This afternoon at 13:00 CET the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be revealed.
Switzerland will be the latest country to reveal its entry for the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest today. The entry was chosen by two juries; a 100-person panel made up of Swiss viewers and an international Eurovision Expert jury, which was made up of people who have either competed as a singer or a songwriter or have been a member of a national jury at Eurovision. Each jury made up 50% of the total result.
The Eurovision Expert jurors were:
- Pete Watson – United Kingdom
- Mark De-Lisser – United Kingdom
- Henrik Johnsson – Sweden
- Grzegorz Urban – Poland
- Argyro Christodoulides – Cyprus
- Amie Borgar – Finland
- Gore Melian – Armenia
- Ilinca – Represented Romania at Eurovision 2017
- Ludmila Kuts – Backing singer for Belarus in 2011
- Milan Havrda – Czech Republic
- Julian le Play – Austria
- Samuli Väänänen – Finland
- PAENDA – Represented Austria at Eurovision 2019
- Florent Luyckx – Netherlands
- Karl-Ander Reismann – Estonia
- Ovidiu Jacobsen – Represented Romania at Eurovision 2010 & 2014
- Deivydas Zvonkus – Lithuania
- Anders Øhrstrøm – Denmark
- Helga Möller – Represented Iceland at Eurovision 1986
- Tinkara Kovač – Represented Slovenia at Eurovision 2014
- Maria Marcus – Sweden
- Alexey Gross – Belarus
- Gordon Groothedde – Netherlands
Gjon’s Tears finished third for Switzerland at Eurovision 2021 with “Tout l’univers”. This is the nation’s best result since finishing 3rd in 1993. Switzerland won the jury vote in the final with 267 points and placed 6th with the public with 165 points.
Image source: EBU/THOMAS HANSES