Using the social media, shortly before the Swiss representative at Eurovision 2020, Gjon Muharremaj announced that he is going to represent his country at next year’s contest.
As the 21-year-old mentioned in his Instagram post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B996cJhjcH_/
Switzerland thus becomes the 9th country to participate in Eurovision 2021 with the same artist who will also be in Rotterdam in May!
https://youtu.be/O9GAfFHZE-E
Not long ago, in a statement on his official Twitter account, Swiss broadcaster SRF announced Sacha Jean-Baptiste as the director responsible for directing the country’s bid. Sacha will be collaborating with Gjon Muharremaj, world-renowned Gjon’s Tears, to present his best, “Répondez-moi”, at Ahoy Arena in May.
Swedish origin Sacha Jean-Baptiste is no stranger to the Eurovision contest as she has successfully directed many artists such as John Lundvik (Sweden 2019), Luca Hanni (Switzerland 2019), Tamta (Cyprus). 2019), Helen Foureira (Cyprus 2018), Equinox (Bulgaria 2018) as well as Kristian Kostov (Bulgaria 2017).
https://twitter.com/srfesc/status/1238117543828570112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1238117543828570112&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F2020%2F03%2F%25ce%25b5%25ce%25bb%25ce%25b2%25ce%25b5%25cf%2584%25ce%25af%25ce%25b1-%25ce%25b7-sacha-jean-baptiste-%25cf%2583%25cf%2584%25ce%25b7%25ce%25bd-%25cf%2583%25ce%25ba%25ce%25b7%25ce%25bd%25ce%25bf%25ce%25b8%25ce%25b5%25cf%2584%25ce%25b9%25ce%25ba%25ce%25ae-%25ce%25b5%25cf%2580%25ce%25b9%25ce%25bc%25ce%25ad%25ce%25bb%2F
Gjon Muharremaj, artistically known as Gjon’s Tears is a Swiss singer and member of the band. He was born in Switzerland to a Kosovar father and an Albanian mother. At an early age, he appeared in the first round of the show, Albania’s Got Talent, in 2010, reaching the final by impressing both the jury and the television audience. In 2019 he took part in the French version of the talent show, The Voice, reaching the semifinals. Then, he released his first single, “Babi”, combining indie-pop music with sounds of Albanian music.
Below you can hear “Répondez-moi”, this year’s Swiss entry:
https://youtu.be/O9GAfFHZE-E
