Switzerland: Remo Forrer selected for Eurovision 2023

• Remo Forrer will be flying the flag for Switzerland at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, UK.

  Following the announcement that the nation's act will be in public on March, 7 today we had the release of the artist to perform for Switzerland. Remo Forre has been internally selected to defend the Swiss colors in Eurovision 2023.  

   

   

  Remo stated for his entry and participation in the contest:

  "For me, Eurovision is one of the greatest things you can do. It has always been a dream and I am very happy that it is now becoming a reality!"

  “The song means a lot to me. It definitely has catchy tunes and has been following me for months. It demands everything from my voice. It goes from very low to very high.”

   

   

  A few words about Remo Forrer

  Remo was born in 2001 (21 years old) in Hemberg in northeastern Switzerland. He started having interest in music from a very young age and learned how to play piano, guitar and accordion. In 2020, he won the third season of The Voice of Switzerland. After that, he released his first single “Home”. In 2022, he also took part in the German show “Zeig uns Deine Stimme”.

  You can check one of his recent tracks below:

   

  Switzerland in Eurovision 

  Switzerland made its debut in the first  Eurovision Song Contest back in 1956 and won the same year with Lys Assia. It was not until 1988  when the country was crowned winner for the 2nd time with Celine Dion leaving in second place behind the United Kingdom only by a narrow margin of 1 point.

  In 2018 reached its 4th year of non qualifying results with the duo Zibbz and their song Stones. However in 2019 Luca Hänni made the difference for Switzerland as his entry “She Got me” not only managed to reach the grand final but achieved a 4th placing, the best result since 1993.

  In 2020 Gjon's Tears was set to represent the country with “Répondez-moi” but saw his Eurovision journey stay finish early as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. 

  In 2021 Gjon's Tears was invited back to repesent the country in Rotterdam with his entry “Tout L’Univers” which he performed in the second semi final on May 20, 2021 qualifying to the Grand final. The Swiss hopeful topped the jury voting scoreboard and finished eventually in the honorable 3rd place in the overall score with 432 points.

  Last year Marius Bear with his song "Boys Do Cry" placed 17th with 78 points completely by the jury.

   

  News Source: SRF/ Wikipedia

  Image: SRF/ Lukas Maeder

   

   

   

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Melina F.
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