Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Participating broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Eurosong 2002
Selection date(s)	2 February 2002
Selected artist(s)	Francine Jordi
Selected song	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"
Selected songwriter(s)	Francine Jordi
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 15 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Dans le jardin de mon âme" written and performed by Francine Jordi. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final. The broadcaster returned to the contest after a one-year absence following its relegation from 2001 as one of the bottom six entrants in 2000. Eight entries performed during the national final on 2 February 2002 where two rounds of public voting ultimately selected "Dans le jardin" performed by Francine Jordi as the winner. The song was later retitled as "Dans le jardin de mon âme".

Switzerland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2002. Performing during the show in position 11, Switzerland placed twenty-second out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 22 points.

Background

Main article: Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2002 Contest, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland forty-two times since its first entry in 1956.^[1] It won that first edition of the contest with the song "Refrain" performed by Lys Assia. Its second victory was achieved in 1988 with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" performed by Canadian singer Céline Dion. In 2000 "La vita cos'è?" performed by Jane Bogaert placed 20th earning 14 points.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SRG SSR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has selected its entry for the contest through both national finals and internal selections in the past. Since 1998, it has opted to organize a national final in order to select its entry, a selection procedure it continued for its 2002 entry.^[2]

Before Eurovision

Eurosong 2002

Eurosong 2002 was the national final organised by SRG SSR to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.^[3] The national final featured entries from the three SRG SSR broadcasters: the Swiss-German/Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS), the Swiss-French broadcaster Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster, Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI).^[4] The show took place on 2 February 2002 at the Garage Music venue in Arbedo-Castione/Bellinzona, hosted by Milena Martelli and was televised on SF 2 with German commentary by Sandra Studer, TSI 1 and TSR 2 with French commentary by Jean-Marc Richard and Phil Mundwiller.^[5][6]

Competing entries

SF DRS, TSR, and TSI each opened a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 19 October 2001. Eligible artists were those that have a Swiss passport or are a resident in Switzerland.^[4] A total of 154 entries were submitted following the submission deadline; 58 were submitted to SF DRS, 60 were submitted to TSR and 36 were submitted to TSI.^[5] The nine artists and songs that qualified for the national final were announced on 13 November 2001.^[7][8] Prior to the competition, Camen withdrew his song "First Love", written by Pascal Camenzind and Martin Gisler, due to health issues.^[5]

Final

The final took place on 2 February 2002. The eight candidate songs in contention to represent Switzerland were performed and two rounds of televoting selected the winner. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to advance to the second round. In the second round, "Dans le jardin" performed by Francine Jordi was selected as the winner.^[9][10] In addition to the performances from the competing entries, the interval act featured a newly recorded performance of "O mein Papa" by Lys Assia.^[5]

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"	Francine Lehmann	—	—
3	Marc Neff and 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"	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

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 2001 contest competed in the final. On 9 November 2001, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Switzerland was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from Israel and before the entry from Sweden.^[11] Switzerland finished in twenty-second place with 15 points.^[12]

In Switzerland, three broadcasters that form SRG SSR aired both shows of the contest. Sandra Studer (who represented Switzerland in 1991) provided German commentary on SF DRS, Phil Mundwiller provided French commentary on TSR, while Jonathan Tedesco and Claudio Lazzarino provided Italian commentary on TSI. SRG SSR appointed Diana Jörg as its spokesperson to announce the Swiss votes during the show.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Switzerland and awarded by Switzerland in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Spain in the contest.

Points awarded to Switzerland[13] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points  Austria 4 points 3 points  France  Romania 2 points  Germany 1 point  Latvia  Slovenia

Points awarded by Switzerland[13] Score Country 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

References

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5. "Eurosong 2002". OGAE Switzerland (in German). Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
6. "In diretta da Arbedo Castione la finale svizzera". rtsi.ch (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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9. "Francine Jordi reist an den Concours Eurovision". swissinfo.ch (in German). 2 February 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
10. "A Tallinn andrà Francine Jordi". rtsi.ch (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
11. "Rules of Eurovision Song Contest 2002" (PDF). Myledbury. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
12. "Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
13. "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links

• Swiss National Final 2002