Egon Egemann

• Year — 1990 • Broadcaster — Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) • Country — Switzerland • Selection Process — Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone: Finale Svizzera • Selection Date — 24 February 1990 • Song — Musik klingt in die welt hinaus • Artist — Egon Egemann • Writer — Cornelia Lackner • Writer Single — y • Final Result — 11th, 51 points

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. Each division of SRG SSR — Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SF DRS), Swiss French broadcaster Télévision suisse romande (TSR), and Swiss Italian broadcaster Televisione Svizzera di lingua italiana (TSI) — used its own method to select its entries for the final. Eligible songs were required to have been composed by songwriters from Switzerland or Liechtenstein. It is unknown how the regional broadcasters selected their songs, but 136 total songs were submitted (with 11 being invalid), of which eight were selected: three each in French and Italian, and two in German.

TSI staged the national final on 24 February 1990 at 20:20 CET at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano. It was hosted by Emanuela Gaggini. The national final was broadcast on TSI, TV DRS (with commentary by Beat Antenen), and TSR (with commentary by Serge Moisson). Lys Assia, who won Eurovision for Switzerland and also represented the country in Switzerland and Switzerland; Furbaz, who represented Switzerland; and Les Frères Taquins made guest appearances. Among the participants were Sylvie, who would later represent France as Nayah, and Sandra Simó, who would later represent Switzerland. Participating entries • Broadcaster — Artist(s) — Song — Songwriter(s) — Language • Composer — Lyricist • RTSI — Nando Morandi — "Canta con noi" — Nando Morandi — Italian • Sandra Simó — "Lo so" — Renato Mascetti • Nadia Biondini — "Una donna che cresce" — Marco Crivelli • SF DRS — Egon Egemann — "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus" — Cornelia Lackner — German • Simone & Simon — "Träume müssen stark sein" — * Marlies Baumann * Simon Anderhub — Simon Anderhub • TSR — Adela — "J'irai oú tu voudras" — * Enrico Brogini * Jean-Pierre Schenk — French • Sylvie & Joel — "Dites à vos enfants" — Pierre Collet — Philippe Malignon • Gemo — "Ailleurs c'est pareil" — Tobias Frey — Marco Schiess The voting consisted of regional public votes which were sent to the three divisions of SRG SSR (SF DRS, TSR, TSI: German-Romansh, French, and Italian speaking, respectively), a press jury, and a jury of music experts. The winner was the song "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus", composed by Cornelia Lackner and performed by Egon Egemann. Participating entries • R/O Running order — Artist(s) — Song — Regional Juries — Press Jury — Expert Jury — Total — Place • DRS — TSR — TSI • 1 — Nando Morandi — "Canta con noi" — 5 — 4 — 6 — 8 — 6 — 29 — 4 • 2 — Adela — "J'irai oú tu voudras" — 2 — 1 — 2 — 3 — 3 — 11 — 7 • 3 — Egon Egemann — "Musik klingt in die welt hinaus" — 10 — 10 — 10 — 6 — 2 — 38 — 1 • 4 — Sylvie & Joel — "Dites à vos enfants" — 4 — 8 — 5 — 10 — 8 — 35 — 2 • 5 — Sandra Simó — "Lo so" — 1 — 2 — 1 — 1 — 5 — 10 — 8 • 6 — Simone & Simon — "Träume müssen stark sein" — 3 — 6 — 4 — 4 — 4 — 21 — 5 • 7 — Gemo — "Ailleurs c'est pareil" — 8 — 3 — 3 — 2 — 1 — 17 — 6 • 8 — Nadia Biondini — "Una donna che cresce" — 6 — 5 — 8 — 5 — 10 — 34 — 3

section At the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, the Swiss entry was the eighteenth entry of the night following Denmark and preceding Germany. The Swiss conductor at the contest was Bela Balint. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received 51 points in total; finishing in eleventh out of twenty-two countries.

Each participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel with at least eleven members. The jurors awarded 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their top ten songs. Points awarded to Switzerland • Score — Country • 12 points • 10 points • 8 points — Portugal • 7 points • 6 points — Turkey • 5 points — Yugoslavia • 4 points • 3 points — Finland • 2 points — Luxembourg • 1 point Points awarded by Switzerland • Score — Country • 12 points — France • 10 points — United Kingdom • 8 points — Italy • 7 points — Iceland • 6 points — Spain • 5 points — Ireland • 4 points — Belgium • 3 points — Netherlands • 2 points — Israel • 1 point — Denmark