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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 JohnsonSiw MalmkvistCamillo FelgenKaty BødtgerFud LeclercNora BrockstedtHarry WinterFrançois DegueltAnita TraversiRudi CarrellWyn HoopRenato RascelJacqueline Boyer
Songs
Looking High, High, HighAlla andra får varannSo laang we's du do bastDet var en yndig tidMon amour pour toiVoi VoiDu hast mich so fasziniertCe soir-làCielo e terraWat een gelukBonne nuit ma chérieRomanticaTom Pillibi
Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Participants
Hugues AufrayAnneke GrönlohArne BendiksenBjørn TidmandLasse MårtensonUdo JürgensRachelMatt MonroNora NovaRomualdAntónio CalvárioGigliola CinquettiSabahudin KurtAnita TraversiRobert CogoiLos TNT
Songs
Dès que le printemps revientJij bent mijn levenSpiralSangen om digLaiskotellenWarum nur warum?Le chant de MalloryI Love the Little ThingsMan gewöhnt sich so schnell an das SchöneOù sont-elles passéesOraçãoNon ho l'etàŽivot je sklopio krugI miei pensieriPrès de ma rivièreCaracola
Nul Points
Artists
Fud LeclercVictor BalaguerEleonore SchwarzDe SpelbrekersAnnie PalmenAnita ThallaugLaila HalmeMonica ZetterlundNora NovaAntónio CalvárioSabahudin KurtAnita TraversiConchita BautistaUlla WiesnerLize MarkeViktor KlimenkoTérézaDomenico ModugnoGéraldine GaulierDavid Alexandre WinterJahn TeigenFinn KalvikKojoRemedios AmayaÇetin Alp & The Short WavesSeyyal Taner & LocomotifWilfried ScheutzDaníel Ágúst HaraldssonThomas ForstnerOvidijus VyšniauskasTor EndresenCélia LawsonGunvor GuggisbergJeminiPiero and the MusicStarsGipsy.czThe MakemakesAnn SophieJames NewmanTheodor AndreiPiqued Jacks
Songs
Ton nomLlámameNur in der Wiener LuftKatinkaEen speeldoosSolhvervMuistojeni lauluEn gång i StockholmMan gewöhnt sich so schnell an das SchöneOraçãoŽivot je sklopio krugI miei pensieri¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!Paradies, wo bist du?Als het weer lente isAurinko laskee länteenBien plus fortDio, come ti amoQuel cœur vas-tu briser?Je suis tombé du cielMil etter milAldri i livetNuku pommiin¿Quién maneja mi barca?OperaŞarkım Sevgi ÜstüneLisa, Mona LisaÞað sem enginn sérVenedig im RegenLopšinė mylimaiSan FranciscoAntes do adeusLass' ihnCry BabyCelebrateAven RomaleI Am YoursBlack SmokeEmbersD.G.T. (Off and On)Like an Animal