Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997


Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Dentro di me", written and performed by. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, selected its entry through an internal selection.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation held an internal selection to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. Since, the broadcaster selected its entries for Eurovision internally due to the low publicity and high expenses on their national finals.
The internal selection took place on 19 February in Zurich, where nine songs were presented after presumably being shortlisted, with three songs in French and German, two in Italian, and one in Romansh. It is unknown how many total songs were submitted.
On the following day, it was first reported that the selected song was "Dentro di me," written and performed by. Both songs in Italian are known and their results are listed in the chart below.

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, held at the Point Theatre in Dublin, the Swiss entry was the seventh entry of the night following and preceding the. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Pietro Damiani. At the close of voting, Switzerland had only received 5 points in total; finishing in twenty-second place out of twenty-five countries.

Voting

This year, a new "televoting" system was introduced, in which five countries had their viewers vote their favorite songs from their country rather than those countries using jurors. The countries that utilized the new televote system were,,, the, and Switzerland. The remaining participating broadcasters still assembled a jury panel with at least eleven members. All countries awarded 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their top ten songs.
ScoreCountry
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

ScoreCountry
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point