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Switzerland: Sacha Jean-Baptiste confirmed as creative director for Remo Forrer!

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In a post on the official Instagram account of Eurovision, Remo Forrer, the representative of Switzerland in Eurovision 2023 gave an update on his preparations for the contest.

He revealed that he is currently in Stockholm, rehearsing for his performance in the first semi-final. The director will be a known name in the Eurovision world, Sacha Jean- Baptiste, having directed multiple entries throughout the years.

This will be the fourth consecutive year that Baptiste will direct a Swiss entry, having directed all entries since 2019 (apart from 2020 when the contest was cancelled), with all of them qualifying to the Grand final.

The title of the Swiss entry this year is “Watergun” and you can watch the official video clip below

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Switzerland: Listen here “Watergun” of Remo Forrer for Eurovision 2023!

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On 20th of February, it became known from the Swiss Public Broadcaster SRF that Remo Forrer will represent Switzerland in Eurovision 2023 (read the article here).

The time has come for the young artist to reveal his song as it was scheduled today, in 7th of March. The premiere took place through the official YouTube channel of Eurovision.

With his song “Watergun” the 22 year old artist will make his dream come true as he mentioned when it was announced to him that he would represent the country in this year’s song contest.

You can watch the video clip here:

Who is Remo Forrer?

Remo Forrer was born in 2001 in a small town called Hemberg SG. He started playing the flute from an early age, then he switched to the accordion, and then he ended up at the piano, which is still his favorite musical instrument to this day. In addition, he took voice lessons at a music school. In 2017, he was nominated for the talent show of the central Switzerland, where he received the award of Photographers Choice for the best stage performance. One year later, he won the competition “Sing dein Ding” with an acapella group and he was allowed to appear at the Acapella Festival in Pfaffikon SZ. In 2020, he won The Voice of Switzerland.

Switzerland has succeeded since 2019 counting three qualifies in a row and two times being in the top 10 at the Grand Final.

We want to remind you that Switzerland will perform at the second half of the first semi final at 9th of May 2023!

Will Remo Forrer be able to continue the good course of the country in the song contest? Tell us in the comments down bellow!

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Switzerland: Listen now to the new snippet of Remo Forrer’s song for Eurovision 2023!

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An excerpt from Switzerland’s participation was posted on Instagram by this year’s representative Remo Forrer, which included the song and a part from the video clip.

Through his personal account on Instagram, the young artist uploaded the snippet and decided to share a part of his song with the eurofans, which will be officially released on Thursday 7th of March.

Down bellow you can find the post of the artist via his Instagram account:

 

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What do you think about Switzerland’s sample of the track? Are you excited for the whole song?

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Switzerland: Remo Forrer will represent the country at Eurovision 2023!

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Remo Forrer has been selected to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. The news were confirmed by the Swiss national TV broadcaster.

Remo Forrer was chosen after multiple rounds of voting by a 20-member international expert jury and a 100-member public panel, the same procedure Switzerland has for Eurovision all the previous years. When asked about his participation in the contest, he replied:

“For me, Eurovision is one of the greatest things you can do. It has always been a dream and I’m super happy that it’s now coming true”.

Remo was born in 2001 in Hemberg in northeastern Switzerland. In 2020, he won the third season of The Voice of Switzerland. Shortly afterwards, he released his debut single “Home”. In 2022, he took part in the German show “Zeig uns Deine Stimme” (I Can See Your Voice).

The entry that Remo will perform at Eurovision will be released on March 7.

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