Switzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The participation of Switzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began in Lillehammer, Norway, at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI), a member organisation 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 "Birichino", which finished in sixteenth place out of eighteen participating entries, achieving a score of four points. Switzerland withdrew from competing in the contest in 2005, and have yet to make their return to the contest.

Switzerland
Member station	RSI
National selection events	National Final Mara & Meo 2004
Participation summary
Appearances	1
First appearance	2004
Last appearance	2004
Best result	16th: 2004
Worst result	16th: 2004
External links
Switzerland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Switzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

History

Due to low budget, RTSI announced that the Swiss Mara e Meo contest would be used to select the Swiss Junior Eurovision entries from 2004 onwards.[1] However, due to financial difficulties, RTSI would be unable to participate in the contest without participation of other language broadcasters in Switzerland.[2] RSI confirmed on 5 July 2016 that they will not return to the contest in 2016 due to the cost of the participation.[3] RSI had previously confirmed their non-participation in 2014[4] and 2015.[5]

Participation

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2004	Demis Mirarchi	"Birichino"	Italian	16	4

Commentators and spokespersons

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.[6] 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.

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2004	German: Roman Kilchsperger (SF2) French: Marie-Thérèse Porchet (TSR 2) Italian: Claudio Lazzarino and Daniele Rauseo (TSI 1)	Gaia Bertoncini
2005–2020	No broadcast	Did not participate

See also

• Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• Switzerland in the Eurovision Dance Contest – Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
• Switzerland in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
• Switzerland in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.

References

1. Philips, Roel (2004-09-06). "RTSI: 'EBU accepted Swiss Junior entry'". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
2. Philips, Roel (2005-06-01). "No Switzerland at 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
3. Granger, Anthony (5 July 2016). "JESC'2016: Czech Republic and Switzerland will not compete". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
4. Granger, Anthony (27 May 2014). "Switzerland will not return to JESC in 2014". Eurovoix. RSI. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
5. Granger, Anthony (3 June 2015). "Switzerland: RSI Will Not Participate In JESC 2015". Eurovoix. RSI. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
6. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.