Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "", composed by Christophe Duc, with lyrics by Jean-Jacques Egli, and performed by Canadian singer Annie Cotton. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. For the first time since , an internal jury selected the songs for the national final, rather than the broadcaster's regional divisions using their own selection methods for the event. The broadcaster received 165 total song submissions, and initially selected eight to take part in the selection, with four in Italian, three in French, and two in German.
In January 1993, "" by was disqualified due to the song being performed publicly prior to the selection. He would later represent .
Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS) staged the national final on 6 February 1993 at 20:30 (CET) at its television studios in Zürich. It was hosted by Sandra Studer, who had represented . The national final was broadcast on SF, TSR (with commentary from Jean-Marc Richard), and TSI. +Participating entriesBroadcasterArtist(s)SongSongwriter(s)Language Composer LyricistRTSI Diaspro "" Michele Domenici Italian Mary "" Renato Mascetti "" Giuseppe Scaramello ItalianSF DRS Chris Lorens "" Christian Grob Symon Dale SandersGerman Jürg Stein "Antarctica" Corry Knobel TSR Annie Cotton "" Christophe Duc Jean-Jacques Egli French Natasha "" Corriya Scarlet "" Vincent Prezioso Scarlet Chessex
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (SF DRS, TSR, TSI: German-Romansh, French, and Italian speaking, respectively) and an expert jury. The winner was the song "", composed by Christophe Duc, with lyrics by Jean-Jacques Egli, and performed by Annie Cotton. + Final – 6 February 1993ArtistSongRegional JuriesExpert JuryTotalPlaceDRSTSRTSI 1 Chris Lorens ""4253144 2 Annie Cotton ""8868301 3 Mary ""1121 57 4 Natasha ""231286 5 Diaspro ""5586242 6 Jürg Stein "Antarctica"3434144 7 Scarlet ""6645213
At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, the Swiss entry was the fourth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Marc Sorrentino. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 148 points in total; finishing in third place out of twenty-five countries. This instance was the first time Switzerland finished in the top 3 since their and the highest score for Switzerland in all the Eurovision contests for years until it got beaten by three future songs: "She Got Me" by Luca Hänni in , "Tout l'univers" by Gjon's Tears in and "The Code" by Nemo in .
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.
+ Points awarded to Switzerland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Switzerland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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