung by

and his group, but was withdrawn due to the group's disbandment. Because the song was not published until the national final, the song was eligible for the contest.

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broadcaster (TSR) staged the national final on 28 January 1982 at 21:15

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. It was presented by , and the and made guest appearances. The national final was broadcast on TV DRS (with German commentary), TSR, and

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(with Italian commentary). The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of

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( DRS, TSR,

: German, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and a jury of music experts from

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. Applications for viewers to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until 21 January, 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 Pierre Alain and performed by Arlette Zola.

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, held at the

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, the Swiss entry was the seventh entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Joan Amils. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 97 points in total; finishing in third place out of eighteen countries, making this the first time Switzerland reached the top 3 since , where they played second.

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 1982

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