Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Performing during the show in position 4, "Boys Do Cry" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May.Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi".In 2005, the internal selection of Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja, performing the song "Cool Vibes", qualified Switzerland to the final where they placed 8th.After returning to an internal selection in 2019, Switzerland has managed to qualify to the final in both contests they participated in since and yielded two top five results, including in 2021, when Gjon's Tears and his song "Tout l'univers" placed third.[3][4] Songs shortlisted from the received submissions were then tested by their music producers with various artists and the combination of a 100-member public panel (50%) and the votes of a 23-member international expert jury (50%) selected the Swiss entry."[10] Marius Bear specifically promoted "Boys Do Cry" as the Swiss Eurovision entry on 16 April 2022 by performing during the PrePartyES 2022 event which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Ruth Lorenzo.[11] On 19 March, Marius Bear recorded his 'live-on-tape' performance in Sofia, Bulgaria, which would have been used in the event that he was unable to travel to Turin, or subjected to quarantine on arrival.[12] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.[36][37] The Swiss jury consisted of Anna Känzig, Elias Bertini, Sandro Dietrich, Veronica Tracchia, and Yvan Franel.
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