Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", written by Marie Louise Werth, and performed by Furbaz. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, (TSR), on behalf of the SRG SSR, was the host broadcaster and staged the event at the in Lausanne, after their win at the with the song "" by Céline Dion. This was the first-ever entry performed in Romansh in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Before Eurovision Regional selections The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. Each division of SRG SSR — Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS), Swiss French broadcaster (TSR), and Swiss Italian broadcaster (TSI) —, used its own method to select its entries for the final. Eligible songs were required to have been composed by songwriters from Switzerland or Liechtenstein, and the deadline for the song registration was on 28 October 1988.
TSR internally selected its three songs for the final out of 51 song submissions. In total, 137 songs were submitted (with 9 being invalid), of which ten were selected: three in French, German, and Italian, and one in Romansh. It is unknown how the remaining regional broadcasters selected their songs.
1989 SF DRS staged the national final on 18 February 1989 at 20:10 CET at the Theater Casino in Zug. It was hosted by . The national final was broadcast on TV DRS (with commentary by ), TSR (with commentary by ), and TSI (with Italian commentary). Céline Dion— who won for — and the Gipsy Line Dancers made guest appearances.
Among the backing vocalists for Ann Lomar's performance was Sandra Simó, who would go on to represent as a soloist.
+Participating entriesBroadcasterArtist(s)SongSongwriter(s)Language Composer LyricistRTSI "" Renato Mascetti Italian Silvana Rezzonico "" Daniele Christen Renato Mascetti "" Renato MascettiSF DRS Carl Nicholas "" Karl Niklaus Weber German Chris Lorens "" Amanda Hermle Ann Lomar "" Tobias Frey Ueli Schnorf Furbaz "" Marie Louise Werth RomanshTSR Michel Villa "" Jean-Jacques Egli French Alexandra "" Alexandra Passina Pierrette Dufaux "" Mario Bonny Yvan Sjöstedt
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), a press jury, and an "expert" jury.
The winner was the song "", composed by Marie Louise Werth and performed by Furbaz. The song received the highest possible score in the selection; 60 total points with 12 points from all five juries, and became the first song in Eurovision to be performed in Romansh.
+Participating entries Artist(s) Song Regional Juries PressJury ExpertJury Total Place DRS TSR TSI 1Michel Villa"Sur des musiques qui balancent"87874344 2 "Una canzone per sognare"765810363 3Carl Nicolas"Reisefieber"55747285 4Alexandra"S'envoler pour ailleurs"13133119 5Chris Lorens"Mutter Erde"101010106462 6Pierrette Dufaux"Coup d'assommoir"34322148 7Silvana Rezzonico"Déjà vu"21211710 8Ann Lomar"Wege in der Nacht"68455285 9Renato Mascetti"La voce del mare"42668267 10Furbaz""1212121212601
At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held at the in Lausanne, the Swiss entry was the eighteenth entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Benoît Kaufman. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 47 points in total; finishing in thirteenth out of twenty-two countries.
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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