Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Concours Eurovision 1985
Selection date(s)	23 February 1985
Selected entrant	Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini
Selected song	"Piano, Piano"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 39 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1984 • 1985 • 1986►

Switzerland was represented by Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini with the song "Piano, Piano" (Slowly, slowly) at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden on 4 May. Farré and Gasparini won the right to represent Switzerland, from winning the National Final which took place on 23 February 1985.

National Final

Swiss-French broadcaster TSR was in charge of broadcasting the selection for the Swiss entry for the 1985 Contest. The national final was held at the studios of TSR in Genève, hosted by Serge Moisson. Nine songs were submitted for the 1985 national final and the winning song was submitted by 3 regional juries (DRS, TSR, TSI), a press jury, and a jury of experts.

Swiss National Final - 23 February 1985

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Rainy Day	Gioventù	30	4
2	Nicki Nicolas	Je n'aime que toi	8	9
3	Mariella Farré	Oh, mein Pierrot	22	7
4	Friends	Europeo	21	8
5	Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini	"Piano, Piano"	35	1
6	Arlette Zola	Aime-moi	31	3
7	Daniela Simons	Repars à zéro	32	2
8	Swiss Singers	Der kuckuck	27	5
9	Renato Mascetti	Una notte a Casablanca	24	6

Jury Votes

Song	DRS	TSR	TSI	Press	Experts	Total
Gioventù	3	5	8	8	6	30
Je n'aime que toi	1	3	1	2	1	8
Oh, mein Pierrot	5	4	2	6	5	22
Europeo	4	2	4	3	8	21
Piano piano	8	7	6	10	4	35
Aime-moi	7	8	7	7	2	31
Repars à zéro	6	6	5	5	10	32
Der Kuckuck	10	10	3	1	3	27
Una notte a Casablanca	2	1	10	4	7	24

• Other participants included past Swiss representative Rainy Day, who had previously represented Switzerland the year before. Both Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini had previously represented Switzerland: Farré represented Switzerland at the 1983 Contest whilst Gasparini had represented Switzerland at the 1977 Contest alongside the Pepe Lienhard Band.

At Eurovision

On the night Farré and Gasparini performed 16th on the night, following the United Kingdom and preceding Sweden. At the close of voting Switzerland had picked up 39 points (highest mark awarded was six points from Turkey and Denmark) placing Switzerland in 12th place out of 19 entries. The Swiss jury awarded its 12 points to Turkey

External links

• (French) Swiss National Final 1985