# Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "Moitié moitié", written by Jean-Jacques Egli, and performed by Carol Rich. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.

## Before Eurovision
### Regional preliminary rounds

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1987. Each division of SRG SSR — Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS), Swiss French broadcater Télévision suisse romande (TSR), and Swiss Italian broadcaster Televisione Svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) —, used its own method to select its entries for the final. Eligible songs were required to have been composed by songwriters from Switzerland or Liechtenstein, and the deadline for the song registration was on 10 October 1986.
SF DRS reported that due to low results in the previous Swiss selection, a jury would decide its three songs for the final. However, it is unknown how the remaining regional broadcasters selected their songs.

### Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone 1987: Finale Svizzera

TSI staged the national final on 31 January 1987 at 20:30 CET at its studios in Lugano. It was hosted by Letizia Brunati. The final was broadcast on TV DRS, TSR (with commentary by Serge Moisson [fr]), and TSI. Daniela Simmons — who represented Switzerland in 1986 —, made a guest appearance.
Ten songs were initially set to compete in the national final, with three songs in French, German, and Italian, and one in Romansh. Among the participants was Marc Dietrich [de] — who represented Switzerland in 1971, 1976, 1979, and 1981 as a member of Peter, Sue and Marc. Furbaz would later represent Switzerland in 1989. "Mit Musik bin ich niemals allein" by Annetta Philip was previously presented in the 1986 Swiss-German preliminary round. "Amoureux d'elle" by Claude Lander was later withdrawn due to the composers failing to present the song as it was in the Swiss-French selection.
Participating entries :
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Songwriter(s) | Songwriter(s) | Language |
| R/O | Artist(s) | Song | Composer | Lyricist | Language |
| 1 | Rita Nessi & I Team | "Dimentica" | Aldo Pitchen | Aldo Pitchen | Italian |
| 2 | Manuela Felice | "Die Liebe ist eine Reise" | Claudia FeliceManuela Felice | Manuela Felice | German |
| 3 | Paolo Monte | "Questa vida" | Renato Mascetti | Renato Mascetti | Italian |
| 4 | Carol Rich | "Moitié moitié" | Jean-Jacques Egli | Jean-Jacques Egli | French |
| 5 | Marc Dietrich [de] | "Nostradamus" | Peter Reber [de] | Peter Reber [de] | German |
| 6 | Gianni Maselli | "I giorni miei" | Anita Huguenin | Anita Huguenin | Italian |
| 7 | Pierre Alain and Atlas | "Les pianos de l'Atlantique" | Pierre Alain | Pierre Alain | French |
| 8 | Annetta Philip | "Mit Musik bin ich niemals allein" | Hazy Osterwald | Günter Loose [de] | German |
| 9 | Furbaz | "Da cumpignia" | Marie-Louise Werth | Marie-Louise Werth | Romansh |
| — | Claude Lander | "Amoureux d'elle" | Claude Lander | Alexandre Castel | French |
The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (SF DRS, TSR, TSI: German-Romansh, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and an "expert" jury. Applications for viewers to join the regional juries were sent via postcard until the week before the final, and 50 viewers from each canton were randomly selected to cast their votes to their broadcaster divisions via phone call. The winner was the song "Moitié, moitié", composed by Jean-Jacques Egli and performed by Carol Rich.
Participating entries :
| 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 | Rita Nessi and I Team | "Dimentica" | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| 2 | Manuela Felice | "Die Liebe ist eine Reise" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 4 |
| 3 | Paolo Monte | "Questa vita" | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Carol Rich | "Moitié, moitié" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 1 |
| 5 | Marc Dietrich [de] | "Nostradamus" | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 2 |
| 6 | Gianni Maselli | "I giorni miei" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 |
| 7 | Pierre Alain and Atlas | "Les pianos de l'Atlantique" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 5 |
| 8 | Anetta Philip | "Mit Musik bin ich niemals allein" | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 |
| 9 | Furbaz | "Da cumpignia" | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 3 |

## At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, held at the Centenary Palace in Brussels, the Swiss entry was the twenty-second and last entry of the night following Yugoslavia. For the first time, Switzerland did not send a conductor for their song. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 26 points in total; finishing in seventeenth place out of twenty-two countries.

### Voting

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.