Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Country  Switzerland
National selection
Selection processConcours Eurovision 1984
Selection date(s)4 February 1984
Selected entrantRainy Day
Selected song"Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"
Selected songwriter(s)Günther Loose
Finals performance
Final result17th, 30 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1983 1984 1985►

Switzerland was represented by the group Rainy Day with the song "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 5 May. Rainy Day won the rights to represent Switzerland, from winning the national final that took place on 4 February 1984. In the song is made a question: "What colour is the sunshine?". The group ask us "How to paint it?" They say that there are many colours, the way we see the world depends on our feelings. It was the last song of the german composer Günther Loose.

Before Eurovision

Concours Eurovision 1984

Swiss Italian broadcaster RTSI was in charge of broadcasting the selection for the Swiss entry for the 1984 Contest. The national final was held at the RTSI studios in Lugano, hosted by Ezio Guidi and Natascha Giller. Nine songs were submitted for the 1984 national final and the winning song was chosen by 3 regional juries (DRS, TSR, TSI), a press jury, and an expert jury. Unusually, the votes from the regional juries were combined as one result, whose points were allocated based on the total number of points each song received from the said juries, and the points from the other juries were added on from there.

Other participants included past and future Swiss representatives including Arlette Zola (1982) and Carol Rich (1987).

Final – 4 February 1984
Draw Artist Song Regional
Jury
Press
Jury
Expert
Jury
Total Place
1 Nando Morandi and Mauro Monti "Liberi" 4 8 5 17 5
2 Andy L. "Musica" 7 7 1 15 6
3 Milo and Pina "Piccola sarà" 1 2 2 5 9
4 Martin Richard Trio "(Je veux) vivre d'amour" 3 3 3 9 8
5 Carol Rich "Tokyo-boy" 5 1 7 13 7
6 Manuela Felice "Wo die Lieder sind" 10 4 4 18 3
7 Krypton "Per te" 2 10 8 20 2
8 Arlette Zola "Emporte-moi" 6 6 6 18 3
9 Rainy Day "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" 8 6 10 24 1
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song DRS TSR TSI Total Points
1 "Liberi" 5 4 5 14 4
2 "Musica" 8 8 7 23 7
3 "Piccola sarà" 1 1 1 3 1
4 "(Je veux) vivre d'amour" 7 3 3 13 3
5 "Tokyo-boy" 6 5 4 15 5
6 "Wo die Lieder sind" 5 10 10 25 10
7 "Per te" 2 3 2 7 2
8 "Emporte-moi" 3 7 6 16 6
9 "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" 10 6 8 24 8

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Rainy Day performed 17th, following Finland and preceding Italy. At the close of the voting Switzerland had picked up 30 points, placing Switzerland in 16th place out of 19 entries.[1] The Swiss jury awarded its 12 points to Ireland.

The Swiss conductor at the contest was Mario Robbiani.

Voting

Points awarded to Switzerland[2]
Score Country
12 points
10 points  United Kingdom
8 points  Denmark
7 points
6 points
5 points  Belgium
4 points  Italy
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Switzerland[2]
Score Country
12 points  Ireland
10 points  Sweden
8 points  Portugal
7 points  Italy
6 points  Turkey
5 points  Netherlands
4 points  France
3 points  Spain
2 points  Norway
1 point  Denmark

References

  1. ^ "Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

  • (in French) Swiss National Final 1984
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Participation
ArtistsSongs
  • "Das alte Karussell"
  • "Amour on t'aime"
  • "Apollo"
  • "Bonjour, Bonjour"
  • "Boys Do Cry"
  • "Canzone per te"
  • "Celebrate"
  • "C'est la chanson de mon amour"
  • "Cielo e terra"
  • "Cinéma"
  • "The Code"
  • "Cool Vibes"
  • "Dans le jardin de mon âme"
  • "Dentro di me"
  • "Djambo, Djambo"
  • "L'Enfant que j'étais"
  • "Era stupendo"
  • "Giorgio"
  • "Guardando il sole"
  • "The Highest Heights"
  • "Hunter of Stars"
  • "I miei pensieri"
  • "If We All Give a Little"
  • "Il pleut de l'or"
  • "In Love for a While"
  • "Io così non ci sto"
  • "Io senza te"
  • "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans"
  • "Irgendwoher"
  • "Je vais me marier, Marie"
  • "Lass ihn"
  • "The Last of Our Kind"
  • "Mikado"
  • "Mein Ruf nach dir"
  • "Mister Music Man"
  • "Moi, tout simplement"
  • "Moitié, moitié"
  • "Mon cœur l'aime"
  • "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus"
  • "Ne partez pas sans moi"
  • "Ne vois-tu pas ?"
  • "Non, à jamais sans toi"
  • "Nous aurons demain"
  • "Pas pour moi"
  • "Piano, piano"
  • "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?"
  • "Refrain"
  • "Répondez-moi"
  • "Retour"
  • "Le Retour"
  • "She Got Me"
  • "Sto pregando"
  • "Stones"
  • "Swiss Lady"
  • "T'en va pas"
  • "Time to Shine"
  • "Tout l'univers"
  • "Trödler und Co"
  • "Unbreakable"
  • "Vampires Are Alive"
  • "La vita cos'è?"
  • "Viver senza tei"
  • "Vivre"
  • "Watergun
  • "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"
  • "You and Me"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Switzerland did not compete
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Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "100% d'amour"
  • "Anna Maria Lena"
  • "Aufrecht geh'n"
  • "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles"
  • "Avanti la vie"
  • "Ciao, amore"
  • "Det' lige det"
  • "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
  • "Einfach weg"
  • "Halay"
  • "Hengaillaan"
  • "Ik hou van jou"
  • "Lady, Lady"
  • "Lenge leve livet"
  • "Love Games"
  • "Silêncio e tanta gente"
  • "Terminal 3"
  • "I treni di Tozeur"
  • "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"