Gunvor Guggisberg known professionally simply as Gunvor, is a Swiss singer and dancer. She is from Berne

Berne

The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland, and, with a population of , the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, has a population of 349,000. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000...

 and owes her name to her Swedish grandfather.

She represented Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...

 in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

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 with the song Lass' ihn

Lass' ihn

"Lass' ihn" , was the Swiss entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.The song was sung by Gunvor, who wore a sleeveless, glittering dark red dress for her Eurovision appearance...

. She co-wrote the song with Egon Egemann. The performance joined an unfortunate group which scored zero points. The song had been one of the favourites before the show but her overblown diva pop failed to capture the audience's imagination. The song had been a clear winner in the Swiss heat held in Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

 on December 18, 1997.

Her musical role-model is Céline Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

, who successfully represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca...

.

She has been Swiss tap dancing

Tap dance

Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sound of one's tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive instrument. As such, it is also commonly considered to be a form of music. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses more on the...

champion seven times. The year after her Eurovision appearance she was singing and dancing in a winter circus.

Discography

• Lass' ihn (1998) (Single)
• Money makes... (1998) (Single)
• Land of fantasy (1999) (Single)
• From A to Z (2000) (Double CD)
• Born to be (loved by you) (2002) (Single)

External links

• Gunvor's official site
• http://homepage.ntlworld.com/waterloo/swiss98.htm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2940682.stm
• http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9567?rss