Piera Martell is a Swiss

Switzerland

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 singer, best known for her participation in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

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In 1974, Martell took part in the Swiss Eurovision selection with the song "Mein Ruf nach dir

Mein Ruf nach dir

"Mein Ruf nach dir" is a song by Piera Martell that represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. The song was composed by Pepe Ederer....

" ("My Call to You"), which won the competition and went forward to the 19th Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1974

The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the 19th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the seaside resort of Brighton on the south coast of the United Kingdom...

, held in Brighton

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, England

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 on 6 April. In what is considered one of the strongest Eurovisions, won by ABBA

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 and featuring already internationally-known performers such as Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John

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, Gigliola Cinquetti

Gigliola Cinquetti

Gigliola Cinquetti is an Italian singer, TV presenter and journalist.-Biography:At the age of 16 she won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1964 singing "Non ho l'età" , with music composed by Nicola Salerno and lyrics by Mario Panzeri...

 and Mouth & MacNeal

Mouth & MacNeal

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, "Mein Ruf nach dir" picked up only three points, finishing in joint last place (with the songs from Germany

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, Norway

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 and Portugal

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) of the 17 entries.

Martell went on to make three further attempts to perform at Eurovision, without success. In 1976 she entered the German selection ("Ein neuer Tag" - 11th), followed by two more participations in the Swiss selection in 1977 ("Aldo Rinaldo" - 4th) and 1978 ("Hier, Pierre" - 6th). She continued performing and releasing singles periodically until her retirement from the music industry in 1981.