Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Country

Switzerland

National selection

Selected entrant

Peter, Sue and Marc & Pfuri Gorps & Kniri

Selected song

"Trödler und Co"

Finals performance

Final result

10th, 60 points

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

1979

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Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Israel,. Peter, Sue and Marc & Pfuri Gorps & Kniri represented Switzerland with the song "Trödler und Co". They finished on 10th place with 60 points.

At Eurovision

Switzerland performed 8th in the night, following Greece and preceding Germany. Group scored 60 points (highest maximal 12 from Austria?!) placing Switzerland 10th out of 19 entries. Swiss jury gave its 12 points to runner up Spain.

Points Awarded by Switzerland^[1]

12 points	Spain
10 points	France
8 points	Finland
7 points	Greece
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Israel
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Denmark

Points awarded to Switzerland

Points Awarded to Switzerland
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Austria	Finland	Norway	Denmark France Germany
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Israel		Greece Monaco	Ireland

References

↑ Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 ~~1995~~ 1996 1997 1998 ~~1999~~ 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 ~~2003~~ 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1950s	Lys Assia Lys Assia Lys Assia Christa Williams

1960s	Anita Traversi Franca Di Rienzo Jean Philippe Esther Ofarim Anita Traversi Yovanna Madeleine Pascal Géraldine Gianni Mascolo Paola Del Medico

1970s	Henri Des Peter, Sue and Marc Veronique Mueller Patrick Juvet Piera Martell Simone Drexel Peter, Sue and Marc Pepe Lienhard Band Carole Vinci Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri

1980s	Paola Peter, Sue and Marc Arlette Zola Mariella Farré Rainy Day Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini Daniela Simmons Carol Rich Céline Dion Furbaz

1990s	Egon Egemann Sandra Simó Daisy Auvray Annie Cotton Duilio ~~1995~~ Kathy Leander Barbara Berta Gunvor ~~1999~~

2000s	Jane Bogaert ~~2001~~ Francine Jordi ~~2003~~ Piero and the MusicStars Vanilla Ninja six4one DJ BoBo Paolo Meneguzzi Lovebugs

2010s	Michael von der Heide Anna Rossinelli Sinplus Takasa Sebalter Mélanie René Rykka

Songs

1950s	"Das alte Karussell" "Refrain" "L'enfant que j'étais" "Giorgio" "Irgendwoher"

1960s	"Cielo e terra" "Nous aurons demain" "Le retour" "T'en va pas" "I miei pensieri" "Non, à jamais sans toi" "Ne vois-tu pas?" "Quel cœur vas-tu briser?" "Guardando il sole" "Bonjour, Bonjour"

1970s	"Retour" "Les illusions de nos vingt ans" "C'est la chanson de mon amour" "Je vais me marier, Marie" "Mein Ruf nach dir" "Mikado" "Djambo, Djambo" "Swiss Lady" "Vivre" "Trödler und Co"

1980s	"Cinéma" "Io senza te" "Amour on t'aime" "Io così non ci sto" "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" "Piano, Piano" "Pas pour moi" "Moitié, moitié" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Viver senza tei"

1990s	"Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" "Canzone per te" "Mister Music Man" "Moi, tout simplement" "Sto pregando" ~~1995~~ "Mon coeur l'aime" "Dentro di me" "Lass' ihn" ~~1999~~

2000s	"La vita cos'è?" ~~2001~~ "Dans le jardin de mon âme" ~~2003~~ "Celebrate" "Cool Vibes" "If We All Give a Little" "Vampires Are Alive" "Era stupendo" "The Highest Heights"

2010s	"Il pleut de l'or" "In Love for a While" "Unbreakable" "You and Me" "Hunter of Stars" "Time to Shine" "The Last of Our Kind"

(Note : Entries scored out are when Switzerland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) Spain France Germany Ireland Denmark United Kingdom Greece Portugal Switzerland Norway Netherlands Luxembourg Finland Italy Monaco Sweden Belgium Austria

Withdrawn	Turkey