Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Swiss entry was selected through Die grosse Entscheidungs Show, a national final organised by the Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR. Sinplus represented Switzerland with the song "Unbreakable", which failed to qualify from the first semi-final, achieving 11th place with 45 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country  Switzerland
National selection
Selection processDie grosse Entscheidungs Show 2012
Selection date(s)10 December 2011
Selected entrantSinplus
Selected song"Unbreakable"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (11th, 45 points)
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2012

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2012 was the second edition of the Swiss national final format that selected Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The national final was a collaboration between radio broadcaster DRS 3 and three broadcasters in Switzerland: the Swiss-German broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SF), the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI).

Selection process

The selection process took place in two stages before the finalists for the live show and ultimately the winner are selected. The first stage of the competition included SF, DRS 3, RTS and RSI each conducting varying selections in order to determine the candidates they submitted for the second stage of the competition. SF submitted six candidates, DRS 3 submitted three candidates, RTS submitted three candidates and RSI submitted two candidates. The fourteen artists and songs proceed to the second stage, the televised national final, where the winning artist and song was selected to represent Switzerland in Baku.[3][4]

SF selection

The SF selection involved an online internet voting platform where interested artists could submit their songs and have them listed for public listening. The platform began accepting entries on 1 September 2011 and concluded on 30 September 2011. 221 entries were submitted following the submission deadline, including entries from the first Eurovision winner Lys Assia, 2007 Danish entrant DQ (Peter Andersen), Deutschland sucht den Superstar participant Zazou Mall, Idols South Africa winner Heinz Winckler, former The X Factor UK participants Same Difference and Maria Lawson and American pop singer Ultra Naté.[5][6] The internet votes were combined with the votes from an expert jury and on 11 November 2011, the top six entries for the national final were announced.[7] The six candidates selected from the SF selection were "She" performed by Emel, "Fragile" performed by I Quattro, "Peace & Freedom" performed by Ivo, "C'était ma vie" performed by Lys Assia, "Shining" performed by Macy and "The Song in My Head" performed by Raphael Jeger.[8][9]

DRS 3 selection

Following an internal selection, the three candidates selected from the DRS 3 selection for the national final were announced on 13 October 2011: "Baby Baby Baby" performed by Guillermo Sorya, "Real Love" performed by Patric Scott feat. Fabienne Louves and "Lost" performed by Sara McLoud. However, "Lost" performed by Sara McLoud was later disqualified because an acoustic version had been released in 2009. She was replaced by "Black Symphony" performed by Atomic Angels.[10]

RTS selection

The RTS selection involved interested artists submitting their entries to the broadcaster until 30 September 2011. At the close of the deadline, 27 entries were received.[11] Ten of the candidates were selected by a jury panel, played on the radio and RTS channels between 20 October 2011 and 30 October 2011, and were evaluated by internet users (50%) and the votes of an expert jury (50%). The top three entries for the national final were announced on 3 November 2011.[7] The three candidates selected from the RTS selection for the national final were "Wrong To Let You Go" performed by Katherine St-Laurent, "Quand je ferme les yeux" performed by Sosofluo and "L'autre" performed by Ze Flying Zézettes Orchestra.[12]

Artist Song Result
ADN 2.0 "Dark Light" Eliminated
Katherine St-Laurent "Wrong to Let You Go" Finalist
Marie-Élaine & Étienne "Demande-moi" Eliminated
Romanz "For You (I'll Build Rome in One Day)" Eliminated
Sinplus "Unbreakable" Eliminated
Sosofluo "Quand je ferme les yeux" Finalist
The Kompozit "Le faim du monde" Eliminated
Valentine de Rham "It Doesn't Have to Rain Today" Eliminated
Vartoch' et les Aliens "Boum sur saturne" Eliminated
Ze Flying Zézettes Orchestra "L'autre" Finalist

RSI selection

RSI opened a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries.[13] 22 entries were shortlisted, and a jury panel evaluated the shortlisted entries and selected five candidates for the regional final. An additional two candidates were selected by internet voting among the remaining entries. The regional final took place on 8 November 2011 at the Temus Music Bar in Agno, hosted by Clarissa Tami and Fabrizio Casati. The show was televised on RSI La 2 and aired on RSI Rete Tre. Public televoting solely selected "Unbreakable" performed by Sinplus and "Anima nuova" performed by Chiara Dubey as the two candidates from the RSI selection for the national final.[14]

Draw Artist Song Result
1 Vittoria Hyde "It's Your Love" Eliminated
2 Gianluca Solci "Giro intorno" Eliminated
3 Rossella "Here I Am" Eliminated
4 Laetitia "The Big Picture" Eliminated
5 Sinplus "Unbreakable" Finalist
6 Chiara Dubey "Anima nuova" Finalist
7 Scilla Hess "Masquerade" Eliminated

National final

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2012 took place on 10 December 2011 at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen, hosted by Sven Epiney. Two-minute abridged versions of the candidate songs in contention to represent Switzerland were performed, and an expert group consisting of Nik Hartmann, Carlos Leal and Stämpf provided commentary and feedback to the competing artists.[4][15] Public televoting solely selected "Unbreakable" performed by Sinplus as the winner.[16][17]

Draw Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s) Televote Place
1 Patric Scott feat. Fabienne Louves "Real Love" Patric Scott, Martin de Vries 9.81% 6
2 Emel "She" Christian Riesen, Emel Aykanat, Kareem Roustom, Rolf Stauffacher 1.3% 11
3 Chiara Dubey "Anima nuova" (New soul) Filippo Leoni, Chiara Dubey 13.82% 3
4 Guillermo Sorya "Baby Baby Baby" Guillermo Sorya 1.19% 12
5 Macy "Shining" Cyril Mauderli, David Hofmann, Frank Niklaus, Jim Bows, Thomas Maritz 3.49% 9
6 Sosofluo "Quand je ferme les yeux" (When I close my eyes) Sophie Rochat 1.08% 14
7 Atomic Angels "Black Symphony" Ben Mühlethaler, Tom Jensen, Dawn Joseph, Atomic Angels 2.36% 10
8 Ivo "Peace & Freedom" Ivo, Kevin Salem 16.02% 2
9 Ze Flying Zézettes Orchestra "L'autre" (The other) Sébastien Wolfensberger 1.17% 13
10 Raphael Jeger "The Song in My Head" Raphael Jeger 5.96% 7
11 I Quattro "Fragile" Evelyn Fischer 10.56% 4
12 Sinplus "Unbreakable" Gabriel Broggini, Ivan Broggini 17.87% 1
13 Lys Assia "C'était ma vie" (It was my life) Jean-Paul Cara, Ralph Siegel 5.46% 8
14 Katherine St-Laurent "Wrong to Let You Go" Katherine St-Laurent, Benoît Babin 9.91% 5

At Eurovision

During the Semi-Final Allocation draw which was held on 25 January 2012, it was announced Switzerland were scheduled to compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 22 May.[18] On 20 March 2012 the Running Order draw was held, which determined the order of which the participants performed. Switzerland is set to perform 7th in the first semi-final.[19]

Switzerland achieved 11th place and so did not go to the final. The public vote gave the song 10th place with 49 points but the jury only 13th place. Switzerland got only 45 points in the 2012 contest.[1]

Points awarded to Switzerland
Points awarded to Switzerland (semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Switzerland

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