Gjon's Tears

Gjon Muharremaj (born: ), known professionally as Gjon's Tears, is a Swiss singer and songwriter.
==History==
===Early life===
Muharremaj was born on June 29, 1998 in Saanen, Bern, Switzerlandhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230126165216/https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/je-veux-rendre-mon-grand-pere-fier-339786 to a Kosovo-Albanian father from Gjinoc, part of Suharekëhttps://web.archive.org/web/20220308151411/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvKR8BMEEQ, municipality in Kosovo, and an Albanian mother from Tirana, Albania.https://web.archive.org/web/20240715195553/https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2021/audio/suisse-kosovo-2-5-comme-un-oiseau-25766024.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200819001908/https://www.teksteshqip.com/gjon-muharremaj/biografiahttps://web.archive.org/web/20201025162653/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/artist/gjons-tears/https://web.archive.org/web/20201023060014/https://www.laliberte.ch/info-regionale/concours/le-fribourgeois-gjon-s-tears-representera-la-suisse-a-l-eurovision-556180
==Career==
At the age of 12, he participated in the first season of Albanians Got Talent, placing third in the final.https://web.archive.org/web/20210224182154/https://eurovision.tv/story/switzerland-chooses-gjons-tears-for-eurovision-2020https://web.archive.org/web/20190527114733/https://telegrafi.com/gjon-muharremaj-shqiptari-qe-befasoi-jurine-e-voice-ne-france-zerin-e-tij/ A year later, he reached the semi-final of Die grössten Schweizer Talente, the Swiss version of Got Talent.https://web.archive.org/web/20200305133733/https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/eurovision-song-contest/das-ist-unser-esc-kandidat-gjon-s-tears
His debut album The Game was released on April 28, 2023.https://web.archive.org/web/20240715192855/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/04/30/new-music-blanca-paloma-cornelia-jakobs-gjons-tears-and-more/277051/
===Eurovision Song Contest===
Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR announced Gjon's Tears as the country's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with "Répondez-moi" in March 2020, but the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.https://web.archive.org/web/20200408073040/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-in-rotterdam-is-cancelled
However, the broadcaster announced that he would represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with a new song titled, "Tout l’univers", which was released on March 10, 2021.https://web.archive.org/web/20210208202452/https://wiwibloggs.com/2020/03/20/gjons-tears-confirmed-as-switzerlands-eurovision-2021-act/252304/ "Tout l'univers" placed first in its semi-final. In the final, it won the jury vote and came sixth in the televote. Switzerland was placed third overall, at the time the best placing for Switzerland since 1993.https://web.archive.org/web/20220621202242/https://eurovision.tv/country/switzerland It was behind France and eventual winner Italy.
==References==
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