# Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Je vais me marier, Marie", written by Pierre Delanoë, and performed and composed by Patrick Juvet. 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 1973

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. The broadcaster received 61 total song submissions, and ultimately selected ten to take part in the selection, with five songs being performed in French, three in German, and two in Italian. Among the participants were Henri Dès— who represented Switzerland in 1970– and Peter, Sue and Marc— who represented Switzerland in 1971, and would repeat this in 1976, 1979, and 1981. On 30 January, "Bitte glaub es nicht" by Monica Morell was disqualified, due to its songwriter, Pepe Ederer, not having Swiss citizenship.
Prior to the national final, the nine participating songs were broadcast on television in the form of music videos, starting on 1 February for the public to vote for via postcard until 12 February at midnight.
Swiss French broadcaster Télévision suisse romande (TSR) staged the national final on 17 January 1973 at 20:00 CET in Bern. It was presented by Georges Hardy [fr].
Participating entries :
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Songwriter(s) | Language |
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Composer | Lyricist | Language |
| 1 | Mady Rudaz | "Le vent qui sufflait ce matin" | Stuff Combe | Jean-Jacques Egli | French |
| 2 | Michel Bühler | "L'amour s'en vient, l'amour s'en va" | Michel Bühler | Michel Bühler | French |
| 3 | Henri Dès | "Quand on revient d'ailleurs" | Henri Dès | Henri Dès | French |
| 4 | Patrick Juvet | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | Patrick Juvet | Pierre Delanoë | French |
| 5 | Britt Tobler | "Lass der Jungend ihre Liebe" | Pepe Ederer | Britt Tobler | German |
| 6 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Es kommt ein Tag" | Peter Reber [de] | Peter Reber [de] | German |
| 7 | Claude Prélo | "Si tu t'en vas" | Claude PréloMirta Campana | Claude Prélo | French |
| 8 | Gil & Leonia | "Brakata-Tunga" | Mario Robbiani | François HellerGeorges Pilloud [de]Marzio Negrini | Italian |
| 9 | Yor Milano [it] | "Il vecchio orologio" | Mario Robbiani | Yor Milano [it] | Italian |
| 10 | Monica Morell | "Bitte glaub es nicht" | Pepe Ederer | Pepe Ederer | German |
The voting consisted of public votes, a press jury, and an "expert" jury. The votes were delivered in rankings, rather than points. The winner was the song "Je vais me marier, Marie" performed by Patrick Juvet, written by Pierre Delanoë, and composed by Juvet himself.
Final — 17 February 1973 :
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Public | Press Jury | Expert Jury | Total | Place |
| 1 | Mady Rudaz | "Le vent qui sufflait ce matin" | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 |
| 2 | Michel Bühler | "L'amour s'en vient, l'amour s'en va" | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | Henri Dès | "Quand on revient d'ailleurs" | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| 4 | Patrick Juvet | "Je vais me marier, Marie" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Britt Tobler | "Lass der Jungend ihre Liebe" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Es kommt ein Tag" | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| 7 | Claude Prélo | "Si tu t'en vas" | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 7 |
| 8 | Gil & Leonia | "Brakata-Tunga" | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 |
| 9 | Yor Milano [it] | "Il vecchio orologio" | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 |

## At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, held at the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg, the Swiss entry was the eighth entry of the night following Spain and preceding Yugoslavia. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Hervé Roy. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 79 points in total; finishing in twelfth place out of eighteen countries.

### Voting

Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one aged between 16 and 25 and one aged between 26 and 55, with at least 10 years between their ages. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song (other than the song from their own country) immediately after it was performed and the votes were collected and counted as soon as they were cast. All jury members were located at Villa Louvigny CLT studios, watched the show on television from there, and appeared on screen to confirm their scores after all songs were performed.