Switzerland: Swiss entry and act for Eurovision 2022 will be revealed on 8th March

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The Swiss broadcaster, SRF, will reveal its entry and act in Turin on 8th March. The announcement was done on SRF social accounts this Tuesday. As SRF explained on the post, the official videoclip will be released the same day.

Following the format of the last editions, the internal selection was done with the votes of a demoscopic jury of 100 swiss viewers and a international expert jury to the 50%. That expert jury was composed by competing singers or songwriters in Eurovision or a national final, or have been members of a national jury for the contest. The demoscopic jury was chosen to represent the taste of the typical Eurovision viewer.

The expert jury was composed as follows:

  • Pete Watson (United Kingdom)
  • Mark De-Lisser (United Kingdom)
  • Henrik Johnsson (Sweden)
  • Grzegorz Urban (Poland)
  • Argyro Christodoulides (Cyprus)
  • Amie Borgar (Finland)
  • Gore Melian (Armenia)
  • Ilinca (Romanian representative at Eurovision 2017)
  • Ludmila Kuts (backing singer for Belarus in 2011)
  • Milan Havrda (Czech Republic)
  • Julian le Play (Austria)
  • Samuli Väänänen (Finland)
  • PAENDA (Austrian representative at Eurovision 2019)
  • Florent Luyckx (Netherlands)
  • Karl-Ander Reismann (Estonia)
  • Ovidiu Jacobsen (Romanian representative at Eurovision 2010 and 2014)
  • Deivydas Zvonkus (Lithuania)
  • Anders Øhrstrøm (Denmark)
  • Helga Möller (Icelandic representative at Eurovision 1986)
  • Tinkara Kovač (Slovenian representative at Eurovision 2014)
  • Maria Marcus (Sweden)
  • Alexey Gross (Belarus)
  • Gordon Groothedde (Netherlands)

Using this format Switzerland has got the 4th place in Eurovision 2019 with Luca Hänni and a 3rd place in Eurovision 2021 with Gjon’s Tears.