Switzerland was represented at the

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with the song "", written by

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, and performed and composed by

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. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the

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

Before Eurovision

The

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

. The broadcaster received 61 total song submissions, and ultimately selected ten to take part in the selection, with five songs being performed in French, three in German, and two in Italian. Among the participants were

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— who represented – and

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— who represented , and would repeat this in , , and . On 30 January, "" by Monica Morell was disqualified, due to its songwriter, Pepe Ederer, not having Swiss citizenship. Prior to the national final, the nine participating songs were broadcast on television in the form of music videos, starting on 1 February for the public to vote for via postcard until 12 February at midnight.

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broadcaster (TSR) staged the national final on 17 January 1973 at 20:00

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. It was presented by . The voting consisted of public votes, a press jury, and a jury of music experts. The votes, which were delivered in rankings, rather than points, were announced by SRG SSR chairman . If a tie were to take place, the song with the best score from the public would be selected. An estimate of 40,000 votes from the public were cast. The winner was the song "" performed by

, written by

, and composed by Juvet himself.

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, held at the in

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, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was

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. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 79 points in total; finishing in twelfth place out of eighteen countries.

Voting

Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55, with at least 10 years between their ages. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. All jury members were located at

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CLT studios, watched the show on television from there, and appeared on screen to confirm their scores after all songs were performed.

References

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