Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Switzerland entered the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with Francine Jordi and the song "Dans le jardin de mon âme". They were returning to the contest after being relegated from the 2001 contest after Jane Bogaert with "La vita cos'e" came 20th.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurosong 2002 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 2 February 2002 | |||
| Selected entrant | Francine Jordi | |||
| Selected song | "Dans le jardin de mon âme" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 15 points | |||
| Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Eurosong 2002
The Swiss broadcaster, SRG SSR idée suisse, hosted a national final to select the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, held in Tallinn, Estonia.
The final was held at the Garage Music in Bellinzona on 2 February 2002, hosted by Milena Martelli. Eight songs competed, and the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round: "Dans le jardin de mon âme" by Francine Jordi, "Cosa" by A-Live and "Die Engel tanzen um Mitternacht per te" by Nina Dimitri. The results of the top three songs were not revealed, but the results for the other five songs were revealed. In the second round, "Dans le jardin de mon âme" by Francine Jordi was revealed as the winner with 41.1% of the votes.
| First Round – 2 February 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Matì | "Via dal buio" | Matteo Mazza | 1.6% | 8 |
| 2 | Francine Jordi | "Dans le jardin de mon âme" | Francine Jordi | — | — |
| 2 | Marc & Friends | "It's a Perfect Day" | Marc Neff | 7.5% | 5 |
| 4 | Amanda | "Fuego latino" | Amanda Blatter, Urs Wiesendanger | 3.7% | 6 |
| 5 | Luciano de Soria | "Mia vita" | Luciano de Soria, Bernardos Yorgos | 1.9% | 7 |
| 6 | Tanisha | "My Little Freaky Boy" | Martin Kohler, Tanisha Ammann | 10.7% | 4 |
| 7 | A-Live | "Cosa" | Peter Zehnder | — | — |
| 8 | Nina Dimitri | "Die Engel tanzen um Mitternacht per te" | Véronique Müller | — | — |
| Second Round – 2 February 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Francine Jordi | "Dans le jardin de mon âme" | 41.1% | 1 |
| 2 | A-Live | "Cosa" | 35.6% | 2 |
| 3 | Nina Dimitri | "Die Engel tanzen um Mitternacht per te" | 23.3% | 3 |
At Eurovision
Jordi sang for Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performing 12th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Sweden. She received 15 points at the close of the voting, 5 points from Austria, 3 points from France and Romania, 2 points from Germany and 1 point from Slovenia and Latvia, placing 22nd in a field of 24 and relegating Switzerland from the 2003 contest.
Points awarded by Switzerland
| 12 points |  Spain |
| 10 points |  France |
| 8 points |  Latvia |
| 7 points |  Austria |
| 6 points |  United Kingdom |
| 5 points |  Croatia |
| 4 points |  Malta |
| 3 points |  Germany |
| 2 points |  Slovenia |
| 1 point |  Israel |
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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