Marius Bear

Marius Hügli (born 21 April 1993), known professionally as Marius Bear, is a Swiss singer. He represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "Boys Do Cry".[1]

Marius Bear
Background information
Birth nameMarius Hügli
Born (1993-04-21) 21 April 1993
Schlatt-Haslen, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2018–present

Biography

Marius Bear is originally from Appenzell.[2] He holds an Australian passport and lived in Australia for a period.[3] He studied to be a construction mechanic and has been active as a musician for six years,[4] studying music production. at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute.[5] He began his career as a street musician in his native Switzerland, as well as in Germany.[4]

He released his debut EP, Sanity, in 2018.[5] His first album, Not Loud Enough, was released in 2019.[5]

In 2019 he won a Swiss Music Award in the category "Best Talent".[4]

In March 2022, it was announced that Marius Bear would represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Boys Do Cry".[1] The song qualified from the first semi final[6] and finished 17th with 78 points, all of which came from the jury vote.[7] In an interview after the contest, he said that he would consider representing Switzerland at Eurovision in the future.[8]

In October 2022, he released the single Waiting For Love, which he revealed was almost selected as his song for Eurovision.[9]

Discography

Albums
Title Details Peak positions
SWI
[10]
Not Loud Enough 20
Boys Do Cry
  • Released: 25 March 2022
  • Label: Hi-Tea
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
 5

EPs
Title Details Peak positions
SWI
[10]
Sanity
  • Released: 13 July 2018
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
 36

Charted singles
List of charted singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SUI
[10]		 LTU
[11]		 NLD
Tip
[12]
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 2020 74—— Non-album single
"Boys Do Cry" 2022 324530 Boys Do Cry
"Again" (with Stress) 74—— Non-album single

Filmography

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 Swiss Music Awards Best Talent Himself Won [14]
2022 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Swiss Act Nominated [15]
2023 Swiss Music Awards Best Breaking Act Won [16]

References
  1. "Switzerland: Marius Bear will take 'Boys Do Cry' to Eurovision 2022 🇨🇭". Eurovision.tv. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. Tagesschau vom 08.03.2022: Hauptausgabe - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 9 March 2022
  3. Roberts, Dale (4 May 2022). "Eurovision 2022: Marius Bear reveals more on his Australian connections". Aussievision. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. "Eurovision Song Contest - Das ist unser ESC-Kandidat: Marius Bear". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. "Switzerland: Marius Bear selected for Eurovision 2022". Eurovisionworld. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. "First Semi-Final of Turin 2022 - Eurovision Song Contest". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  7. "Grand Final of Turin 2022 - Eurovision Song Contest". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  8. "Marius Bear admits struggling after Eurovision voting". ESCXTRA.com. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  9. "Marius Bear releases 'Waiting For Love' which was submitted for Eurovision". ESCBubble. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  10. "Discographie Marius Bear". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  11. "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  12. "Dutch Single Tip 21/05/2022". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  13. "I can see your voice: Kandidat Marius Bear stürmt die Charts". RTL (Germany) (in German). Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  14. "Swiss Music Awards 2016: And the Winners Are..." (PDF). www.swissmusicawards.ch.
  15. "MTV EMA 2022: Checkt hier alle Nominees". MTV Germany (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  16. "Swiss Music Awards 2023". www.swissmusicawards.ch (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2023.


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