Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2013 was the third edition of the Swiss national final format that selected Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The national final was a collaboration between three broadcasters in Switzerland: the Swiss-German broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SF), the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI).

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 SF, RTS and RSI each conducting varying selections in order to determine the candidates they submitted for the second stage of the competition. SF submitted four candidates, RTS submitted three candidates and RSI submitted two candidates. The nine artists and songs proceed to the second stage, the televised national final, where the winning artist and song was selected to represent Switzerland in Malmö.[5]

The SF selection involved an online internet voting platform where interested artists could submit their songs and have them listed for public listening. The platform began accepting entries on 1 September 2012 and concluded on 8 October 2012.[6] 175 entries were submitted following the submission deadline, including entries from the first Eurovision winner Lys Assia, 1983 and 1985 Swiss entrant Mariella Farré, 1996, 2002 and 2005 Cypriot entrant Constantinos Christoforou, Dutch group LA The Voices (featuring Gordon Heuckeroth, 2009 Dutch entrant as part of De Toppers), 2011 Polish entrant Magdalena Tul, Spanish 2011 national final participant Melissa, German Popstars winner Leo Ritzmann and Swiss Got Talent winner Maya Wirz.[7][8][9][10][11] The internet votes were combined with the votes from an expert jury and on 12 November 2012, the top four entries for the national final were announced.[5] The four candidates selected from the SF selection were "Do the Monkey" performed by Anthony Bighead, "You and Me" performed by Heilsarmee, "Forever & a Day" performed by Jesse Ritch and "The Point of No Return" performed by Melissa.[12][13]

Following an internal selection by a selection committee, the three candidates selected from the RTS selection for the national final were announced on 5 November 2012: "J'avais rendez-vous" performed by Carrousel, "Lève-toi" performed by Nicolas Fraissinet and "On My Way" performed by Nill Klemm.[14][15]

RSI opened a submission period between 1 September 2012 and 30 September 2012 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries.[16] On 9 October 2012, a jury panel evaluated the entry submissions received and selected seven candidates for the regional final.[17] The winner of the regional singing competition Fattore Voce 2012, Sohaila El Shater, was given a wildcard entry to compete in the regional final, aired on radio channel RSI Rete Tre from the Lugano Living Room on 23 October 2012.[18] Public televoting and a jury panel selected "Bella sera" performed by Chiara Dubey and "Catch Me" performed by Ally respectively as the two candidates from the RSI selection for the national final.[19]

Die grosse Entscheidungs Show took place on 15 December 2012 at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen, hosted by Sven Epiney.[20] Public televoting solely selected "You and Me" performed by Heilsarmee as the winner.[5]