Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears prepared 20 songs for Eurovision 2021

Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears prepared 20 songs for Eurovision 2021
Tuesday, 22 December 2020

  • The Swiss Eurovision 2021 hopeful has revealed that he had prepared 20 potential Eurovision entries for the ESC 2021 song selection. 

    Swiss representative Gjon Tears made statements about Eurovision on a show of Albanian station Topradio.The young singer announced that the 2021 Eurovision song was ready in recent months and gave details about the selection process of the song on the radio program.

    “A second and another song was needed according to Eurovision rules. We made 20 songs in a month and a half. The song we chose with the help of the jury was like a contest in itself, but I am very happy, I cannot expect people to hear it. The result was better than I expected. "

    Tears emphasized that he was in talks with an American artist for a while for a musical collaboration.

    All the submitted songs were checked and assessed with a short list of tracks presented to an audience panel of 100 members  and a jury of 20 international experts. These two committees finally chose Switzerland's ESC 2021 entry, which we will go public  later, with the artist being very excited.

     

    A few word for Gjon's Tears

    Gjon Muharremaj, also known professionally as Gjon’s Tears, is a Swiss singer and songwriter of Kosovo-Albanian descent. Gjon Muharremaj was born to a Kosovo-Albanian father and an Albanian mother from Tirana. In 2010, he competed in the first season of the talent competition Albanians Got Talent. In 2019, he auditioned for the eight season of The Voice of France and reached the semi-finals.

    The Swiss act was selected for Eurovision 2020, through an internal selection format based on a 21 member international jury and a 100 membered audience panel. The International jury cosnsited of Ruth Lorenzo (Spain 2014)  Tinkara Kovač (Slovenia 2014), Ovidiu Jacobsen (Romania 2010&2014),Helga Möller (member of Icytrio , Iceland 1986)  and Alexey Gross (3 times national finalist in Belarus). In Rotterdam he was set to perform his song  Répondez-moi. 

    The song is written by Xavier Michel, Alizé Oswald and Jeroen Swinnen together with the artist Gjon Muharremaj. Jeroen Swinnen previously worked with Tom Dice on his Eurovision 2010 entry “Me and My Guitar”: “Répondez-moi” was the first Swiss song to be sung in French for 10 years.

    Now Gjon's Tear will have the chance to complete his Eurovision jounrey in Rotterdam next May with his new entry that has already been selected and will be released in due time. 

    Source: Topradioalbania.com