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Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Participating broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Concours Eurovision 1989
Selection date(s)	18 February 1989
Selected artist(s)	Furbaz
Selected song	"Viver senza tei"
Selected songwriter(s)	Marie Louise Werth
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 47 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Viver senza tei", 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, Télévision suisse romande (TSR), on behalf of the SRG SSR, was the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, after their win at the previous edition with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" by Céline Dion. This was the first-ever entry performed in Romansh in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision

Concours Eurovision 1989

Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS) was in charge of staging the Swiss National final for the 1989 contest. The final was held at the Theater Casino in Zug, hosted by Raymond Fein. Ten songs were selected for the Swiss entry and the winner was selected by three regional juries representing each linguistic region of Switzerland (one from each SRG SSR broadcaster: DRS, TSR, TSI), a jury consisting of members of the press, and a jury consisting of music professionals.

Final – 18 February 1989
Draw	Artist	Song	Regional Juries			Press Jury	Expert Jury	Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	DRS	TSR	TSI	Press Jury	Expert Jury	Total	Place
1	Michel Villa	"Sur des musiques qui balancent"	8	7	8	7	4	34	4
2	Nadia Goj	"Una canzone per sognare"	7	6	5	8	10	36	3
3	Carl Nicolas	"Reisefieber"	5	5	7	4	7	28	5
4	Alexandra	"S'envoler pour ailleurs"	1	3	1	3	3	11	9
5	Chris Lorens	"Mutter Erde"	10	10	10	10	6	46	2
6	Pierrette Dufaux	"Coup d'assommoir"	3	4	3	2	2	14	8
7	Silvana Rezzonico	"Déjà vu"	2	1	2	1	1	7	10
8	Ann Lomar	"Wege in der Nacht"	6	8	4	5	5	28	5
9	Renato Mascetti	"La voce del mare"	4	2	6	6	8	26	7
10	Furbaz	"Viver senza tei"	12	12	12	12	12	60	1

At Eurovision

On the night Furbaz performed 18th in the running order, following Cyprus and preceding Greece. At the close of voting, "Viver senza tei" had picked up 47 points, placing Switzerland in 13th place out of 22 entries.^[1] As of 2024, "Viver senza tei" has been the only Swiss song in the competition to be sung in the Romansh language. The Swiss jury awarded its 12 points to Greece.

The Swiss entry was conducted at the contest by the musical director Benoît Kaufman.

Voting

Points awarded to Switzerland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	Turkey United Kingdom
7 points	Iceland
6 points
5 points
4 points	Israel Italy
3 points	Portugal
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Austria

Points awarded by Switzerland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Greece
10 points	Spain
8 points	Austria
7 points	Israel
6 points	Germany
5 points	Yugoslavia
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Sweden
2 points	Italy
1 point	Norway

References

^ "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

(in French) Swiss National Final 1989

[1] "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1989detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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