Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 explained

Year:1984
Country:Switzerland
Preselection:Concours Eurovision 1984
Preselection Date:4 February 1984
Entrant:Rainy Day
Song:Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?
Final Result:17th, 30 points

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
DrawArtistSongRegional
Jury
Press
Jury
Expert
Jury
TotalPlace
1Nando Morandi and Mauro Monti"Liberi"485175
2Andy L."Musica"771156
3Milo and Pina"Piccola sarà"12259
4Martin Richard Trio"(Je veux) vivre d'amour"33398
5Carol Rich"Tokyo-boy"517137
6Manuela Felice"Wo die Lieder sind"1044183
7Krypton"Per te"2108202
8Arlette Zola"Emporte-moi"666183
9Rainy Day"Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"8610241
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
DrawSongDRSTSRTSITotalPoints
1"Liberi"545144
2"Musica"887237
3"Piccola sarà"11131
4"(Je veux) vivre d'amour"733133
5"Tokyo-boy"654155
6"Wo die Lieder sind"510102510
7"Per te"23272
8"Emporte-moi"376166
9"Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"1068248

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Luxembourg 1984 . European Broadcasting Union . 15 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210415195208/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1984/final/results . 15 April 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984 . European Broadcasting Union . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416072228/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1984/final/results/switzerland . 16 April 2021 . live.