eurovision 1979
Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri
Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri represented Switzerland at Eurovision 1979 in Jerusalem with “Trödler und Co.”, finishing 10th of 19.
Switzerland
1979
- what
- Swiss band
- contest
- 1979
- best result
- 10th, 1979
- music
- folk
- sang for
- Switzerland
Biography
Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri was a Swiss folk and blues group, Pfuri Baldenweg, Anthony “Gorps” Fischer and Peter “Kniri” Knaus, that played the Roskilde Festival in 1978. With Peter, Sue and Marc, the group played “Trödler und Co.” in Jerusalem in 1979 and finished tenth.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1979 Jerusalem
“Trödler und Co.”
10th of 19 Finished 10th of 19, with 60 points.
- Billed as
- Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri
- With
- Peter, Sue and Marc
- Sung in
- German
- Written by
- Peter Reber
- Conductor
- Rolf Zuckowski
- Running order
- 8th of 19
- Won that year
- Israel: Milk and Honey, “Hallelujah (הללויה)”
The story of Eurovision 1979: Jerusalem, and a win handed over by the last jury
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