The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final on 11 February 1957 in St. Moritz. Three artists competed to represent Switzerland: previous year's winner Lys Assia; Jo Roland, who participated at the national final of 1956; and Gianni Ferraresi, and the winning song was chosen by the votes of 4 regional juries which consisted of 10 members each.[1]
Following the voting, three songs tied for first place with 8 points; "La vie" and "Avec vingt sous" by Jo Roland and "L'enfant que j'étais" by Lys Assia. After all three songs performed once more, a revote among the tying acts took place to decide the winner.[2] This event is notable for being the earliest known instance of a tiebreaker in a Eurovision Song Contest national final.
The winner was Lys Assia for the second year, with the song "L'enfant que j'étais".[3] The winning title was written by Émile Gardaz and composed by Géo Voumard, the same duo who wrote the previous year's Swiss entry and Eurovision winner "Refrain".
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 in Frankfurt, the Swiss entry was the last of the night following Denmark with "Skibet skal sejle i nat". At the close of voting, Switzerland had received five points in total; the country finished shared eight among the ten participants. The Switzerland jury gave seven points, to the winning country, the Netherlands.
The Swiss entry was conducted at the contest by the event's musical director Willy Berking.
Voting
Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.
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