Cœur à Cœur (CÀC) ''(literally Heart-to-Heart)'' is the French Swiss version of

Serious Request Serious Request is a family of annual multi-day, multimedia fundraising events for International Red Cross initiatives, typically hosted by radio stations in the week before Christmas. The project was begun in 2004 by Dutch public pop music ...

, originally created by Dutch radio station

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in 2004. The annually recurring show is a charity fundraiser for a chosen cause. As in the original

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

version, several radio hosts or television personalities are locked inside a glass house for around a week. Every year, funds are collected in favour of Swiss Solidarity. The show is broadcast live in December on the Swiss public broadcasting organisation

Radio Télévision Suisse The Radio Télévision Suisse (; "Swiss Radio Television"), shortened to RTS, is a subsidiary of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), operating in French-speaking Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2010 by a merger of Radio Suis ...

(RTS). The first edition, called ''

Couleur Terre Couleur Terre ''(literally Colour Earth)'' is the French Swiss version of the Serious Request that broadcasts on Dutch radio/television. It was broadcast on French language Couleur 3 radio station. The Dutch campaign started in 2004, with Coul ...

'', took place in 2007 on

Couleur 3 RTS Couleur 3 (''lit.'' "Colour 3") is the third radio station operated by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. The station was launched on 24 February 1982. Until the end of all FM transmissions on 31 December 2024, RTS Couleur 3 could be receive ...

. The show was then discontinued until 2016, when it returned with a new name and on other radio stations:

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from 2016 to 2018 and La Première since 2019. There was a similar format in the German-speaking part of Switzerland called

Jeder Rappen zählt Jeder Rappen zählt (JRZ) ''(literally Every rappen (nickel) counts)'' was the Swiss German version of Serious Request, originally created by Dutch radio station NPO 3FM in 2004. First held in 2009, ''Jeder Rappen zählt'' was organized at the ...

which was held every year until 2018.

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* Because of the

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pandemic, the hosts weren't locked inside a glass house. Instead, they visited more than 60 locations all over

Romandy Romandy ( or ; Arpitan: ''Romandia'')Before World War I, the term French Switzerland () waalso used ( or , , ) is the French-speaking historical and cultural region of Switzerland. In 2020, about 2 million people, or 22.8% of the Swiss pop ...

. * Once again, there was no glass house. The hosts visited a different canton each day:

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

on Saturday,

Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion, Switzer ...

on Sunday,

Fribourg or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...

on Monday,

Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...

on Tuesday,

Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...

on Wednesday, Jura on Thursday and

Neuchâtel Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital (political), capital of the cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel ...

on Friday. * This edition saw the return of the house glass, but it moved to a new city every day.

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