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Switzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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{{Infobox song contest country

| Name = Switzerland

| Contest = JESC

| Broadcaster = Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)

| Apps = 1

| First = {{Escyr|2004|Junior}}

| Last = {{Escyr|2004|Junior}}

| Highest = 16th: {{Escyr|2004|Junior}}

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Switzerland participated once in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in {{Escyr|2004|J}}. Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI), a member organization of the multilingual Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), were responsible for the selection process of their participation. The only representative to participate for the nation was Demis Mirarchi with the song "{{lang|it|Birichino|i=unset}}", which finished in sixteenth place out of eighteen participating entries, achieving a score of four points. Switzerland did not compete in subsequent editions due to financial difficulties.

History

Italian-language broadcaster RTSI decided early on that due to budget issues, the winner of the 2002 local children's song contest {{lang|it|Mara e Meo}} would represent the country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Although the EBU's rules at the time prohibited professional singers from entering, according to RTSI, the EBU had made an exception.{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/3103|title=RTSI: 'EBU accepted Swiss Junior entry'|last=Philips|first=Roel|date=2004-09-06|work=ESCToday|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041116211830/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/3103|archive-date=2004-11-16|url-status=dead}} Despite not being responsible for the country's entry, German and French-language broadcasters SRF and RTS relayed the contest with native language commentary.

The following year, due to financial difficulties, RTSI announced that they would be unable to participate in the contest without the participation of other broadcasters in Switzerland and the funding of the SRG SSR.{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/4666|title=No Switzerland at 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest|last=Philips|first=Roel|date=2005-06-01|work=ESCToday|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515030640/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/4666|archive-date=2006-05-15|url-status=dead}} RTSI reaffirmed this decision to press in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://eurovoix.com/2016/07/05/jesc16-czech-republic-switzerland-will-not-compete/|title=JESC'2016: Czech Republic and Switzerland will not compete|last=Granger|first=Anthony|date=5 July 2016|work=Eurovoix}}

Participation overview

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Language

! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Place

! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2004|Junior}}

| Demis Mirarchi

| "{{lang|it|Birichino|i=unset}}"

| Italian

| style="text-align:center;" | 16

| style="text-align:center;" | 4

Commentators and spokespeople

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The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.{{cite web|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=tonight_junior_eurovision_song_contest_2015|title=Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!|last=Fisher|first=Luke James|work=Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015|date=21 November 2015|accessdate=21 November 2015}} The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, SRG SSR, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the French, German, and Italian languages. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Switzerland. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2004.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!rowspan="2"|Year

!colspan="3"|Commentator

!rowspan="2"|Spokesperson

!rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

SRF

!RTS

!RSI

scope="row"|{{Escyr|2004|Junior}}

| {{ill|Roman Kilchsperger|de}} (SF2)

| {{ill|Marie-Thérèse Porchet|fr}} (TSR 2)

| Claudio Lazzarino and Daniele Rauseo (TSI 1)

| Gaia Bertoncini

|

scope="row"|{{Escyr|2005|Junior}}–{{Escyr|2024|Junior}}

|{{N/A|No broadcast}}

|colspan=3 {{N/A|Did not participate}}

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See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}

Category:Countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Category:Music of Switzerland