Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Mikado", written and performed by Simone Drexel. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest 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 1975. The broadcaster received 96 total song submissions, and ultimately selected seven to take part in the selection on December 10 and 11, with four being performed in French, two in Italian, and one in German. Among the participants was Peter, Sue & Marc— who represented , and would repeat this in , , and .
Swiss French broadcaster (TSR) staged the national final on 12 February 1975 at 21:15 CET in Geneva. It was presented by Heidi Abel, Claude Evelyne, and Daniela Grigioni, with Roger Volet conducting the orchestra. The national final was broadcast on TV DRS, TSR, TSI and on radio station RSR 1.
+Participating entriesArtist(s)SongSongwriter(s)Language Composer Lyricist Peter, Sue & Marc "" French I Nuovi Angeli "Liverpool" Andreas Wyden Italian Henri "" Henri Huber French Simone Drexel "Mikado" Simone Drexel German Pierre Alain "" Pierre Alain Christian Vellas French Marisa Frigerio "" Raffaele Gilardi Marisa Frigerio Italian Gérald Matthey "" Gérald Matthey Jean-Jacques Egli French
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (DRS, TSR, TSI: German, French and Italian speaking, respectively) from February 12 to 16, a press jury, and a jury of music experts.
The results and winner were announced live on television on 21 February in Bern. The votes were delivered in rankings, rather than points. An estimate of 30,000 votes were cast by the public via postcard. For an unknown reason, the bottom four songs ranked by the press jury were converted into totals of 3. The winner was the song "Mikado" performed and written by Simone Drexel.
+Final — 12 February 1975 R/O Artist(s) Song Regional Juries PressJury ExpertJury Total Place DRS TSR TSI 1 Peter, Sue & Marc "" 2 3 5 1 2 13 2 2 I Nuovi Angeli "Liverpool" 4 6 3 3 7 23 5 3 Henri "" 7 5 7 3 6 28 7 4 Simone Drexel "Mikado" 1 1 2 2 1 7 1 5 Pierre Alain "" 6 4 6 3 5 24 6 6 Marisa Frigerio"" 5 7 1 3 3 19 4 7 Gérald Matthey"" 3 2 4 3 4 16 3
At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held at in Stockholm, the Swiss entry was the seventh entry of the night following and preceding . The Swiss conductor at the contest was Peter Jacques. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 77 points in total; finishing in sixth place out of nineteen 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. Until , the votes were given in the order the awarded songs were performed in, rather than in ascending numerical order.
+ 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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