Anita Traversi

Anita Traversi was a Swiss singer who represented her home country at the 1960 Contest and again at the 1964 Contest, finishing in fifth place and joint last place with the dreaded Nul Points, respectively.

She also attempted to represent her home country in 1961 and 1963 (with three songs, including her first attempt in the German language), but did not make it in either year.

From the mid-1960s, her career foundered as her recordings met with little success. In 1967 she featured again, unsuccessfully, in the Swiss Eurovision heat and by the early 1970s she had effectively retired from showbusiness to devote herself to family life. She did however make one final appearance, with two songs, in the Swiss Eurovision selection of 1976, once more without success.

Traversi died of undisclosed causes in Bellinzona on 25 September 1991, aged 54.

Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Participants
Bryan Johnson • Siw Malmkvist • Camillo Felgen • Katy Bødtger • Fud Leclerc • Nora Brockstedt • Harry Winter • François Deguelt • Anita Traversi • Rudi Carrell • Wyn Hoop • Renato Rascel • Jacqueline Boyer
Songs
Looking High, High, High • Alla andra får varann • So laang we's du do bast • Det var en yndig tid • Mon amour pour toi • Voi Voi • Du hast mich so fasziniert • Ce soir-là • Cielo e terra • Wat een geluk • Bonne nuit ma chérie • Romantica • Tom Pillibi

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Participants
Hugues Aufray • Anneke Grönloh • Arne Bendiksen • Bjørn Tidmand • Lasse Mårtenson • Udo Jürgens • Rachel • Matt Monro • Nora Nova • Romuald • António Calvário • Gigliola Cinquetti • Sabahudin Kurt • Anita Traversi • Robert Cogoi • Los TNT
Songs
Dès que le printemps revient • Jij bent mijn leven • Spiral • Sangen om dig • Laiskotellen • Warum nur warum? • Le chant de Mallory • I Love the Little Things • Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne • Où sont-elles passées • Oração • Non ho l'età • Život je sklopio krug • I miei pensieri • Près de ma rivière • Caracola

Nul Points
Artists
Fud Leclerc • Victor Balaguer • Eleonore Schwarz • De Spelbrekers • Annie Palmen • Anita Thallaug • Laila Halme • Monica Zetterlund • Nora Nova • António Calvário • Sabahudin Kurt • Anita Traversi • Conchita Bautista • Ulla Wiesner • Lize Marke • Viktor Klimenko • Téréza • Domenico Modugno • Géraldine Gaulier • David Alexandre Winter • Jahn Teigen • Finn Kalvik • Kojo • Remedios Amaya • Çetin Alp & The Short Waves • Seyyal Taner & Locomotif • Wilfried Scheutz • Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson • Thomas Forstner • Ovidijus Vyšniauskas • Tor Endresen • Célia Lawson • Gunvor Guggisberg • Jemini • Piero and the MusicStars • Gipsy.cz • The Makemakes • Ann Sophie • James Newman • Theodor Andrei • Piqued Jacks
Songs
Ton nom • Llámame • Nur in der Wiener Luft • Katinka • Een speeldoos • Solhverv • Muistojeni laulu • En gång i Stockholm • Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne • Oração • Život je sklopio krug • I miei pensieri • ¡Qué bueno, qué bueno! • Paradies, wo bist du? • Als het weer lente is • Aurinko laskee länteen • Bien plus fort • Dio, come ti amo • Quel cœur vas-tu briser? • Je suis tombé du ciel • Mil etter mil • Aldri i livet • Nuku pommiin • ¿Quién maneja mi barca? • Opera • Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne • Lisa, Mona Lisa • Það sem enginn sér • Venedig im Regen • Lopšinė mylimai • San Francisco • Antes do adeus • Lass' ihn • Cry Baby • Celebrate • Aven Romale • I Am Yours • Black Smoke • Embers • D.G.T. (Off and On) • Like an Animal