Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. The broadcaster received 96 total song submissions, and ultimately selected seven to take part in the selection on December 10 and 11, with four being performed in French, two in Italian, and one in German.^[1][2] Among the participants was Peter, Sue & Marc— who represented Switzerland in 1971, and would repeat this in 1976, 1979, and 1981.

Swiss French broadcaster Télévision suisse romande (TSR) staged the national final on 12 February 1975 at 21:15 CET in Geneva.^[3] It was presented by Heidi Abel, Claude Evelyne, and Daniela Grigioni, with Roger Volet conducting the orchestra.^[3] The national final was broadcast on TV DRS, TSR, TSI and on radio station RSR 1.^[3][4][5]

The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (DRS, TSR, TSI: German, French and Italian speaking, respectively) from February 12 to 16, a press jury, and a jury of music experts.^[1][6]

The results and winner were announced live on television on 21 February in Bern.^[6] The votes were delivered in rankings, rather than points. An estimate of 30,000 votes were cast by the public via postcard.^[7] For an unknown reason, the bottom four songs ranked by the press jury were converted into totals of 3.^[8] The winner was the song "Mikado" performed and written by Simone Drexel.

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At the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held at Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, the Swiss entry was the seventh entry of the night following Norway and preceding Yugoslavia. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Peter Jacques. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 77 points in total; finishing in sixth place out of nineteen countries.

Each participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel with at least eleven members. The jurors awarded 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their top ten songs. Until 1980, the votes were given in the order the awarded songs were performed in, rather than in ascending numerical order.

Points awarded to Switzerland[9] Score Country 12 points  Italy 10 points  France 8 points  Belgium 7 points  Netherlands  Turkey 6 points  Germany  Malta 5 points  Monaco  United Kingdom 4 points  Finland 3 points 2 points  Ireland  Luxembourg  Portugal 1 point  Norway

Points awarded by Switzerland[9] Score Country 12 points  Finland 10 points  Italy 8 points  United Kingdom 7 points  Ireland 6 points  Netherlands 5 points  Spain 4 points  Malta 3 points  France 2 points  Israel 1 point  Sweden