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Switzerland in 2005
Vanilla Ninja
Song
Cool vibes
David Brandes
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David Brandes
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Internal selection
Swiss broadcaster SF DRS only accepted candidates who had reached the charts in Switzerland and internally selected the Estonian band Vanilla Ninja to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with a song written by Switzerland born David Brand
Biography
In late October 2004, representatives of Swiss public regional broadcasters SF DRS, TSR and TSI reviewed the entries for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and came to a unanimous decision: Switzerland will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev by the Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja. Producer and songwriter is Basel-born David Brandes.
David Brandes has been working with Vanilla Ninja since the summer of 2003 and has written every one of the band's hits. A songwriter, composer and producer, Brandes was chosen not only on the basis of his musical track-record but also because of his links with Switzerland – he was born in Basel and went to school in Ettingen, Canton Basel-Land.
Vanilla Ninja, comprising Piret, Katrin, Lenna and Triinu, have enjoyed enormous success throughout Europe and especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Their album ‘Traces of Sadness’, for example, went straight in to the German charts at number three and has since gone gold.
This is not the first time that Switzerland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by an international artist – Canadian Céline Dion won the competition for Switzerland in 1988.
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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 | 0 | 18 |
| 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 |
