| Timebelle | |
| Origin: | Bern, Switzerland |
| Current Members: | Miruna Mănescu Samuel Forster Emanuel Daniel Andriescu |
| Past Members: | Rade Mijatović Christoph Siegrist Sándor Török |
Timebelle is a Swiss-Romanian band from Bern, currently consisting of lead vocalist Miruna Mănescu, drummer Samuel Forster, and multi-instrumentalist Emanuel Daniel Andriescu. Past members include accordionist Rade Mijatović, guitarist Christoph Siegrist, and bassist Sándor Török. The band was formed as a five-member boyband while its members were students at the University of Bern.[1] [2] Shortly after, Mănescu was added to the group as a lead singer by their Romanian producer Mihai Alexandru.[3] The name of the band is derived from the Zytglogge which is one of the main sights of Bern.[4] While the band was formed in and is based in Switzerland, its members have hailed from Romania, Hungary, and Serbia, in addition to Switzerland.
The band represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Apollo" placing 12th in the 2nd Semi Final.[5] They previously attempted to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Singing About Love", but failed, placing second in the Swiss national final.[6]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWI [7] | ||||||||||||||
| "Singing About Love" | 2015 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Desperado" | — | Desperado | ||||||||||||
| "Are You Ready?" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Apollo" | 2017 | 37 | rowspan="12" | |||||||||||
| "Come Around" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Heartache" | 2018 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Tócame" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Movin On" | 2019 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Black Sea" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Beautiful People" | 2020 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Rápido" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Dopamina" | 2021 | — | ||||||||||||
| "About Us" | — | |||||||||||||
| "No Se Puede" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Barba" | — | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||