Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Switzerland was represented by Piero Esteriore and Music Stars in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Celebrate".
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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Country | Switzerland | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Eurosong 2004 | |||
Selection date(s) | 6 March 2004 | |||
Selected entrant | Piero Esteriore & The Music Stars | |||
Selected song | "Celebrate" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (22nd, 0 points) | |||
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Eurosong 2004
Eurosong 2004 was the Swiss national final format that selected Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The national final was a collaboration between three broadcasters in Switzerland: the Swiss-German broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen (DRS), the Swiss-French broadcaster Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (TSI).
Selection process
The selection process took place in two stages before the finalists for the live show and ultimately the winner are selected. The first stage of the competition included DRS, TSR and TSI each conducting varying selections in order to determine the candidates they submitted for the second stage of the competition. Each broadcaster submitted four candidates and the twelve artists and songs proceed to the second stage, the televised national final, where the winning artist and song was selected to represent Switzerland in Istanbul.
DRS selection
The top four contestants of the casting show MusicStar were selected by DRS for the national final. The four candidates selected from the DRS selection for the national final were "Something New" performed by Carmen Fenk, "The Ghost of You" performed by Daniela Brun, "By Your Side" performed by Mario Pacchioli and "Celebrate" performed by Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars.
Contestant | Place finished (Overall ranking) |
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Carmen Fenk | 1st |
Mario Pacchioli | 2nd |
Piero Esteriore | 3rd |
Daniela Brun | 4th |
Sergio Luvualu | 5th |
Sebastian Burgin | 6th |
Tina Masafret | 7th |
Kathy Winter | 8th |
Claudio Naef | 9th |
Sabrina Auer | 10th |
TSR selection
Following an internal selection, the four candidates selected from the TSR selection for the national final were "Le monde danse" performed by Caroline Agostinio, "L'île de lumière" performed by Fanny, "Je rêve d'un monde" performed by Lorenzo Marra and "Fly Away" performed by Tiffen.
TSI selection
Following an internal selection, the four candidates selected from the TSI selection for the national final were "You Are Pretty" performed by A-live, "Dove nascono gli amori" performed by Antonella Lafortezza, "Heb ab" performed by Irina and "Sicuramente uomini" performed by Mauro Sabbioni.
National final
Eurosong 2004 took place on 6 March 2004 at the TSR studios in Geneva, hosted by Jean-Marc Richard.[1] The winner was selected over two rounds of regional televoting. In the first round, the top six were selected to advance to the second round. In the second round, the results of the first round were aggregated to the second and "Celebrate" performed by Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars were selected as the winners.[2]
First Round – 6 March 2004 | |||||
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Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Composer(s) | Points | Place |
1 | Tiffen | "Fly Away" | Runge Soren, Annika Askman | 17 | 7 |
2 | Mauro Sabbioni | "Sicuramente uomini" (Men for sure) | Mauro Sabbioni | 16 | 9 |
3 | Carmen Fenk | "Something New" | Signorino TJ | 23 | 5 |
4 | Lorenzo Marra | "Je rêve d'un monde" (I dream of a world) | Lorenzo Marra, Laurent Rima, Frederic Vonlanthen | 14 | 10 |
5 | Daniela Brun | "The Ghost of You" | David Holler, Urs Wiesendanger | 17 | 7 |
6 | Fanny | "L'île de lumière" (The island of light) | Daniel Beaux, Benoït Kaufmann | 13 | 11 |
7 | Mario Pacchioli | "By Your Side" | Mario Pacchioli, Ricardo Sanz | 26 | 2 |
8 | Irina | "Heb ab" (Take off) | Irene Zwahlen, Jürg Walter | 10 | 12 |
9 | A-live | "You Are Pretty" | Peter Zehnder | 26 | 2 |
10 | Antonella Lafortezza | "Dove nascono gli amori" (Where love affairs are born) | Claudio Lazzarino, Antonio Lovecchio | 21 | 6 |
11 | Caroline Agostinio | "Le monde danse" (The world dances) | Régis Mounir | 24 | 4 |
12 | Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars | "Celebrate" | Greg Manning | 27 | 1 |
Second Round – 6 March 2004 | ||||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | First Round |
Second Round |
Total | Place |
1 | Carmen Fenk | "Something New" | 23 | 3 | 26 | 5 |
2 | Mario Pacchioli | "By Your Side" | 26 | 10 | 36 | 2 |
3 | A-live | "You Are Pretty" | 26 | 1 | 27 | 4 |
4 | Antonella Lafortezza | "Dove nascono gli amori" | 21 | 3 | 24 | 6 |
5 | Caroline Agostinio | "Le monde danse" | 24 | 5 | 29 | 3 |
6 | Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars | "Celebrate" | 27 | 11 | 38 | 1 |
At Eurovision
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Due to missing the 2003 contest, Switzerland had to compete in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest. The singer had a very subtle performance with simple choreography. They performed third, following Belarus and preceding the Latvia the song finished last with 0 points at the semi-final. Therefore, Switzerland had to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2005.
Points awarded to Switzerland
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Switzerland
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