Switzerland marked the start of the national finals season for Eurovision 2011, when the country, on December 11^th, selected its entry for Düsseldorf. Twelve acts competed in the televised final, and the 23-year-old singer Anna Rossinelli came out the winner with her breezy pop tune “In Love For A While”, written by David Klein.

“In Love For A While” is Switzerland’s 52^nd entry to the Eurovision Song Contest and it will be performed in the 1^st semi-final on 10^th May, at starting position #8.

If you missed our interview broadcast today at 15:00 CEST, you can listen to the interview here: [audio:https://www.escradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Anna-Rossinelli-Switzerland-interviewed-by-Matthias-Petermann.mp3|titles=Anna Rossinelli (Switzerland) – interviewed by Matthias Petermann] Read more and check out the video clip…

Switzerland marked the start of the national finals season for Eurovision 2011, when the country, on December 11^th, selected its entry for Düsseldorf. Twelve acts competed in the televised final, and the 23-year-old singer Anna Rossinelli came out the winner with her breezy pop tune “In Love For A While”, written by David Klein.

“In Love For A While” is Switzerland’s 52^nd entry to the Eurovision Song Contest and it will be performed in the 1^st semi-final on 10^th May, at starting position #8.

If you missed our interview broadcast today at 15:00 CEST, you can listen to the interview here: [audio:https://www.escradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Anna-Rossinelli-Switzerland-interviewed-by-Matthias-Petermann.mp3|titles=Anna Rossinelli (Switzerland) – interviewed by Matthias Petermann]

Check out the video clip:

About Anna Rossinelli

With her soulful voice and authentic, natural radiance, the 23-year-old singer Anna Rossinelli from Basel appeared from nowhere and made it straight into the semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest 2011. She will perform the breezy pop tune In Love For A While in Düsseldorf in front of millions of TV viewers.

However, when it comes to stardom and an international career, the likeable and refreshingly modest singer has both feet firmly on the ground: “I’m far from being a star. I just love to make music with the other members of my band, Georg Dillier (bass) and Manuel Meisel (guitar). We’ll wait and see what happens.”

The catchy and tastefully-arranged acoustic song has been written and produced by the well-known Swiss musician David Klein, who has previously composed songs for stars such as Herbert Grönemeyer, Xavier Naidoo and Sarah Connor. He discovered the charismatic Anna as she was busking in the street and decided there and then to write a song just for her. “Switzerland hasn’t had such a talented singer with the potential to become an international star for years”, according to Klein.