Vampires Are Alive

"Vampires Are Alive" was a Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Since Switzerland's entry in 2006, "If We All Give a Little", didn't reach the top ten, Vampires Are Alive was entered in the semi-final of the Contest on 10 May. While it came 2nd place in the OGAE, it failed to qualify for the final, obtaining a score of 40 points (Natalia Barbu of Moldova, last to qualify, obtained a score of 91 points).

"Vampires Are Alive"
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry
Country
Artist(s)
René Baumann
As
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
20th
Semi-final points
40
Entry chronology
◄ "If We All Give A Little" (2006)   
"Era stupendo" (2008) ►

Controversy

In March 2007, the conservative Swiss Christian party Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland filed a petition with almost 50,000 signatures to withdraw this song from the contest. They accused the song of Satanism and emphasized that it could be misleading and even encourage teenage suicide. Nevertheless, Vampires Are Alive entered the Swiss charts at number three.

Charts
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See also
Preceded by
If We All Give A Little-six4one		 Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2007		 Succeeded by
Era Stupendo-Paolo Meneguzzi

References
  1. "Austriancharts.at – DJ BoBo – Vampires Are Alive" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "DJ BoBo: Vampires Are Alive" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Offiziellecharts.de – DJ BoBo – Vampires Are Alive". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. "Swisscharts.com – DJ BoBo – Vampires Are Alive". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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