Timebelle is a Swiss-Romanian band from Bern, currently consisting of lead vocalist Miruna Mănescu, drummer Samuel Forster, and multi-instrumentalist Emanuel Daniel Andriescu. Past members include accordionist Rade Mijatović, guitarist Christoph Siegrist, and bassist Sándor Török. The band was formed as a five-member boyband while its members were students at the University of Bern.[1][2] Shortly after, Mănescu was added to the group as a lead singer by their Romanian producer Mihai Alexandru.[3] The name of the band is derived from the Zytglogge which is one of the main sights of Bern.[4] While the band was formed in and is based in Switzerland, its members have hailed from Romania, Hungary, and Serbia, in addition to Switzerland.
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![]() Timebelle in Kyiv 2017 | |
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Origin | Bern, Switzerland |
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Members | Miruna Mănescu Samuel Forster Emanuel Daniel Andriescu |
Past members | Rade Mijatović Christoph Siegrist Sándor Török |
The band represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Apollo" placing 12th in the 2nd Semi Final.[5] They previously attempted to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Singing About Love", but failed, placing second in the Swiss national final.[6]
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"Singing About Love" | 2015 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
"Desperado" | — | Desperado | |||||||||||
"Are You Ready?" | — | ||||||||||||
"Apollo" | 2017 | 37 | Non-album single | ||||||||||
"Come Around" | — | ||||||||||||
"Heartache" (featuring Soundland) |
2018 | — | |||||||||||
"Tócame" (featuring SunStroke Project) |
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"Movin On" (featuring Soundland) |
2019 | — | |||||||||||
"Black Sea" | — | ||||||||||||
"Beautiful People" (featuring Alizé Oswald) |
2020 | — | |||||||||||
"Rápido" (featuring Alejandro Reyes) |
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"Dopamina" | 2021 | — | |||||||||||
"About Us" | — | ||||||||||||
"No Se Puede" | — | ||||||||||||
"Barba" (featuring Alejandro Reyes) |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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Preceded by Rykka with "The Last of Our Kind" |
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 |
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(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter) |
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