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Switzerland in 1998
Gunvor
Song
Lass ihn
Gunvor Guggisberg
Composer(s)
Gunvor Guggisberg/Egon Egemann
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Biography
Gunvor Guggisberg has a role model in Céline Dion who successfully won the Eurovision Song Contest 10 years ago. Gunvor (23), who owes her unusual name to her Swedish-Italian origins, is the singer, writer and composer (with Egon Egemann) of this year's Swiss entry. A Swiss tap-dancing champion seven times over, Gunvor has won numerous awards in Switzerland ('Goldenes Mikrophon' first prizes) and she was the clear winner in the Swiss choice for the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest entry.
Egon Egemann has always sought his own unique ways of reaching his listeners' hearts. His current CD Gegen den Strom (Against the Current) has been favourably received by critics and public alike. Whether as a Conservatory student, a 'big band' musician or with the great successes he has enjoyed with his violin, quality has been his hallmark. Other artists enjoy working alongside him as lyric-writer or composer. And it is as co-composer, arranger and producer that Egon Egemann has contributed to this year's Swiss entry. Accompanying Gunvor for this year's show, this is the second time Egon can be seen as a performer on the Eurovision stage: he also performed 1990's Swiss entry Musik Klingt In Die Welt Hinaus. [Notes from the Official 1998 Programme by the BBC]
Country profile
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History
We are currently updating our country history pages and therefore, they are temporarily unavailable! How many times they won? Who represented the country in 1960? This and a lot more is available in the history section soon!
All Participations for Switzerland
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 2008 | Paolo Meneguzzi | Era stupendo | 47 | 13 |
| 2007 | DJ BoBo | Vampires are alive | 40 | 20 |
| 2006 | Six4One | If we all give a little | 30 | 16 |
| 2005 | Vanilla Ninja | Cool vibes | 128 | 8 |
| 2005 | Vanilla Ninja | Cool vibes | 114 | 8 |
| 2004 | Piero Esteriore & the MusicStars | Celebrate | 0 | 22 |
| 2002 | Francine Jordi | Dans le jardin de mon âme | 15 | 22 |
| 2000 | Jane Bogaert | La vita cos'è? | 14 | 20 |
| 1998 | Gunvor | Lass ihn | 0 | 25 |
| 1997 | Barbara Berta | Dentro di me | 5 | 22 |
| 1996 | Cathy Leander | Mon coeur l'aime | 22 | 16 |
| 1994 | Duilio | Sto pregando | 15 | 19 |
| 1993 | Annie Cotton | Moi, tout simplement | 148 | 3 |
| 1992 | 0 | 23 | ||
| 1991 | Sandra Simò | Canzone per te | 118 | 5 |
| 1990 | Egon Egemann | Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus | 51 | 11 |
| 1989 | Furbaz | Viver senza tei | 47 | 13 |
| 1988 | Céline Dion | Ne partez pas sans moi | 137 | 1 |
| 1987 | Carole Rich | Moitié moitié | 26 | 17 |
| 1986 | Daniela Simons | Pas pour moi | 140 | 2 |
| 1985 | Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini | Piano piano | 39 | 12 |
| 1984 | Rainy Day | Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein | 30 | 16 |
| 1983 | Mariella Farré | Io così non ci sto | 28 | 15 |
| 1982 | Arlette Zola | Amour on t'aime | 97 | 3 |
| 1981 | Peter, Sue and Marc | Io senza tei | 121 | 4 |
| 1980 | Paola | Cinéma | 104 | 4 |
| 1979 | Peter, Sue and Marc and Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri | Trödler und Co. | 60 | 10 |
| 1978 | Carole Vinci | Vivre | 65 | 9 |
| 1977 | Pepe Lienhard Band | Swiss lady | 71 | 6 |
| 1976 | Peter, Sue and Marc | Djambo, Djambo | 91 | 4 |
| 1975 | Simone Drexel | Mikado | 77 | 6 |
| 1974 | Piera Martell | Mein Ruf nach dir | 3 | 14 |
| 1973 | Patrick Juvet | Je me vais marier, Marie | 79 | 12 |
| 1972 | Véronique Müller | C'est la chanson de mon amour | 88 | 8 |
| 1971 | Peter, Sue and Marc | Les illusions de nos vingt ans | 78 | 12 |
| 1970 | Henri Dès | Retour | 8 | 4 |
| 1969 | Paola del Medico | Bonjour, bonjour | 13 | 5 |
| 1968 | Gianni Mascolo | Guardando il sole | 2 | 13 |
| 1967 | Géraldine | Quel coeur vas-tu briser? | 0 | 17 |
| 1966 | Madeleine Pascal | Ne vois-tu pas? | 12 | 6 |
| 1965 | Yovanna | Non à jamais sans toi | 8 | 8 |
| 1964 | Anita Traversi | I miei pensieri | 0 | 13 |
| 1963 | Esther Ofarim | T'en va pas | 40 | 2 |
| 1962 | Jean Philippe | Le retour | 2 | 10 |
| 1961 | Franca di Rienzo | Nous aurons demain | 16 | 3 |
| 1960 | Anita Traversi | Cielo e terra | 5 | 8 |
| 1959 | Christa Williams | Irgendwoher | 14 | 4 |
| 1958 | Lys Assia | Giorgio | 24 | 2 |
| 1957 | Lys Assia | L'enfant que j'étais | 5 | 9 |
| 1956 | Lys Assia | Das alte Karussell | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Lys Assia | Refrain | 1 | 1 |
