# Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song "Mein Ruf nach dir", written by Pepe Ederer, and performed by Piera Martell. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.

## Before Eurovision
### Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1974

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. The broadcaster received 68 total song submissions (four of which were invalid), and ultimately selected eight to take part in the selection, with three being performed in French and German, and two in Italian. Among the participants were Peter, Sue & Marc— who represented Switzerland in 1971, and would repeat this in 1976, 1979, and 1981.
Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS) staged the national final on 24 January 1974 at 21:00 CET in Zürich. It was presented by Liselotte Pulver and Guido Baumann [de], with Hans Moeckel [de] conducting the orchestra.
Participating entries :
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Songwriter(s) | Language |
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Composer | Lyricist | Language |
| 1 | Pierre Bardin | "Je veux vivre" | Beat Graf | Michel Neuville | French |
| 2 | Marisa Frigerio | "È l'amore" | Marisa Frigerio | Marisa Frigerio | Italian |
| 3 | Peter, Sue & Marc | "Frei" | Peter Reber [de] | Peter Reber [de] | German |
| 4 | Françoise Rime | "On se dira toujours "je t'aime"" | Pierre Alain | Pierre Alain | French |
| 5 | Gil & Leonia | "A Tucicabu" | Mario Robbiani | Mario Robbiani | Italian |
| 6 | Linda | "Ein Wort von dir, ein Wort von mir" | Arthur Paul Huber | Arthur Paul Huber | German |
| 7 | Tatjana | "La vague de la mer" | Eugène Tiel | François Heller | French |
| 8 | Piera Martell | "Mein Ruf nach dir" | Pepe Ederer | Pepe Ederer | German |
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), a press jury, and an "expert" jury. The votes were delivered in rankings, rather than points. The results and winner were announced live on television on 11 February. The winner was the song "Mein Ruf nach dir" performed by Piera Martell, written by Pepe Ederer.
Final — 24 January 1974 :
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Regional Juries | Regional Juries | Regional Juries | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place |
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | DRS | TSR | TSI | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place |
| 1 | Pierre Bardin | "Je veux vivre" | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
| 2 | Marisa Frigerio | "È l'amore" | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Peter, Sue & Marc | "Frei" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | Françoise Rime | "On se dira toujours "je t'aime"" | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 5 |
| 5 | Gil & Leonia | "A Tucicabu" | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 3 |
| 6 | Linda | "Ein Wort von dir, ein Wort von mir" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 8 |
| 7 | Tatjana | "La vague de la mer" | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 6 |
| 8 | Piera Martell | "Mein Ruf nach dir" | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |

## At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, held at The Dome in Brighton, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night following Germany and preceding Portugal. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Pepe Ederer, the composer of the song. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received three points in total; finishing in joint fourteenth (last) place out of seventeen countries.

### Voting

Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel. Every jury member could give one point to their favourite song. This would be the last time this voting system was used, as the 12, 10, 8-1 voting system would be introduced the following year.